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    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 18:20:40 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Timor-Leste Press Council warns against political interference in media]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2019/02/07/political-interference-media/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The chairperson of Timor-Leste&#39;s public television network was allegedly removed for rejecting political meddling.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2019 11:44:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2019/02/07/political-interference-media/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Victory in Timor]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2017/06/02/victory-media-law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sometimes it&#39;s the little things that make for big victories. Such is the case in East Timor, where charges against two journalists were dropped following an international outcry. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 06:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2017/06/02/victory-media-law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free but poor: Challenges to the media in covering the 2017 Timor Leste elections]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2017/03/19/challenges-media/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As Timor-Leste conducts its fourth regular national elections, the country&#39;s free but resource-poor media is challenged to provide a fair coverage of an increasingly complex political context.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2017 17:11:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2017/03/19/challenges-media/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Speak out against slander suits in Timor Leste]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.orghttps://www.change.org/p/timor-leste-prime-minister-drop-defamation-charges-against-timor-journalists</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sign the petition to demand Timor Leste PM drop slander charges against journalists]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 11:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.orghttps://www.change.org/p/timor-leste-prime-minister-drop-defamation-charges-against-timor-journalists</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Global media groups call on Timor Leste PM to drop defamation case]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2016/04/25/timor_post_defamation_case/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IFJ and the South East Asia Journalist Unions (SEAJU) join international organisations the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Freedom House in calling on the Timor Leste Prime Minister to withdraw the criminal defamation case against the &quot;Timor Post&quot;, a journalist and a former editor.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2016/04/25/timor_post_defamation_case/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Timor Leste prime minister files defamation suit against journalist]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2016/02/08/defamation_suit_journalist/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Article 8 of the Timor Leste Press Law clearly protects the work of journalists, and states &quot;The right of journalists to report shall be exercised on the basis of constitutional powers, may not be subjected to interference that threatens their independence and objectivity, freedom of establishment, and freedom of conscience.&quot; ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2016 09:01:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2016/02/08/defamation_suit_journalist/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Australian journalists remembered 40 years after their murder in East Timor]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/indonesia/2015/10/21/balibo_five_anniversary/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IFJ and MEAA commemorated the 40th anniversary of the killing of the Balibo Five, with the establishment of a scholarship to develop journalism skills in East Timor. The five young Australian journalists were killed in East Timor by Indonesian military troops after witnessing an incursion by Indonesian soldiers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/indonesia/2015/10/21/balibo_five_anniversary/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Media freedom and regulation in Timor Leste]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2015/05/19/freedom_regulation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[While no journalist has been jailed for their work, press freedom and journalist safety in Timor-Leste are constantly under threat, mostly from politicians. Moreover, a new Press Law has been in place since the beginning of 2015.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2015 10:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2015/05/19/freedom_regulation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Elements of East Timor's proposed new media law found to be unconstitutional]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2014/08/29/media_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[MEAA, the trade union and industry advocate for Australia&#39;s journalists, condemns the East Timor government&#39;s proposed new media law that will have a chilling effect on press freedom across the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2014/08/29/media_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[East Timor urged to revise repressive media law]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2014/07/22/east_timor_revise_repressive/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[East Timor&#39;s president should refuse to sign a new media law until parliament revises provisions that will chill free speech, Human Rights Watch said. The Court of Appeal is reviewing the law&#39;s constitutionality in response to a request by the president.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2014/07/22/east_timor_revise_repressive/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Veto the new media law in Timor, says Pacific Freedom Forum]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2014/06/04/media_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The new media law in Timor-Leste should be vetoed by the country&#39;s President, agrees the Pacific Freedom Forum. The new law risks returning the young country to colonial style repression, it is feared.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 11:58:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2014/06/04/media_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[East Timor ratifies media law, targets citizen journalism]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2014/05/21/curbs_media_freedom/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The East Timorese government has been criticised after a media law was ratified on 7 May 2014, which seeks to regulate the media by imposing restrictions on journalists.