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s explanation would be rejected by any 'fair-minded Australian...

s secret service has raided the Canberra homes of a lawyer and a former spy who intend to testify at The Hague that Australia bugged the East Timorese cabinet before sensitive oil and gas revenue-sharing negotiations. The spying allegations come a month after revelations from Edward Snowden that Australia attempted to tap the phones of senior Indonesian officials in 2009 brought Australian-Indonesian...

Greens want attorney general to explain why he approved raids on lawyer and witness, calling it an abuse of his executive power Katharine Murphy ...

The Greens MP for Melbourne, Adam Bandt, says he's disturbed by allegations that documents belonging to a lawyer representing Timor-Leste in a court case against Australia were seized by Asio agents ...

Clinton Fernandes:  The detention of a retired Secret Intelligence Service agent and the raid of a lawyer's office in Camberra should prompt questions about how Australia has chosen to negotiate with East Timor Clinton Fernandes ...

Retired Australian Secret Intelligence Service agent and wife searched in Canberra while lawyer's office is raided, say lawyers Katharine Murphy Lenore Taylor ...

Eavesdropping allegations shows picking a fight is higher on Timor-Leste’s agenda than pursuing Indonesia's military Paul Daley ...

Timor-Leste says it will halt bid to overturn 2006 treaty on crucial gas field if Australia admits negotiators were bugged ...

The two nations have always had their ups and downs: the latest diplomatic rift could bring about new opportunities for honesty Natalie Sambhi ...

s presidential debate. The only mention came when Mitt Romney was listing Barack Obama's supposed lack of progress in his first term: "Are Israel and the Palestinians closer to reaching a peace agreement?" the Republican candidate asked. "No. They haven't had talks in two years." The lack of discussion reflects an agenda that is changing, partly as a result of upheaval elsewhere in the region and partly...

s number one crime. Continued obstacles such as lack of rule of law, a feeble judicial system, economic dependence, and a culture of silence mean nearly one-third of all women have experienced some form of violence or assault since the age of 15, according to the government's 2009-10 demographic and health survey (pdf). In the capital, Dili, that figure rises to one in two. "Despite the law against...

s president swore in the nation's new coalition cabinet Wednesday, announcing three additional ministerial posts that the opposition has dubbed an "unnecessary" use of the poor nation's money. President Taur Matan Ruak announced 16 ministers, three more than the former government. Six are from Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), which leads the coalition...

*MEDIA ALERT No.1: **14:00 hours Dili 6.7.2012* A number of grave and concerning occurrences have begun to be registered beginning last night by FRETILIN party representatives at STAE district offices and voting centres. This is based on information received from FRETILIN party representatives on the ground: 1. In Liquica district yesterday 421 ballot papers received from the STAE national office and...

*FRETILIN Campaign: Dr. Mari Alkatiri: “Women and men have equal rights”* *TVTL, 30 June 2012* This was one issue that FRETILIN Secretary General Dr. Mari Alkatiri during a public dialogue campaign event in Atabae, Bobonaro district. Problems with veterans, road conditions, potable water, electricity, health, education and mini produce markets were concerns raised by the community in the sub district...

FRETILIN campaign door to door distributing flowers for peace and solidarity (Portuguese language report) To: Peter Murphy <pmurphy@search.org.au> FRETILIN is unprecedented campaign and distributes flowers to voters in Dili The Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (FRETILIN) distributed today in an unprecedented initiative in the campaign for the law of 07 July, hundreds of flowers for...

GOPAC   (Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption) TIMOR-LESTE Rua De Nu Laran-20 Bairro dos Grillos-Dili Telephone: (670) 331-3457 ext: 107 (Hugo Fernandes) PRESS RELEASE The Global Organisation of Parliamentarians against Corruption (GOPAC) in Timor-Leste has called for an urgent investigation into reports that CNRT, the political party headed by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão, has...

STAE 17/04/2012 11:30am Final Provisional Results: Francisco Guterres “Lú-Olo” – 38,77% (174,386) Taur Matan Ruak – 61, 23% (275,441) 630 Polling Centres counted Turnout : 73, 12% (458,703 votes) Abstention : 26, 88% (168,592 votes) Total registered voters for the 2nd Round: 627, 295. ...

escalating violations of human rights and criminality and its failure to submit to civilian control. The recent 20th anniversary of the 1991 Santa Cruz massacre in Dili. East Timor (Timor-Leste), when hundreds of peaceful protesters were massacred by Indonesian troops wielding U.S. supplied weapons, reminds us that a lack of accountability for past crimes -- in Timor-Leste and throughout the archipelago...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 12 November 2011 Index: ASA 57/004/2011 Timor-Leste: Santa Cruz massacre - still waiting for justice 20 years later Amnesty International calls on the governments of Timor-Leste and Indonesia to provide justice for the victims of the Santa Cruz massacre which took place 20 years ago in Dili, the capital. On the morning of 12 November 1991 the Indonesian security...

Link to unclassified documents on arms trade to Indonesia with the implication (suprize suprize) that the UK and others pay bribes: http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/document-friday-the-department-of-state-arms-seller-extraordinaire/ ...