Both the 1996 Nobel peace prize awardees Bishop Carlos Filipe Belo and Jose Ramos Horta are from the east Timor this island is presently under the occupation of

East Timor (Timor-Leste) was under Indonesian occupation from 1975 to 1999. Indonesia invaded East Timor days after Portugal's colonial withdrawal and occupied it until a UN-sponsored referendum led to independence in 2002. Both Nobel laureates mentioned were East Timorese independence activists during this occupation period.