East Timor genocide
| East Timor Genocide | |
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| Part of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor | |
Cemetery in Santa Cruz visited in memory of the victims of the Indonesian Army's brutality | |
| Location | East Timor province, Indonesia |
| Date | Occupation lasted from 1975 to 1999, though much of the killing occurred in the 1970s |
| Target | East Timorese civilians |
Attack type | Forced disappearance, genocidal massacre, reprisal, scorched earth, enforced starvation, state terrorism, mass rape, internment, torture, mass shootings |
| Deaths | estimate ranges from 60,000 to 308,000 apr. 80,000 – 200,000 per UN |
| Perpetrators | Government of Indonesia
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| Motive | Forced capitulation of the East Timorese people to Indonesian authority, Greater Indonesia, Christophobia, expansionism, anti-communism |
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The East Timor genocide refers to the "pacification campaigns" of state terrorism between 1975 and 1999 waged by the Indonesian New Order government during the Indonesian invasion and occupation of East Timor. The majority of sources consider the Indonesian killings in East Timor to constitute genocide, while other scholars disagree on certain aspects of the definition. Estimates of deaths attributed to the genocide range from 60,000 to 308,000.