Category - east timor

Justice in Timor is key to development, says NGO

agency reporter — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:57:50 +0100

Long-term development in East Timor – which became independent ten years ago – will be “seriously hindered” if justice for past crimes is not delivered, Progressio has warned.

US urged not to assist Indonesian military and intelligence services

agency reporter — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:42:44 +0000

East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and three dozen other organizations have urged US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton not to assist the Indonesian military and or intelligence agencies.

Development agency calls for government action on East Timor

agency reporter — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:49:48 +0000

A year after an attempted assassination on East Timor's President José Ramos Horta, development agency Progressio has renewed calls for UK government action for peace with justice in the small, impoverished nation.

East Timor urged to drop prosecution of newspaper and editor

agency reporter — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:21:24 +0000

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) has called on East Timor's prosecutor-general to drop criminal defamation charges against local weekly Tempo Semanal and its editor, Jose Belo.

UK Government 'must compensate' East Timor

agency reporter — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:13:27 +0100

A Catholic advocacy and development agency has called on the British government to fulfil its responsibilities to the people of East Timor, following a quarter-century of violence during which the UK supplied arms to Indonesia.

Church agency calls for calm amid East Timor violence

staff writers — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:20:33 +0100

The Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (CAFOD) has called for calm in East Timor amidst the violence that has escalated since Xanana Gusmao was appointed to be Prime Minister by the country’s new President Jose Ramos-Horta.

Church agency calls on East Timor government to back reform

staff writers — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:57:53 +0100

The church development agency CAFOD, says that the world’s newest nation in the 21st century, East Timor, has been successful in running its first election . Now the Timorese Government must start delivering for the poor.