EAST TIMOR HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE
124 Napier St Fitzroy 3065 Australia
PO BOX 1413 Collingwood 3066 Australia
Tel: +61 3 9415 8225 Fax: +61 3 9415 8218
E-mail: ethrc@minihub.org
Director: Ms Maria Brett Chair: Bishop Hilton Deakin
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URGENT ACTION
10 November 1998
NAMES: Marcos Belo, 28
VIOLATIONS: Arbitrary Detention, Torture
LOCATION: Baucau, East Timor
Ref: UA 14/98PR
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The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) has received further information
in relation to Marcos Belo, who was arrested on 30 September, 1998. Belo
was arrested with three other East Timorese youths, Agapito Belo, Carlos
Pinto Belo and Ernesto Amaral Belo, during a military operation in Kaisida
hamlet, Baucau. During the operation, the military forces attacked seven
houses in the hamlet, arresting the four East Timorese men and confiscating
personal property (see UA 14/98 for details). The ETHRC previously reported
that the other three detainees were released after short-term detention.
ETHRC sources have now confirmed that Marcos Belo has also been released
and that the personal property which was confiscated during the military
operation will be returned to the rightful owners through church mediators
located in Baucau.
NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED IN RELATION TO THIS CASE
Thank-you to all those who assisted
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