Articles - East Timor
15 April 2009
East Timor
Draft media laws seriously threaten free expression
A set of draft laws prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on behalf of the government of East Timor, while containing several positive legal protections, are rife with dangerous provisions that would undermine the media's ability to perform their vital role in the recently independent nation.
11 February 2007
East Timor
JUEZ DE INSTRUCCIÓN ABRE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE ASESINATOS DE BALIBO
5 January 2006
East Timor
LE NOUVEAU CODE PÉNAL CRIMINALISE LA DIFFAMATION
5 January 2006
East Timor
NUEVO CÓDIGO PENAL PENALIZA LA DIFAMACIÓN
21 December 2005
East Timor
NEW PENAL CODE CRIMINALISES DEFAMATION
Journalists in East Timor are voicing alarm over a new penal code recently signed into law under which individuals who publish statements deemed to defame public officials can be imprisoned, reports the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA).
12 November 2002
East Timor
DES ACCUSATIONS EN RAPPORT AVEC LE MEURTRE D?UN JOURNALISTE NÉERLANDAIS
12 November 2002
East Timor
TRIBUNAL ACUSA A OFICIALES DE ASESINATO DE PERIODISTA HOLANDÉS
12 November 2002
East Timor
COURT INDICTS OFFICERS FOR DUTCH JOURNALIST'S MURDER
A special court in East Timor has indicted two Indonesian army officers for the 1999 murder of Dutch journalist Sander Thoenes, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Thoenes, a correspondent for the "Financial Times" and the "Christian Science Monitor," was murdered on 21 September 1999 while reporting on the violence that erupted after East Timor declared independence from Indonesia.
18 June 2002
East Timor
SUSPENDEN INVESTIGACIÓN DE ASESINATO DE PERIODISTA HOLANDÉS
18 June 2002
East Timor
ABANDON DE L?ENQUÊTE SUR LE MEURTRE D?UN JOURNALISTE NÉERLANDAIS
18 June 2002
East Timor
PROBE INTO DUTCH JOURNALIST'S MURDER DROPPED
The family of Dutch journalist Sander Thoenes, murdered in 1999 by Indonesian troops in East Timor, has appealed to the international community for assistance following the Indonesian government's decision to end legal proceedings against the case's prime suspect. On 13 June, the government said it was dropping the case because there was "insufficient evidence" to prosecute Camillo dos Santos, an Indonesian army officer formally identified as the prime suspect earlier this year by several eyewitnesses, writes Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).
5 March 2002
East Timor
ARTICLE 19 PLANTEA INQUIETUDES POR NUEVA CONSTITUCIÓN
5 March 2002
East Timor
LA CONSTITUTION PRÉOCCUPE ARTICLE 19
5 March 2002
East Timor
ARTICLE 19 RAISES CONCERNS OVER NEW CONSTITUTION
East Timor's proposed Constitution gives the government wide scope to potentially restrict the right to freedom of expression, ARTICLE 19 warned in an analysis last week. Although the group says it welcomes the process towards East Timor's adoption of a constitution ahead of the presidential elections and eventual independence, it says the draft constitution is "seriously deficient" in protecting human rights, including freedom of expression.
18 December 2001
East Timor
CORTE DE ONU CONDENA A ASESINOS DE PERIODISTA
18 December 2001
East Timor
LE TRIBUNAL DES NATIONS UNIES CONDAMNE LES ASSASSINS D?UN JOURNALISTE
18 December 2001
East Timor
UN COURT CONVICTS JOURNALIST'S KILLERS
In what marks the first successful prosecution for crimes against humanity in East Timor, a special tribunal created by the United Nations (UN) has convicted members of an army-backed militia group for the murders of journalist Agus Muliawan and several church and aid workers, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
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