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UNPol East Timor Weekly Security Briefing 02 - 09 May 2008

09/05/08 Xavier wants to kiss Fretilin's feet: ASDT wants Fretilin to rule - Brigadier General Taur Matan Ruak: one of the rebels is still hiding two guns - Paulo Martins to give statement in Court on moving weapons during 2006 crisis - End the State of Siege in Ermera - government is committed to good governance


Military Chief Taur Matan Ruak

08/05/08 Anticipated election will make people suffer and die - Ed: The New Government!!! - Brigadier General Taur Matan Ruak: all will compete in the F-FDTL recruitment - Ed: Is the ASDT-Fretilin's accord a threat to AMP? - Fretilin, not a good party to have coalition with - President Horta visits Petitioners in Aitarak Laran

Speech by Prime Minister Gusmao at Administrative Reform Conference 8 May 08


Prime Minister Gusmao

06/05/08 Parliament Plenary Meeting

ASDT-Fretilin Strategic Alliance Policy Platform

07/05/08 Council of Ministers Meeting

07/05/08 ASDT to stand for AMP, Horta not thinking of an early election - Horta visits the petitioners - Salsinha does not provide NID with a list of supporters' names - Horta: coalition of ASDT-Fretilin, a normal process in democracy - Fr. Martinho: ASDT-Fretilin coalition, a suicide for Xavier - Ed: ASDT and Fretilin's coalition - Fretilin wants Xanana to face the court - 1,137 IDPS return home


Gestao Salsinha

07/05/08 FRETILIN MPs walk out of parliament in protest

06/05/08 National Parliament Plenary Session

06/05/08 Fretilin-ASDT sign agreement to form Government - Bishop Basilio: justice should be equal to all people - Bishop Basilio: Salsinha has to present evidence in Court - Four former East Timorese rebels deported from Indonesia to Dili - People in Hudi Laran area unhappy with the attitudes of the PNTL's Task Force - Resident in Liquica hands over a long rifle Mauser to the Joint Operation Command - Joint Operation Command injures a lady in Haupu, sub-district Hatolia, Ermera

05/05/08 Haburas: Mangrove Devastation in Metinaru

Fretilin/ASDT Agreement of 1 May 2008

ASDT to continue in AMP, says Xavier do Amaral

Support from National Unity Party in Parliament "depends on the Government"


National Unity Party Head Fernanda Borges

05/05/08 Court demands the truth from Salsinha, not politics - PNTL and F-FDTL to cooperate in investigation and collection of illegal weapons - Fretilin does not agree to TNI training of F-FDTL - Guterres: a free press is important for the newest democratic country - Palace, karaoke, and prison: Salsinha's first three days in Dili

05/05/08 ASDT Party quits Gusmao's coalition to ally with FRETILIN


Francisco Xavier do Amaral - ASDT Leader

02/05/08 Minister of Social Solidarity congratulates people of Aldeia Mauk on reconstructing their houses

Journalist protests to UNMIT 02 May 08

30 April 2008 Court Issues Light Sentences for Rape of Minor JSMP Press Release

30/04/08 FRETILIN Media Release: FRETILIN rejects ceremony to receive rebels

29/04/08 Lasama: The State of Siege is nearly over in Ermera district - IDPs in the National Hospital IDP camp ready to return home - Prosecutor-General: Salsinha and his men will surrender today - Maria Paixão: State needs to be responsible for stopping human trafficking

29/04/08 National Parliament Plenary Session

29/04/08 UNMIT Press Release SRSG Khare welcomes Salsinha surrender

28/04/08 National Parliament Plenary Session

28/04/08 Special Meeting of the Council of Ministers

26/04/08 Negotiations continue with E Timor rebel

26/04/08 Australian prime minister says 200 troops to be withdrawn from East Timor

26/04/08 Council of Ministers Meeting

Proposed Military Court Risks Institutionalising Impunity

Presidential Pardons: No Substitute for Justice

25/04/08 Salsinha promises to submit himself within April - Ed: Pardon for Rogerio Lobato - Pardon for Rogerio: Horta attacks the Constitution - President holds a meeting with AMP leaders - Prosecutor General Longuinhos goes to Indonesia to bring back captured rebels - President Horta interrogated by Public Prosecutor - Pardon for Rogerio may impact the judgment of 2006 crisis - Ed: all political parties should have dialogue

