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East-Timor

Timor-Leste scraps lifetime pensions after protests
Asia & Pacific 6 months ago

Timor-Leste scraps lifetime pensions after protests

Protests broke out last week in the capital, Dili, with thousands of demonstrators demanding that parliament cancel a $4.2 million plan to purchase SUVs for lawmakers.
New defense chief harks back to dictator's rule
Politics 1 year ago

New defense chief harks back to dictator's rule

Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin is a close friend of newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto, having met at a military academy where they were classmates.
Timor-Leste PM thanks international community on independence vote anniversary
Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

Timor-Leste PM thanks international community on independence vote anniversary

Timor-Leste's journey to self-determination was "long and heavy", but with international support it had been able to achieve peace, stability and development, said President Jose Ramos Horta
‘Not in my name’: Jews against the Gaza war
Academia 1 year ago

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‘Not in my name’: Jews against the Gaza war

In Indonesia, which as a Muslim-majority nation naturally stands strongly in support of Palestinian rights and freedoms, there is a tendency to conflate Jewish people and Israelis with the Israeli government.
Pope to visit Indonesia, PNG, East Timor, Singapore in September
Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

Pope to visit Indonesia, PNG, East Timor, Singapore in September

Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced on Friday, an ambitious trip that could test the 87-year-old's increasingly fragile health.
Dismiss rape accusations against Hamas, at our own risk
Academia 2 years ago

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Dismiss rape accusations against Hamas, at our own risk

More reports of offline and online gender-based violence show emboldened victims, even as many police officers, prosecutors, and judges still question the degree of consent in reported rapes, advocates for the victims say. 
Nobel Peace Prize, Belo, Xanana and sex abuse
Academia 3 years ago

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Nobel Peace Prize, Belo, Xanana and sex abuse

In 2019, when the Vatican heard of these allegations committed by Belo in the 1990s (!), they imposed sanctions a year later.
Putin and East Timor
Editorial 3 years ago

Putin and East Timor

Russia could learn from Indonesia's grievous error in invading East Timor and claiming it as part of Indonesian territory until 1999, which the international community never recognized.
Better revealing the truth than offering compensation
Academia 3 years ago

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Better revealing the truth than offering compensation

Such non-judicial settlements look pressing following the failed attempt to resolve past serious crimes in court.
Indonesian presidents in times of crisis: The way I see it
Academia 3 years ago

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Indonesian presidents in times of crisis: The way I see it

Before the 1997 crisis hit, foreign countries such as the United States and Japan and international organizations like the World Bank treated Indonesia as their “golden boy”. 
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