Timor-Leste

East Timor: stolen child back home from Indonesia

6 January 2020 by Tjitske Lingsma

After 41 years Arsica was reunited with her parents. She was among more than 4,000 East Timorese children who had been forcibly removed from their families, according to East Timor’s Truth Commission, and taken illegally to Indone [...]

AFP

East Timor votes for parliament amid huge challenges

22 July 2017 by AFP

East Timor headed to the polls to elect a new parliament Saturday as Asia's youngest democracy battles economic challenges 15 years after gaining its independence from Indonesia. About 760,000 people are expected to cast their vot [...]