Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or political entity. Typically there is a strong issue difference that drives the withdrawal. The word is derived from the Latin term secessio.
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Amnesty International: Timor-Leste - News and reports.
Meta Description: [ Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. ]
BBC: The Trials of East Timor - Extensive coverage on the 1999 votes, the militia terror and the UN intervention.
Meta Description: [ BBC special coverage on East Timor. ]
Campaign To Free East Timor - The campaign to free the tiny country of East Timor has been going on for over twenty years. Led by Colin Isles, the close-knit Wellington peace community remains in solidarity with the Timorese people. Hr@G has joined the growing numbers of activists seeking Timorese self-determination.
CNN.com - Conflict In East Timor: A Timeline - A long history of the East Timorese conflict from CNN.
Crisis in East Timor - Provides analysis into the involvement of Indonesia and various other countries and agencies, into the media roles, and links to more information, analysis and essays.
Meta Description: [ This part of the globalissues.org web site looks into the conflict between East Timor and Indonesia. Media coverage again is incomplete and major nations like USA, UK and Australia have supported the Indonesian regime in the past and many people are still being killed. ]
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Death of a nation: The Timor Conspiracy - John Pilger analyses the Indonesian invasion of 1975, exposing the genocide and Western complicity leading up to the vote of independence in 1999. With multimedia [RealPlayer].
East Timor - Focus on Human Rights, 2002 - List of documents from Human Rights Watch.
Meta Description: [ The individuals responsible for the killing, mass destruction, and forced expulsions that convulsed East Timor last September must be brought to justice. ]
East Timor Campaign, Ireland - East Timor Ireland Solidarity Campaign was founded in 1992. Its aims are to increase awareness among Irish and European people to the violation of Human Rights in East Timor and the involvement of Western governments in military and economic aid to Indonesia.
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East Timor Coverage: Time.com - Complete coverage of turmoil in East Timor from TIME.com.
East Timor democracy leaders named Nobel Peace Prize winners - Article on the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize award to East Timorese leaders Bishop Carlos Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta.
East Timor Human Rights Page - East Timor Internet domain.
Free Timor Coalition Campaign - CNRM was a broad-based organisation set up in late 1987 to unify and lead the struggle of the people of East Timor under the umbrella of non-partisanship, always taking into account the reality of the barbaric military occupation by the Indonesian forces.
International Federation for East Timor - IFET provides information about, and ways to help, East Timor, which was invaded and subjugated by US ally Indonesia in 1975. IFET advocates changing US foreign policy and urges support for self-determination and human rights for East Timor.
Mother Jones: The Struggle for East Timor - News, commentary, and background information on the history of the country [last update 1999].
Online NewsHour: East Timor: Under Indonesian Rule - Detailed analysis of the conflict from NewsHour.
Popular Leader Sweeps East Timor Election - Article from NewsHour on Xanana Gusmao's win in East Timor's first elections as an independent country.
Scoop: East Timor Crisis Special - Coverage of the events in East Timor in 1999-2003.
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