Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Protesters continued occupying a legislative building in Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara, on Wednesday, awaiting a central…
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April 3, 2008
Setyo Budi, Dili – If the renegade soldiers who attempted to assassinate East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta on Feb. 11 remain scot-free, it has…
April 2, 2008
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Thousands of former East Timorese refugees occupied the Belu Legislative Council building in Atambua on Tuesday,…
Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Timorese-born Australian Angelita Pires admits she was the lover of rebel leader Alfredo Reinado and says she…
March 31, 2008
Dili – East Timor and its foreign supporters must do more to resettle around 100,000 citizens still homeless after unrest in 2006, the…
Stephanie March, Dili – Jose Sarmento lines up on a basketball court with 3,000 other displaced people to collect his rice and cooking oil for the…
Jakarta – In its findings, the joint Indonesia-Timor Leste Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF) has named an institution it blames for…
Executive summary and recommendations
The shooting of President Jose Ramos-Horta in February 2008 underscored the urgency of…
Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Non-government organisations have called on the East Timorese Government to end a cycle of impunity for the perpetrators…
March 29, 2008
Paul Toohey – The Australian-led International Stabilisation Force took double the normal time to travel to the compound of Jose Ramos Horta, on…
March 28, 2008
Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta has accused a Timor-born Australian woman of influencing rebel leader Alfredo…
The NGO community thanks the Ministry of Finance for this opportunity to participate, and we appreciate the support and interest from Timor-Leste'…
Canberra – Australia on Friday strongly defended its military's response to an assassination attempt on East Timor's leadership after injured…
East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta is critical of the failure of international forces to quickly capture the rebels who attacked him in Dili…
March 27, 2008
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – East Timor's chief prosecutor has asserted that rebel soldier Alfredo Reinado planned to assassinate four, not two, leaders…
March 26, 2008
Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Alfredo Reinado, the rebel leader who led last month's attacks in Dili, turned up at a television studio in Jakarta…
Jakarta – The Indonesia-Timor Leste Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) has had its mandate further extended due to internal disputes over…
March 21, 2008
The coordinator of the Luta Hamutuk non-governmental organization in East Timor, Mericio Akara, said on Thursday that Cuba is an…
March 20, 2008
Dili – A month after the attacks in Timor-Leste that left rebel leader Alfredo Reinado dead and President Jose Ramos Horta wounded, some of the 30…
Belinda Tasker – Britain could launch legal action against two surviving former Indonesian military chiefs linked to the deaths of the Balibo Five…
March 18, 2008
Excellencies:
1. The President of the RDTL National Parliament
2. The President of Commission A of the National Parliament
3. The…
Paul Toohey – A large amount of cash was allegedly found on the body of rebel soldier Alfredo Reinado after he was shot dead in President Jose…
March 17, 2008
Steven Sengstock – A month has passed since the death of Alfredo Reinado in a fire-fight at the home of East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta.…
Julia May, London – A former head of defence intelligence in East Timor has criticised the British and Australian governments for failing to…
March 16, 2008
Lindsay Murdoch and Tom Hyland – One of East Timor's most influential politicians has called for the inquiry into the recent attacks on the nation…
March 15, 2008
Stephanie March, Dili – East Timor's police and military have been accused of beating and torturing citizens since a state of emergency began…
[Resistance: A Childhood Fighting for East Timor By Naldo Rei University of Queensland Press, 338pp, $34.95. Review by Sian Powell.]
Naldo…
March 14, 2008
Katia Siberia Garcia, Havana – Cuban doctors who fulfilled an internationalist mission in Timor-Leste arrived in Cuba on Thursday…
Human rights groups are worried. The controversial Indonesia-East Timor "truth" commission into the violence surrounding East Timor's historic…
March 12, 2008
Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta was almost killed by a banned soft-nosed bullet that expands when it hits,…
March 11, 2008
Paul Toohey – President Jose Ramos Horta is struggling to comprehend the betrayal involved in an attempt by former members of the Timorese…
Dili – In a ceremony presided over by the interim president of the Republic of Timor-Leste, Fernando Lasama de Araujo, and Deputy Prime Minister…
March 10, 2008
A month on from the shooting of East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta, the BBC's Lucy Williamson reports on the government's handling of the…
March 6, 2008
Bob Howarth – The independent daily Timor Post newspaper has had two formal apologies from senior government officials over violence…
March 5, 2008
Following the attack on East Timor president Jose Ramos Hortes, Carole Reckinger and Sara Gonzalez Devant report on the complexities surrounding…
March 3, 2008
Paul Toohey – The East Timorese rebel leader widely suspected of being the man who shot President Jose Ramos Horta has surrendered, handing in his…
Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – A rebel commander who was at the home of East Timor's President, Jose Ramos-Horta, the morning he was shot and seriously…
March 1, 2008
Henriette Sachse – The recent attacks on East Timor's president and prime minister are a severe setback on the path to democracy. They highlight…
February 29, 2008
Dili – Interim President Fernando La Sama De Araujo of Timor Leste sent congratulations Friday to Raul Castro at his election as…
February 28, 2008
The British government will consult with the families of two of the Balibo Five about what action, if any, it should take over the killings of the…
Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – A crime syndicate with links to former pro-Indonesian militias supplied drugs to youth gang members involved in violent…
February 27, 2008
From correspondents in London – Britain is being urged to order arrest warrants for two surviving former Indonesian military chiefs linked to the…
February 26, 2008
Michael Mckenna – A senior staff member of the East Timor Post newspaper was allegedly beaten and arrested at the weekend in the latest of a…
February 25, 2008
Reporters Without Borders condemns the action of the police in arresting and beating a Timor Post journalist on the night of 22 February as he was…
February 21, 2008
Paul Toohey – Time reporter Rory Callinan has complained of heavy-handed treatment at the hands of Australian soldiers in East Timor after he and…
February 20, 2008
Tony Iltis – East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta was rushed to Darwin to undergo emergency surgery after being shot three times in a February…
For Timor-Leste victims of the Japanese military's sexual slavery system – Restore their honor, give them their rights!
(Sixty-six…
Geoffrey York, Dili – Passengers arriving at East Timor's airport are greeted with an ominous sign posted by the authorities, warning of the…
February 19, 2008
Angela Macdonald-Smith, Sydney – Woodside Petroleum should delay plans to develop the Sunrise natural gas field in the Timor Sea for up to 10…




