Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Possible clashes are looming between East Timorese refugees and Indonesian farmers seeking to reclaim land used to…
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February 8, 2002
Jakarta Post - February 8, 2002
February 7, 2002
Associated Press - February 7, 2002
Dili – As East Timor prepares for full independence in May, voters lack information about the draft of the country's new constitution, according…
February 6, 2002
UNTAET Daily Briefing - February 6, 2002
Dili – Representatives of UNTAET and the Government of East Timor today held a press conference in Dili as part of an ongoing campaign to…
February 5, 2002
Lusa - February 5, 2002
Francisco Xavier do Amaral, the vice-president of East Timor's Constituent Assembly, has registered formally as the first candidate in…
February 2, 2002
Jakarta Post - February 2, 2002
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Despite the cancellation of humanitarian assistance as of January 1, 2002, the remaining 128,000 or so East Timorese…
February 1, 2002
Article 19 - February 2002
East Timor is due to become officially and fully independent on 20 May 2002. As part of the process of preparing for this, the authorities have…
January 31, 2002
Sydney Morning Herald. - January 31, 2002
New York – East Timor will have to face up to atrocities committed by the liberation movement during the 25-year independence campaign if the new…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 31, 2002
Prime Minister John Howard today urged the United Nations to maintain its support for East Timor and not to skimp on resources for the new nation…
Reuters - January 31, 2002
United Nations – The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to extend its peacekeeping and nation-building operation in East Timor…
UNTAET Daily Briefing - January 31, 2002
Dili – The Constituent Assembly voted today to transform itself into East Timor's first legislature upon final approval of the Constitution.
…January 30, 2002
Lusa - January 30, 2002
Protestant and Catholic leaders in East Timor have proposed ten alterations to the text of the draft Constitution currently being discussed by the…
January 28, 2002
Jakarta Post - January 28, 2002
Yemris Fointuna, Jakarta – Prosecutors from the Attorney General's Office have begun questioning two army officers as part of their investigation…
Agence France Presse - January 28, 2002
Jakarta – Economic factors and not intimidation are now the main reason why many East Timorese refugees are reluctant to go home from Indonesia,…
UNTAET Daily Briefing - January 28, 2002
Dili – The Constituent Assembly has nearly completed its two-month debate on the 151 articles of East Timor's first Constitution, keeping the…
January 25, 2002
Reuters - January 25, 2002
Dili – East Timor has started preparing for its first presidential elections but with full independence to follow soon after, time is of the…
Melbourne Age - January 25, 2002
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – A group of dissidents has accused the governing Fretilin party of trying to usurp democracy and remain in power for five…
January 23, 2002
Asia Times - January 23, 2002
Thalif Deen, United Nations – Malaysian diplomat Nagalingam Parameswaran has expressed disappointment that the United Nations has "closed the…
Lusa - January 23, 2002
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has alerted the Security Council to the potential threat posed to East Timor by Indonesia-…
Green Left Weekly - January 23, 2002
Jon Land – As East Timor's Constituent Assembly draws closer to finalising the nation's constitution there is increasing debate over whether fresh…
January 22, 2002
BBC World Service - January 22, 2002
The authorities in East Timor have launched a campaign against domestic violence, which they say is widespread in the territory.
