Tag: Timor-Leste resistance
Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence
COMMENTARY: By Sandy Yule
When Melbourne-born Helen Hill, an outstanding social activist, scholar and academic, died on 7 May 2024 at the age of 79,...
Two key Timor-Leste revolutionary heroes forced to presidency run-off
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Timor-Leste's citizens voted for a new president at the weekend, hoping the most competitive election in the history of the Asia-Pacific's...
Timor-Leste: Political leadership, patriarchal relationships, and the paedophile ex-priest
ANALYSIS: By Sara Niner
Xanana Gusmao’s recent contrived jovial participation in the birthday celebrations of "self-professed" paedophile and defrocked foreign priest Richard Daschbach has shocked many...
West Papua’s road to ‘independence’, following the Timorese lead?
An Al Jazeera report on the protests and rioting in Papua this week in response to the racist attack in Surabaya.
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
Indonesia’s...
42 years after Timor-Leste’s declared independence, a democracy plea
OPINION: Open letter by Charles Scheiner, Pamela Sexton and John M. Miller of ETAN
The people of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste will today celebrate...
Freedom struggle hero Barak Sope awarded Timor-Leste honour
By Len Garae in Port Vila
“I was fighting in the mountains and I heard your voice from across the ocean coming to support my...
Former guerrillas dominate Timor-Leste’s presidential election
People in Timor-Leste went to the polls yesterday to elect a new president. Their choice was between eight candidates with former guerrilla fighter Francisco...
Westminster meeting makes new declaration for West Papua’s future
An historic step on the road to freedom for West Papua has been taken in London.
At a meeting of the International Parliamentarians for West...
Timor-Leste’s veterans to boost Australia ties on ANZAC Day
Twenty-nine veterans of Timor-Leste’s struggle for national liberation will be visiting Australia next week to meet with members of the local veteran community and...