Shocking to say the least. All others have been obliterated on orders of the army high command. There are no Timorese unions or press, peasant leagues, political parties, or student groups. Their leaders have been executed and their existence banned.
Social organization can only take place under the army's control.
Public speech and assembly are prohibited by army fiat. When I put my body over her, they focused on my head. They fractured my skull with the butts of their M-16s. The soldiers put us on the pavement and trained their rifles at our heads. They had taken my passport earlier but Amy showed them hers, and the soldiers seemed impressed when they realized that we were indeed from the States.