ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the activities, interactions and power relations amongst pro-autonomy East Timorese who have elected to remain living in West Timor after the 1999 historic referendum. It explores the character of East Timorese political mobilisation, and the ways that Indonesian citizenship has been exercised in response. The chapter discusses the continuity and change within East Timorese associations and how these associations changed our perspective of citizen activism. It examines the notion of struggling citizens and the way East Timorese transform their rights as citizens after they migrated into West Timor, including their integration into Indonesian mainstream politics. The chapter draws on to explore East Timorese alliance with established Indonesian associations. It explains the continuity and change within East Timorese associations and how these associations changed our perspective of citizen activism. The departure of UNTAS from the political stage resulted in the formation of a growing number of new East Timorese political associations.
