East Timor / Asia

  

East Timor authorities investigate journalist Raimundos Oki over reporting on alleged police abuses

Bangkok, July 27, 2022 – Authorities in East Timor should drop their investigation into journalist Raimundos Oki and stop using legal threats to curb independent reporting, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. On June 29, officers with the Scientific Police for Criminal Investigation, a forensic investigation body, summoned Oki for questioning, according to news reports and…

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Journalist faces criminal defamation threat in East Timor

Bangkok, February 29, 2016 – The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on East Timor’s prime minister, Rui Maria de Araujo, to drop the criminal defamation complaint he is pursuing against freelance journalist Raimundos Oki. Oki faces up to three years in prison if convicted of defamation for a report for the Timor Post newspaper alleging…

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Attacks on the Press 2007: Asia Snapshots

Attacks & developments throughout the region

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Newspaper office attacked

August 4, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Suara Timor Lorosa’e ATTACKED On August 4, amid rising political tensions surrounding the formation of a new government, unidentified men attacked the office of the country’s leading daily, Suara Timor Lorosa’e (STL), according to the Bangkok-based Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA).

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Attacks on the Press 2006: Asia Snapshots

Attacks & Developments Throughout the Region

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Attacks on the Press 2005: Asia Snapshots

Attacks and developments throughout the region  

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Defamation bill threatens free press

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists urges you to refrain from signing a bill before you that threatens freedom of the press and free expression by imposing harsh penalties for defamation. As you know, Prime Minister Mari bim Altakiri approved on December 6, 2005, a bill revising the penal code, which had been passed by the National Parliament. The penal code revisions now before you allow for up to three years imprisonment and unlimited fines for publishing statements deemed defamatory of public officials.

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EAST TIMOR

FEBRUARY 3, 2005 Posted: March 30, 2005 Suara Timor LorosaeHARASSED The East Timor government repeatedly harassed Suara Timor Lorosae, apparently in retaliation for the daily newspaper’s reporting on famine.

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Indonesian military hems in press on Aceh citizens

Indonesian military hems in press on Aceh citizens By A. Lin Neumann The Asian Times Online

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CPJ: Press Freedom Reports 2000

An Archive of Special Reports from Around the World 2000-2004

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