Local MP Hosts Exhibition For East Timor in Parliament - 10/07/2009 |
 Paul Goggins, MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East, this week hosted an exhibition in Parliament raising awareness of the situation in East Timor.
Mr Goggins welcomed Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis to the opening of the exhibition organised by Catholic aid agency Progressio on Monday.
Mr Lewis met with Zequito de Oliveira, an East Timorese, who spoke about losing members of his family in the violence, including his two younger brothers – and praised the role that faith organisations play in tackling poverty around the world.
Paul Goggins said: “I am honoured to have been asked to host this exhibition by Progressio and to have the opportunity to pass on messages from the British public, to the Minister, calling for justice for crimes committed in poverty-stricken East Timor.”
Progressio’s Executive Director, Christine Allen said: “This year is the 10th anniversary of the East Timorese vote for independence - a show of bravery which must not be forgotten. A decade later its people are still waiting for justice. We believe the UK can play an important role in moving this process forward.”
"Many hundreds of people have come out in support of our campaign – and our message is clear: we must not let the East Timorese people down. Justice must be done.”
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