Justice
UN criticises ETimor over militia leader’s release
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP September 14, 2009 — The United Nations’ human rights representative in East Timor criticised Tuesday government “interference” in the release of an Indonesian militia leader accused of crimes against humanity.
The government of former rebel leader Xanana Gusmao went outside the law in freeing militia leader Martenus Bere last month, Louis Gentile, the local representative [...]
Gusmao under fire over militia leader
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP September 14, 2009 — East Timor’s opposition has moved to censure the government of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao over its decision to free an Indonesian militia leader accused of crimes against humanity.
Fretilin party lawmakers submitted the censure motion to parliament on Monday over the decision last month to release Martenus Bere, who stands accused [...]
ETimor opposition calls for early election in militia leader row
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP September 10, 2009 — East Timor’s opposition called on President Jose Ramos-Horta on Thursday to dissolve parliament in a row over the release of an Indonesian former militia leader accused of involvement in a 1999 massacre.
Opposition Fretilin party secretary general Mari Alkatiri challenged Ramos-Horta to call early elections over government “interference” in securing the [...]
East Timorese Minister Defends Release of Indonesian Militia Leader
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP Dili, East Timor, September 9, 2009 — The release of a former Indonesian militia leader accused of taking part in a massacre of civilians in East Timor in 1999 was a “political decision,” Justice Minister Lucia Lobato said on Tuesday.
“It is a political decision that must be taken by the government to resolve this [...]
Ten years on, no justice for ETimor’s Suai massacre victims
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP SUAI September 6, 2009 — Hundreds of people lit candles and held prayers in East Timor on Sunday to mark the 10th anniversary of one of the worst massacres in the country’s history.
Sitting stoically outside an incomplete church in the southern East Timor city of Suai, where up to 200 civilians including priests were [...]
UN condemns ETimor militia leader’s ‘release’
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP September 1, 2009 — The United Nations condemned Tuesday the reported release of an Indonesian former militia leader accused of taking part in a massacre of civilians in East Timor in 1999.
“If the reports are true, his release is contrary to the Security Council resolutions which set up the UN Mission in (East Timor) [...]
Ramos-Horta ‘out of touch’ over amnesties: Timor opposition
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP September 2, 2009 — East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta is out of touch with the people over his refusal to accept an international tribunal to try perpetrators of past atrocities, the opposition said Monday.
The Nobel laureate came under fire for his trenchant criticism of international justice during a speech Sunday to mark the 10th [...]
ETimor president opposes rights abuse tribunal call
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP DILI, Aug 28, 2009 — East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta rubbished Friday a call by rights group Amnesty International to establish a tribunal to prosecute those responsible for rights abuses in the tiny country.
A report by the group this week said East Timor and neighbouring Indonesia were promoting “impunity” by refusing to prosecute those [...]
‘No Resolution in Sight on Issue of Justice’
Friday, April 2nd, 2010DILI, September 1, 2009 (IPS) — Ten years since its people voted 78.5 percent in favour of independence, how has East Timor fared?
Although currently at peace, there is still much work to be done in the nation, said Mari Alkatiri, the first prime minister of independent East Timor, as he reflected on his country’s current state [...]
Solidarity Activists Press for Justice
Friday, April 2nd, 2010DILI (IPS August 28, 2009) – After three years behind bars as a political prisoner in Indonesia, British human rights campaigner Carmel Budiardjo saw firsthand the viciousness of former President Suharto’s military dictatorship. Expelled from the country in 1971, Budiardjo knew there would be suffering when the Indonesian military invaded East Timor in 1975.
In this [...]