Nusa Dua – Tens of thousands of East Timorese refugees who are still reluctant to return are testing the patience of their compatriots back home,…
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February 26, 2002
Agence France Presse - February 26, 2002
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…
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
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…
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…
February 20, 2002
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Lusa - February 19, 2002
East Timor's transition government, with little more than three months left before independence, insists that international donors cover its…
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…
February 18, 2002
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.…
Associated Press - February 18, 2002
Joanna Jolly, Dili – International prosecutors on Monday indicted 17 pro-Jakarta militiamen and Indonesian soldiers for crimes against humanity…
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.
…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…
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…
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
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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-…
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
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…
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…