KARUNA SHINSHO, CNN ANCHOR: East Timorese leaders Xanana Gusmao and Ramos Horta met with United States Secretary of State Colin Powell in Washington on Wednesday. They're pressing for an international war crimes tribunal. They want the tribunal to resolve alleged atrocities under Indonesian rule. Atika Shubert has more details.</s>ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): At a closed-door meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, East Timor's foremost leaders, Xanana Gusmao and Ramos Horta, were expected to press for an international tribunal of alleged Indonesian atrocities in East Timor. They say the Indonesian government has made no progress in prosecuting alleged human rights violations before and after East Timor's vote for independence from Indonesia in 1999. Hundreds were killed and whole towns destroyed after the vote in a violent militia rampage, supported by elements of the Indonesian military. But Indonesian courts have yet to bring one case to trial. In a case separate from East Timor atrocities, an Indonesian judge recently sentenced three militiamen from 16 to 20 months in jail for the murder of three U.N. workers in Indonesia-controlled West Timor. The light sentence shocked U.N. officials. Pressure is increasing on Indonesia to bring alleged atrocities in East Timor to trial soon or face an international tribunal. Atika Shubert, CNN, Jakarta.
East Timorese Leaders Meet with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in Washington