Lt Gastao Salsinha at his field headquarters in the petitioners camp during the 4-day demonstration. Dili, Timor-Leste, 25 April 2006
Lt Gastao Salsinha leads the dismissed soldiers on the road towards Dili. Dili, Timor-Leste, 24 April 2006
Lt Gastao Salsinha. The spokesman of the dismissed soldiers, he has now disappeared from the political scene in East Timor, leaving doubts as to whether he was a leader or just a pawn in a larger game. Dili, Timor-Leste, 24 April 2006
Lt Gastao Salsinha in front of a banner calling, in English, for the government to find a solution to the petitioner's dispute rather than simply dismissing them from the military (paraphrase). Dili, Timor-Leste, 24 April 2006
Lt Gastao Salsinha leads the dismissed soldiers on the road towards Dili. Dili, Timor-Leste, 24 April 2006
Lt Gastao Salsinha is the spokesman of 591 protesting soldiers who presented a petition to the East Timor government on Monday 24 April. Here he is pictured at the petitioner's camp in Taci Tolu, the morning of the march. Dili, Timor-Leste,&nb
Lt Gastao Salsinha is the spokesman of 591 protesting soldiers who presented a petition to the East Timor government on Monday 24 April. Here he is pictured at the petitioner's camp in Taci Tolu, the morning of the march. Dili, Timor-Leste,&nb
Lt Gastao Salsinha reads aloud the Petition, in front of the Government Palace, 24 April 2006. Dili, Timor-Leste, 24 April 2006
Lt Salsinha makes a futile gesture for calm, moments before the demonstration turned violent as youths stormed the government building. Dili, Timor-Leste, 28 April 2006
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