East Timor says it will seek compensation from Australia if its waters or shores are polluted by a leaking oil rig.

The West Atlas Rig…

Lindsay Murdoch – Maternus Bere, a Timorese-born Indonesian citizen accused of crimes against humanity, was ushered secretly across the border…

AI Index: ASA 21/020/2009

Reports emerged today that Maternus Bere, an indicted militia leader charged with crimes against humanity,…

Mark Dodd – An audit of East Timor's public finances by Darwin-based accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has uncovered $189…

Dili, East Timor – East Timor's struggle against Indonesian occupation may soon become a money maker. The government is considering plans to…

A suspected militia leader accused in a massacre of dozens of women, children and priests in a church in East Timor a decade ago, had been…

Jakarta – Activists in London demanded Monday that Indonesian authorities bring to justice those responsible for killing Dutch Financial Times…

IPI warns Indonesia's commitment to democracy undermined

Barbara Trionfi – Ten years after Dutch Financial Times correspondent Sander…

The new Australian Commander of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in East Timor says there are many signs of progress in the country.…

New York – The European Union concurred with the United Nations Friday on the need to strengthen East Timor's capability to handle its own…

On October 20, La'o Hamutuk sent this letter to the member of the UN Security Council in New York, together with the annex which follows below…

Belinda Lopez – In Blok AA1 of the Christian cemetery in Kebayoran Lama, an engraved headstone marks the resting place of young journalists shot…

Steve Holland – An East Timorese government delegation led by Prime Minster Xanana Gusmao is in China looking for support for its bid for a major…

Dili – East Timor's opposition Fretilin party said there had been a "huge swing" against the government in recent village or 'suco' elections,…

Dili – East Timor's first joint military exercise with the United States began Wednesday with the arrival of the USS Bonhomme Richard…

Dili – East Timor's opposition stayed on the offensive Tuesday after the government survived a no-confidence vote over its decision to free an…

Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesia and East Timor are trying to work out disputes over their territory by agreeing on an exact border between the two…

Guido Goulart, Dili – East Timor's government faced a no-confidence vote Monday over the release at Indonesia's request of an alleged militia…

Dili – An East Timorese court on Friday jailed a militia leader for 32 months for his role in widespread violence that left 37 people…

Dili – East Timor voted on Friday in village elections seen as a test of the fledgling country's stability a decade after its historic…

Dili – Pay hikes for lawmakers and high-level officials passed Thursday in East Timor are "out of proportion with the economy", the…

Dili – Tiny East Timor reached a new low in the UN's annual measurement of human development, falling even further down the list of…

Matt Crook, Dili – East Timor's deputy prime minister abused his power by securing a plum United Nations job for his wife in which she was…

Dili – Australian Defence Minister John Faulkner visited East Timor Saturday and reiterated his country's commitment to maintaining security in…

Paige Taylor – Maria Reinado struggles daily with her memories of a husband and father who was unfaithful and never met their fourth child…

Jon Lamb – During August and September, Australian and international media outlets ran numerous articles, opinion pieces and commentaries marking…

Usman Hamid and Yati Andriyani, Liquisa, East Timor – Mentioning Timor Leste not only brings to mind a state that was once Indonesia's 27th…

United Nations – East Timor's government is defending its policy of not pursuing war crimes trials for Indonesian officials…

Brendan Nicholson, Foreign Affairs Correspondent – Indonesia's ambassador has asked the Australian Federal Police to explain why they are…

James Thomas – In seeking the truth behind the deaths of six Australian Journalists in East Timor in 1975, actor Anthony LaPaglia and Kevin Rudd…

Elisabeth Oktofani – Previously known as an area of conflict, East Timor is becoming a land of opportunity.

Indonesians often go abroad to…

John Aglionby, Jakarta – The final article written by Sander Thoenes before he was murdered in East Timor a decade ago on Monday was headlined: "…

Dili – East Timor's opposition threatened on Friday to force an early election in an escalating row with the government over the release of an…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Hundreds of non-government organisations in Dili have backed the United Nations' condemnation of East Timor's release of…

A leading press freedom group has urged Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to resist Indonesian "blackmail" over a war crimes probe into the…

Guido Goulart, Dili – East Timor's Supreme Court is investigating top government officials over accusations they illegally released a war crimes…

Catharine Munro – An alleged victim of torture in East Timor says he regrets talking to the Australian Federal Police because he is now in danger…

Sydney – An Australian investigation into the deaths of five Australian-based journalists in East Timor will not undermine anti-terrorism links…

A new report finds East Timor is still lagging in efforts to prosecute human rights violations that occurred under Indonesian rule and…

Tiny East Timor on Wednesday signed a UN treaty to protect the Earth's fragile ozone layer, making it the first environmental pact to achieve…

Dennis Shanahan and Stephen Fitzpatrick – Kevin Rudd has been forced to make plans with Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to avoid…

Pandaya, Dili – Anyone looking for a model for the promotion of gender equality should look to Timor Leste.

In this 10-year-old democracy,…

Dili – Dili's gleaming new Presidential Palace and Foreign Ministry, gifts from China, stand in stark contrast to nearby burned-out buildings and…

Paul Daley – The former Coalition government had a vastly different idea of how independent our near neighbour should be than what eventuated.…

Germany reminds us that human rights and justice have no time limits.

Tom Hyland – Two types of justice, related to atrocious events that…

Pandaya, Dili – A man dropped a pale brown book onto my lap, startling me and interrupting my interview with human rights activist Lita Sarmento…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The Indonesian government may prohibit the Balibo movie being screened here as it may be deemed "offensive".

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Joint statement on the release of Martenus Bere – indicted for crimes against humanity in Timor-Leste

For the past ten years the…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The government is considering banning an Australian film that tells the story of five foreign journalists who…

The Australian Federal Police's decision to investigate the "Balibo Five" incident in East Timor in 1975 is a backwards step that could harm…