MYP G9 Individuals & Societies - Never Again?: East Timor Genocide

"Modern World History offers a comprehensive look at world history from the mid-15th century to the present."

"East Timor, island country in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands, at the southern extreme of the Malay Archipelago. It occupies the eastern half of the island of Timor, the small nearby islands of Atauro (Kambing) and Jaco, and the enclave of Ambeno, including the town of Pante Makasar, on the northwestern coast of Timor. Dili is the capital and largest city."

Overview from the Ariel University Center for The Research and Study of Genocide in Israel.

"The USF Libraries Holocaust and Genocide Studies Center’s mission is to cross international boundaries to engage information specialists, scholars, educators, students, analysts, and activists in a centralized, interdisciplinary, collaborative, and synergistic approach to genocide education, mental health and public policy, and prevention. Since it's inception, the Center has collaborated in the creation and collection of narratives by genocide survivors, scholars, witnesses, and other experts. This exhibit brings together several of these projects to thematically explore the causes and effects of genocide through the voices of people with first-hand experience."

"José Ramos-Horta, (born December 26, 1949, Dili, East Timor), East Timorese political activist who, along with Bishop Carlos F.X. Belo, received the 1996 Nobel Prize for Peace for their efforts to bring peace and independence to East Timor, a former Portuguese possession that was under Indonesian control from 1975 to 1999. "

"Six years ago today, on November 12th, 1991, Indonesian troops armed with U.S. M16s fired on a crowd of several thousand unarmed East Timorese civilians gathered in the Santa Cruz cemetery in the capital of East Timor called Dili. More than 250 Timorese were killed. The scale of the protest was unprecedented. The killing was not. Since Indonesia illegally invaded East Timor 22 years ago, at least 200,000 people have been killed..."