Apr 27, 2024 Last Updated 1:12 AM, Apr 19, 2024

Timor-Leste

Review: A narrative of denial

An indictment of Australian policy on East Timor during the Fraser years

Review: Nation building and national identity in Timor Leste

Rocking the boat

Jose da Costa and 17 others fled Indonesia-occupied East Timor on a small fishing boat and sought asylum in Australia

Film review: Atambua 39˚ Celsius

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The edge of Merah-Putih

Prabowo and human rights

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Jakarta 1998 was bad, but Prabowo likely had more blood on his hands in East Timor

Review: Justice, victimhood and remembering the violence in East Timor

Review: Justice, victimhood and remembering the violence in East Timor
Lia Kent’s study of East Timor’s attempts at transitional justice is an important contribution  

Review: Suharto’s guardians and reluctant reformers

Review: Suharto’s guardians and reluctant reformers
A new publication tells the story of the first graduates of the joint Indonesian Armed Forces Military Academy

Review: At the scene of the crime

Review: At the scene of the crime
Essays, reflections and poetry on East Timor, 1999-2010

The politics of remembering and forgetting

The politics of remembering and forgetting
The people of East Timor are negotiating different conceptions of reconciliation in their daily lives

Getting an education

Getting an education
Links to Indonesian schools and universities remain strong in East Timor

Trapped in the legacy of the past

Trapped in the legacy of the past
Conflict between Timorese youth gangs and martial arts groups hark back to the Indonesian occupation

Letting go of Indonesian

Letting go of Indonesian
The choice of Tetum and Portuguese as national languages presents challenges to the new nation

A hybrid popular culture

A hybrid popular culture
Indonesian pop music and television still have a significant influence in East Timor

Graphic resistance

Graphic resistance
Photo-essay: Dissent and struggle are persistent themes of images adorning walls across East Timor

Children of the enemy

Children of the enemy
A child abducted during the Indonesian occupation returns to her former home

A problematic division

A problematic division
Managing the border between West and East Timor has been an ongoing challenge

East Timor ten years after the referendum

East Timor ten years after the referendum
A decade on, East Timor is still linked to Indonesia

Eight years after 1999

Eight years after 1999
Displaced East Timorese children go hungry in Indonesian West Timor

We refuse to become victims

We refuse to become victims
Indonesian, Australian and Timor Leste artists collaborate

Antithesis of justice

While top officials hail the Australia-Indonesia security agreement, ARTHUR KING is appalled to find that, on the ground in East Timor, youths who resist still face torture.

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