East Timor made international headlines in 1991 when the military massacred. by conservative estimates. at least 100 East Timorese who were attending a funeral. The National Human Rights Commission in Jakarta now says it has evidence that the massacre was "not a spontaneous reaction to a riotous mob. but rather a planned military operation designed to deal with a public expression of political dissent." And the tension in East Timor continues to intensify. Influenced in part by the ongoing power struggles in Jakarta. the increased resentment of the presence of Indonesian military officers and vigilante groups. and the immigrant settlers brought In by Indonesia to consolidate their occupation of the island. In sum. I want to make it clear that Indonesia did virtually nothing in 1995 to improve its human rights record.
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