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

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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

In this 10-year-old democracy,…

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…

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

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 Indonesian government may prohibit the Balibo movie being screened here as it may be deemed "offensive".

…

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…

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – East Timor's government has designated land to be developed into a regional petrochemicals hub, its top resources…

Tom Allard Jakarta and Brendan Nicholson – Indonesia has warned that its relations with Australia will be harmed by an Australian Federal Police…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Heru Andriyanto – Indonesia on Wednesday rejected an Australian Federal Police war-crimes investigation into the…

Emily Bourke – Australian Federal Police investigators face a formidable task if they want to mount a successful war crimes prosecution in the…

Sara Everingham – The author of a book on the Balibo Five says the Australian Federal Police's decision to open an investigation into the deaths…

Australia-Indonesia relations are being tested as the Australian Federal Police conduct a war crimes investigation into the deaths of five…

Philip Dorling – The Federal Government has conceded an East Timorese man may leave Australia before the Federal Police have finalised an…

The differing priorities of Australia and East Timor have come to the fore, at a major oil and gas industry conference.

Debate centres on…

Kristen Gelineau, Sydney – Australia has launched a war crimes investigation into the 1975 killing of five Australian-based journalists during an…

Ed Johnson – Australian police have begun a war crimes investigation into the deaths of five journalists in East Timor in 1975 after a coroner…

Britt Smith – Some relatives of the Balibo Five journalists say they are optimistic about a new investigation into the murders, but others remain…

Adam Gartrell – The Balibo Five case is closed and should remain closed, the Indonesian Government says.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP…

Brendan Nicholson, Canberra – Thirty-four years after the event, Australia's national police force has launched a war crimes investigation into…

Havana – The President of East Timor's National Parliament, Fernando La Sama de Araujo, ratified on Tuesday his country's opposition to the…

Dili – A decision by East Timor's government to release a militant wanted for an infamous 1999 church massacre a decade ago this week has sparked…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – East Timor's release of an Indonesian citizen accused of crimes against humanity violates the country's own constitution…

Damien Kingsbury – It is hardly novel that a politician looking back at the glory days of office will want to ensure that their political legacy…