Jon Land

  • East Timor's freedom in the balance

    East Timor's freedom in the balanceOn April 27, as Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Indonesian President B.J. Habibie joked and chatted following their discussions on the situation in East Timor, the people of East Timor

  • East Timor will be free

    While the people of East Timor contemplate the prospect of voting in August on whether to reject or accept the Indonesian government's offer of "autonomy", they are also preparing for an increase in attacks from the pro-integration

  • East Timor: time for action

    East Timor: time for actionThe events of April mark another turning point in the East Timorese people's struggle for independence. Pro-integration terrorist gangs armed and funded by the Indonesia military have unleashed a wave of

  • More terror in East Timor

    More terror in East TimorDILI — Two truck loads of paramilitary gang members careered up and down the street, waving their rifles and spears in the air and doing everything they could to frighten the population out and about on

  • Indonesia plays delaying game with East Timor

    Indonesia plays delaying game with East TimorUnited Nations-sponsored talks between Indonesia and Portugal on the future of East Timor, which took place March 9-11, resulted in Indonesia agreeing to allow some form of direct ballot

  • East Timor: send aid, not troops!

    91̳ Weekly's JON LAND spoke to MAX LANE, national secretary of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor about the latest developments towards self-determination for East Timor.

  • Thousands march in East Timor

    Tens of thousands of East Timorese marched through the streets of their capital city Dili on February 16. They were accompanying the coffin of 25 year-old Benedito de Jesus Pires, who was killed during an incident involving a

  • Labor and Liberal: false friends of East Timor

    After the fall of Indonesian dictator Suharto in May, the independence struggle in East Timor entered a new phase; a major obstacle to freedom was removed. In Australia, the Howard government and the Labor opposition welcomed Suharto's

  • Militias creating terror in East Timor

    Since the announcement on January 27 by the Indonesian regime that it might allow East Timor to become independent, the military has stepped up its recruitment of thugs for paramilitary "pro-integration" militias. Armed and paid by the

  • East Timor: now!

    East Timor: independence now!The announcement by the Habibie regime on January 27 that it is prepared to "relinquish" East Timor as part of Indonesia marks a new turn in the struggle for independence. For the first time in the

  • Coalition manoeuvres policy on East Timor

    Foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer announced on January 12 that the federal government now recognises that East Timor has the right to self-determination. In a media release titled "Australian government historic policy shift on

  • A crucial time for East Timor

    A crucial time for East TimorSince the fall of the Suharto regime in May, a new phase of the independence struggle has developed within East Timor. Not since the invasion in 1975 have so many large pro-independence demonstrations,