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10-18-2009, 09:33 AM
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East Timor Victims of Torture
These gruesome photographs of torture victims were smuggled out of East Timor in late 1997 by human-rights workers. They depict the apparent torture and murder of five women. One woman shown in this series was apparently arrested for appearing at a rally for Nobel Peace Prize-winners José Ramos-Horta and Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo. The soldiers hold her hand-lettered sign over her body which reads "Hidup hadia Nobel" (Bahasa Indonesian for "Long live the Nobel award"). The soldiers have also written anti-independence slogans on her body. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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10-18-2009, 09:54 AM
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Re: East Timor Victims of Torture
This is what happens when your government and military has free reign to do whatever they want to 'enemies of the state'...keep that in mind when your own gov tries to sell you legislation under the guise of making your nation more 'secure'.
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