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Santa Cruz Cemetery

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A site of remembrance for the Timorese

Santa Cruz Cemetery is an important commemoration site for the Timorese due to the massacre that happened there during the Indonesian occupation. The atrocities were caught on camera and aired to the world bringing international attention to the Timorese struggle for independence. The cemetery is located on the outskirts of the capital, Dili.