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[[File:Militärposten Balibo 1930er.jpg|thumb|left|Portuguese military post Balibo in the 1930s|alt=]]
[[File:Forte Portugues, porta principal.jpg|thumb|left|Former Portuguese fort in Balibo|alt=]]
[[File:Balibo Memorial.jpg|thumb|left|Memorial to the [[Royal Australian Regiment]] as part of [[International Force East Timor|INTERFET]] in Balibo|alt=]]
'''Balibo''' is a town in [[East Timor]] situated approximately {{Convert|10|km|abbr=off}} from the [[Indonesia]]n border. It is located in the [[Subdistricts of East Timor|sub-district]] of [[Balibo Administrative Post|Balibo]], [[Bobonaro District]].
 
It was estimated by [[Human Rights Watch]] that 70&nbsp;percent of the town was destroyed during the militia violence that preceded the [[1999 East Timorese independence referendum|vote on East Timorese independence]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}
[[File:Militärposten Balibo 1930er.jpg|thumb|left|Portuguese military post Balibo in the 1930s]]
[[File:Balibo view from hill (twig on top).jpg|thumb|left|Balibo town]]
'''Balibo''' is a town in [[East Timor]] situated approximately {{convert|10|km|mi}} from the [[Indonesia]]n border. It is located in the [[Subdistricts of East Timor|subdistrict]] of [[Balibo Subdistrict|Balibo]], [[Bobonaro District]].
 
Balibo achieved notoriety as the site of the killing of five [[Australia]]n-based [[journalist]]s, now known as the [[Balibo Five]], by Indonesian forces in the 1970s. Australian reporters from [[Seven Network|Channels 7]], [[Nine Network|9]] and [[ABC TV (Australian TV channel)|ABC]] were covering an incursion by Indonesia into what was then [[Portuguese Timor]]. The reporters from Channels 7 and 9 were killed on 16 October 1975 by [[Koopssus|Indonesian Special Forces]], to prevent information about the invasion from being released.<ref name=AJPH>{{Cite journal|last1=Tapsell|first1=Ross|last2=Eidenfalk|first2=Joakim|date=18 December 2013|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajph.12034|title=Australian Reporting from East Timor 1975-1999: Journalists as Agents of Change|journal=[[Australian Journal of Politics and History]]|volume=59|issue=4|pages=576–592|doi=10.1111/ajph.12034}}</ref> In December 1975, another Australian reporter, Roger East, who was investigating the deaths of the other five, was reportedly seized by Indonesian soldiers, and then shot by a firing squad.<ref name=AJPH/>
It was estimated by [[Human Rights Watch]] that 70% of the town was destroyed during the militia violence that preceded the vote on East Timorese independence.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}
 
The town is home to a 400-year-old fort, which was the scene of several battles during the [[Indonesian invasion of East Timor|Indonesian invasion in 1975]]. The Balibo Five were also filming from the fort when Indonesian forces landed in Balibo on the day they died. The fort has been converted into a hotel as of 2016 by the Balibo House Trust, with support from the [[Rotary Club]] of [[Port Melbourne]].
Balibo achieved notoriety as the site of the killing of five [[Australia]]n-based [[journalists]] now known as the [[Balibo Five]], by Indonesian forces on October 16, 1975 during an incursion by Indonesia into what was then [[Portuguese Timor]].
 
The [[Balibo Declaration]], which criticised the declaration of independence, and was later used by the Indonesian government as partial justification for its invasion, was said to have been signed here, but was actually drafted by Indonesian intelligence and signed in [[Bali]], Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Matsuno |first=Akihisha |date=1998 |title=The Balibo Declaration: Between Fact and Fiction |url=https://researchmap.jp/conflictstudies/published_papers/43293580 |journal=}}</ref>
The town is home to a 400-year-old fort, which was the scene of several battles during the [[Indonesian invasion of East Timor|Indonesian invasion in 1975]]. The [[Balibo Five]] were also filming from the fort when Indonesian forces landed in Balibo on the day they died.
 
During the [[International Force East Timor]] (INTERFET) mission after the Indonesian withdrawal, the fort was used as a base for approximately one thousand [[United Nations]] (UN) troops, as part of [[Operation Lavarack]]. [[Kylie Minogue]] performed an unplugged concert in Balibo to entertain UN troops in 1999, as part of the Tour of Duty series of concerts.
The [[Balibo Declaration]], which criticised the declaration of independence and was later used by the Indonesian government as partial justification for its invasion, was said to have been signed here but was actually drafted by Indonesian intelligence and signed in [[Bali]], Indonesia.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}
 
In 2003, the government of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]] purchased the house where the five journalists had stayed, as it had fallen into disrepair, and renovated it to serve as a creche, library, and vocational training centre. International aid organisations have also been involved in other reconstruction work in the town, such as the rebuilding of a dormitory for schoolchildren from remote communities that had been razed during the militia attacks.
During the [[INTERFET]] mission after the Indonesian withdrawal, the fort was used as a base for approximately one thousand [[United Nations]] troops, as part of [[Operation Lavarack]]. [[Kylie Minogue]] performed an unplugged concert in Balibo to entertain [[United Nations]] troops in 1999, as part of the Tour of Duty series of concerts.
 
==See also==
In 2003, the government of [[Victoria, Australia]] purchased the house where the five journalists had stayed, as it had fallen into disrepair, and renovated it to serve as a creche, library and vocational training centre. International aid organizations have also been involved in other reconstruction work in the town, such as the rebuilding of a dormitory for schoolchildren from remote communities that had been razed during the militia attacks.
 
== See also ==
*[[List of cities in East Timor]]
*[[1999 East Timorese crisis]]
 
*[[Indonesian occupation of East Timor]]
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*[[Australia and the Indonesian occupation of East Timor]]
 
==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/special/os_3_doc1.asp|title=The Balibo Declaration - Proclamation|website=TheJakartaPost.com|place=Balibo|publisher=[[The Jakarta Post]]|date=27 October 2005|orig-date=Original date 30 November 1975|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051027042016/http://www.thejakartapost.com/special/os_3_doc1.asp|archive-date=27 October 2005}}
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.tl/category/publications/census-publications/2015-census-publications/|title=2015 {{!}} Statistics Timor-Leste|website=Statistics.gov.tl|publisher=[[Ministry of Finance Timor-Leste]]|date=2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923100642/http://www.statistics.gov.tl/category/publications/census-publications/2015-census-publications/|archive-date=23 September 2019}}
 
==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Balibo Vila}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121108160924/http://unmit.unmissions.org/Portals/UNMIT/Repository/Bobonaro%20District%20_August%202008.683369e9-3524-46cc-a306-8d9684907837.pdf Timor-Leste District Atlas - Bobonaro District - Version 02, August 2008] — from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations, via Archive.org
 
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[[Category:Populated places in East Timor]]
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