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Balibo Five

The Balibo Five was a group of Commonwealth journalists - two Australian, two British, and one New Zealander - working for Australian commercial television networks who were murdered by the Indonesian military in the period leading up to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor on 7 December 1975. The Balibo Five were based in the town of Balibo in East…

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related to External links · 40
Balibo Five → ABC, Accountability Continue, Archived, Balibo, Balibo Australian Broadcasting CorporationJill, Balibo House TrustBALIBO Official, Balibo'National Interest, Black Swan State Theatre, Calls, Company, ContentFilm International, Death, East Timor, Film Site, IFEXDemocracyNow, Interview, ISBN, Jeff, Jolliffe, June
related to 2007 inquest into death of Brian Peters · 24
Balibo Five → Allegations, Although, An, At, Australian Defence Signals Directorate, Balibo, British, Coroner's Court, February, Habibie Government, Indonesia, Indonesian, Indonesian Army Captain Yunus, Information, Minister, New South Wales, NSW, On, Peters, The Australian
related to 40th anniversary · 22
Balibo Five → According, Australian, Australian Government, Australian War Memorial, Fernandes, Indonesia, Indonesian Government's, It, Mourners, October, On, Our, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Roger East, Senator Xenophon, September, The Economist, The Sydney Morning Herald, War Correspondents Memorial, We
related to Political advocacy · 21
Balibo Five → Australia, Australian, Australian Senate, In, Indonesian, International Press Institute, It's, Kofi Annan, Parliament, Robert Connolly, Scott Ludlam, Senators Nick Xenophon, The, The Sydney Morning Herald, Timor-Leste, UN, United Nations Secretary-General, We, World War II, Writing
related to Theatre · 18
Balibo Five → Aidan Fennessy, Australian, Coinciding, East Timor's President José, Entitled National Interest, Fennessy's, In, It, May, Melbourne, Melbourne Theatre Company, Paul Stewart, Perth, Ramos-Horta, State Theatre Company, Tony, Tony Stewart, Western Australia's Black Swan
related to Roger East · 16
Balibo Five → Australian AAP-Reuters, Australian Government Solicitor Tom, Balibo, Calls, December, Dili, East, East Timor, East's, He, However, Indonesia, Indonesian, National Crime Authority, Roger East, Sherman
related to The journalists · 15
Balibo Five → Australians, Brian Peters, British, Gary Cunningham, Greg Shackleton, HSV-7, Malcolm Rennie, Melbourne, New Zealander, Nine Network, Seven Network, Sydney, TCN-9, The, Tony Stewart
related to 2009 war crimes investigation · 14
Balibo Five → ABC, AFP, Australian Federal Police, Gatot Purwanto, He, In, Indonesian, Indonesian Government, On, September, Special Forces, We, Yosfiah, Yunus Yosfiah

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balibo indonesian five east australian killed journalists timor men 1975 war government military 2009 inquest film roger deaths evidence town

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Balibo Fiverelated to 2007 inquest into death of Brian PetersOn0.60section
Balibo Fiverelated to 2007 inquest into death of Brian PetersFebruary0.60section
Balibo Fiverelated to 2007 inquest into death of Brian PetersCoroner's Court0.60section
Balibo Fiverelated to 2007 inquest into death of Brian PetersNew South Wales0.60section
Balibo Fiverelated to 2007 inquest into death of Brian PetersPeters0.60section
Balibo Fiverelated to 2007 inquest into death of Brian PetersAlthough0.60section
Balibo Fiverelated to 2007 inquest into death of Brian PetersBritish0.60section
Balibo Fiverelated to 2007 inquest into death of Brian PetersNSW0.60section
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Balibo Fiverelated to 2007 inquest into death of Brian PetersYunus Yosfiah0.60section
Balibo Fiverelated to 2007 inquest into death of Brian PetersMinister0.60section
Balibo Fiverelated to 2007 inquest into death of Brian PetersInformation0.60section

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