24/04/08 Indonesian police arrest another East Timor suspect

24/04/08 Two killed in gang violence

24/04/08 Ed: the State of Siege, only for Ermera district - Indonesia does not give asylum to rebels - PR Horta to pardon Rogerio; Fretilin's happy, MP sad - PR Horta: asks Alkatiri to form his cabinet - Ed: The State of Siege ended - President to pardon prisoners - Malaysia ready to train F-FDTL - Lao Hamutuk: petroleum funds utilized ineffectively

President Lifts State Of Emergency In Most Areas

23/04/08 Council of Ministers Meeting>br>
22 April 2008 National Parliament Plenary Meeting

22 April 2008 PM to pay emergency visit to Ermera - Bishop Ricardo: Salsinha should surrender - Indonesia arrests 19 rebels - President postpones speech at National Parliament - Alkatiri to forward proposal - MPs say no need to prolong Sate of Siege - Government needs to address border security

21/04/08 Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers

21/04/08 National Parliament Plenary Session

UNPol Weekly Security Brief 12-18 April 2008

FRETILIN Media release 19 April 2008 President's efforts to restore stability deserve support

18/04/08 SBY to investigate Alfredo's supporters in Indonesia - Government to force Rogerio back to prison - SES to provide extraordinary security to President Horta - Horta: "Salsinha has to alive to tell the truth" - Lasama: The crisis could be solved in 2008 - F-FDTL: Army to take peacekeeping forces' training

Meeting of the Council of Ministers 17/04/08

17 April 2008 Salsinha asks for the Operation to stop - Fretilin: Prosecutor-General should report to Parliament - Indonesian Supreme Court has no power to judge 1999 actors - PM Xanana: some sovereignty organs utilise media - Human Rights Provedor: Government should assist Salsinha's family - Rebels leader Gastão Salsinha sends a letter to the State - 300 hundred families of IDPs registered to return home

Meeting of the Council of Ministers 16/04/08

National Parliament Extraordinary Session 16/04/08

16 April 2008 JOC: Salsinha to surrender on April 27 - Salsinha still has 14 rifles - National Parliament: No amnesty for Salsinha - Abel: Salsinha's efforts will not succeed - PM Xanana: security improved during State of Siege - Prime Minister: 20 human rights violations against Apprehension Operation reported during the 'State of Siege' - Paixão: People in Liquica hand over weapons to the Joint Operation Command

15 April 2008 President Horta: no amnesty for Salsinha - Alfredo made many telephone calls before his death - 'Ninja' kidnapping children, people traumatized - Mateus: armed civilians hand over traditional weapons - PG: call numbers listed with Alfredo-Salsinha - Remedios demands UNMIT discipline two UNPOL officers

Parliament Plenary Meeting Tuesday 15 April 2008

14 April 2008 PM Xanana opens workshop on promoting a culture of democracy - Government to buy warships - US Ambassador: The 'State of Siege and State of Emergency' are the right ways to solve the problems - Deadline for Rogerio Lobato to resume his sentence - Difficult terrain is main challenge facing the Apprehension Operation forces in the hunt for rebels - Alkatiri presents three lawsuits to the Prosecutor-General

Parliament Plenary Meeting Tuesday 14 April 2008

Mentally Ill Defendant Sent to Prison JSMP Press Release 4 April 2008

10/04/08 President gives total support to investigators - Acting President Lasama: State to use force against Salsinha - President asks Prosecutor-General to further investigate 11 February - Fretilin MP Arsenio Bano denies involvement with Alredo

10/04/08 FRETILIN demands de facto PM Gusmao to sack his Deputy

09/04/08 Meeting of the Council of Ministers

09/04/08 Guterres appeals to Salsinha to cooperate - Joint Operation asks people not to believe rumours - Commander Paixão confirms launch of Joint Operation - Fretilin agrees that Salsinha should surrender when Horta returns - Alkatiri: ICI stall shows no respect for National Parliament decision - Commander Paixão: Four of Salsinha's men surrender - Prime Minister inspects President's residence - Treason to hide or feed Salsinha

