Amnesty International is urging East Timor to reconsider legal loopholes that allow Indonesian army officers who took part in serious war crimes to go unpunished.
A report released by Amnesty this week investigates the small countries’ latest Penal Code, which shows no change to their amnesties relating to suspects of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
During the 24 year Indonesian occupation which ended in 1999, those crimes included mass killings, arbitrary imprisonment, sexual violence and torture.
During that period more than 200 thousand Timorese lost their lives.
But at present the Timorese government is opposed to bringing those involved to account.
2ser's Tess Morrell spoke with Dr Clinton Fernandes, an Indonesia specialist at the University of New South Wales.
Hear the interview here:
http://2ser.podomatic.com/entry/2010-07-03T05_38_16-07_00