Roger East


West Papua: like a pre-independent East Timor?

Ten years after East Timor’s bloody struggle for independence, Indonesia has never prosecuted for the crimes committed during their occupation of East Timor. What’s to discourage them from similar action in West Papua? asks Marni Cordell

Balibo: the truth is even more brutal

The film Balibo, based on Roger East and the Balibo Five in East Timor, is a fairly accurate historical document of the 1975 invasion, but the real violence was even worse.