Chantal Rumble – As East Timor celebrates its first year of independence, Batemans Bay human rights campaigner James Dunn has launched a book…
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May 23, 2003
Illawarra Mercury (Australia) - May 23, 2003
May 22, 2003
Agence France Presse - May 22, 2003
A state-appointed human rights court acquitted the former commander of Indonesian troops in East Timor of crimes against humanity in the territory…
May 21, 2003
Asia Times - May 21, 2003
Quinton Temby, Perth – At an international conference on regional security held in East Timor last year, the frustration of many Timorese…
May 20, 2003
Asia Times - May 20, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – On May 20 last year the Democratic Republic of East Timor became the first new nation of the second millennium. In the…
Agence France Presse - May 20, 2003
East Timor, the world's newest nation, marked its first birthday but President Xanana Gusmao found little to celebrate.
East Timor was Asia'…
Radio Australia - May 20, 2003
Twelve months ago there was great fanfare when East Timor was declared the world's newest nation. But today the celebrations were muted as…
May 19, 2003
Associated Press - May 19, 2003
Maumeta – Cancio dos Santos readily admits he joined pro-Jakarta militias and torched three homes in East Timor when it voted for independence…
Associated Press - May 19, 2003
Michael Casey, Dili – A year after independence, dozens of burned-out buildings dot East Timor's capital – haunting reminders of the country's…
May 16, 2003
Radio Australia - May 16, 2003
As popular discontent continues to fester over unmet economic expectations in East Timor, Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has rejected criticism that…
May 15, 2003
Asia Times - May 15, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – The prime minister of the Democratic Republic of East Timor, which celebrates one year of independence next Tuesday, has…
May 14, 2003
The Bulletin (Australia) - May 14, 2003
John Martinkus – General Taur Matan Ruak, the former guerilla leader who now heads East Timor's defence forces, has called on residents of the…
Associated Press - May 14, 2003
Dili – As Indonesia marks five years as a democracy, its former territory of East Timor is celebrating its own landmark: one year as an…
May 13, 2003
Australian Associated Press - May 13, 2003
Canberra – Aid funding will increase but assistance for East Timor will be slashed under the Budget released tonight. In a sign of the government'…
May 12, 2003
Newsweek - May 12, 2003
Joe Cochrane – When Indonesia and Australia agreed in 1989 to jointly exploit East Timor's offshore oil and gas fields, the countries' foreign…
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…
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…
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-…
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…
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…
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…
Tapol - April 25, 2003
The Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR) and TAPOL, the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign, have condemned the UN Commission on…
April 24, 2003
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
April 21, 2003
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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
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…
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…