East Timor: The Breakaway Nation

East Timor: The Breakaway Nation

Thursday, May 16, 2002
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
(Pacific)
Dan and Nancy Okimoto Conference Room, Encina Hall, third floor, east wing

In 1999, 34 journalists were killed while revealing human rights abuses or reporting on civil conflicts. Two of those killed were covering the referendum in East Timor in 1999. Ms. Vidon was evacuated from Indonesia and later returned with the Australian-led UN troops. She will present her photos and discuss her experience of being a journalist in Indonesia during that violent time.