Gw baru aja selesai nonton film Balibo, yang mengisahkan Jose Ramos Horta (sekarang Presiden Timor Timur) dan Roger East (seorang jurnalis Australia) yang melacak perjalanan 5 wartawan muda Australia yang dikabarkan hilang di Balibo, 1975, dalam peristiwa invasi Indonesia ke Timor Timur. Di akhir film, ada link menuju situs Balibo House, dan gw nemuin video ini disana.
“…then for the next hour, sitting on woven mats under a thatched roof in a hut with no walls we were the target of a barrage of questioning from men who knew that they may die tomorrow and cannot understand why the rest of the world does not care.
Why, they ask are the Australians not helping us?
When the Japanese invaded they did help us?
Why, they ask are the Portuguese not helping us, we’re still a Portuguese colony
Who, they ask will pay for the terrible damage to our homes
My main answer was that Australia would not send forces here…. That’s impossible. However, I said we could ask that Australia raise this fighting at the United Nations – that was possible.
At that, the second in charge rose to his feet, exclaimed, “Camarade Journaliste”, shook my hand, the rest shook my hand and we were applauded because we are Australians.
That’s all they want……. for the United Nations to care about what is happening here. The emotion here last night was so strong that we, all three of us, felt we should be able to reach out into the warm night air and touch it.
Greg Shackleton at an unnamed village that we will remember forever in Portuguese Timor.”
Thank you to the Seven Network News for this clip.
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