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East Timor's Stolen Children

East Timor's Stolen Children

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Jan 21, 2012
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From his village around 160 km from East Timor's capital Dili, Miguel Amaral recalls the day his 6-year-old son Cipriano was taken away.

“It was 1977 and the Indonesians came in a military helicopter," he says. "We had no warning. We just saw a helicopter flying away with our son in it.”

Many of East Timor’s missing children have found their way home, but…

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