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 09:48:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2014/05/21/curbs_media_freedom/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[East Timorese journalists express concern over proposed media laws]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2014/02/18/media_laws/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IFJ joins the Timor Lorosa&#39;e Journalists&#39; Association in raising concerns about East Timor&#39;s pending draft media legislation and its impact on press freedom and freedom of expression after a recent round of media consultations on the law.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:54:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2014/02/18/media_laws/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[East Timor takes on Australia over commercial spying allegations]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/australia/2014/02/06/commercial_spying_allegations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In late 2013, the Australian intelligence services raided the offices of a lawyer representing East Timor in an international case against Australia. The case concerns allegations that Australia spied on East Timor&#39;s cabinet during sensitive commercial negotiations over oil and gas revenues.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2014 10:55:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/australia/2014/02/06/commercial_spying_allegations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[RWB welcomes creation of press council in East Timor and code of ethics]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2013/11/07/timor_leste_rwb_welcomes/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders welcomes the holding of an historic congress of East Timor journalists and the results obtained, but stresses that only the creation of a favorable environment for the press would lead to true self-regulation of the media.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:35:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2013/11/07/timor_leste_rwb_welcomes/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Odd verdict on East Timor journalist defamation case]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2013/03/20/defamation_case_verdict/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A court in Dili, East Timor has fined two journalists in a defamation case while acquitting them of criminal liability.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2013/03/20/defamation_case_verdict/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Court verdict due on defamation trial of two East Timorese journalists]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2013/03/04/defamation_trial/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalists should not be criminalised for doing their work, said SEAPA, in reference to two East Timorese journalists who are facing defamation charges for reporting on a district prosecutor suspected of receiving a bribe.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:10:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2013/03/04/defamation_trial/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Community radio broadcaster attacked in East Timor]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2012/08/14/community_radio_broadcaster_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Broadcaster Leoneto da Cruz Goncalves of Radio Rakambia in East Timor was stabbed by two unidentified individuals. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2012/08/14/community_radio_broadcaster_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[IFJ worried by threat against newspaper]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2010/08/18/tempo_semanal_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The &quot;Tempo Semanal&quot; editor said he was concerned for the welfare of the organisation&#39;s personnel after receiving a threatening e-mail.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2010/08/18/tempo_semanal_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ten years after murder of "Financial Times" correspondent in East Timor, commemoration in London condemns impunity]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2009/10/28/thoenes_murder_case/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IPI warns Indonesia&#39;s commitment to democracy is undermined by its apparent lack of will to end the impunity connected with the killing of Sander Thoenes and other journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:26:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2009/10/28/thoenes_murder_case/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 analyses draft media policy]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2009/10/07/draft_media_policy/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[While noting some positive features of the policy, ARTICLE 19 highlights a number of concerns as well, including the recommendation of a form of licencing for journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2009/10/07/draft_media_policy/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Australia investigates "Balibo Five" murders as war crimes]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/australia/2009/09/14/war_crimes_investigation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Australian police investigation aims to establish whether the journalists&#39; murders can be prosecuted as war crimes under the Geneva Conventions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/australia/2009/09/14/war_crimes_investigation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mission finds media law reform process "flawed"]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2009/04/25/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 16 to 18 April 2009, SEAPA, joined by media and free expression organisations from the region, led a mission to Timor-Leste to offer expertise and raise concerns about proposed media laws.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2009/04/25/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Draft media laws seriously threaten free expression]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2009/04/15/draft_media_laws/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A set of draft laws prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on behalf of the government of East Timor, while containing several positive legal protections, are rife with dangerous provisions that would undermine the media&#39;s ability to perform their vital role in the recently independent nation.
