Residents break down in grief after returning to the village of Memo two days before the referendum upon finding their homes destroyed and family members murdered by pro-autonomy militias. August 28, 1999.



T-shirt of exiled East Timorese leader Xanana Gusmão on a truck packed with independent supporters during a parade in central Dili. August 25, 1999


Bernardino Guterres is buried in the front yard of his relatives' home in Dili. The family is too poor and too afraid of the militia to arrange for a burial in the cemetery.


Families mourn their dead after pro-integration supporters ransacked the village of Memo, killing three and burning over 20 homes. August 29, 1999.


Members of the Aitarak militia open fire with M16's on unarmed pro independence supporters in Dili, East Timor. August 26, 1999


Candlelight vigil at the site of a massacre carried out by a pro-Indonesian militia in Dili 8 months before. April, 2000.