Two-thirds of East Timorese asylum seekers living in Darwin have been told they can stay in Australia, subject to further checks.
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June 4, 2003
Australian Associated Press - June 4, 2003
Associated Press - June 4, 2003
Dili – East Timor President Xanana Gusmao said Wednesday his government would implement a plan that would make the impoverished nation…
June 3, 2003
Radio Australia - June 3, 2003
East Timor's court system could take months to clear a backlog of cases relating to the bloodshed before and after the United Nations-…
Sydney Morning Herald - June 3, 2003
Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said he would intervene to grant 379 East Timorese asylum seekers permanent residency in Australia. He said he…
June 2, 2003
Jakarta Post - June 2, 2003
Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Pressure for the establishment of an international tribunal to try Indonesian Military personnel accused of…
Agence France Presse - June 2, 2003
Dili – East Timor is training police not troops to guard its border with giant neighbour Indonesia because it wants a demilitarised frontier zone…
Time Asia - June 2, 2003
Lisa Clausen, Dili – Domingos Ximenes pulls off his T shirt to reveal a body that tells the story of two decades of war and suffering. On his left…
Jakarta Post - June 2, 2003
Kupang – The military in West Timor strongly deplored the East Timor government's inaction over the recent raising of the Aceh Free…
June 1, 2003
Tapol Bulletin - June/July 2003
There can no longer be any doubt that the proceedings in Indonesia's ad hoc human rights court for East Timor are a sham following the…
May 31, 2003
Melbourne Age - May 31, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – A Chinese-Malaysian businessman who won a case of illegal arrest against East Timorese police has been re-arrested and…
Associated Press - May 31, 2003
Dili – Timor Leste's Prime Minister yesterday called for the establishment of an international tribunal in a neutral country to try Indonesian…
May 28, 2003
Melbourne Age - May 28, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – A court case in which a bodyguard of East Timorese Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri is said to have kicked a Chinese-Malaysian…
Agence France Presse - May 28, 2003
London – A weak judicial system in newly independent East Timor undermined human rights there last year, Amnesty International said…
The Bulletin (with Newsweek) - May 28, 2003
As the do-gooders move on, carpetbaggers and corrupt locals are left to count the loot. Eric Ellis discovers that most East Timorese are wondering…
May 26, 2003
Radio Australia - May 26, 2003
The United Nations Serious Crimes Unit has indicted General Wiranto, the former governor of East Timor, Abilio Soares and six other senior…
Radio Australia - May 26, 2003
The UN Special Crimes Unit in East Timor has charged former militia commander, Joao Tavares, and four Indonesian TNI, or military, officers for…
May 24, 2003
Herald Sun (Melbourne) - May 24, 2003
John Hamilton – Hilton Lay is a nine-year-old kid with a cheeky grin and one passion in life – Essendon. His proudest possession is a Bombers…
May 23, 2003
Illawarra Mercury (Australia) - May 23, 2003
Chantal Rumble – As East Timor celebrates its first year of independence, Batemans Bay human rights campaigner James Dunn has launched a book…
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
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…
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'…
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…
May 19, 2003
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…
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…
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
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-…
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…
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
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…
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.
…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
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…
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…
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…