Mother Margarida, an 82-year-old nun working with Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Carlos Belo, was at his house on Sept. 6 when militias backed by Indonesian troops attacked hundreds of refugees sheltering in the compound.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | East Timor: Step Forward, With Caution

The Indonesians must engage him and my co-Nobel Peace laureate, Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo, in serious talks to restrain the increasingly desperate and frustrated young generation in East Timor.

CNN: T COMES AS NO

But there is no reason a small team, appointed by the U.N. and Jakarta and led by 1996 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, should not be allowed to attend as observers.

CNN: HOPE FOR EAST TIMOR