East Timor News

The opposition Fretilin party put forward the motion in the house of representatives Monday to protest Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's order to set free Maternus Bere on Aug. 30. The Supreme Court believes the move violated the constitution and has...

Orseck, the council president, heads the parks, public grounds and recreation committees. She is the nursing recruitment coordinator at Hackensack University Medical Center...Orseck cites health care costs that have risen 20 percent as a particular challenge during the council's budgeting...

But does President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dare to strip the power of National Police's chief of detectives? While the President was relatively quick in suspending two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officials for allegedly receiving bribes, there is no indication so...

[The following letter to the UN Security Council was signed by 65 individuals, representing nearly 50 organizations worldwide. Because of a short deadline, more are expected to join the list. A complete list of signers can be found at http://www.etan.org/news/2009/10unsc.htm.]...

Timor Leste Red Cross exludes homosexuals from HIV-AIDS Reduction Program ETLJB 19 September 2009 Before the undemocratically-formulated Constitution was adopted in East Timor in 2002, constitutional protection for homosexuals in East Timor was expunged from an early draft. The then...