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Six years ago today—on November 12, 1991—Indonesian troops armed with American-made M-16 rifles fired on a crowed of several thousand unarmed East Timorese civilians gathered at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili, East Timor. At least 271 people were killed that day and more later as they sought medical treatment in local hospitals.
The scale of the protest was unprecedented; the killing was not. Since Indonesia illegally invaded the former Portuguese colony in 1975 at least 200,000 people have been killed—one third of the population. While not the largest massacre in this genocidal history, the Santa Cruz massacre was witnessed and photographed by foreign journalists, inspiring a worldwide outcry which continues today.
In fact, demonstrations against the occupation of East Timor will be held all over the world today, including here in the United States. Major protests are planned for Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Washington, DC and New York.
The protests come in the midst of a series of high-level engagements between the United States and Indonesia. President Clinton himself meets with Indonesian dictator Suharto next week and Defense Secretary William Cohen is off to Jakarta this week. And Washington has backed a $30 billion support package for the Indonesian economy in the wake of the collapse of the Indonesian currency earlier this year.
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