An Indonesian court has jailed a militiaman for six years for the brutal murder of a New Zealand peacekeeping soldier in East Timor in 2000.
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March 7, 2002
Agence France Presse - March 7, 2002
March 6, 2002
Reuters - March 6, 2002 (slightly abridged)
Dili – Almost half East Timor's population don't have enough food to eat and eke out a living on or below the poverty line, a survey…
Lusa - March 6, 2002
Grassroots opinion on East Timor's draft Constitution has been summarized by Constituent Assembly members over the last three days before a final…
March 5, 2002
Associated Press - March 5, 2002
Joanna Jolly, Dili – The first contingent of 24 Japanese military engineers arrived Monday to join a U.N. peacekeeping force amid protests over…
Agence France Presse - March 5, 2002
Jakarta – Prosecutors of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) have launched cases against three men accused of 27…
Reuters - March 5, 2002
Dominic Whiting, Bangkok – East Timor independence hero Xanana Gusmao, the front-runner to lead the nascent Southeast Asian state, said on Tuesday…
March 4, 2002
Sydney Morning Herald - March 4, 2002
Mark Baker, Manila – Burma's military regime has sparked a rift within the Association of South-East Asian Nations by blocking moves towards East…
March 1, 2002
UNTAET Daily Briefing - March 1, 2002
Dili – The people of East Timor this week once again displayed intense interest and enthusiasm in the democratic process as more than 80 public…
Kyody News - March 1, 2002
Jakarta – A cemetery for Indonesian servicemen in East Timor's capital Dili has been converted to a cassava farm, Indonesia's state-run news…
The Jakarta Post - March 1, 2002
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Udayana Military Commander Maj. Gen. Wellem T. da Costa has ordered soldiers to shoot East Timor refugees found…
February 28, 2002
Jakarta Post - February 28, 2002
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Thousands of East Timorese refugees have begun to use violence and terror against local villagers in a bid to survive in…
Bangkok Post - February 28, 2002
Achara Ashayagachat – East Timor needs 10 years to prepare for joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, de facto Foreign…
Agence France Presse - February 28, 2002
Manila – Myanmar has objected to a proposal to grant East Timor observer status to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Philippine…
February 27, 2002
Jakarta Post - February 27, 2002
Yemris Fointuna – The East Timor Commission for Truth, Reception and Reconciliation is planning to question several proindependence leaders,…
February 26, 2002
Agence France Presse - February 26, 2002
Nusa Dua – Tens of thousands of East Timorese refugees who are still reluctant to return are testing the patience of their compatriots back home,…
Jakarta Post - February 26, 2002
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Around 128,000 East Timorese people staying in numerous refugee camps in East Nusa Tenggara Province are facing…
ETAN - February 26, 2002
Indonesia's recent indictment of seven military officers for crimes against humanity committed in East Timor in 1999 does not alleviate concerns…
UNTAET Daily Briefing - February 26, 2002
Dili – The General Prosecutor of East Timor issued an indictment today charging militia commander Bernadino da Costa – also known as "Mata Satu…
UNTAET Daily Briefing - February 26, 2002
Dili – A preliminary government report that indicates 41 per cent of East Timor's population live in poverty and 48 per cent are…
February 25, 2002
The Melbourne Age - February 25, 2002
Jill Jolliffe – It is 11am on a weekday and people are queueing at Dili's Chinese Buddhist temple. Most of the East Timorese in the queue are…
February 23, 2002
Associated Press - February 23, 2002
Joanna Jolly, Dili – Independence leader Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao, a potent symbol of East Timor's resistance during decades of Indonesian…
Sydney Morning Herald - February 23, 2002
Jill Jolliffe, Oecussi – East Timor's revolutionary hero, Xanana Gusmao, was met by enthusiastic village crowds this week as the stage was set for…
February 22, 2002
Agence France Presse - February 22, 2002
Two international human rights groups questioned Indonesia's determination to bring offenders in East Timor to justice despite its indictment of…
February 21, 2002
UNTAET Daily Briefing - February 21, 2002
Dili – UNTAET and the East Timorese government met for the first time today to discuss a joint strategy to address the domestic…
Agence France Presse - February 21, 2002
Indonesian prosecutors indicted seven senior officials including the ex-governor of East Timor for crimes including genocide in the territory in…
Jakarta Post - February 21, 2002
Tertiani ZB Simandjuntak and Yogita Tahilramani, Jakarta – Human rights activists urged the government on Wednesday to extradite 17 former militia…
February 20, 2002
UNTAET Daily Briefing - February 20, 2002
Dili – Independence leader Xanana Gusmao and Dili Bishop Filipe Ximenes Belo urged the Constituent Assembly today not to rush passage of East…
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - February 20, 2002
An agreement between the United Nations and Indonesia to pursue those responsible for the gross abuse of human rights in East Timor appears close…
Jakarta Post - February 20, 2002
Jakarta – The Indonesian government had a moral obligation to surrender 17 military men and former militiamen to the United Nations Transitional…
February 19, 2002
Jakarta Post - February 19, 2002
Yogita Tahilramani, Jakarta – Indonesian officials said they would not hand over 17 men indicted by prosecutors in East Timor on Monday for…
Australian Associated Presse - February 19, 2002
Catharine Munro, Jakarta – Militia leader Eurico Guterres today said he would answer charges of crimes against humanity in Indonesia but not in…
The Australian - February 19, 2002
Geoff Elliott – Telstra will withdraw its services from East Timor, prompting a stinging attack from East Timor foreign minister Jose Ramos Horta…
UNTAET Daily Briefing - February 19, 2002
Dili – Francisco Xavier do Amaral, a Deputy Speaker of the Constituent Assembly, received a second nomination today for president. The…
Lusa - February 19, 2002
East Timor's transition government, with little more than three months left before independence, insists that international donors cover its…
February 18, 2002
Associated Press - February 18, 2002
Joanna Jolly, Dili – International prosecutors on Monday indicted 17 pro-Jakarta militiamen and Indonesian soldiers for crimes against humanity…
The Nation (US) - February 18, 2002
Christopher Hitchens – In a few weeks, East Timor will be able to celebrate both its independence as a country and its status as a democracy.…
February 16, 2002
Jakarta Post - February 16, 2002
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – The government has extended its deadline for 128,000 (sic) Timorese to vacate refugee camps in West Timor until June 20…
February 15, 2002
OneWorld UK - February 15, 2002
Daniel Nelson – After 25 years of brutal occupation, culminating in Indonesian-organized murder and mayhem against a referendum on independence,…
February 14, 2002
Sydney Morning Herald - February 14, 2002
How much did the Australian Government know about plans for an attack by Indonesian forces which would result in the death of five Australian-…
February 13, 2002
Lusa - February 13, 2002
Independence leader Xanana Gusmao said Wednesday he had not yet decided whether he would run for the presidency of East Timor in April 14…
February 11, 2002
Sydney Morning Herald - February 11, 2002
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – In another step towards nationhood, East Timor's constituent assembly has approved a draft of a constitution guaranteeing…
February 8, 2002
Bloomberg News - February 8, 2002
Darwin – Less than a year after Australia rejected Royal Dutch/Shell Group's bid for Woodside Petroleum Ltd., the government may cite the same…
Jakarta Post - February 8, 2002
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Possible clashes are looming between East Timorese refugees and Indonesian farmers seeking to reclaim land used to…
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
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.
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