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Sri Lanka: No Return
Friday, April 2nd, 2010In a bid to flee the fighting in Sri Lanka, ethnic Tamil Justin Fernando, 39, washed up on the shores of Timor Leste. But instead of starting a new life as a refugee he was duped out of his savings and left destitute in a country he now desperately wants to leave. From the small [...]
No work in Timor-Leste
Friday, April 2nd, 2010With 25% of Timor’s population aged 15 to 29, competition for jobs is stiff. Meanwhile, the soaring popularity of martial arts threatens conflict in the future, writes Matt Crook
Guardian Weekly, December 17, 2008
For the past six years Jose da Silva, 20, has lived in a small youth camp in Dili. His mother is dead [...]
Art class in Timor-Leste
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Indonesia’s 25-year military occupation of Timor-Leste has come to an end, but for many it is still a country devastated by violence. Cesar Lourdes, 25, is a senior student at the open-door art school Arte Moris, in Dili. He describes a place where young people can paint and sculpt their way towards a deeper understanding [...]