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<P><U><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL -- EAST TIMOR -- JILL JOLLIFFE </FONT></SPAN></B></U>
<BR><U><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA LECTURE THEATRE</FONT></SPAN></B></U><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">WEDNESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 6PM</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">[Film to commence at 6.45pm]</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Video testimony from the Living Memory Project presented by Jill Jolliffe</FONT></B></U><B></B> </SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Address and discussion -- the problem of impunity in East Timor</FONT></B></U><B></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Jill Jolliffe, well-known journalist, will present ‘Simplicio’s story’, video testimony from Santa Cruz massacre survivor Simplicio Celestino de Deus, one of 52 interviews with former political prisoners filmed in East Timor by the Living Memory project.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The film will be shown at the National Library Lecture Theatre sponsored by Amnesty International Australia, and will be followed by her address on the problem of impunity in East Timor and on the present situation there. Dr George Quinn, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Asian Studies at the ANU, will be moderator and speaker.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Jill Jolliffe has reported on East Timor since the invasion of then Portuguese Timor by Indonesia in 1975. She is the author of a number of highly respected works, including “Cover-Up: The Inside Story of the Balibo 5” In 2006 Jill Jolliffe was named journalist of the year by Yale University’s<I> Globalist</I> magazine.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">She is currently Director of the Living Memory Project, an oral history project which is creating an archive of interviews recording the experiences of political prisoners of the Indonesian period, to be preserved as part of East Timor’s national heritage. It is intended that the archive be available world-wide as a record of East Timor’s history for use in libraries, human rights organizations, schools, universities and the media.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">“The history of resistance and struggle is a crucial chapter in Timorese history that still warrants serious historical attention and documentation. There are stories of heroism, betrayal and survival that need to be told, remembered and documented. This is why the Jill Jolliffe project and video archive is such an exciting and powerful project”,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Dr Viet Nguyen Gillam,</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> Manager, Survivors of Torture Program, Timor Leste.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Jill Jolliffe will address the issue of impunity in East Timor in the light of the recent Security Council resolution of 26 August 2006, providing for the renewal of serious crimes investigations. She and Dr Quinn will also speak on the situation in East Timor generally. Discussion will follow the address. There will also be displays on the work of Amnesty International and on resources on East Timor at the National Library of Australia.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The event is free. Refreshments will be served.</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">RSVP by Tuesday 26<SUP>th</SUP> September</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Contact: Anya Dettman (02) 62621647 ; adettman@nla.gov.au</FONT></SPAN>
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