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PER Memoriam AD SPEM : laporan akhir Komisi Kebenaran dan Persahabatan Indonesia - Timor Leste.
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The Indonesia-Timor Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) is a truth commission established by Indonesia and East Timor in August 2005. Its mandate is to investigate human right violations by Indonesia and its armed forces during the occupation of East Timor, particularly the events and atrocities leading up to and surrounding the 1999 referendum on East Timor's independence, and the process of independence. The terms of reference of the CTF describe it as a mechanism which has a the role of
Further promoting friendship and cooperation between governments and peoples of the two countries, and promoting intra and inter-communal reconciliation to heal the wounds of the past.
After several delays, the CTF handed over its final report to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta at a ceremony on Bali, Indonesia on July 15, 2008. The report, From Remembering Comes Hope (Per Memoriam ad spem), concludes that the Indonesian military, police and civilian government bear institutional responsibility for widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights, including crimes against humanity. According to the report, Timorese pro-independence groups were alleged to have carried out illegal detentions; however, these allegations were small in number and “were not substantiated by…credible documentation.”
Read here to get full bibliographic record. (LCCN 2009327329)
Timor Timur satu menit terakhir : catatan seorang wartawan.
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By C.M. Rien Kuntari ; editor, August Parengkuan, Kay Rala Xanana Gusma~o, Ahmad Baiquni ; pengantar, Ali Alatas, Kay Rala Xanana Gusma~o, Agus Widjojo.
The book describe the 'journey' of a news reporter witnessing when East Timor breaking away from Indonesia in 1999. Further, how he witnessed the violent clashes broke out soon afterwards.
Read here to get full bibliographic record. (LCCN 2008452353)
East Timor : how to build a new nation in Southeast Asia in the 21st century?
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Edited by Christine Cabasset-Semedo and Frederic Durand
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This book that published by IRASEC (Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia is the direct outcome of a panel on Timor-Leste entitled “How to build a new nation” and organized in September 2007 in the framework of the EUROSEAS Congress in Naples. It is no doubt that the crisis of 2006/2007 had finally prove to be a turning point, for the country itself and maybe even more so for international actors.
The first part of this book presents some fundamental elements in historical perspective to understand the difficult transition toward a new nation. The second part deals with socio-cultural identities and factors.
Read here to get full bibliographic record. (LCCN 2009331251)
Timor-Leste : the dragon’s newest friend
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By Loro Horta
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This discussion paper is published by IRASEC, Thailand written by Loro Horta. China became the first country to establish diplomatic relations with the newly established nation and has since maintained a growing presence on the island.
Read here to get full bibliographic record. (LCCN 2009331220)
Hanoin Lisuk : Kampanha electoral ba eleisaun prezidensial
This VCD presents television debates regarding presidential election in East Tmor, 2007 by CNE, Secretariado Tecnico de Administracao Eleitoral, UNDP. Moderator for this debate is Rosario Martins and the narrators are Manuela Leong Pereira, Vicente F. Brito, Edgar Martins.
Read here to get full bibliographic record. (LCCN 2008314762)
Law and Justice in East Timor : a Survey of Citizen Awareness and Attitudes Regarding Law and Justice in East Timor new added
By The Asia Foundation
This report presents the findings of The Asia Foundation’s third national survey in East Timor. The aim of the research was to assess citizen knowledge and attitudes toward law and justice, to identify key issues and challenges, and to provide data to the judiciary, government officials, citizens, and others who are now making critical decisions about the justice sector development in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. (-taken from preface of the report-)
Changing Tais : Fabric of Nation
By Liang Kaixin and Neo Xiaobin
Tais is a type of traditional fabric usually woven by East Timorese women with a backstrap loom, as a form of traditional activity and source of income. This illustrated book explored different aspects of tais and how the traditional handicraft that has played such an important cultural and socio-economic role in a country has changed over the years.
This book is a final year photojournalism project by two graduates of the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.
Read here to get full bibliographic record. (LCCN 2007442001)
Perempuan Merdeka: Kisah Aktivisme Kaum Perempuan di Timor
By Irena Cristalis and Catherine Scott
This book is translated from “Independent Women: The story of women’s activism in East Timor”.
This book tells the story of how East Timorese women activists mobilized against a patriarchal society and claimed their right to participate in their new independent and democratic nation.