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February 12, 2008
South China Morning Post - February 12, 2008
February 11, 2008
Kyodo News - February 11, 2008
Keiji Hirano, Tokyo – Human rights campaigners in Japan and East Timor have jointly made a set of panels for exhibition showing testimonies of…
Sydney Morning Herald - February 11, 2008
Jill Jolliffe – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta is undergoing surgery at an Australian military base in the capital, Dili, after being shot…
Financial Times - February 11, 2008
John Aglionby, Jakarta – East Timor's president, Jose Ramos Horta, was shot in the stomach in a pre-dawn attack on his home by fugitive members of…
New York Times - February 11, 2008
Seth Mydans and Tim Johnston – President Jose Ramos-Horta of East Timor was shot and critically wounded at his home on Monday by renegade soldiers…
February 11, 2008
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Lusa - February 11, 2008
Dili – Eight unidentified men attacked a bus and killed three passengers near Los Palos, the Indonesian police said on Tuesday. The…
February 10, 2008
ABC News - February 10, 2008
Heather Stewart – While there has been relative calm during the wet season in East Timor, more than 100,000 East Timorese are living in appalling…
February 5, 2008
Asia Times - February 5, 2008
Loro Horta, Dili – Since the 2006 deployment of Australian peacekeeping troops to East Timor, the Australian Defense Force (ADF) has been…
February 4, 2008
IRIN News - February 4, 2008
Dili – "It's when you see a child who looks nine but is actually 12 that you realise the extent of malnutrition in Timor Leste," Jean Flueren, the…
The Australian - February 4, 2008
James Madden – The widow of one of the five journalists killed by the Indonesian military at Balibo in 1975 has labelled Paul Keating "ignorant"…
February 2, 2008
Le Monde Diplomatique - February 2, 2008
President Suharto of Indonesia, who died last month, was responsible for the invasion of East Timor in 1975, for its occupation for almost 25…
February 1, 2008
Lusa - February 1, 2008
Dili – The building of the former Portuguese and Indonesian prison of Balide, Dili, hosts this week-end an exhibition dedicated to former…
TAPOL - February 2008
Backgrounder on the Indonesia/Timor-Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship
1. This backgrounder provides a brief summary of the…
Open Democracy - February 1, 2008
Neil Campbell – An incident during my recent visit to Timor-Leste gave a useful insight into the difficult security conditions in the small, young…
January 31, 2008
Human Rights Watch - January 31, 2008
IRIN News - January 31, 2008
Dili – It was in October 2007 that 27-year-old Guillermina Freitas Corte Real entered Timor Leste national hospital in Dili, the capital city, for…
January 29, 2008
Australian Associated Press - January 29, 2008
Karen Michelmore, Jakarta – A truth commission into the violence in East Timor in 1999 risks becoming a "diplomatic charade" unless it delivers a…
January 28, 2008
Radio New Zealand International - January 28, 2008
East Timor's Prime Minister wants international peacekeepers in his country to move away from security duties and focus instead on mentoring and…
January 26, 2008
The Australian - January 26, 2008
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Tim Johnston – The exercise of power is rarely a pretty thing to watch; but…
January 25, 2008
Jakarta Post - January 25, 2008
Indonesia – The government of Timor Leste has yet to conclude arrangements for Indonesians wishing to reclaim their assets deserted in…
ABC News Online - January 25, 2008
Anne Barker – Recent monsoonal rains and wind have caused serious damage to homes, buildings and crops across East Timor. There are…
January 24, 2008
Adnkronos International - January 24, 2008
Dili – East Timor's laws should be translated into the local Tetun language to give people a better understanding and respect for the law,…
ABC News Online - January 24, 2008
East Timor's fugitive rebel leader Alfredo Reinado has refused to attend a scheduled court hearing to face murder and other charges…
January 23, 2008
Australian Associated Press - January 23, 2008
East Timor's fugitive rebel leader Alfredo Reinado has refused to attend a scheduled court hearing on Thursday to face murder and other charges…
January 21, 2008
Agence France Presse - January 21, 2008
Dili – Most child street vendors work the streets daily selling snacks, soft drinks, cigarettes and sweets with a profit of about US$10 to US$15 a…
January 18, 2008
