Balibo

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Balibo is a town in

It was estimated by Human Rights Watch that 70 percent of the town was destroyed during the militia violence that preceded the vote on East Timorese independence.^{[citation needed]}

Balibo achieved notoriety as the site of the killing of five Australian-based journalists, now known as the Balibo Five, by Indonesian forces in the 1970s. Australian reporters from Channels 7, 9 and ABC were covering an incursion by Indonesia into what was then Portuguese Timor. The reporters from Channels 7 and 9 were killed on 16 October 1975 by Indonesian Special Forces, to prevent information about the invasion from being released.^[2] In December 1975, another Australian reporter, Roger East, who was investigating the deaths of the other five, was reportedly seized by Indonesian soldiers, and then shot by a firing squad.^[2]

The town is home to a 400-year-old fort, which was the scene of several battles during the

During the International Force East Timor (INTERFET) mission after the Indonesian withdrawal, the fort was used as a base for approximately one thousand United Nations (UN) troops, as part of Operation Lavarack. Kylie Minogue performed an unplugged concert in Balibo to entertain UN troops in 1999, as part of the Tour of Duty series of concerts.

In 2003, the government of

• List of cities in East Timor
• 1999 East Timorese crisis
• Indonesian occupation of East Timor
• Australia and the Indonesian occupation of East Timor

References

Further reading

• "The Balibo Declaration - Proclamation". TheJakartaPost.com. Balibo: The Jakarta Post. 27 October 2005 [Original date 30 November 1975]. Archived from the original on 27 October 2005.
• "2015 | Statistics Timor-Leste". Statistics.gov.tl. Ministry of Finance Timor-Leste. 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019.

External links

• Media related to Balibo Vila at Wikimedia Commons
• Timor-Leste District Atlas - Bobonaro District - Version 02, August 2008 — from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations, via Archive.org