How did we speak up for the Timorese since 1976?
Thursday, 12 Feb, 5:30pm – 7:30pm AEDT
Location: The University of Sydney – Level 2 Sydney Law School, Main Campus
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An event to commemorate 50 years of advocacy by the International Commission of Jurists (Australian Section) for the people of Timor-Leste. This will include the coronial inquest into the 1975 murder of five Australian based journalists recently arrived in Balibo and similarly the murder of Australian journalist Roger East, a freelance reporter for AAP-Reuters and ABC in Dili.
OUR SPEAKERS
Chaired by Judge Robyn Tupman, ICJ(AS) President
➢ Dr John Pace, AO Secretary of UN Commission on Human Rights 1978-1994
➢ The Honourable John Dowd, AO KC
➢ Janelle Saffin, MLA
➢ Rodney Lewis, AM
➢ Hamish McDonald, formerly foreign editor S.M.H. and Indonesia correspondent
➢ Dr Elizabeth Biok, Secretary General ICJ(AS)
➢ Representative of the Government of TimorLeste