January 2004 

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Donate! An Appeal from Noam Chomsky

January 25 - 31
U.S. News Leak Designed to Hurt Wiranto?
New Australia Labour Party policy on Timor Sea issues
East Timor leader discusses post-peacekeeping era with UN
UN urged to play more active role
Just In- Indonesia Hires Dole As Lobbyist

Gov't 'bans' poultry imports from eight Asian nations

E. Timor Police Mimic Violence of Ex-Masters

RI, E Timor Seeking to Open Direct Flights
Govt to Open Int'l Schools in Districts Bordering on E Timor
Former E Timorese Residents Have Right To Vote
E Timor Interested in LNG Plant for Sunrise Gas
E Nusa Tenggara Administration Reminded of Batek Isle Issue

Keeping up with the Carrascalaos
Banking in East Timor

Timor-Leste International and Local Media Monitoring Jan 30, 2004
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Jan 29, 2004
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Jan 28, 2004
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Jan 27, 2004
Timor-Leste International and Local Media Monitoring Jan 26, 2004

  
World Bank security guards on strike in Dili, East Timor. Photo by Karen Orenstein.   

ETAN: Global Wake-Up Call for Australia: Stop Stealing East Timor’s Resources & Trampling on Its New Independence

E Timor Coalition (CIITT): Statement for Australia Day

Rights Groups & Unions Write World Bank on Dili Strike

Indonesia Flexes Military Muscle in Border Dispute with East Timor; Where Is International Reaction?

ETAN Praises Placement of Indonesian War Criminals on State Department Watch List, Calls for Additional Steps to Achieve Justice

Where Is the Justice? UN, U.S. Must Break the Silence on Crimes in East Timor Since Invasion; Impunity Encourages Violations in Indonesia; Uncertainty in East Timor

NGOs write Powell before Indonesia's donors meeting

ET Alliance for International Tribunal recalls Invasion Day

Lao Hamutuk statement to Development Partners Conference
Statement to TL DPM from Rede Feto Timor-Leste- East Timor Women's Network

NGOs Urge Howard to Play Fair in Boundary Talks with East Timor

Take Action:
Tell Australia to Stop Stealing East Timor's Resources and East Timor's Future!
ETAN: Question the Candidates: Election 2004 & East Timor and Indonesia
Alert: Co-Sponsors Needed to Support Peace and Human Rights in Aceh
Alert: Demand Justice for East Timor!

LH Bulletin: January 2004: Bulletin Vol 5, No. 5: Bank Payments Authority
 


January 18 - 24
Groups Write World Bank on Dili strike
Leprosy fighters return
Rebels Threaten Timor Peace 

Dili protests Jakarta plan to station forces on disputed islet
TNI to Send Troops to Disputed Island of Batek
Jakarta has no 'concrete plans' to place troops on islet - General
Indon Mily Exercise In Batek Island Not To Threaten E Timor - Officer
Australia Urged to Renegotiate Timor Sea with RI, E Timor

Renewed calls for UN to remain beyond May deadline
Indonesian District needs more resettlement sites
A Cruel History for East-Timorese Women
Thousands of E. Timorese get their own homes in Indonesian W. Timor

Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Jan 23, 2004
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Jan 22, 2004
Timor-Leste International and Local Media Monitoring Jan 21, 2004
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Jan 20, 2004

Serious Crimes Unit and other Justice Updates (January)

ICTJ: The Struggle for Truth and Justice: A Survey of Transitional Justice Initiatives in Indonesia*

ETAN Praises Placement of Indonesian War Criminals on State Department Watch List, Calls for Additional Steps to Achieve Justice
State dept on watch list and SCU
Six Indonesians Barred From U.S.
Wiranto Poses Real Challenge to Megawati
Wiranto Denies Rights Abuses
Indonesia Fails on Human Rights Protection- Watchdog

The Land that Knew Hell: Profile of genocide researcher Ben Kiernan, Yale

Indonesia is short on justice for East Timor, activists say
Justice fails to net big fish for crimes in East Timor

ET Alliance for an International Tribunal: Response to article: East Timor determined to leave its past behind

Serious Crimes Updates

SCU Prosecutor Requests Public Hearing on Wiranto
East Timor's top prosecutor to ask appeals court for help in Wiranto warrant
UN accused of blocking East Timor warrants
SCU: Court of Appeal Applies Indonesian Law as Subsidiary Law