Agence France Presse - January 18, 2008
Dili – East Timor risks erupting in violence again if its government and the UN fail to quickly reform the country's security forces, which remain…
Australian Associated Press - January 18, 2008
East Timor's prosecutor general will not investigate claims the country's prime minister was behind deadly unrest that erupted in 2006, saying the…
The Australian - January 18, 2008
Mark Dodd – East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has threatened to arrest local journalists, claiming inaccurate news reporting in…
Inter Press Service - January 18, 2008
Thalif Deen, United Nations – The Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG), which monitors some 60 crisis-affected countries worldwide, has…
Bloomberg News - January 18 2008
Michael Heath – East Timor faces renewed violence unless it reorganizes the army and police, the International Crisis Group said, almost two years…
January 17, 2008
Reuters - January 17, 2008
Tito Belo, Dili – East Timor's president urged Timorese to pray for Suharto, the former Indonesian president who ordered the brutal invasion of…
January 16, 2008
Radio Australia - January 16, 2008
There's been another twist in East Timor's increasingly bitter internal politics, with former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri demanding that current…
January 14, 2008
Melbourne Age - January 14, 2008
East Timor's former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has called on current Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to resign, amid claims he orchestrated deadly…
January 9, 2008
West Australian - January 9, 2008
Nick Butterly and Joe Stolley in Canberra – The wife and children of slain East Timorese rebel leader Alfredo Reinado have been granted permanent…
January 3, 2008
The Jakarta Post - January 3, 2008
Aboeprijadi Santoso, Amsterdam – When Iraqi journalist Muntader Al-Zaidi threw his shoes at President George W. Bush it was to many, myself…
January 1, 2008
HAK Association Human Rights Situation 2008
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Amnesty International Report 2008
December 27, 2007
Canberra Times - December 27, 2007
Jill Joliffe – Families of victims of the 1991 Santa Cruz massacre in East Timor have found Christmas hope with a project to locate mass graves of…
December 20, 2007
Reuters - December 20, 2007
Dili – East Timor's parliament has approved a state budget of nearly $350 million for 2008 that aims to improve security and tackle poverty in…
December 18, 2007
Interpress Service - December 18, 2007
Thalif Deen, United Nations – When UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid his first official visit to East Timor (Timor-Leste) last week, he was…
December 17, 2007
Associated Press - December 17, 2007
Dili – A rebel soldier wanted on murder charges in East Timor has one "last chance" to surrender peacefully with his armed supporters or face the…
The Australian - December 17, 2007
Stephen Fitzpatrick, Dili – In East Timor, they say, you only really know a man once he's betrayed you. Until then, you can never be entirely sure…
December 14, 2007
Australian Associated Press - December 14, 2007
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has given his strongest indication yet that Australian troops will remain in East Timor until 2009.
During his…
Australian Associated Press - December 14, 2007
Dili – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today said he'd discussed the 1975 deaths of five Australian-based journalists in East Timor with…
Reuters - December 14, 2007
Dili – Australia's prime minister and the United Nations chief on Friday pledged continued support for East Timor to ensure peace and stability in…
The Australian - December 14, 2007
Stephen Fitzpatrick, Dili – East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta will tell Kevin Rudd today that he expects Australian troops to stay in the…
December 13, 2007
Australian Associated Press - December 13, 2007
The Rudd government appears to be backing away from any government involvement in prosecutions relating to the death of five Australian-based…
December 8, 2007
Melbourne Age - December 8, 2007
Ian Munro – East Timor is pressing for an extension of the United Nations mission (UNMIT) to support the country's fledgling democracy.
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December 6, 2007
South China Morning Post - December 6, 2007
Fabio Scarpello – The diminutive Maria Ana Pereira, 28, does not look for excuses. The widow simply accepts that life is tough in Hudi Laram, a…