The
Executive Committee of the East Timor and Indonesia
Action Network-ETAN/U.S, along with ETAN’s network of
activists and supporters, and with solidarity and human
rights co-workers and friends throughout the world,
grieves the loss of ETAN’s National Coordinator, John M.
Miller. John was a co-founder of ETAN in 1991 and
served on its staff from 1996 until his death in April,
2026. He was a tireless worker for justice and peace,
committed to effective solidarity, and a friend and
comrade to fellow activists throughout his life. We miss
him every day. Please go
here to read some of the tributes to John from
friends and colleague organizations.
ETAN’s Executive Committee is figuring out how
best to continue the many areas of work that John
facilitated, and on discerning the best path forward for
ETAN as an organization. We will keep our constituency
informed as decisions are made.
As lutas continuam!
John, PRESENTE
As a co-founder and
National Coordinator
of East
Timor and Indonesia Action Network
(ETAN) and
a lifelong organizer
with the War
Resisters League,
John was a tireless
worker for justice
and peace, committed
to effective
solidarity, and a
friend and comrade
to fellow activists
throughout his
life.
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Party in Your
Community:
In John’s spirit of
grassroots
organizing, we
encourage solidarity
networks, chapters,
and friends to
gather together in
person to stream the
memorial. Whether it
is a Friday night
gathering or a
Saturday morning
breakfast meetup,
let’s honor John in
community.
A
Death and an Election Donald Weatherbee and
Timor-Leste by Chris
Lundry, ETAN Executive Committee member
Professor-investigador, Centro de Estudios de Asia y
África, El Colegio de Mexico
We must end impunity
to ensure a future filled
with justice and peace.
-Pam, California, USA
It was the international
community which supported
Indonesia in its brutal
invasion and occupation
of East Timor (Timor-Leste).
It is the responsibility
of the international community
to now call Indonesia to
account.
-Sr. Susan Connelly, Australia
ETAN
is an incredible organization.
It was an important part of
our struggle for self-determination,
struggle for the permanent Maritime
Boundary with Australia, and
during the last 19 years, it
has been part of Timorese struggle
to reconstruct and to rebuild
its country. At this critical
juncture of Timor's development,
it is critical to walk together
with Timorese to achieve our
dream for better life where
every citizen has the conditions
to meet its basic rights, including
the economic and social rights
to have a dignified life. -Gute
Neves
The Indonesian
army is not running Indonesia any longer,
but it is still powerful. The architects
of attempted genocide still walk free.
Timorese people's struggle for fair
and people-centered development goes
on. The Indonesian army still carries
out in West Papua some of the tactics
it pioneered in Timor-Leste. Activism
is still needed, solidarity is still
needed and it can still make a difference
to Timorese and Indonesian struggles.
No group has made this point more persistently
than ETAN, which needs and merits support.-David
Webster
Action alerts, media releases,
key news and other resources
on Timor-Leste (East Timor)
and Indonesia selected by
ETAN, focused on ETAN's
program and priorities
Action AlertsTake action to support
justice, human rights and other key issues
for East Timor and Indonesia ETAN Media Releases,
Statements and Articles
- News, analysis, documents, links and reports
from worldwide sources
ETAN works with
La'o Hamutuk
(Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring &
Analysis)
ETAN is a U.S.-based grassroots organization
working in solidarity with the peoples of
Timor-Leste (East Timor), West Papua and
Indonesia. ETAN provides information about,
and ways to help, Timor-Leste, which was
invaded and subjugated by U.S. ally Indonesia
in 1975. Timor-Leste finally became
independent on May 20, 2002. ETAN educates,
organizes, and advocates for justice for
historic and ongoing crimes against humanity,
war crimes, and human rights violations
in East Timor, West Papua, and Indonesia.
ETAN supports democratic development of
Timor-Leste. ETAN supports genuine self-determination
for West Papua and restrictions on secuirty
assistance to Indonesia to support
democracy and justice.
The
Executive Committee of the East Timor and Indonesia
Action Network-ETAN/U.S, along with ETAN’s network of
activists and supporters, and with solidarity and human
rights co-workers and friends throughout the world,
grieves the loss of ETAN’s National Coordinator, John M.
Miller. 
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