John Martinkus
John Martinkus is an Australian print and television journalist known for his reporting from conflict zones. He began reporting from Indonesian-occupied East Timor in 1995 and set up base there permanently in 1998. His reporting for Associated Press helped sway the international community to send in a UN peacekeeping force in late 1999 after the Indonesian military reacted violently to a UN-held referendum in which 87% of East Timorese voted for independence. He reported extensively from Papua and Aceh in Indonesia, two provinces which have also had long-running wars for separation from Indonesia. He also reported from Afghanistan and Iraq.