Matt Crook, Dili – East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta said his young country had finally achieved peace and could look forward to prosperity as it celebrated eight years of indepe

New Zealand's military deployment in East Timor is being cut because the security situation there has improved, Defence Minister Wayne Mapp says.

In three days time, the Timorese people will celebrate the anniversary of the restoration of our independence.

Lindsay Murdoch – The East Timorese government has complained to the ASX about Woodside's announcement that it plans to build a floating liquefied natural gas platform above the multibi

Damien Kingsbury – East Timor President Xanana Gusmao is not budging over terms of a deal with Woodside on gas reserves in the Timor Sea.

Lindsay Murdoch – The regulator of East Timor's petroleum industry has accused Woodside of failing to comply with its legal obligations before announcing plans to build a floating lique

Dili – Partners in the Sunrise gas field joint venture met East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta on Thursday after the government angrily rejected plans to process Timor Sea gas on a

The Federal Government has told East Timor it cannot invite another company to develop the Greater Sunrise gas fields in the Timor Sea.

Xavier La Canna – Woodside Petroleum Ltd will send a high-level team including chief executive Don Voelte to East Timor, after the tiny nation threatened to sink plans for a multi-billi

Jakarta – East Timor has rejected a proposal for a floating liquefied natural gas platform in a disputed Timor Sea gas field as a waste of time and money.

A high stakes dispute between Australian Oil and Gas company Woodside and East Timor's Government has come to a head.

New York – Timor-Leste's police force has made considerable strides since its creation ten years ago, the top United Nations police official in the nation has said, while adding that th

Ishaan Tharoor – For most, the presence of an outfit of ninjas conjures scenes of Japanese comic book assassins or, perhaps, of mutant turtles dwelling in a sewer.

James Paton – Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia's second-largest oil and gas producer, continues to face opposition from East Timor's government to proposals for developing the Sunrise

The Australian government is standing by its aid program in East Timor after a scathing assessment of the performance of donors by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao.

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Authorities in Dili have appealed against the acquittal of the Australian Angelita Pires on charges of conspiring to kill East Timor's top two political leader

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – In a fiercely anti-Western speech, East Timor's Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmao, has accused Australia of sacrificing the lives of 60,000 Timorese in World War I

An Darwin woman found not guilty of trying to assassinate East Timor's president two years ago says the country needs to review its judicial system.

Sara Everingham – East Timorese president Jose Ramos-Horta says it is time to break the impasse between Australia and his country over the development of the Greater Sunrise gas field.

East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao pledged Wednesday to increase government investment of the tiny country's oil wealth to boost economic growth and living standards.

Matt Crook, Dili – East Timor police have declared war on mysterious "ninjas" accused of murder and subversion in a new twist to the young country's struggle to establish security.

East Timor has marked the tenth anniversary of the founding of its own police force.

James Scambary – Here is the destruction of '99; here is the destruction of 2006, and here is the destruction of 2007," exclaims Mateus, a wide sweep of his hand encompassing a densely

Dili – The tiny, impoverished nation of East Timor is on the cusp of an economic explosion that will eclipse even China in terms of growth, a top UN economist said on Tuesday.

Rory Callinan – The Indonesian soldier alleged to have stabbed Australian journalists to death at Balibo has denied any involvement in the 1975 killings and intends to move back to East

Tim Lee – There are two distinct seasons in East Timor – the wet season and the dry season.

The Australian Defence Force Chief says he believes East Timorese forces will be able to take full responsibility for the country's security in the near future.

H.E. Jose Ramos-Horta
President, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Dili, Timor-Leste

Dear Mr. President,

AI number: ASA 57/004/2010

Tokyo – East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta said Tuesday that Indonesia still needs to apologise for its brutal occupation of the half-island even if relations between the neighbour

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Australian soldiers in East Timor have been accused of asking Timorese their political views, in violation of the country's constitution.

East Timor's president Jose Ramos-Horta says his country is serious about making sure its interests are not ignored in the development of the Greater Sunrise Gas field.

Sara Everingham – The President of East Timor says it is embarrassing for Australia that Northern Territory police took five years to test remains believed to be those of the country's

Tito Belo, Dili – The construction of a luxury hotel near East Timor's capital has uncovered machine-dug graves containing remains of people who may have been killed during the country'

Dili – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta on Wednesday denied claims by Amnesty International that he would support a tribunal for abuses committed during Indonesia's occupation.

Australian human rights activists are outraged that the Australian Government has bestowed Australia's highest civilian honour, the Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, on Indo

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Indonesian military on Tuesday said it doubted claims by Amnesty International that East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta had promised to support the esta

AI Index: ASA 57/003/2010

Sara Everingham, Dili – Celebrations for International Women's Day have begun early in East Timor.

Sara Everingham – East Timor's latest attempt to create a brighter future has unearthered a tragic reminder of its turbulent past, with the construction of a new luxury hotel and golf c

Lindsay Murdoch – Three Dili District Court judges have sentenced 24 rebels to jail terms of up to 16 years but their verdicts have raised more questions than they answered about the at

Sara Everingham, Dili – For the first time in nearly seven months, Australian woman Angelita Pires can relax, after being acquitted of involvement in a plot to assassinate East Timor's

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Angelita Pires, the East Timorese-born Australian lover of the slain rebel leader Alfredo Reinado has been acquitted of conspiring to kill East Timor's top two p

Tito Belo, Dili – An East Timor court jailed on Wednesday 27 people for between nine and 17 years over the attempted assassination of President Jose Ramos-Horta and an attack on the pri

Guido Goulart, Dili – An East Timorese court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced 24 rebels to up to 16 years in prison over the attempted assassinations of the fledgling democracy's pr

From March 23 until May 3, Zely Ariane will be touring Australia, speaking at Direct Action forums, at universities, to trade union meetings and at other venues.

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the mandate of its mission in East Timor (UNMIT) for another year.

Edith M.

Clinton Fernandes – Australia conducted two military interventions in East Timor during the 20th century and both have been falsely reconstructed into myths that vary sharply from the h

Ref: IOR 40/2009.177
AI Index: ASA 57/002/2010
H.E. the Permanent Representative

23 February 2010