Former Indonesian soldier jailed for 11 years in killing of Timorese indep
First TNI soldier convicted of crimes in Timor
SCU: Special Panel convicts Laksaur militiaman and East Timorese TNI Sergeant

see December, November, October, September, August, July, June, May, April Serious Crimes Updates
 

see 2003 October, September, August, July, June, May, April, March, February updates on Indonesia Ad Hoc Court

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January 11 - 17
Six Indonesians Barred From U.S.
Wiranto Poses Real Challenge to Megawati
Wiranto Denies Rights Abuses

Indonesian warship blasts island

Skeleton May Solve Timor Riddle
Tough talks ahead over marine boundaries

UN team likely to recommend scaled-down mission in E Timor
Dili 'convinced' UN will remain engaged - FM Ramos Horta
USET: Letter to Sec'y Powell Regarding East Timor's Security
Security Fears Prompt Belo's Call to Extend UN Mandate
UN team preps report on future UN structure, commitments

TNI Pooh-Poohs E. Timor War Games Fears
Indonesia seeks immigration cooperation with East Timor
Indonesian Military rejects reports on militia infiltration
TNI Mulls Reopening Traditional Border Markets

E. Timor Refugee Aid Case Heats Up
Canada Foreign Aid Cash Missing
Timor Express Editor Questioned Over Libel

Nascimento asks Macau Diocese for support
Building Houses & Better Future For The East Timorese

Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Jan 16, 2004
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Jan 15, 2004
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Jan 14, 2004
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Jan 13, 2004
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Jan 12, 2004

Other Links (open in new window)

Women Peace-builders Continue Their Struggle For Peace & Non Violence
First International Women’s Peacebuilding Conference in Timor-Leste

Security Council Reaffirms ‘Vital Importance’ of United Nations’ Role in Post-conflict Reconciliation

AidWatch: Aid, Trade and Oil - Australia's Second Betrayal of East Timor

MFAC: Timor-Leste’s ambassador to European Union presents Credential

UNMISET: RDS training: PM stresses need for discipline and respect for human rights

Int'l Federation of Red Cross: Floods  -Information Bulletin No.1; No. 2
IFRC: Annual Appea; 2004
IFRC: East Timor Red Cross grows from disaster experience
IFRC: Floods leave food shortages in East Timor

IOM Delivers Emergency WFP Food Aid

McRae, David:  A Discourse on Separatists on Timor, Papua and Aceh (BA (Hons) Thesis, Faculty of Asian Studies,
Australian National University, Canberra)

UNDP: Asian Forum on Info and Communication Technology Policies Timor-Leste Page

Speech of H.E. José Luis Guterres, to 3rd Committee of Human Rights, United Nations November 2003

Speech by José Antonio Amorim Dias to 32nd session of the General Conference of UNESCO 4 October 2003

MFAC: JRH accuses Australian journalist of practicing Gutter Journalism

SEMANARIO, new Portuguese language newspaper in Timor Leste

AUSGOV: Performance Audit Aid to East Timor, Australian Agency for International Development (HTML) or PDF AUSAID: Country Brief East Timor

US State Dept International Religious Freedom Report 2003 (Timor chapter)

WB: Development Partners Meeting Dec 2003

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste website
Official Gazette of Government of East Timor

Kissinger Watch

January 5 - 10
Army winning the battle with words
Surge in child sex tours
Indonesian Army New Deputy Chief

Timor bishop asks UN to stay
Don't leave Timor before job is done
Bishop Belo endorses UN remaining in East Timor

Nascimento on Muslim-Christian relations
Refugee children want schools in resettlement areas
US is the only guardian of world peace, says FM Ramos Horta
Doubt On Long-Term Effects Of Timor Aid
RI judiciary remains unable to uphold justice, NGO says
Portugal to continue Timor aid
East Timor's Example - The Truth Will Set Us Free
AIDS in East Timor

Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring 
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January 1 - 3
Annan's security concerns for E Timor
Australia and E. Timor- Midwife at the Birth of a New Nation
ETimorese use Indonesian commodities 

Righting E. Timor's 'Unrightable Wrong' Andrew McNaughtan Obituary
Hundreds honour late East Timor activist McNaughtan
Horta on Andrew McNaughtan 
Death of Andrew McNaughton

Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Dec 31, 2003
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Dec 30, 2003
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Dec 29, 2003

December 19 - 31
Papuans face masters of terror 
More donors needed to make light work of Timor project 
Military, Police Called to Be on New Year's Alert 
E Nusatenggara Military Commander On Fixing RI-E Timor Borderline 
2004 should be year of 'stability', Gusmão challenges 

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