31.   Human rights groups accuse them of jailing and torturing independence activists and settling millions of ethnic Chinese in the area to dilute Tibetan culture.

32.   In Aceh, another Indonesian region wracked with violence, an independence activist charged with sedition went on trial Thursday.

33.   In an attack Saturday, militiamen who want Indonesia to keep control over East Timor converged on the home of a suspected independence activist in the town of Ermera.

34.   In its annual human rights report released Tuesday, Amnesty International said Indonesia continues to arrest and torture independence activists and their supporters in East Timor.

35.   In recent months, independence activists have intensified a campaign to win them pardons.

36.   In Tahiti, independence activists and anti-nuclear protesters began a seven-day rally on Monday.

37.   Indonesian troops arrested suspected independence activists in East Timor on Thursday as a reprisal for rebel attacks, an East Timorese resistance spokesman said.

38.   Jubilant independence activists said they were convinced that the majority of their compatriots want to break away from Indonesia.

39.   Many independence activists want a total withdrawal of Indonesian troops, who have been accused of widespread human rights abuses over the years.

40.   Many independence activists were too scared to actively campaign for their cause after their offices were trashed and their lives threatened.