I'm told that a couple of weeks ago, a Timorese girl or woman was raped by up to six men near Cristo Rei. I don't have any more details at the time and I know the case is being handled by all the right people, but still, it is a horrific crime and something I haven't seen mention of in …

This is Machine Gun from Noisia's album Split the Atom. I wish I'd had this when we threw the final party at Motion. It would have destroyed the place.

I'm still trying to get my head around the events of the past couple of days. First the Timorese media made the bizarre decision of announcing a boycott of stories about the minister of foreign affairs, and then the media demanded an apology for the foreign minister's supposed bad attitude. It's a real head-scratcher. I was hoping this might generate …

Following on from yesterday's post about newspapers in Timor-Leste making a silly pact to not cover stories about the country's foreign minister, it appears the blanket ban hasn't begun yet. Tempo Semanal yesterday came out with two stories, including this one: Timorese newspapers the Suara Timor Lorosae, Tempo Semanal, Timor Post, and Diario Nasional will boycott to cover any story …

These are excerpts from an unofficial translation of a story printed today by Timorese daily newspaper Diario. You have to think that the facts are accurate as Diario is essentially reporting about itself, but you can never be sure in this country. The directors of national print media (Suara Timor Lorosae, Timor Post, Diario Nacional, Tempo Semanal) in Timor-Leste met …

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