Ban Ki-moon must address UN' s failure to bring justice to Timor-Leste victims

Headline Title: Ban Ki-moon must address UN' s failure to bring justice to Timor-Leste victims 14 August 2012 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon must ensure that justice for the victims of human rights violations committed during the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste is firmly on the agenda during his two-day visit to Timor-Leste this week, Amnesty International said.Indonesian security forces and their auxiliaries were responsible for unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, rape and other crimes of sexual violence, torture and other ill-treatment as well as many other human…

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