According to the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor, at least 102,800 people died between 1974 and 1999 — 18,600 from direct killings and 84,200 from hunger and ...

Bishop Turang, icon of reconciliation between Jakarta and East Timor, has died Archbishop emeritus of Kupang passed away at the age of 78. President Prabowo - who knew him well because he came from ...

Monsignor Turang was in fact one of the five Indonesian representatives on the Commission for Truth and Friendship between Indonesia and East Timor: a task that reflected the great trust placed in ...

Pope Francis’ four-nation Asia-Pacific tour, taking in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore, brings back evocative memories for me. Twenty-two years ago, on May 20, I walked with ...

Rome Newsroom, Sep 11, 2024 / 11:15 am Before departing East Timor on Wednesday, Pope Francis told a group of young adults he will never forget the smiles he witnessed during his visit to Asia’s ...

We do not want to and cannot erase history. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has also called on Indonesia to acknowledge the massacres that took place. And we have also recalled episodes of ...

In this respect, East Timor could be a kind of example compared to the current international conflict contexts, including in Europe and the Middle East. Here we have found a way to pursue a process of ...

The number of deaths attributed to that era ranges from from 90,000 to 200,000, the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor reported. This figure includes nearly 20,000 cases ...

It also stated that “the nature of the violence that occurred in 1999 was shaped by previous patterns of conflict.” According to the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor, ...