East Timor photographs
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Date: 1997
Region: Australia
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Photography
Artist: Various
Confronting Bodies: Australian Ministers of Parliament, Speakers of the House and President of the Senate
Dates of Action: March, 1997
Location: Australia
Description of Artwork: Photographs showing human rights abuses in East Timor by Indonesian forces, some included images of the 1991 Dili Massacre.
The Incident: Approval was given for this exhibit to be displayed in the foyer of the Australian House of Parliament. During its installation in March of 1997, some members of the Australian Parliament ordered the photograph's removal.
Results of Incident: The photographs were removed from the exhibit.
Source: Index on Censorship, 3/97