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:11:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2009/04/15/draft_media_laws/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Regional press freedom groups alarmed by draft media laws]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2009/04/13/regional_press_freedom_groups_alarmed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(SEAPA/IFEX) - Regional press freedom groups call on TL&amp;apos;s parliament to reconsider passage of laws that threaten free expression.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2009/04/13/regional_press_freedom_groups_alarmed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Draft media laws are good step forward, but must be revised, says ARTICLE 19]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2009/03/23/draft_media_laws_are_good_step/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 20 March 2009 ARTICLE 19 press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:50:43 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2009/03/23/draft_media_laws_are_good_step/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[World Report 2009: Timor-Leste]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2009/01/22/world_report_2009_timor_leste/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:54:44 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2009/01/22/world_report_2009_timor_leste/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Government vows to decriminalise defamation ]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2008/09/26/government_vows_to_decriminalise/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(SEAPA/IFEX) - The government of Timor Leste announced on 24 September 2008 its decision to decriminalise the country&#39;s Defamation Law, a move that was welcomed by the Timor Lorosa&#39;e Journalists Association (TLJA).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:09:37 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2008/09/26/government_vows_to_decriminalise/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[World Report 2008: East Timor]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2008/04/03/world_report_2008_east_timor/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:39:45 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2008/04/03/world_report_2008_east_timor/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Freedom of the Press 2007: East Timor]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2008/03/26/freedom_of_the_press_2007_east/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:52:14 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2008/03/26/freedom_of_the_press_2007_east/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Journalist beaten by security forces lodges formal complaint; government apologises for unjustified use of force]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2008/02/27/journalist_beaten_by_security_forces/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:05:55 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2008/02/27/journalist_beaten_by_security_forces/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Journalist and photographer detained, threatened by international peacekeepers; another photographer manhandled]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2008/02/27/journalist_and_photographer_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders condemns the action of the police in arresting and beating Agostinho da Costa, a &quot;Timor Post&quot; journalist, on the night of 22 to 23 February 2008 as he was travelling to the location in Kaikoli, near Dili, where his daily is printed in order to help prepare the next issue. He was freed the next day (see previous IFEX alert of 27 February 2008).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:31:23 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2008/02/27/journalist_and_photographer_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Security forces beat, detain media worker overnight for breaking curfew]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2008/02/27/security_forces_beat_detain_media/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(SEAPA/IFEX) - The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) is alarmed to learn that East Timor security forces detained and assaulted a layout artist with a local daily, who violated the night curfew imposed after a state of emergency was declared following attacks on the country&#39;s top two leaders.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:45:21 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2008/02/27/security_forces_beat_detain_media/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coroner says death of "Balibo Five" was premeditated war crime by Indonesian army]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/11/19/coroner_says_death_of_balibo_five/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders hails the work of New South Wales coroner Dorelle Pinch, who issued an inquest report on 16 November 2007 that establishes with great detail that the Indonesian army was responsible for the death of five British, Australian and New Zealander journalists in East Timor in 1975. The report clearly shows they were eliminated because they knew too much about Indonesia&#39;s invasion of East Timor, which was just getting under way.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:14:08 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/11/19/coroner_says_death_of_balibo_five/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Newspaper office attacked, media worker beaten]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/08/10/newspaper_office_attacked_media/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(SEAPA/IFEX) - On 4 August 2007, amid political tensions arising from the controversial formation of the new government, an unknown group of men attacked the office of a major newspaper, &quot;Suara Timor Lorosa&#39;e&quot; (STL).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:20:22 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/08/10/newspaper_office_attacked_media/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Australian government alleged to have covered up murders of "Balibo Five"]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/05/24/australian_government_alleged_to/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - As a Glebe Coroner&#39;s Court inquest into the murders of cameraman Brian Peters and four other TV journalists in the East Timor town of Balibo on 16 October 1975 draws to a close, Reporters Without Borders has called on deputy state coroner Dorelle Pinch to use all possible national and international police and judicial mechanisms to arrest those responsible.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 13:38:35 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/05/24/australian_government_alleged_to/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA["Balibo Five" inquest told one of the journalists killed may have violated neutrality; MEAA proposes safety training]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/05/11/balibo_five_inquest_told_one_of/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MEAA/IFEX) - The following is a 10 May 2007 MEAA media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 08:03:13 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/05/11/balibo_five_inquest_told_one_of/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA["Balibo Five" inquest: former Australian prime minister suggests journalists acted irresponsibly]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/05/11/balibo_five_inquest_former_australian/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has hailed the progress being made in the inquest into the 1975 deaths of cameraman Brian Peters and four other journalists in East Timor but deplored some of the comments made to the Coroners Court in Sydney on 8 May 2007 by former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and his defence minister, Bill Morrison.