Joe Cochrane – When Indonesia and Australia agreed in 1989 to jointly exploit East Timor's offshore oil and gas fields, the countries' foreign…
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May 12, 2003
May 7, 2003
Green Left Weekly - May 7, 2003
Oscar Jukes, Darwin – East Timor's parliament is discussing a new law that would allow the interior ministry to deport any foreigner who engages…
May 3, 2003
Sydney Morning Herald - May 3, 2003
Tony Stephens – Teresinha Maia's grandfather, Loloulo, helped Australian commandos fight the Japanese in Timor during World War II. Believing he…
May 2, 2003
Sydney Morning Herald - May 2, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – An Indonesian official has described the former East Timor governor Mario Carrascalao as unstable, following his allegations…
April 29, 2003
Radio Australia - April 29, 2003
East Timor's Serious Crimes Unit is losing its high profile chief – Siri Frigaard. She completes her mission this week, raising concerns about the…
The Australian - April 29, 2003
Nigel Wilson – Negotiations are going ahead on the terms that will secure long-term gas supplies for Bayu Undan's $1.8 billion liquefied natural…
Associated Press - April 29, 2003
Guido Guilart, Dili – The Indonesian military systematically forced dozens of East Timorese women to become sex slaves for officers during its 24-…
Lusa - April 29, 2003
New York – The United Nations Security Council has approved a one-year extension of the UN mission in East Timor, while diplomatic sources caution…
April 28, 2003
Jakarta Post - April 28, 2003
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – More than 500 East Timorese people still taking refuge in West Timor held a protest recently in front of the East Nusa…
Radio Australia - April 28, 2003
For the first time, the East Timorese Government has begun taking control from the United Nations over its border with Indonesia.
…Lusa - April 28, 2003
New York – The UN Security Council is scheduled to meet Monday to discuss a one-year extension of the UN mission in East Timor, a…
April 27, 2003
Agence France Presse - April 27, 2003
Jakarta – Two international human rights groups have strongly criticised a United Nations commission, saying it failed to demand justice for…
April 25, 2003
Catholic News Service - April 25, 2003
Dili – A moral and spiritual "darkness" still haunts East Timor's Catholics, the bishop of Dili said at the Easter Vigil service.
Bishop…
Tapol - April 25, 2003
The Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR) and TAPOL, the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign, have condemned the UN Commission on…
East Timor Action Network - April 25, 2003
The East Timor Action Network (ETAN) strongly criticized the UN Commission on Human Rights for turning its back on the East Timorese people and…
April 24, 2003
Radio Australia - April 24, 2003
In East Timor, continuing militia infilitration has put a spotlight on the United Nations failure to properly secure the border. Local police say…
Lusa - April 24, 2003
Dili – The head of the United Nations' civil police department urged East Timor Thursday to rapidly draft and approve legislation for its police…
Jakarta Post - April 24, 2003
Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Activists have urged the international community to ensure that justice is served against all perpetrators of the…
April 23, 2003
Jakarta Post - April 23, 2003
Jakarta – People in the East Timor regency of Belu expressed disappointment over the country's recent ruling to impose a US$25 visa on visitors…
April 22, 2003
Jakarta Post - April 22, 2003
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Despite the decision of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) to drop from its agenda human rights abuses in…
Radio Australia - April 22, 2003
Next month – our northern neighbour is celebrating it's first birthday as a free country. But while there's much to celebrate – the country's…
April 21, 2003
Jakarta Post - April 21, 2003
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The chance to bring justice to the victims of the 1999 human rights violations in East Timor has vanished, after the…
Lusa - April 21, 2003
Dili – The Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor (CAVR) has already heard over 2,000 statements on human rights…
The Australian - April 21, 2003
Megan Saunders – Ami is only six, but she knows her family is at crisis point. "What have we done wrong?" the youngest of five children asked her…
April 17, 2003
Agence France Presse - April 17, 2003
The head of Indonesia's Supreme Court has hit out at Amnesty International for describing trials of suspects in the 1999 East Timor violence as "…
