EAST TIMOR
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Democracy Now!
FLOODS, LANDSLIDES, HEAT-WAVES AND TOXIC CLOUDS/A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT FROM A TIMORESE HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER |9:00-9:01 Billboard: Toxic clouds, floods, heat-waves and landslides, plagues from god or god awful corporations?: We ll look at the (un)natural disasters from Bangladesh to Nepal to Prague. An Indonesian court acquits 6 military and police officers from the carnage during…
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Democracy Now! June 18 , 2002
“THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER”: THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE FACES POSSIBLE EXTRADITION TO CHILE FOR HIS ROLE IN THE 1973 COUP |”The trials of Henry Kissinger”: as the former secretary of state faces possible extradition to Chile for his role in the 1973 coup, a new film provides fresh evidence of war crimes. We’ll…
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Democracy Now! May 16, 2002
Interview with New East Timor President, XANANA GUSMAO, |9:01-9:03 Headlines 9:03-9:27 LOOKING BACK AT THE HISTORY OF EAST TIMOR AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: A REBROADCAST OF THE 1991 RADIO DOCUMENTARY MASSACRE: THE STORY OF EAST TIMOR. The Bush Administration has announced that former President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Richard…
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Democracy Now! May 17, 2002
CO-HOST: ALLAN NAIRN, speaking from EAST TIMOR, to Dili for Independence Day; ED MCWILLIAMS, a state department official who refused to go along. |9:01-9:06 Headlines: ISRAEL DEPORTS U.S. PEACE ACTIVIST KRISTEN SCHURR AS ISRAELI FORCES SWEEP THROUGH JENIN AGAIN Israeli tanks swept through the Jenin refugee camp again this morning amid heavy gunfire. The armys…
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Democracy Now! May 21, 2002
investigative reporter Robert Fisk on the Middle East. International Solidarity Movement activists risk their lives to oppose the Israeli occupation. |Date: May 21, 2002 From East Timor, this is Democracy Now! Independent investigative reporter Robert Fisk on the Middle East. Then, International Solidarity Movement activists risk their lives to oppose the Israeli occupation. Today, well…
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Democracy Now! May 22, 2002
SCHOLAR AND ACTIVIST NOAM CHOMSKY TALKS ABOUT THE LONG AND BLOODY HISTORY OF US-SPONSORED TERRORISM |Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 From East Timor, this is Democracy Now! Scholar and activist Noam Chomsky and British journalist Robert Fisk. Hes based in Beirut. All that and more coming up. 9:01-9:06 Headlines: 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:20…
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Democracy Now! May 13, 2002
Democracy Now special series: EAST TIMOR ; Natalina Ramos Horta, mother of Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos Horta at her home in Sydney ; Sydney Morning Herald, top secret documents reveal the Australian government eavesdropped on the Indonesian military as a part of a plan to destroy East Timor in 1999 ; Timorese travelers,…
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Democracy Now! May 14, 2002
EAST TIMOR : Now.Feminist Bella Galhos returns home talks about future of women in a free East Timor; JOSE RAMOS HORTA, is home; and East Timorese work to create a sustainable economy. |9:01-9:06 Headlines: 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:20 EAST TIMORS FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES INDONESIAN AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN EAST…
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Democracy Now! August 30, 2001
Two years ago the people of East Timor voted overwhelmingly for their independence, only to see Indonesian troops burn their country to the ground. Today, the people of East Timor hold their first elections to choose a constitutional assembly; and we’ll go to the Hague, where the trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodon Milosevic on…
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Democracy Now! March 3, 1999
Colombia; Xanana Gusmao |Colombia Three U.S. citizens were kidnapped last week in Colombia’s remote northeastern border with Venezuela. According to friends and co-workers, the three were on amission to help preserve the cultural identity of an indigenous group under the auspices of the Hawaii based Pacific Cultural Conservancy International. No group has yet claimed responsibility.…