Allan Nairn

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Allan Nairn
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Morristown, New Jersey, United States
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • Reporter
  • Author
Notable work
  • East Timor's Unfinished Struggle (1999)
  • Our Kind of Guys (1999)
Awards
Websiteallannairn.org

Allan Nairn (born 1956) is an American

U.S. foreign policy in such countries as Haiti, Guatemala
, Indonesia, and East Timor.

Biography and career

Nairn was born in

SAT I exam and its creators, the Educational Testing Service, was printed as part of the Ralph Nader
report in 1980.

In 1980 Nairn visited

rural areas. He interviewed United States corporate executives there, who endorsed the death squads, and he decided to further investigate death squad activities in that country and in El Salvador, also in the throes of civil war. Subsequently, Nairn became interested in East Timor and helped found the East Timor Action Network
(ETAN), which was instrumental in bringing the independence movement in East Timor to international attention.

On November 12, 1991, covering developments in East Timor, Nairn and fellow journalist

East Timor's independence referendum
.

In an article published in

Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti
(FRAPH) which was involved in human rights abuses.

On March 24, 2010, it was revealed that Nairn could be facing possible detention and criminal charges in Indonesia for revealing Indonesian military assassinations of civilian activists. An

Indonesian Military spokesperson told the Jakarta Globe that the military is considering legal actions against Nairn's publication.[3]

In June 2013 Nairn and numerous other celebrities appeared in a video showing support for Chelsea Manning.[4][5]

A June 27, 2014 report indicated that Nairn had been threatened with arrest for revealing the role of Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto in human rights abuses.[6]

On April 19, 2017, the

vigilante street movement" in order to unseat President Joko Widodo.[7]

Awards

In 1993 Nairn and

George Polk Award for Journalism for Magazine Reporting.[9] Also in 1994, Nairn received the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism for his writing on Haiti for The Nation magazine. He was a recipient of the 1994 Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage.[10]

References

  1. ^ "East Timor Massacre Remembered: U.S.-Armed Indonesian Troops Kill 270 Timorese 20 Years Ago". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
  2. ^ "Massacre: The Story of East Timor". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
  3. ^ "Exclusive... Journalist Allan Nairn Facing Possible Arrest in Indonesia for Exposing US-Backed Forces Assassinated Civilians". Democracy Now!. March 24, 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  4. Politico.com
    . Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  5. ^ I am Bradley Manning (full HD). I am Bradley Manning. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 8 September 2013 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "Journalist Allan Nairn Threatened for Exposing Indonesian Pres. Candidate's Role in Mass Killings". Democracy Now!. 2014-06-27. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  7. ^ Nairn, Allan (19 April 2017). "Trump's Indonesian Allies In Bed With ISIS-Backed Militia Seeking to Oust Elected President". The Intercept. First Look Media. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Robert F Kennedy Memorial". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
  9. ^ "The George Polk Awards for Journalism". Archived from the original on 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  10. ^ Joe A. Callaway Awards For Civic Courage Past-Winners, Calloway Awards, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.

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