Jakarta/Kupang – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday that 1,500 East Timorese children, placed in orphanages…
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July 6, 2002
Jakarta Post - July 6, 2002
Melbourne Age - July 6, 2002
Jill Jolliffe, Maubisse – Like most country folk in East Timor, the 18,000 people of the Maubisse district are enthusiastic about independence,…
July 5, 2002
Australian Financial Review - July 5, 2002
Geoffrey Barker – Sixty influential Chinese business association leaders arrived in Dili from Macau last week to talk to East Timorese leaders…
Radio Australia - July 5, 2002
[Achieving justice in East Timor for the victims of the violence after the 1999 independence vote, is not proving to be an easy task. With just…
Agence France Presse - July 5, 2002
Geneva – East Timor's Health Minister, Rui Maria de Araujo, warned Friday that his newly-independent country was in danger of an AIDS epidemic,…
July 4, 2002
Far Eastern Economic Review - July 4, 2002
Mark Dodd, Dili – At just four weeks old East Timor may be the world's newest nation, but its first big problem is how to deal with its past.…
July 3, 2002
Lusa - July 3, 2002
East Timor's foreign minister said Wednesday that he regretted the decision of the United States to withdraw its military observers…
Straits Times - July 3, 2002
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Just four years ago, Mr Xanana Gusmao was Indonesia's most prized rebel prisoner. But yesterday, he returned as the…
Jakarta Post Editorial - July 3, 2002
When East Timor President Xanana Gusmao began his official visit in Indonesia on Tuesday, he was received with a red carpet welcome and full…
Asia Pulse - July 3, 2002
Jakarta – Indonesia and East Timor on Tuesday agreed to seek the best way of settling the issue of assets the former had left behind in what used…
Canberra Times - July 3, 2002
Lincoln Wright – Defence Minister Robert Hill has rejected claims from a whistleblower that the Defence Signals Directorate spied on journalists…
Jakarta Post - July 3, 2002
Kupang – East Timorese refugees living in various camps in West Timor continued with their protests on Tuesday, demanding aid from the…
July 2, 2002
Agence France Presse - July 2, 2002
Indonesia rolled out the red carpet for the man it once jailed as a subversive as Xanana Gusmao arrived in the capital for his first visit as…
Tapol Press Release - July 2, 2002
Flaws in the indictment of notorious militia leader, Eurico Guterres, are the clearest indication yet of Indonesia's lack of commitment to justice…
Agence France Presse - July 2, 2002
Beijing – China supports the building of an East Timor army and will work toward friendly ties with it, state media quoted China's defense…
Sydney Morning Herald - July 2, 2002
Barry FitzGerald – The Timor Sea has continued to grow in importance for the Adelaide-based and Cooper Basin-dependent Santos, with the group…
July 1, 2002
Inside Indonesia - July-September 2002
Mansour Fakih – My first visit to East Timor was early in 2000. The towns were still smoldering, and the atmosphere was tense. I was shocked,…
June 29, 2002
Agence France Presse - June 29, 2002
Hundreds of East Timorese refugees demonstrated outside the governor's office in East Nusa Tenggara province Saturday demanding a resumption of…
Green Left Weekly - June 29, 2002
Jon Land – East Timor's recently elected president, Xanana Gusmao, arrived in Canberra on June 17 for his first official state visit to Australia…
Jakarta Post - June 29, 2002
Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – Human rights activists warned on Friday of another red mark against the country's judicial system should the ad…
Melbourne Age - June 29, 2002
Jill Jolliffe – The United Nations has increased pressure on the Indonesian Government to produce results over war crimes in East Timor by…
June 28, 2002
The Australian - June 28, 2002
Don Greenlees, Jakarta – An Indonesian human rights court yesterday launched the prosecution of notorious former East Timorese militia leader…
Radio Australia - June 28, 2002
[Siri Frigaard Deputy Prosecutor in East Timor's Serious Crimes Unit, overseeing investigations into crimes against humanity in East Timor has…
Jakarta Post - June 28, 2002
Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – Eurico Guterres, former commander of the pro-Jakarta Aitarak militia in East Timor, stood trial at the Central…
June 27, 2002
Australian Associated Press - June 27, 2002
Catharine Munro, Jakarta – Eurico Guterres, the militia leader who fought against independence from Indonesia in his native East Timor three years…
Lusa - June 27, 2002
Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri presented and won an overwhelming vote of confidence from East Timor's parliament Thursday for his five-…
Lusa - June 27, 2002
Several members of East Timor's parliament called Thursday for proposed legislation to be translated into Tetum, as Portuguese is not…
Reuters - June 27, 2002
Jakarta – A notorious pro-Jakarta militia leader accused of atrocities in East Timor said on Thursday he was ready to die if found guilty of the…
Xinhua - June 27, 2002
Jakarta – The Indonesian export volume to neighboring East Timor increased from around 20 million US dollars in 2000 to more than 33…
Jakarta Post - June 27, 2002
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Local security authorities have broken up a network that allegedly trafficked dozens of East Timorese toddlers over the…
June 26, 2002
The Age - June 26, 2002
Jill Jolliffe – Pro-Indonesia militia leader Joao Tavares returned to East Timor yesterday for the first time since the violence of 1999.
