<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Call for contributions: Documents on the Santa Cruz massacre, 12 November 1991 </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="color:inherit"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></span></i></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">David Webster, Bishop’s University </span></i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:inherit"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">In 1991, hundreds of Timorese died or were injured at the hands of Indonesian soldiers at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili, Timor-Leste. The massacre was pivotal in the Timor-Leste independence struggle, bringing systematic violations of human rights and mass atrocities to global attention and sparking a wave of solidarity activism around the world. The story has been told, but primary source documents remain relatively scarce and the story, therefore, incomplete.  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:inherit"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">For the thirtieth anniversary of the massacre, and in conjunction with a workshop hosted in Dili by the Timor-Leste Studies Association, we plan to release a series of documents generated through the international solidarity movement as well as from inside Timor-Leste (to be done in conjunction with the Centro Nacional Chega! in Dili).  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:inherit"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">This call for contributions asks for those who were involved in solidarity activism to share materials through an updated Timor International Solidarity Archive (TiSA), located at <a href="https://timorarchive.com/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://timorarchive.com/</a>. This online archive digitizes and disseminates materials from multiple actors. For a recent article about TiSA methods, see <a href="https://archivists.ca/Blog/10765490" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://archivists.ca/Blog/10765490</a>.  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:inherit"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,255);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000">A</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> new <b>Santa Cruz Massacre Special Collection</b> is now under construction, and welcomes materials related to the 12 November 1991 massacre, its aftermath, and its effects on global Timor solidarity. A brief introduction to </span><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">the overall</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Santa Cruz</span></font><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> project by John Waddingham of the Clearing House for Archival Records on Timor appears at </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="https://timorarchives.wordpress.com/2021/08/10/docs-santa-cruz-30-years/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://timorarchives.wordpress.com/2021/08/10/docs-santa-cruz-30-years/</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">The </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><font color="#000000">project</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">starts with 30 digitized and described work folders produced by Pat Walsh of the Australian Council for Overseas Aid’s Human Rights Office, which can be accessed online at </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="https://timorarchive.ca/santa-cruz-massacre-4" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://timorarchive.ca/santa-cruz-massacre-4</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none w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