Isabel Barreto Lobato

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Isabel Barreto Lobato (* 1948 in Bazartete , Portuguese Timor , † December 8, 1975 in Dili , East Timor ) was an East Timorese independence activist.

Career

Barreto married Nicolau dos Reis Lobato in 1972 and had their son José Maria Barreto Lobato with him in the same year . When the colony of Portuguese Timor was to be prepared for independence after the Carnation Revolution in 1974 , both were involved in leadership positions in the left-wing FRETILIN .

After FRETILIN had emerged victorious in the civil war against the UDT , several women from the FRETILIN youth organization UNETIM founded the party's women's organization, the Organização Popular de Mulheres Timorense (OPMT), on August 28, 1975 to counteract the humanitarian crisis after the fighting. So they wanted to take care of the upbringing of the children. Barreto was one of the founding members of the OPMT. Together with others, she was responsible for the OPMT daycare center Mau Bere , which started work in Dili in the first week of September.

In view of the impending invasion of neighboring Indonesia , FRETILIN proclaimed the independence of the Democratic Republic of East Timor from Portugal on November 28th . Nicolau Lobato became the country's first prime minister . On December 7th, Indonesia began the attack on the capital Dili and the Indonesian invasion . Nicolau Lobato fled to the mountains while Isabel and her son were captured. Isabel was raped by the soldiers. She was able to give José to her sister Olímpia Barreto at the last moment before Isabel was brought to be executed. You and dozens of other civilians were executed by the Indonesian soldiers on the shipyard site . The corpses were dropped into the water.

José was adopted by Olímpia Barreto and her husband José Gonçalves , also took their family name Gonçalves and was raised in Jakarta , where his origins were kept secret. Nicolau Lobato was killed in the guerrilla war against the occupiers in 1978.

Pascoela Barreto , Isabel's sister, is a diplomat for the independent East Timor.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eva Belfrage: Östtimor ut ur tystnaden , 1990, ISBN 9185516740 .
  2. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald: After 26 years, Timorese about to begin life again , August 18, 2001 , accessed May 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ CHAPTER 1: AIMS, STRUCTURE AND METHODS , pp. 148 & 150 , accessed on May 12, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Part 3: The History of the Conflict", p. 64, (PDF; 1.4 MB) from the "Chega!" Report of the CAVR (English)
  5. ↑ Timor-Leste / Biografia do Presidente Nicolau dos Reis Lobato , accessed on December 31, 2012; in English: Biography of President Nicolau dos Reis Lobato , accessed November 2, 2012
  6. ↑ Teresa Amal: Sete Mulhers de Timor , 2005 , accessed on May 12, the 020th
personal data
SURNAME Barreto Lobato, Isabel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barreto, Isabel (maiden name); Lobato, Isabel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese independence activist
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Bazartete , Portuguese Timor
DATE OF DEATH 8th December 1975
Place of death Dili , East Timor