April 16, 2003
Jakarta Post - April 16, 2003
Elcid Li, Kupang – The reunion took place in no-man's-land. Also called the tactical coordination line, a 300-meter-long strip of beach just…
Sydney Morning Herald - April 16, 2003
Three and half years after East Timor voted for independence, 1500 East Timorese asylum seekers are still in Australia. For many it is more than a…
Agence France Presse - April 16, 2003
An investigation into allegations of unlawful killing and brutality by Australian special forces in East Timor led to a soldier being charged with…
Australian Financial Review - April 16, 2003
Mari Alkatiri – As the world watched events unfold in the Middle East, we heard talk of the territorial integrity of the nation of Iraq. The…
April 15, 2003
Straits Times - April 15, 2003
Jakarta – Indonesian prosecutors yesterday demanded that a former military chief in East Timor be jailed for 10 years for failing to stop violence…
Agence France Presse - April 15, 2003
Amnesty International slammed Indonesia's trials of suspects in the 1999 East Timor violence as "not honest, truthful or fair" and urged the…
Jakarta Post - April 15, 2003
Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – A human rights activist has expressed doubts that Indonesia and East Timor are serious about resolving the…
April 12, 2003
The Australian - April 12, 2003
Megan Saunders – Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock has rejected a plea by the East Timor President, Xanana Gusmao, to allow up to 1600 temporary…
April 11, 2003
Associated Press - April 11, 2003
Dili – Police in East Timor have launched a crackdown on prostitution, raiding two massage parlors in the past month and arresting four people, an…
April 10, 2003
Australian Braodcasting Corporation - April 10, 2003
The Federal Government has been accused of leaving East Timorese asylum seekers to starve by cutting off their welfare payments while…
April 9, 2003
The Age - April 9, 2003
William Birnbauer – A benign attitude to his country's tormentors is not widely understood, but East Timor's "Mandela" wants to move on. William…
Radio Australia - April 9, 2003
Human rights activists and legal experts in East Timor have condemned proposed moves to limit the freedom of foreigners. Under its controversial…
Jakarta Post - April 9, 2003
Dili (Agencies) – Prosecutors in East Timor said on Wednesday they have indicted 16 people including eight Indonesian army officers for crimes…
April 8, 2003
Radio Australia - April 8, 2003
As East Timor prepares to mark its first anniversary of independence, the nation's opposition parties have united to present a strong alternative…
Sydney Morning Herald - April 8, 2003
Cynthia Banham – Refugee groups are claiming the Federal Government is close to making a decision on the fate of East Timorese asylum seekers that…
April 7, 2003
Radio Australia - April 7, 2003
President Xanana Gusmao concedes security will be a concern when United Nations peacekeepers pull out of East Timor.
The troops are due to…
Lusa - April 7, 2003
Dili – Most of East Timor's opposition parties signed a so-called "national unity platform" Monday, bitterly criticizing Prime Minister Mari…
April 6, 2003
Washington Post - April 6, 2003
Ellen Nakashima, Jakarta – On a recent day in a weathered courthouse in Jakarta sat defendant Tono Suratman, an army brigadier general accused of…
April 5, 2003
South China Morning Post - April 5, 2003
Reuters in Melbourne – Corruption poses the biggest risk to the future of East Timor, says its president, Xanana Gusmao.
The world's newest…
Agence France Presse - April 5, 2003
Jakarta – United Nations peacekeepers have arrested two former East Timorese militiamen for alleged involvement in crimes against…
April 4, 2003
Associated Press - April 4, 2003
Dili – An East Timorese court on Saturday sentenced a senior militia leader to 12 years in prison for crimes against humanity committed during the…
April 3, 2003
Melbourne Age - April 3, 2003
David Rood – East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao said yesterday he opposed Australia's involvement in the US-led war on Iraq.
…
April 2, 2003
Interpress News Service - April 2, 2003
Kalinga Seneviratne, Sydney – Australia's international profile, already hurt by criticism against its role in the US-led invasion of Iraq, is…
The Australian - April 2, 2003
Paul Kelly – Iraq is not the only humanitarian issue facing the Howard Government today. East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao made an urgent and…
Kyodo News - April 2, 2003
Dili – An East Timor-Australia treaty that serves as the basis for the development of the major oil and gas deposits in the Timor Sea between the…