Matias Gouveia Duarte

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Xanana Gusmão in hiding with Matias Gouveia Duarte (1991)

Matias Gouveia Duarte , fighting name Hunuk , (* 1951 , † September 1999 in East Timor ) was a nurse and independence activist from East Timor.

Duarte had two daughters and four sons. He and his wife Pascoela de Araújo Duarte came from Same . Duarte is said to have been related to Duarte Souto Maior da Costa and his son Boaventura , ruler of the kingdom of Manufahi , who led the last great rebellions against Portuguese colonial rule.

Duarte, actually employed by the Indonesian Red Cross, was involved in the fight against the Indonesian invaders. He supplied the resistance fighters with medicine. In 1991 he and others hid Xanana Gusmão , the leader of the military resistance , for twelve days in his home in Taibesi - Culu Hun , in the east of the East Timorese capital, Dilis . After the Santa Cruz massacre of East Timorese protesters by the Indonesian military, Duarte was arrested and held outside Dilis. He was also a victim of torture. Two of Duarte's sons also took part in the demonstration that ended in the massacre. At the end of 1998 Duarte was released from prison and immediately began to give speeches to the population from the roofs of houses. On August 30, 1999, the East Timorese were able to vote in a referendum for independence from Indonesia. In a final wave of violence , militias and Indonesian security forces hit the country again with death and destruction. Duarte disappeared in this turmoil in September 1999 and was probably killed in the process.

The widow of Duarte takes the Ordem de Timor-Leste President Taur Matan Ruak counter

In 2015, Duarte was posthumously awarded the Ordem de Timor-Leste , representing the members of the group who kept Xanana Gusmão hidden in Culu Hun . All group members collectively bear the award. Duarte's widow Pascoela de Araújo Duarte accepted the award.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tapol: Bulletin No. 109 , accessed April 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: E / CN.4 / 1993/26 , December 15, 1992 , accessed April 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Tony Duarte: Biography , accessed April 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b Jornal da República: DECRETO DO PRESIDENTE DA REPÚBLICA Nº. 72/2015 de 19 de Novembro , accessed April 22, 2019.
  5. ↑ Amnesty International , Statement to the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, July 1992 , accessed April 22, 2019.
  6. ↑ Irena Cristalis : East Timor: A Nation's Bitter Dawn. Zed Books Ltd., 2013, limited preview in Google Book Search.
personal data
SURNAME Duarte, Matias Gouveia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hunuk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese nurse and independence activist
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
DATE OF DEATH September 1999
Place of death East Timor