Decision in Baucau Sexual Assault Case JSMP Press Release 26 March 2007

Procedural Flaws in Baucau Domestic Violence Case JSMP Press Release 26-27 March 2008

National Parliament Plenary Session Tuesday 08 April 2008

08/04/08 Alkatiri: Do not kill Salsinha or anybody else - Joint Operation threatens to shoot MP - Joint Operation will collect all illegal guns - Petitioners wait for a just decision - Acting President: No Pardon for Salsinha - Police have set up 12 posts in Dili

07/04/08 National Parliament Plenary Session

07/04/08 Fretilin demands police be punished for biting a civilian - Two of Salsinha's men surrender - Apprehension Operation kill a man in Bobonaro - Bishop says Apprehension Operation should avoid bloodshed - Joint Operation should not engage in propaganda - People should be careful not to impede the return of IDPs - 43 weapons still missing - Paixao: Salsinha and his men must surrender on April 9 - Defence Force Chief thanks ISF for bringing peace and stability to Timor-Leste - Victims in Liquica demand justice - Fretilin accuses Government of hiding evidence

04/04/08 National Parliament Plenary Session for Monday 07 APril 2008

04/04/08 Alfredo's lawyer to hand over secret documents - Fretilin MP says all documents related to Alfredo should be given to Prosecutor-General - Defence Force Chief says no response from ISF on 11 February - Government classifies Petitioners - Government forbids people to be armed - People ask the Government to prolong State of Siege - Military Police Commander asks people to remain calm

UNPol Weekly Security Brief 29 March - 04 April 08

03/04/08 Apprehension Operation to use force to capture Salsinha - Judge: Court postpones trial for suspects in Fatu Ahi case - Dili Police Commander: PNTL & F-FDTL won't tolerate criminals - CNRT MP demands explanation from the Prosecutor-General - Zero tolerance for medical officers who sexually violate patients - Judge: No law forbids PGR from negotiating surrender with rebels - PTT MP asks Government to suspend martial arts activities

02/04/08 Portugal will continue to cooperate with TL in security areas - MPs demand explanation from the Prosecutor-General - It's a crime to hide Rebels - Rebels impede investments - Court begins trial for suspects in Fatu Ahi case - Angelita: I am innocent - Joint Operation dialogue with community

Budget Execution Report Transition Period (July-December 2007)

02/04/08 Meeting of the Council of Ministers

01/04/08 Acting President La Sama Calls for Citizen Help to Convince Fugitives to Surrender

01/04/08 FRETILIN asks National Parliament to invite Prosecutor General to explain his Report on the Stage of Siege

01/04/08 National Parliament Plenary Proceedings

01/04/08 Defence Chief asks rebel leader to surrender - Prime Minister: East Timor fragile, not failed State - No justification for State of Siege and Emergency - MP demands Govt to establish Commission of Inquiry

31/03/08 National Parliament Plenary Session

31/03/08 TLGov: Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers

31/03/08 TVTL Interview with Ramos-Horta - Ramos-Horta accuses UN of being slow to catch armed group - 75,000 veterans receive pensions - Motael IDP are hesitant to return home if illegal guns are not collected - Rudd defends the actions of Australian troops - Xanana : Joint Operation Command will discuss deadline for Salsinha

Lao Hamutuk: Development Partners Meeting 27-29 March 2008 Documents

28/03/08 UNMIT to Conduct internal review of response to shooting of President Ramos Horta

28/03/08 Acting President asks PNTL to be impartial - PM asks PNTL to strengthen national unity - President blames woman for influencing Alfredo - Chief Judge unaware of letter requesting Lobato's return- Eighth Anniversary of National Police - Timor-Leste is not a failed nation - PM: Police should improve - ISF regrets MPs comments UNPol Weekly Security Briefing 21-28 March 2008