…January 21, 2002
UNTAET Daily Briefing - January 21, 2002
Dili – East Timor's Constituent Assembly today set 9 March as the date for completion and final approval of the nation's first…
January 18, 2002
UNTAET Daily Briefing - January 18, 2002
East Timor's Constituent Assembly passed a motion today to extend its deliberations on the draft Constitution beyond the current 25 January…
January 17, 2002
The Guardian (UK) - January 17, 2002
John Aglionby, Jakarta – The last Indonesian soldier of occupation left East Timor well over two years ago, but while many of the physical scars…
Reuters - January 17, 2002
Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court has handed down tougher sentences to three men for the brutal killing of three foreign UN aid workers in West…
Interpress News Service - January 17, 2002
Thalif Deen, United Nations – A senior United Nations official reacted strongly Thursday to charges the UN's peacekeeping mission in East Timor is…
January 16, 2002
Associated Press - January 16, 2002 (abridged)
Dili – In a final step toward nationhood, East Timor will hold its first presidential election on April 14, the territory's UN…
Lusa - January 16, 2002
East Timorese judges responsible trying crimes against humanity have launched a boycott of court proceedings over a contractual…
January 12, 2002
Agence France Presse - January 12, 2002
United Nations – Rejecting "implicit suggestions of racism," the United Nations on Friday denied an accusation made by one of its officials that…
January 11, 2002
Lusa - January 11, 2002
Lisbon is negotiating with the United Nations over the possibility of taking over command of the UN peacekeeping force in East Timor, it was…
Lusa - January 11, 2002
East Timor's religious leader, Catholic Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo, called Friday for the holding of legislative elections for the first post-…
January 10, 2002
South China Morning Post - January 10, 2002
Vaudine England – The chief of staff for the United Nations mission in East Timor has resigned, citing management failures and racism as reasons…
Straits Times - January 10, 2002
Cheah Chor Sooi, Koh Lay Chin and Shamini Darshni, Kuala Lumpur – Prominent personalities today came out in support of Datuk N. Parameswaran's…
UNTAET Daily Briefing - January 10, 2002
Dili – The Constituent Assembly today passed a further four articles of East Timor's 151-article draft Constitution. The articles, all passed by…
January 9, 2002
UN News Service - January 9, 2002
East Timor's General Prosecutor has issued more than 30 indictments in cases involving major incidents of mass killings and forced deportation,…
January 8, 2002
Lusa - January 8, 2002
A former leading anti-idependence militia leader has canceled his planned return to East Timor. Cancio Lopes de Carvalho told the UN transition…
UNTAET Daily Briefing - January 8, 2002
Dili – The Constituent Assembly today passed a further seven articles of East Timor's 151-article draft Constitution. The articles were all passed…
January 7, 2002
Australian Financial Review - January 7, 2002
Tim Dodd, Jakarta – Three East Timorese men killed in an armed raid on their villages on Saturday night were former independence activists. Senior…
UNTAET Daily Briefing - January 7, 2002
Dili – The Constituent Assembly today passed a further five articles of East Timor's draft Constitution relating to the functions of the Council…
January 5, 2002
Sydney Morning Herald - January 5, 2002
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – With the militia leader Eurico Guterres due to be charged with crimes against humanity next week, United Nations officials…
January 3, 2002
Agence France Presse - January 3, 2002
Jakarta – Indonesian authorities have ceased providing food and cash for tens of thousands of East Timorese refugees stuck in squalid camps in…
Lusa - January 3, 2002
East Timor's chief minister, Mari Alkatiri, Thursday denounced an unexpected call for legislative elections as an attempt by opposition forces to…
UNTAET Daily Briefing - January 3, 2002
The Constituent Assembly today returned from a three-day New Year's break to continue debate on East Timor's first draft Constitution, passing…
Media Indonesia - January 3, 2002
Jakarta – The safety of refugees is still guaranteed: Even though the government has abolished refugee status for the refugees from…
Agence France Presse - January 3, 2002
Jakarta – Indonesia's military said Thursday it would cooperate with a special human rights court set up to try top commanders and militiamen…
January 2, 2002
Associated Press - January 2, 2002
Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court has assigned 17 judges to preside over the trials of Indonesian soldiers and militiamen accused of…
Lusa - January 2, 2002
Indonesian military authorities have said they have discovered evidence of a new movement aiming to achieve independence for the whole of Timor…
January 1, 2002
Human Rights Watch - January 2002
December 28, 2001
Canberra Times - December 28, 2001
East Timorese asylum seekers might find it hard to settle back in their homeland even though it was technically safe to return, the United Nations…
December 27, 2001
Lusa - December 27, 2001
East Timor's health ministry Thursday formally confirmed the territory's first cases of HIV/AIDS infection.
In a statement, the…
December 26, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - December 26, 2001
Louise Williams – East Timorese journalists are dismayed over an agreement which will probably leave their newly independent nation without an…