Editing John Pilger (section)

===East Timor===
====''Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy''====
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In [[East Timor]] Pilger clandestinely shot ''Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy'' about the brutal [[Indonesian invasion of East Timor|Indonesian occupation of East Timor]], which began in 1975.

''Death of a Nation'' contributed to an international outcry which ultimately led to Indonesian withdrawal from [[East Timor]] and eventual independence in 2000. When ''Death of a Nation'' was screened in Britain it was the highest rating documentary in 15 years and 5,000 telephone calls per minute were made to the programme's action line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/film/news/1408/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405201918/http://www.timeout.com/film/news/1408/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 April 2008|title=Documentary evidence - News - Film - Time Out London|date=5 April 2008|access-date=20 May 2018}}</ref> When ''Death of a Nation'' was screened in Australia in June 1994, Foreign Minister [[Gareth Evans (politician)|Gareth Evans]] declared that Pilger "had a track record of distorted [[sensationalism]] mixed with sanctimony."<ref>"Pilger turns up heat on East Timor", ''The Australian'', 3 June 1994.</ref>