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Independence for East Timor, or even limited regional autonomy, was not allowable under Suharto's New Order. Notwithstanding Indonesian public opinion in the 1990s occasionally showing begrudging appreciation of the Timorese position, it was widely feared that an independent East Timor would destabilise Indonesian unity. [24]
Corruption in Timor-Leste (East Timor) has been described as a critical and alarming problem because it has been institutionalized in the country. It undermines the governance of the nascent state, which only obtained its independence in 2002. Corruption affects East Timorese socio-economic development and public trust in government institutions.
The 2006 Timor-Leste crisis began as a conflict between elements of the Timor-Leste Defence Force (F-FDTL) over discrimination within the military and expanded to a coup attempt and general violence throughout the country, centred in the capital Dili.
The East Timor genocide refers to the "pacification campaigns" of state terrorism between 1975 and 1999 waged by the ... The scope of the problem is difficult to ...
The Special Panels for Serious Crimes (also called the East Timor Tribunal) was the hybrid international–East Timorese tribunal that was created in 2000 by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) to try cases of "serious criminal offences" which took place in East Timor in 1999. [1]
East Timor’s opposition party won Sunday’s parliamentary election, meaning independence fighter Xanana Gusmao is likely to return as prime minister in Asia’s youngest democracy. The final ...
Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) continues to be one of the world's poorest countries, with GDP per capita standing at $3,949 (2011). [1] It is ranked 147 out of 187 (2011) countries in the UN's Human Development Index. [2] As of 2015, Timor-Leste had a population of 1.17 million and an annual growth rate at 1.8%. [3]
Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) is a multiparty parliamentary republic with a population of approximately 1.1 million, [1] sharing the island of Timor with Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province. During the 24 years of Indonesian occupation (from 1975,) and after the 1999 independence referendum, pro Indonesian militias committed many human ...