Still no land title certainty a decade after independence

East Timor Legal News 14/08/2011 - After more than a decade since independence, there is still no comprehensive land law in East Timor to resolve the many and violent conflicts over land ownership that have fed instability in the country on more than one occasion (1) ....

East Timor: What happens when abortion is illegal

ETLJB 5 April 2009 SYDNEY There has been a dramatic debate in East Timor over recent weeks about the provisions of the new draft penal code pertaining to abortion. The draft article 144 of the penal code deals with “interruption of pregnancy”. Draft article 142 deals with...

East Timor Legal News 8 April 2009

Committee C to realise anti-corruption law conference in May Timor Post 8 April 2009 The Parliamentary Committee C for Economy and Anti-corruption has planned to hold a conference in May for discussing profoundly about the Government proposed anti-corruption commission.In...

East Timor: Massacres and Miracles

ETLJB 9 April 2009 Melbourne In response to Jill Jolliffe's report in The Age on 1st April 2009, it should be noted that there were several massacres in Dili. The first occurred on 7th December 1975 when thousands of Chinese and Timorese were murdered.A second Dili massacre...

East Timor Legal News 3 March 2009

Fretilin's Ana Pessoa will be sworn in as Prosecutor-General Radio Televisaun Timor Leste 3 March 2009 - Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao announced that Fretilin MP Ana Pessoa has been appointed as the new Timorese prosecutor general and said her swearing-in ceremony would be...

East Timor Legal News 13 January 2009

Court postpones hearing for Railos Radio Televisaun Timor Leste 13 January 2009 - The Dili District Court has postponed the trial of the ex-commander of the Railos hit squad, Vicente da Concecao and his follower, Leandro Lobato, because one of his men, Mateus dos Santos, did...

East Timorese rebel leader close to surrender: U.N.

"She said authorities were in talks with Gastao Salsinha, the right-hand man of major Alfredo Reinado who was killed leading coordinated armed attacks on Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao and President Jose Ramos-Horta on February 11."He is in a house in a village near Gleno in...

No Indonesian arrested over Ramos Horta`s shooting

"National Police Chief Gen Sutanto said not a single Indonesian citizen was arrested and being questioned in connection with the shooting of Timor Leste President Ramos Horta last February."Not a single Indonesian citizen has been arrested. All the people we are now...

E Timor president Ramos-Horta returns home

"The visibly thinner president stepped off a plane from the Australian city of Darwin to a hero`s welcome from more than 1,000 supporters and figures from across the tiny Asian nation`s fractious political spectrum.Crowds waving East Timorese flags and wearing white T-shirts...

Key soldier wanted in East Timor attacks surrenders

Dili (ANTARA News) - A key renegade soldier sought in connection with last month's attacks on the leadership of East Timor has surrendered, the head of the country's joint military and police operation said here Sunday.Amaro da Silva Susar, the second most wanted person in...

Ireland's new foreign project: Timor-Leste

"Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern named Timor-Leste as a test case for a new Conflict Resolution Unit in his department. The plan is to assist the tiny Asian nation to make the transition to a functioning democracy. But as RTÉ journalist Anne-Marie Green...