The first person to be convicted of human rights abuses in the lead up to East Timor's independence referendum has begun his three year jail sentence.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Former East Timor governor Abilio Soares began serving on Saturday a three-year prison term for his role in the 1999 violence in the former Indonesian

Yemris Fointuna and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta/Kupang – Convicted former East Timor governor Abilio Soares defied a summons on Friday to begin serving his three-year jail term for h

John Filiatreau, Liquica – Leonito da Costa's death and resurrection took place shortly after August 30, 1999, the day he and hundreds of thousands of other East Timorese trooped to the

John Filiatreau, Dili – Five years ago, this country reclaimed its independence from Indonesia, becoming the newest, and arguably poorest, nation in the world.

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A controversial immigration decision taken by the East Timorese government is to be challenged in East Timor's Court of Appeal.

Two years after independence, the people of East Timor are trying to sort out the muddle of languages that is a legacy of the country's complicated history and politics.

The various languages of East Timor speak of the history of the place, but in the present they are the topic of fierce debate.

Jakarta, Kompas – Former East Timor governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares has questioned the verdict handed down against him by the courts.

John McBeth, Dili – Peter Galbraith is not popular with Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Sonny Inbaraj, Darwin – Documentary filmmaker and cameraman Max Stahl – whose images of the 1991 Dili massacre in East Timor moved the world into taking action against Indonesia – is ba

Four years after Australia helped East Timor gain independence the good will is being threatened by a disputed line on the seabed that will decide how revenue from the multi-billion dol

Robyn Waite, Dili – The Asia Pacific Coalition for East Timor (APCET) is a coalition of Asian human rights groups and East Timor solidarity networks that was founded at a conference in

Mark Baker, Jakarta – East Timor has invoked the wrath of God upon Australia in the bitter feud over the division of oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea.

Jon Lamb – As the pre-election hype takes off, the issue of the disputed maritime boundary between East Timor and Australia has slipped from the mainstream political spotlight.

At the height of the East Timor crisis, Australia gave General Wiranto a stark ultimatum: back off or else.

Dili – The state budget proposed by East Timor's ruling Fretilin party was approved Tuesday by the Dili parliament, although most opposition parties boycotted the debate and final vote

An Australian journalist has been deported from East Timor even though a court dismissed charges of illegal weapons possession and immigration violations, his attorney said Tuesday.

Kupang – The United Nations Security Council lowered its security status in West Timor regency to Alert IV from Alert V after an evaluation by the UN Security Coordination team on May 1

Andre Vltchek – What can you do if your country is tiny and poor and your wealthy neighbor shamelessly exploits commonly shared area rich in natural resources depriving you of funds so

The name of 58-year-old Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao has once more caught the Indonesian public's attention.

Two martial arts gangs clashed in East Timor, leaving four dead including a 70-year-old man who tried to break up the brawl, police said Saturday.

[While President Xanana Gusmao makes overtures of friendship towards Indonesia, there are many East Timorese who may never be able to forgive their country's former oppressors.

Amy Chew, Jakarta – Indonesian presidential candidate and former armed forces chief General Wiranto publicly apologised for the first time for the violence in Timor Leste, then called E

Andi Hajramuni, Makassar – Hundreds of East Timorese refugees who hail from South Sulawesi sealed off the province' high court on Wednesday to vent their frustration over the court's ve

An Australian man facing charges in East Timor claims he has been framed by local authorities.

The meeting between Xanana Gusmao and General (ret) Wiranto reaped condemnations in Timor Leste.

Kathy Marks – From the refugee camp of Sunkaer Laran, the mountains of East Timor are so close you can almost touch them.

David Kennedy, Jakarta – When Kirsty Sword Gusmao stepped off the plane from Dili this week to launch her autobiography in Jakarta, she must have given a little smile.

Mark Dodd – An Australian businessman has been hounded out of East Timor by anti-Australian sentiment whipped up by claims that Canberra is ripping a $1 billion oil and gas bonanza off

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The notorious former East Timorese militia leader Joao Tavares has again been forced to leave a border town near his old homeland where he was living in breach

A former East Timor governor sentenced for human rights abuses will be housed in a prison cell with an en suite bathroom because of his service to the Indonesian nation, reports say.

Kupang – The Commander of Korem [Military Sub-Area Command] 161/Wirasakti Kupang, Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), Col M Moesanip was of the opinion that East Timor's separation from Indonesi

Sian Powell, Jakarta – The acquittal of an Indonesian military commander accused of human rights breaches in East Timor in 1999 has been upheld by the Supreme Court in Jakarta, promptin

Timothy Mapes and Patrick Barta, Dili – Tiny East Timor fought for nearly a quarter of a century to free itself from Indonesian invaders.

It's hard enough being the mother of two young boys let alone the Mother of the Nation.

Brendan Nicholson – Australian authorities may have charged an SAS soldier for allegedly kicking the body of an Indonesian soldier in East Timor because they did not want to worsen rela

Veronica Brooks, Canberra – The World Bank's representative in East Timor, Elisabeth Huybens, is keeping a watchful eye on the protracted maritime border dispute playing out between Can

John Phaceas, Perth – Woodside Petroleum might have to defer its Sunrise gas project for at least five years – costing it billions in delayed revenue – if the impasse over Timor Sea pro

Indonesia's Supreme Court has upheld a special court ruling acquitting a former military commander in East Timor of gross human rights violations in East Timor in 1999, when its people

A small group of protestors is rallying outside an international oil and gas conference in the northern Australian city of Darwin, angry over Australia's treatment of East Timor in natu

Darwin – A US oil company challenged East Timorese Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri to appear in a US court to respond to allegations that he accepted a multi-million dollar bribe from a ri

Dili – A US-based rights group denounced Australia yesterday, saying Canberra should be "ashamed" for allegedly robbing East Timor of much-needed oil and gas revenues from the disputed

Lisbon/Portugal – East Timor said today it is willing to reach a compromise with Australia to solve a long-running territorial dispute over seabed oil and natural gas deposits between t

Catherine Best – Jose Ramos-Horta exudes a warmth and charisma that belies his nation's bloody struggle for independence.

Twelve-year-old Julmira Babo collapsed unconscious while playing outside in her village in East Timor's Ermera district.

Denpasar – East Timor Attorney General Longuinhos Monteiro denied reports that his government had closed its investigation into the alleged involvement of former Indonesian military chi

It may not have quite the power of the image of Nelson Mandela applauding his former jailer, F.W.

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao has publicly embraced the man accused of responsibility for the deaths of 1500 East Timorese.