East Timor kids. Photo by Amy Goodman.   Support ETAN: Message from Howard Zinn U.S. Rights Group Demands that Australian Government Stop Bullying East Timor  Senate Votes Down Restrictions on Military Training for Indonesia ETAN's Winter-Spring 2003 Speaking Tour: Economic Justice & Human Rights For East Timor - The Debt that Must Be Paid ETAN: Winter 2002-2003 Estafeta LH, et al: Report from one-day seminar on East Timor Joining the International Financial Institutions (PDF) ETAN: East Timorese in Indonesia to Lose Refugee Status at New Year, International Community Must Continue Efforts on Behalf of Vulnerable Children & Adults

February
December 2002

February 1 - 3
Pair held after parading Jesus and Mary
Indonesia Ex-Militiaman Arrested In Death Of E. Timor NZ Peacekeeper
Ireland's Diplomatic Ties w/ ET
Border zone ... angry East Timorese confront a UN representative

January 12 - 31

Kiki on lesson from ET for Aceh
Cargo plane crashes near Baucau, killing all six Russian crewmen
East Timor recruits crocs
Timorese asylum seeker calls for Australian solidarity
PKF troops arrest 13 in East Timor
Bishop of Dili calls for independent control of Timor Sea oil
Attorney General Interview on the Incidents of 4 December

Security Concerns Border zone ... angry East Timorese confront a UN representative UN police Chief Defies Local Anger Xanana discusses Timor's security problems Refugees 'forced to become guerillas' Timor's incursion crisis plea More Australian soldiers not needed- Gusmao Border Raiders Unleash diggers on militia- E Timor Indonesian army link to Timor incursions Militia (Timor Post editorial) Insecurity creating rift between Dili leadership, UN mission Captured ex-militia says seven armed groups infiltrated in Dec. Taur: Victims are not Protected* JSMP concerned about illegal detentions in East Timor*

U.S. paves way for new Indonesia military ties
Indon activists caution U.S. over military training
U.S. Senate IMET amendment debate

RI to assess Arafura, Timor seas
It's difficult to eradicate fuel smuggling to E. Timor by sea- Police

Horta invites Timor tourists for a cuppa
Fire destroyed most Becora prison records
Ex-Bishop of Dili invited to serve on Council of State
Fire destroys Dili prison administration, blaze appears accidental
 

Indonesian Ad-Hoc Court (January)   Indonesian special forces Colonel Yayat Sudrajat, former chief of the Tribuana task forces in East Timor, attends his trial in a Jakarta courtroom. He was cleared on December 30, 2002. REUTERS/Tiyo Gunawan   Indonesian human rights tribunal fails to uphold justice Crowd blamed for church attack E. Timor clergyman says soldiers among 1999 church attackers Ex-Dili Police Chief Gets 3 Years Jail for Timor Violence A law unto themselves 'TNI not responsible for abuses' Crimes in East Timor unpunished Justice Falters in Indonesia Sentenced over Timor atrocity, ex-militia chief wants reconciliation Int'l pressure on E. Timor trial badly needed Indonesia court acquits military officer on Timor rights charges Indonesian Army Officer Faces 10 Yr Jail For Timor Crimes International scrutiny looms over rights trial Former police chief of Dili sentencing delayed ETAN: Timor Commemorates Invasion Anniversary as Indonesian Court Acquits Officials  ETAN: Indonesian Verdicts Cannot Deliver Justice for East Timor ET National Alliance for Int'l Tribunal: Indonesian Ad Hoc Human Rights Court Proven Not Able To Fulfill International Demands see December updates, November updates, October updates

PM Alkatiri mulls revamped executive - gov't sources
East Timorese refugees find a home on another island
Pilot resettlement project for East Timorese
Indonesia, E Timor Cooperate in the Field of Health

Local Media Monitoring Update 31 January 2003
Local Media Monitoring Update 29 Jan 03
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Update 27 Jan 03
Local Media Monitoring Update, 24 January 2002
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring Update, 23 January 03
Timor-Leste Local Media Monitoring 22 January

 

New Web Links (open in new window) LH, et al: Report from one-day seminar on East Timor Joining the International Financial Institutions (PDF) La'o Hamutuk Bulletin: December 2002 : Australian Aid, Timor Sea Chronology Aussie Boats for East Timor Friends of Baucau, a joint initiative of the Cities of Darebin and Yarra, in Melbourne, Australia, their communities and the District Administration of Baucau UN: Press Conference by Representative of Timor-Leste UNICEF: State of the World's Children 2003 (tables include statistics from E Timor) ABC: EAST TIMOR: UN to improve police training in non-lethal combat IFRC: East Timor Appeal No. 01.60/2003 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste website (new official website) Official Gazette of Government of East Timor Kissinger Watch Spring 2002 Estafeta online Listen to Pacifica's Democracy Now! RealAudio programs  http://www.democracynow.org/ Democracy Now! broadcast from East Timor's independence. Listen online or order the video.

January 5 - 16
FEER- Let the Oil Flow
East Timor to open embassy, consulate in Australia
Defense forces hunt down militiamen after weekend attack
U.S. in the dock over international justice

Troubled Timor villages to get troops' protection
Leaders to meet after likely militia raid
Jakarta warns East Timor against accusing militiamen
Gang attacks two East Timor villages, kills four during overnight fighting

UCAN- Church & gov't leaders remind journalists
2 Alleged Pro-Jakarta Ex-Militiamen Arrested
SMH Editorial- A new year in East Timor
Ashmore Reef Belongs to Indonesia- Timor Gap Teamwork Chairman
Solution of RI-Timor's Tactical Boundary Helps TNI and UNPKF

Late December 2002, January 1 - 4
Sunrise Gas Project in Timor Sea May Be Delayed, Review Says 
No more assistance for East Timorese 'refugees'- Indon govt
JRS West Timor update
UNHCR-East Timorese refugee saga comes to an end
Govt provides housing for East Timor refugees
Inclusion of Australia in Timor Gap talks significant- NGO

Interview with Bishop Nascimento
Nation-building

February
December 2002
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