Concern for Bishop Belo

DUBLIN - The development agency Trocaire issued a statement in Dublin yesterday expressing concern at reports that Bishop Carlos…

DUBLIN - The development agency Trocaire issued a statement in Dublin yesterday expressing concern at reports that Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo, the co-Nobel Peace Prize winner, is to be interviewed by the Indonesian authorities today on his return to East Timor via Jakarta.

Trocaire hosted Bishop Belo's visit to Ireland last month.

The bishop, who has been outspoken in his criticism of Indonesian activities in the province annexed in 1975, has been on a world tour.

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