The **Indonesian Occupation of East Timor** was a violent example of
modern colonialism where the New Order government in Indonesia occupied
East Timor and carried out a campaign of repression so brutal some have
considered it to be a genocide.
## Background
## Crimes Against Humanity
### Conscription
### Economic Warfare
The military confiscated land and businesses
### Enforced Starvation
### Massacres
### Sex Slavery
### Torture
Torture methods used by the Indonesian military included
## End
## International Response
### Australia
Starting under the most [left-wing
government](Whitlam_Government "wikilink") in Australian history,
Australia became the most enthusiastic supporter of Indonesia's
occuapation.
### Canada
Canada abstained from voting in UN resolutions about East Timor, and
opposed three. The Canadian government regularly sold weapons to
Indonesia during the occupation, and in the 1990s approved over
CDN$400 million in exports for spare weapons parts.
### India
### Japan
### Portugal
Portugal became the strongest critic of the occupation,
The day after the invasion, Portugal cut diplomatic ties with Indonesia
and went on to support UN resolutions condemning the invasion. However,
in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Portuguese government appeared
reluctant to push the issue; American Indonesia specialist, Benedict
Anderson suggests this stemmed from uncertainty at the time over its
application to the European Community.\[207\] Portugal's
criticism mounted sharply from the mid-1980s, and due to public
pressure, the country became one of the highest profile campaigners in
international forums for East Timorese
self-determination.\[219\] Throughout the 1990s, Portugal
took part in UN-brokered mediations with Indonesia.\[220\]
### Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
### United Kingdom
### United States of America
## References
[Indonesian Occupation of East
Timor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_occupation_of_East_Timor)
- [Wikipedia](Wikipedia "wikilink")