| 词条 | Roger East (journalist) |
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| name = Roger East | image = Roger east Australian journalist.jpg | alt = | caption = Roger East in an undated photograph | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|02|07|df=y}} | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|12|08|1922|02|07|df=y}} | death_place = Dili, East Timor | nationality = Australian | other_names = | occupation = Journalist | years_active = 1940s-1975 | known_for = Being murdered during the Indonesian invasion of East Timor | notable_works = ABC Television, Visnews, Australian Associated Press, Radio 2 }}Roger East (7 February 1922{{spaced ndash}}8 December 1975) was an Australian journalist who was murdered by the Indonesian military during its invasion of East Timor in 1975.[1][2] East was a freelance journalist who worked for the Australian Associated Press (AAP). He travelled to Portuguese Timor (now known as Timor-Leste) in October 1975, following the story of the Balibo Five, who had been killed by Indonesian soldiers just weeks before. East was captured by the Indonesian security forces and was brought, along with many other prisoners, to the Dili waterfront where he and scores of others were then executed by firing squad.[1][2] Previously, he had worked as a publicity officer for the Australian Country Party in Queensland and had been working in Darwin as a press officer for the Darwin Reconstruction Commission (which was created after the devastation of Darwin by Cyclone Tracy in December 1974). Early lifeBorn in {{NSWcity|Girraween}}, in western Sydney in 1922, East was raised near Dubbo in country New South Wales.[1] He had two brothers, Bill and Alan, and a younger sister, Glenise. East was a child of the Depression and his teenage years in the 1930s were difficult ones. During World War II, East served in the Royal Australian Navy.[2] CareerAfter the war, East entered journalism. Working at first in regional New South Wales newspapers, in the 1950s he left Australia to cover foreign events in places as varied as Cyprus, Africa, China and the Suez Crisis. In the 1960s, he went to work for Visnews (today Reuters Television). In the early 1970s he worked as a press officer for different organisations including both the Australian Country Party and the Australian Labor Party.[2] Investigating the Balibo FiveAt the time of East's arrival, East Timor was under the de facto government of Fretilin, a left-wing political party. The Portuguese governor had fled to the island of Atauro and was refusing to return to the capital, Dili. Fretilin issued a Unilateral declaration of independence from Portugal on 28 November 1975. East was one of only three journalists in Timor — the other two were Michael Richardson, the South-East Asia correspondent for The Age and Jill Jolliffe, a freelancer who was then working for Reuters. When it became obvious that a full-scale invasion by Indonesia was imminent, Richardson and Jolliffe left with the Red Cross and went to Darwin. East, however, decided to remain in East Timor. He planned to retreat with the Fretilin forces to the mountains in the interior and report from there to the outside world through high frequency radio transmissions. He was captured by the Indonesians before he could get away. Eyewitnesses later reported that East was brought, along with many other prisoners, to the Dili waterfront, where he and scores of others were then executed by firing squad.[1][2][3] Following an inquest into the murder of the Balibo Five, there were calls for a similar inquest into the murder of East.[4] MediaIn Timothy Mo's novel The Redundancy of Courage, the character Bill Mabbely is based upon Roger East. Anthony LaPaglia starred as East in the 2009 Australian film Balibo; which tells the story of the Balibo Five.[5][6] The film was co-written by David Williamson and Robert Connolly and was based upon Cover-Up, a book by Jolliffe, as well as the work of Professor Clinton Fernandes, who served as the film's historical consultant.[7]See also
References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/corp/memorial/rogereast.htm |title=Roger East (1922-1975), journalist |work=In memorium |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date= |author=Cronau, Peter |access-date=18 March 2018}} 2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/hindsight/roger-east---australias-forgotten-journalist/3169848#transcript |title=Roger East - Australia's Forgotten Journalist |author=Rayner, Michelle |format=transcript |date=14 December 2008 |work=Hindsight |publisher=ABC Radio National |access-date=18 March 2018 }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/timor-first-decade |title=Democratic Republic of Timor Leste 10th anniversary |work=Timor: The first decade |publisher=National Film and Sound Archive |location=Australia |date=May 2012 |accessdate=18 March 2018 |author=Plush, Vincent }} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |author=Barker, Anne |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-06-11/justice-demanded-for-sixth-balibo-journalist/64952 |title=Justice demanded for 'sixth Balibo journalist' |work=ABC News |location=Australia |date=11 June 2007 |access-date=18 March 2018 |dead-url=yes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029005043/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-06-11/justice-demanded-for-sixth-balibo-journalist/64952 |archive-date=29 October 2016 |df=dmy-all }} 5. ^{{cite interview |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2009/08/04/2645921.htm |title=Balibo: Anthony LaPaglia talks to Lindy Burns |subject=Anthony LaPaglia |interviewer=Lindy Burns |work=ABC Radio Melbourne |date=4 August 2009 |access-date=18 March 2018 |format=streaming audio }} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/28/2045993.htm?section=entertainment |title=LaPaglia leads Balibo five thriller cast' |work=ABC News |location=Australia |date=28 September 2007 |access-date=18 March 2018 |author= }} 7. ^{{cite web |author=Fernandes, Clinton (Prof) |url=https://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/school-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/timor-balibo-five |title=Timor - The Balibo Five |work=Australian Defence Force Academy |publisher=UNSW Australia |date= |access-date=18 March 2018 }} Further reading
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