Indonesian occupation of East Timor

national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves" (What Is “Genocide”). This invasion is considered a genocide because it was a mass killing of a specific ethnic group. The Indonesian genocide was an invasion by Indonesia on East Timor. East Timor is a country that was a Portuguese colony up until 1975 when the country gained its independence from Portugal and Indonesian control in the West. Right before the invasion, President Ford was reported to have visited Indonesia, which has been assumed to have symbolized his permission for Indonesia to invade the East Timor country. This invasion has killed an estimated…

East Timor East Timor, or otherwise known as Timor-Leste is a sovereign state in South East Asia right next to Indonesia. The country was previously known to be a colony of Portugal. But centuries before the Europeans walked up its shores, East Timor was occupied by waves of migrants such as Chinese, Arab and Gujerati with its local inhabitants. The location was known for its prized valuable, the sandalwood. By 1566, the Portuguese had settled on a nearby island to enhance the sandalwood…

Australia's Whitlam leading up to the invasion of East Timor. Later, we come to find out that the US also had a close hand in the violent invasion by giving approval and supplying weapons to Suharto’s military. I chose to write about the devastating event of East Timor because it really helped me grasp the true nature and history of genocide. It opened my eyes to some of the ways our world was run throughout history and what is still taking place today, right under our noses! East Timor was…

through East Timor, in comparison to other interventions such as Syria and Rwanda through legal and non-legal measures. The effectiveness of the United Nation’s legal response and non-legal responses from the media, Australian aid and NGO’s in relation to global cooperation of East Timor peace-keeping operations has been predominantly effective in restoring world order over time. However, state sovereignty has limited enforceability and…

America. Narrators, real or fictional, control a rather significant ability: they can omit, add, equivocate or subtly alter any detail they wish, and these decisions impact the manner in which audiences perceive them. Should flak, politics, or controversial issues put their corporate interests at stake, the institutions use this power of selection to protect their own agendas, in addition to those of their allies, and to silence radical opponents. In his biographical documentary Manufacturing…