East Timor
Australian imperialism, the 1999 East Timor intervention and the pseudo-left
By Patrick O’Connor, November 2, 2009
September marked the tenth anniversary of the Australian-led military intervention into East Timor. It is also a decade since a layer of pseudo “left” groups organised “troops in” demonstratio...
Ten years since East Timor’s independence vote
By Patrick O’Connor, August 31, 2009
Yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of the referendum that saw nearly 80 percent of the East Timorese people vote to secede from Indonesia and become a separate nation-state.
East Timor: Trials begin over 2008 Horta-Gusmao “assassination attempt”
By Patrick O’Connor, July 18, 2009
Initial court proceedings in East Timor have underscored the numerous unanswered contradictions and far-reaching political interests involved in the events of February 11, 2008.
East Timorese prosecutors charge 28 people over 2008 “coup attempt”
By Patrick O’Connor, March 19, 2009
A serious investigation into the instigators of the February 11 events would begin with the question Cui bono?—who benefits? An inquiry along these lines would immediately look at the roles of Prime...
East Timor journalist faces jail over corruption allegations
By Peter Byrne, March 6, 2009
In violation of basic democratic rights, the East Timorese government is using a penal code imposed by the former Indonesian military regime to charge a journalist with criminal defamation.
East Timor: Political tensions mount over Greater Sunrise gas pipeline
By Patrick O’Connor, December 31, 2008
A long-standing dispute over the route of a proposed oil and gas pipeline and the location of a refinery has triggered further turmoil in the unstable coalition government in East Timor.
East Timor: Political crisis deepens as divisions in police force re-emerge
By Patrick O’Connor, October 21, 2008
The apparent re-emergence of regional divisions within the East Timorese police force is one more sign of the crisis swirling around the country's unstable coalition government headed by Prime Ministe...
East Timor: Leaked autopsy report shows alleged “coup” leader Reinado shot at point-blank range
By Patrick O’Connor, September 2, 2008
Two leaked autopsy reports—which have been published in full on the Wikileaks web site—definitively refute the official version of the events of February 11 in East Timor, according to whi...
Indonesian and Timorese leaders join hands to sanctify 1999 atrocities
By Mike Head, July 26, 2008
In a particularly disgusting ceremony on the island of Bali on July 15, Indonesian President Susilo Banbang Yudhoyono was embraced by his East Timorese counterpart, José Ramos-Horta and Timorese prim...
East Timor: Xanana Gusmao’s coalition government in crisis
By Patrick O’Connor, June 11, 2008
The Social Democratic Association of Timor (ASDT) formally withdrew from Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao’s government last month, leaving the coalition administration on the verge of collapse. Fret...
East Timor: Rice rations for internal refugees cut off
By Will Fulgenzi, May 15, 2008
Tens of thousands of East Timorese refugees, known as internally displaced persons, are threatened with starvation as international relief agencies cease provision of food aid to camps in the nation&r...
East Timor: Plot thickens as leader of alleged “coup” attempt surrenders
By Patrick O’Connor, May 2, 2008
Gastao Salsinha, the alleged co-leader of what was labelled an assassination or coup attempt against President Xanana Gusmao and Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta on February 11, surrendered to authorit...
