HC Deb 27 January 1995 vol 253 c451W
Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on the violence in Dili in East Timor in 1991.

Mr. Goodlad

Along with our EU partners, we strongly condemned the violence in Dili in 1991. We received reports of what happened from various sources, including a report of the Indonesian national commission of inquiry. These differed widely in their accounts of the numbers killed or missing. The United Nations special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions has recently produced a new report which will be considered by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights at its next session.

Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of whether Hawk aircraft have been used against civilians in East Timor.

Mr. Goodlad

We have no evidence to support allegations that Hawk aircraft have been used against civilians in East Timor.