[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 194 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H14177-H14178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  EAST TIMORESE SUBJECT TO WORST HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE WORLD

  (Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island. Mr. Speaker, 20 years ago today the 
small emerging nation of East Timor was brutally invaded by the nation 
of Indonesia. Over the past 20 years, the people of East Timor have 
been subject to some of the worst abuses of human rights in the world. 
More than 200,000 East Timorese, almost one-third of their entire 
population, have been killed or have died from starvation after being 
forced from their villages by Indonesia. 

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  Mr. Speaker, this attack cannot be countenanced. This violence must 
end. That is why today, with my colleague from New York, Mrs. Lowey, I 
am introducing the East Timor Human Rights Accountability Act. This 
bill simply says that no United States aid to Indonesia can be used to 
further the occupation of East Timor or to violate the human rights of 
the people of East Timor. If it is, this aid will end.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from New York for joining me and I 
urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me in sponsoring 
this legislation.

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