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Australian Associated Press - June 26, 2002
Sydney – Former prime minister Gough Whitlam today launched a book which he described as "patronising" of his dealings with East Timor as it sank…
Jakarta Post - June 26, 2002
Yemris Fointuna and Jupriadi, Jakarta – Twenty-nine more refugees, including one marine, have returned to their hometowns in East Timor after…
June 25, 2002
Christian Science Monitor - June 25, 2002
Michael J. Jordan, United Nations – Indonesia's commitment to justice is being questioned after Jakarta's decision to shelve an investigation into…
Radio Australia - June 25, 2002
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Jakarta Post - June 25, 2002
Kupang – Former pro-integration leaders established on Monday the Presidium of East Timorese Refugees to accommodate support for…
Australian Associated Press - June 25, 2002
Catharine Munro, Jakarta – International aid groups are calling for countries including Australia to help head off starvation in the Indonesian…
June 24, 2002
Kyodo News - June 24, 2002
Dili – More than 1,000 East Timorese children who were displaced in violence following the 1999 UN-backed referendum on independence…
June 23, 2002
Lusa - June 23, 2002
Portugal's ambassador to East Timor, Rui Quartim Santos, Wednesday inaugurated the official residence of Dili's Catholic Bishop Carlos…
The Age - June 23, 2002
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – Australia and East Timor moved a step forward in their plans to exploit Timor Sea hydrocarbon resources…
June 21, 2002
Jakarta Post - June 21, 2002
Kupang – Former commander of a East Timorese pro-Jakarta militia group (PPI) Joao da Silva Tavares and his almost 35,000 followers are expected to…
Reuters - June 21, 2002
Melbourne – Following are key facts about the Timor Gap treaty, oil and gas developments in the Timor Sea and Australia's need for a new gas…
Lusa - June 21, 2002
President Xanana Gusmao has distanced himself from comments made by Dili's prime minister, Mari Alkatiri, on the non-payment of…
Jakarta Post - June 21, 2002
I Wayan Juniartha, Tuban, Bali – A senior official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said here on Wednesday that…
Associated Press - June 21, 2002
Dili – About 19,000 East Timorese refugees have returned home in the first five months of this year, the UN said Friday.
This…
June 20, 2002
Kyodo - June 20, 2002
Kupang – The Indonesian military has detained an East Timorese soldier for illegally entering the Indonesian territory of West Timor to seek his…
Jakarta Post - June 20, 2002
Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – Two former top security officers in charge of East Timor testified at the ad hoc East Timor human rights trial…
Agence France Presse - June 20, 2002
Bhimanto Suwastoyo, Jakarta – Survivors of a bloody 1999 attack on East Timorese independence supporters told Indonesia's human rights court…
Lusa - June 20, 2002
Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, charging opposition legislators were hobbling action by East Timor's government, warned Thursday he might use his…
Lusa - June 20, 2002
East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao said Thursday that he was opposed to any Timorese receiving compensation or war reparations for…