The leader of the East Timorese resistance, Xanana Gusmao, is not among those freed.
Political prisoners need to be released, and Xanana Gusmao, whom I represent, must be freed at once.
It's the term independence leader Xanana Gusmao coined as the prospective name of his new independent nation.
Pro-independence leaders, such as Xanana Gusmao, would be free to run for the highest elected office in East Timor.
Xanana Gusmao, a former resistance fighter and figurehead of the country's independence movement, is certain to defeat Francisco do Amaral, his only rival.
This week it was reported that Xanana Gusmao, the leader of East Timor's resistance, currently being held under house arrest, will be released after the referendum.
In a separate meeting with Ms Bokova and Mr Brown, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao highlighted that a majority of Timor-Leste's population of just over one million were youth.
Indonesia has refused Mr Horta permission to campaign and has said it will release Xanana Gusmao, the rebel leader, from house arrest in Jakarta only after the vote.
East Timor's rebel leader, Xanana Gusmao, who was recently moved from prison to house arrest in Jakarta, has responded to the growing violence on the island by calling on his supporters to launch what he calls a popular insurrection against the militias.
Today, according to Falintil sources, forces number around 1, 000 armed troops, divided between four regional commands. (Falintil's overall field commander, Taur Matan Ruak, a former teacher who later rose to chief of staff, reports to CNRT president Xanana Gusmao, himself once Falintil's chief.) They are generally ill-equipped, though many automatic weapons have been bought recently from Indonesian security forces, often unpaid since the financial crash of 1997.
Is Jakarta now prepared to release Independence leader Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao from jail?
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