Example sentences of "in east [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Raiders who broke into an office in East Mount Road , Darlington , were also caught because of information supplied by a member of the public . |
| 2 | DILI ( Reuter ) — Pro-independence demonstrators fought with police during a Mass in East Timor for about 100,000 people at which the Pope told Indonesia to uphold human rights after ‘ years of death and destruction ’ . |
| 3 | While the official figure is 25,000 miles — equivalent to circumnavigating the globe — some journalists have calculated it to be nearer 15,000 , which they suggest would leave Mr Ashdown stranded in East Timor . |
| 4 | At the trial state prosecutors argued that subversion charges were warranted because the defendant had sought ‘ to give a wrong picture of the facts in East Timor to prove that the Indonesian Government did not respect human rights in the province ’ . |
| 5 | Francisco Miranda Branco denied charges of subversion and stated before the court ‘ I uphold the principles of non-violence and peace , which is why , after the outbreak of the civil war in East Timor … |
| 6 | Xanana Gusmao , a former resistance leader in East Timor , was sentenced to life imprisonment by an Indonesian court for , among several charges , trying to set up a separate state . |
| 7 | Portugal has commenced proceedings against Australia , claiming that by entering into the Timor Gap Treaty with Indonesia , Australia has violated Portugal 's rights as the legitimate administering authority in East Timor . |
| 8 | Australia can not claim that it is unaware of the uncertainty about the legal status of Indonesia 's assertion of jurisdictional authority in East Timor and the off-shore waters , and has relied upon its own determination of legality . |
| 9 | Compared with all other invasions — China in Tibet , Indonesia in East Timor , Israel in the Lebanon , etc — it was heartwarming to witness the way in which the world community was taking a stand against an act of gross injustice and imposing unprecedented economic sanctions . |
| 10 | Baby ban in East Timor |
| 11 | In view of the appalling massacre that took place last week in East Timor , will the Government call on the United Nations Security Council to discuss East Timor ? |
| 12 | The Indonesian Government have announced a commission of inquiry into the events in East Timor . |
| 13 | The declaration vehemently condemned the violence and urged the Indonesian Government to ensure that members of the Indonesian armed forces and police in East Timor refrained immediately from using violence , and that members of the armed forces and police who were responsible should be brought to trial . |
| 14 | As I have already said , the Government are seriously concerned about the shootings in East Timor on 12 November . |
| 15 | Regardless of the Indonesian investigation , will the Minister tell us exactly what the Government intend to do to convey to Indonesia the message that the international community simply will not tolerate outrages such as last week 's massacre of innocent mourners in East Timor ? |
| 16 | We know now from the Portuguese Government that that delegation has been called off because of the recent tragic events in East Timor . |
| 17 | Does my hon. Friend agree that what has happened in East Timor is the very opposite of good governance and that that ought to influence our aid programme to Indonesia ? |
| 18 | Together with our EC partners , on 13 November we condemned the violence against the people in East Timor and urged the Indonesian Government to ensure that the Indonesian armed forces and police stopped using violence and that those responsible for these acts were brought to trial . |
| 19 | We have told the United Nations Secretary-General of our support for his efforts to resolve the problems in East Timor . |
| 20 | Although all of us are deeply concerned to know precisely what happened in East Timor , will she bear it in mind that , since Indonesia took over East Timor a few years ago , there has been considerable development of the infrastructure in that country , and that , although no one condones that massacre , we must know what has been going on before we adopt the language that we heard from the Labour party ? |
| 21 | However , in the few weeks remaining to him , will he pursue at all relevant meetings the question of the massacre at Santa Cruz in East Timor . |
| 22 | Virtually every senior Army officer had served in East Timor , which was regarded by the Army command as providing a valuable opportunity for combat experience . |
| 23 | It was reported , however , that armed forces and police had recently suppressed student-led demonstrations in East Timor against an influx of non-Timorese . |
| 24 | A report issued by the human rights organization Amnesty International in early February claimed continuing abuses of human rights in East Timor ( annexed by Indonesia in 1975 ) . |
| 25 | According to the report , over 100 people had been detained and possibly tortured in East Timor during the previous six months for their alleged involvement in pro-independence activities . |
| 26 | The human rights organization Amnesty International charged the Indonesian government with continued human rights abuses in East Timor in a report issued on Aug. 7 [ see p. 38011 for February 1991 report ] . |
| 27 | Massacre in East Timor |
| 28 | On Nov. 28 , the UN Secretary-General announced the dispatch of a mission to Dili , to which Indonesia responded that it would not accept foreign commissions of inquiry in East Timor . |
| 29 | Unrest continued in East Timor during 1990 , with the security forces maintaining pressure on Fretilin and demonstrators . |
| 30 | A preliminary report by an Indonesian inquiry team into the November massacre in East Timor was unusually critical of the armed forces . |