IDPS OF AIRPORTO PRESIDENTE NICOLAU LOBATO

A. Introduction

The current violent incident in IDPS camp of airport president Nicolao Lobato, Dili indicated that the Australian troops have bad intention against the IDPS and the Timorese people. They overreacted by arresting and killing IDPS that have become victims of the political crisis that have been taken place within 8 months in Timor Leste. The Australian troops has captured IDPS of Comoro airport without showing any clearly evidence that those refugees are committing crimes or make violence against their colleague, or even Australian troops.

We demand the Australian troops should take responsibility over those killed and others are being injured when they military action against mass civilians on Friday, 23th February 2007. We condemned their military action, because the Australian troops were using tank and other war equipments to attack and terrorize IDPs. Two tanks assaulted into by hitting the door barricade that still locking then fired tear gas with automatic guns against civilians as if they were in a battle against enemies in the battlefield.

Over all these attitudes as a provocation acts to create instability in Dili and be more dangerously to extend this political crisis into interest of Australian Troops in Timor Leste.

B. Chronology of the Incidents

Exactly on Friday, 23rd February 2007, at 07.40 (Time Timor Leste) the Australian troops were so violently runs after our colleague who was still waiting for transportation to go to school, work and some wanting to hospital. They blockaded until the front of IDPS main door, then Manuel Soares was captured and then laid him down to the ground and bit him by using stick until bleeding.

IDPS was shocked with these attitudes of mal-treatments of Australian troops. There fore, some other IDPS wanted to come and witness their colleagues who were being arrested by Australian troops.

The airport IDPS who became victims in that incident.

Their name as fallows.

1. Manuel do Carmo from District Baucau, Sub-District Laga, violently arrested by the Australian troops in front of the IDPS door, laid him down to the ground, beaten him by using guns and all his body was wounded, and also puling him as animal and they threw him into Australian patrol vehicle.

2. Delfin Sarmento from District Viqueque, sub district Uato-lari he was arrested, but then he escaped and he did not get into Australian vehicle, however the Australian troops pulled his T-shirt out of his body.

3. Julio da Siva and Viriato Soares, from District Viqueque sub district Uato – Lari and Dilor they are both then went back into IDPS camp and spontaneously reacted against the Australian troops that were brutally assaulting into IDPS camp and at the time the Australian. Troops arrested Manuel do Carmo.

This incident got strong reaction from people and came out of the tent, against those attitudes of Australian troops in front of the entrance door.

Australian forces drove two tanks into by hitting IDPS door barricade which still unlocked and fueled the situation. The children, old man and women be suffered of tear-gas and resulted two seriously injured and two others were lightly injured and one got shot dead right away under IDPS tent by the Australian troops.

The troops wanted to hide the dead bodies assuming he was shot outside of the camp so they then pulled out of barbed wire and his hair stickled at the barbed wire. Then the Australian soldiers cover up the dead –body with black plastics and thrown into maize field.

However, many of IDPS were seeing and shouted at them, and then they taken back the dead –body put into Australian military vehicle. Complete name of those who were killed and wounded as follows:

1. Jacinto Soares

From district Viqueque, subdistrict ossu, lia-ruka village got shot to death on the spot by Australian forces under tent of IDPS.

2. Antonio Dasi

From District Baucau, sub-district, wailili village, shot by Australian troops, at his chest and his side of left stomach in IDPS camp, unfortunately, he died in the next day in national hospital Guido Valadares at 11.20 on Saturday 23 Th February 2007.

3. Geraldo Guteres

From district Baucau, sub-district venilale, Uai-Oli village, shot at both of his knees and all broken.

4. Cris Lopes

From district Lospalos, shot at his log with heavy injured.

5. Julio da Silva

From district viqueque, sub-district Uato-Lari, shot at his thigh –with heavyly injured

C. Demands

This is not the first Australian brutal attitude against IDPs. They have carried out a systematic efforts and systematic discrimination against Timorese people.

Due to the above facts of all IDPS of Presidente Nicolau Lobato demanded strongly and urge to the government of RDTL , UNMIT and international forces in Timor Leste to take necessary measures based on international law prevails over the world against the forces as follows ;

1. Immediate withdrawal of Australian troops out of Timor Leste.

2. Request the sovereignty state of RDTL to take on immediately measures to pull out the Australian forces from Timor Leste.

3. Requested the sovereignty state of representative UN security in Timor Leste, attention for responsibility to the problem, because he is dead in UNHCR under canvas.

4. Request the representative of the United Nations forces in Timor Leste to take responsibility on family of victims and bring up actors of the Australian forces to international tribunal.

5. We totally reject the news broadcasted on TVTL, that the information was not based on facts taken place in IDPS Comoro.

6. We totally reject information that Australian forces have been delivering through internews that we shot at them with Ambon-Arrow that was totally false to cover up their bad attitude on us of innocent IDPS.

7. Over these above demands if it is unrealized, thus, we all IDPS will take a strike and action in Dili and particularly in President Nicolau Lobato Airport Comoro Dili.

8. A simpatico appeal to all Timorese to provided necessary support to depend IDPS human dignity.

9. Demand the RDTL government and the UN representative for a closely cooperation to serve Timorese people.

10. We demand the UN forces to take action in Timor Leste with impartial and not to get involve to a group or a political party.

COMITE ORGANAIZ

1. Carlito da Silva.
2. Jose da Costa
3. Ilda Belo
4. Mateus da Costa Belo
5. Domingos R. Guterres
6. Jaime Soares
7. Serafim Albuquequer Belo
8. Denis Quintão
9. Diamantino da Cruz
10. Jose Pinto
11. Nuno Sares
( KORKA )
12. Vicente Da Silva
PSHT
13. Agustinho Da Silva
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14. Afonso Pinto
MELATO
15. Alberto Costa
PANTAI KELAPA
16. Salvador A Gomes
IDPS FAROL
17. Julion Guterres
IDPS AEROPORTO DILI
18. Kiliberio Dos Santos
IDPS OBRIGADO BARAK
19. Rosito
IDPS HOSPITAL BIDAU
20 Luis Dos Santos Belo
IDPS SIONAL
21. Sebastion Zeca Ximenes
ALDEIA MORIS FOUN
22. Sergio da Silva Reis
ESTUDANTE

CC
1. Presidente RDTL
2. Presisdente Parlamento
3. Premeiro Ministro RDTL
4. Tribunal Recurso
5. Representative UNMIT.
6. Ambassador Australia
7. Diocese Dili ho Baucau
8. Ministry of security
9. Ministry Interior
10. Ministerio Transport and Telecomunication.
11. and exetra

Demands CC to

1 To Ministry Negotiation Estrange Rio and Cooperation RDTL.
2 To International Humang Right.
3 To International Human Right in Geneva, which
represent in Timor Leste
4 To .President Provedor Direitos Humanus RDTL.
5 To ATUL KHARE Responsible UNMIT in Timor - Leste