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 07:47:05 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/05/11/balibo_five_inquest_former_australian/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Inquest into deaths of "Balibo Five" points to high-level cover-up, former Australian PM to be summoned]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/05/04/inquest_into_deaths_of_balibo_five/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has hailed the resumption this week of an inquest into the murders of cameraman Brian Peters and four other journalists 32 years ago in East Timor, saying it hoped every aspect of their deaths would be clarified and insisting that it was not too late for those responsible to be punished.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 11:35:08 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/05/04/inquest_into_deaths_of_balibo_five/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Journalist and cameraperson threatened by MP for covering inactivity of Parliament]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/04/20/journalist_and_cameraperson_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(SEAPA/IFEX) - Amid rising political tensions in the run-off presidential election in East Timor, a member of the National Parliament has threatened a journalist and a cameraperson who were covering legislative activity in the building.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:43:16 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/04/20/journalist_and_cameraperson_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Political party militants attack and injure journalist]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/04/05/political_party_militants_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(SEAPA/IFEX) - In a violence-marred presidential election campaign in Timor Leste (East Timor), militants from the incumbent party assaulted a journalist for taking their photographs while they were being searched at a security checkpoint, reports the Timor Lorosa&#39;e Journalists Association (TLJA), a SEAPA partner based in the capital city, Dili.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:21:32 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Warrant for arrest of former Indonesian army officer ]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/03/02/warrant_for_arrest_of_former_indonesian/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has hailed the warrant issued on 1 March 2007 by Sydney coroner Dorelle Pinch for the arrest of Yunus Yosfiah, the former Indonesian army officer who led the attack on the East Timor border town of Balibo on 16 October 1975 in which five journalists working for two Australian TV stations were killed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:16:31 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Under government pressure, Balibo Five hearings to be held in secret]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/02/27/under_government_pressure_balibo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has voiced outrage at the pressure applied by the Australian federal government so that three hearings in a coroner&#39;s enquiry into the death of Brian Peters and four others journalists in East Timor in 1975 are held in camera.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:38:31 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/02/27/under_government_pressure_balibo/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Australian officials said to have lied, destroyed evidence about Indonesia's premeditated murder of five journalists]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/02/26/australian_officials_said_to_have/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - The testimony of former members of the Australian intelligence services, including George Brownbill and Ian Cunliffe, brought a major new development on the 11th and 12th days of a coroner&#39;s enquiry into the deaths of five foreign journalists on 16 October 1975 in the East Timor border village of Balibo.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:50:16 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Witnesses describe how Indonesian troops covered up murder of "Balibo Five"]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/02/14/witnesses_describe_how_indonesian/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - In two more days of testimony on 9 and 12 February 2007 to a coroner&#39;s court in Glebe, Sydney, witnesses provided more details about the circumstances in which cameraman Brian Peters and four other journalist working for Australian TV stations died in the East Timor border village of Balibo on 16 October 1975.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:20:24 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[More witnesses confirm that "Balibo Five" were murdered by Indonesian forces]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/02/09/more_witnesses_confirm_that_balibo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - An inquest being held in the Sydney suburb of Glebe into the death of British cameraman Brian Peters, one of a group of five journalists working for Australian TV stations who were killed in the East Timorese town of Balibo in 1975, heard dramatic allegations on 7 and 8 February 2007 about the multiple murders.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:55:55 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/02/09/more_witnesses_confirm_that_balibo/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coroner's Court announces reopening of investigation into the deaths of "Balibo Five" in East Timor]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/02/05/coroner_s_court_announces_reopening/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has hailed the reopening of the investigation into the death of TV cameraman Brian Peters, a member of a group of five journalists of Australian, New Zealand and British nationality who were killed by Indonesian soldiers and paramilitaries in East Timor in October 1975.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:02:48 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2007/02/05/coroner_s_court_announces_reopening/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[IFJ urges Australian government not to impede long-awaited inquest into deaths of "Balibo Five" journalists 30 years ago]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2006/12/20/ifj_urges_australian_government/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 19 December 2006 IFJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:02:41 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2006/12/20/ifj_urges_australian_government/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[As political violence rages, journalist stoned by mob, receives death threats]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2006/11/13/as_political_violence_rages_journalist/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(SEAPA/IFEX) - A local Agence France-Presse (AFP) stringer, Nelson da Cruz, was struck in the face with a stone thrown by an unidentified youth while on his way to report a riot in Dili on 9 November 2006.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:15:09 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2006/11/13/as_political_violence_rages_journalist/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[IFJ condemns attack on, threats against public broadcasting station]]></title>
      <link>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2006/07/04/ifj_condemns_attack_on_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 3 July 2006 IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 10:30:29 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.ifex.org/east_timor/2006/07/04/ifj_condemns_attack_on_threats/</guid>
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