The East Timor Question - Softcover

Hainsworth, Paul; McCloskey, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860644082 ISBN 13: 9781860644085

Publisher: I. B. Tauris, 2000

Synopsis

East Timor is one of the World's most infamous "trouble spots." Originally colonized by the Portuguese, it was brutally invaded and occupied by the Indonesian State military forces in 1975. Over the next year, according to the UN, about one third of the population died from massacres, starvation and disease. But recent events in Indonesia have given rise to expectations that there may be a fundamental shift in the State's position on East Timor. This book considers the potential for change against a backdrop of growing popular and political support for the Timorese cause. Addressing East Timor's recent emergence as an issue of global importance, it illustrates how local, grassroots, individual, organizational and campaign initiatives have contributed to this state of affairs, in the context of the increased emphasis which is being placed on ethics, international morality and human rights in contemporary international relations.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Hainsworth is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Ulster, and Amnesty International's country coordinator for East Timor and Indonesia.

Stephen McCloskey is the coordinator for One World Centre for Northern Ireland and Secretary of the East Timor Solidarity Campaign.

About this edition

• Publisher: I. B. Tauris
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1860644082
• ISBN 13: 9781860644085
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222