EAST TIMOR: Ramos-Horta due to appear before Truth Commission

Updated September 21, 2007 20:18:11

East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta was expected today to appear before the Indonesia-East Timor Truth and Friendship Commission. The United Nations and human rights bodies object to the commission because of its plan to offer amnesties to those who co-operate and provide testimony.

Presenter: Joanna McCarthy
Speakers: James Dunn, a UN expert on crimes against humanity in East Timor and is the author of East Timor: A People Betrayed