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War crimes amnesty dents fragile faith in rule of law

  The sense of trauma continues and spirits of the dead are everywhere.   Driving through East Timor’s western district of Bobonaro on the day Amnesty International released its report condemning East Timor’s amnesties for war criminals, I experienced a compelling sense that the scars of 1999 and before had not healed. Perhaps a third […]