The Wire

Amnesty International is urging East Timor to reconsider legal loopholes that allow Indonesian army officers who took part in serious war crimes to go unpunished. A new report from Amnesty has found the latest Penal Code, still allows exemptions for war crimes. During the 24 year Indonesian occupation which ended in 1999, those crimes included mass killings, arbitrary imprisonment, sexual violence and torture. Despite the fact that more than 200 thousand people lost their lives, the Timorese government is opposed to bringing those involved to account.