BBC (August 6): Jakarta rejects Timor convictions

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From the BBC Online
Dated Friday August 6 06:39 GMT (Thursday 10:39 pm PDT)

Jakarta rejects Timor convictions

Indonesia's appeal court has overturned the convictions of four security officials found guilty of crimes against humanity in East Timor in 1999.
The ruling means no Indonesian security official faces jail for the violence, which left more than 1,000 people dead.
The court also cut in half a 10-year sentence for notorious militia leader Eurico Guterres.
Human rights groups attacked the ruling and said Jakarta had never wanted justice done over its former province.

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This is the kind of situation in which the International Criminal Court could become involved. The national courts have had an opportunity to meet out justice to human rights violators, but have demonstrated themselves to be unable or unwilling to do so.