Timor-Leste
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Max Stahl obituary
Documentary-maker who captured East Timor atrocities on film and left behind his earlier career as a Blue Pete…
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Bernard Collaery case: lawyers for attorney general call for redactions of judgment that lifted secrecy orders
Request prompts renewed criticism from human rights advocates, who say loss of open justices erodes public con…
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Child stunting from malnutrition could increase in Pacific in wake of Covid, experts warn
World Vision report says widespread loss of income and families having fewer meals are seriously affecting chi…
- Africa, Asia Pacific, Darfur, Ethiopia, Middle East and North Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Timor-Leste, World news
The light that failed: South Sudan’s ‘new dawn’ turns to utter nightmare
Nearly 400,000 have died since it won independence 10 years ago. Now violence looms again, within and beyond i…
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UK’s East Timorese population faces loss of rights after Brexit
Thousands who fled their war-torn country stand to lose their right to work, rent a home and access NHSThousan…
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‘A ticking time bomb’: Timor-Leste begins to reckon with alleged Catholic church sex abuse
The trial of defrocked priest Richard Daschbach, charged with sexual abuse of 14 girls, is dividing the small,…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian security and counter-terrorism, Law (Australia), Timor-Leste, Witness K case
Secrecy challenge by Witness K lawyer Bernard Collaery will itself be held in secret
ACT court closes hearing of appeal by lawyer representing whistleblower due to requirements of National Securi…
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Xanana Gusmão slaps mourners and sleeps in street outside Timor-Leste hospital in Covid-19 protest
Country’s first president joins mass rally disputing government’s assertion that Armindo Borges died from coro…
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‘When I woke, the house was full of water’: daunting cleanup follows Timor-Leste floods
At least 150 people killed in Indonesia and Timor-Leste after tropical cyclone Seroja hit region In Tasitolu, …
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Death toll in Indonesia and Timor-Leste from catastrophic floods rises to 157
Dozens are still missing and thousands have been left homeless after a tropical cyclone hit over the weekendAt…
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Scores die in flash floods in Indonesia and Timor-Leste
Death toll may rise further after torrential rain swept Indonesian archipelago and neighbouring Timor-LesteAt …
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian economy, Australian foreign policy, China, Coronavirus outbreak, The Pacific, Timor-Leste
Australia’s global aid budget falls – but Pacific and Timor-Leste get a Covid fighting fund
Official development assistance declines to $4bn, boosted by $304m over two years to help region recoverAustra…
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José Ramos-Horta urges Australia to drop Witness K and Bernard Collaery prosecution
Former president says Australia and Timor-Leste should put the bugging scandal behind themThe former Timor-Les…
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Without seasonal workers, Australia may face a hungry summer | Michael Rose
With not enough workers to pick the upcoming harvest, Australia faces potential food shortages, and its farmer…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian politics, Timor-Leste, Witness K case
Witness K and the Australian spying operation that continues to betray Timor-Leste
Charges against Bernard Collaery and his retired Asis agent client confirm the government has few regrets abou…