27/03/08 UNMIT: Police Manual Launched in Timor-Leste Today

27/03/08 Prime Minister presents report on State of Siege - MP urges Justice & Human Rights Director to report to National Parliament - James Baker says a formal investigation is needed - Fretilin demands Government form Commission of Inquiry - Two of Salsinha's men remanded to preventative prison - Minister says 5000 IDPs have returned home

26/03/08 FRETILIN calls on Brigadier Baker and Health Minister Nelson to attend Parliament

26/03/08 Meeting of the Council of Ministers

26/03/08 One of Salsinha's men surrender - NZ Defense Minister meets Acting PR - Commission formed to review the condition of Petitioners - Minister asks UN Delegation to provide training for justice sector - Gusmao: police reprimanded over abuses

25/03/08 National Parliament Plenary Session Agenda No. 79/II

25/03/08 MPs absent with no justification - UN representatives to work with TL Gov in security areas - 95 IDP Families of Canossa Has Laran Camp return home - Joint Operation conducts community dialogue - Hercules rejects accusations of involvement in February 11 - Bishop Basilio: negotiations with rebels makes a mockery of State of Siege - State of Siege unnecessary

25/03/08 East Timor Minister of Finance to Sign 10th European Development Fund

24/03/08 Lasama announces extension of 'State of Siege' and 'State of Emergency' - Rebels surrender with their weapons in Maubisse - PM: Joint Operation slow to get results in attempt to avoid death and trauma - TMR to pay close attention to soldiers who torture people - Lieutenant Colonel Filomeno Paixao says Apprehension Operation will not kill Salsinha - Justice Minister and State Secretary of Defence sign Accord to establish military prison

23/03/08 Presidential Statement on the States of Siege and Emergency

21/03/08 Embassy Dili Warden Message #7 Via US Embassy Dili

20/03/08: President Ramos Horta appeals to Salsinha and his group to surrender - Brig-Gen Taur Matan Ruak appeals to people to report abuses - President Horta appeals to Military and Police to guarantee nation's security - Fretilin does not accept State of Siege - In the eyes of the National Parliament, National Police are not professional - Brigadier-General Taur Matan Ruak asks Salsinha to follow past examples - Defence Secretary Pinto accuses foreigners of meddling in national politics

UNPOL Weekly Security Brief 15-20 March 2008

20/03/08 Appointment of Second Group of Court Actos a Positive Step Forward for the Judicial System of Timor-Leste Judicial System Monitoring Program

19/03/08: NGOs demand Govt to stop Truth & Friendship Commission - Govt asks President to change "State of Siege" - Joint Operation to change tactics - Prosecutor General lost legitimacy in rebel case - Joint Operation continues hunting Salsinha - Member of Parliament questions preventive prison in Colmera - Most of the petitioners decide to return to F-FDTL - ISF maintains its cooperation with Joint Operation - Nelson Correia: Joint Operation is ineffective - PGR will conclude investigations when Salsinha surrenders

Meeting of the Council of Ministers 19 March 2008

18 Maech 2008 - NGOs petition to the National Parliament on the Commission for Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timor-Leste

NP: No Agenda. 76/II Plenary Session of Tuesday 18 March 2008

18 March 2008: Prosecutor General has identified President's shooter - Prosecutor General loses contact with Salsinha - UNMIT preoccupied with 470 pending cases - Bishop Basilio demands resolution to Salsinha's case - Possible inquiry into Hercules' links to February 11- Joint Operation detects Salsinha - Fretilin demands PGR to name who is behind Salsinha's refusal to surrender

17 March 2008 National Parliament Agenda. 75/II Plenary Session

17 March 2008: Mino Paixao: Salsinha and his men have escaped - Salsina's wife asks Govt to stop the Operation - Inasio Maia surrenders himself - Koliati says military methods will be used against Salsinha and his men - UN supports Timorese People to steer towards justice - Xanana says people expect justice to be impartial - Dionisio Babo asks the Government to implement the Commission of Inquiry

17 March 2008 Fretilin Media Release FRETILIN demands naming and action against alleged impeders of Salsinha group surrender

15 Mar 08 Harsh spotlight on Timor forces

14 Mar 08 His Excellency Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao on the occasion of the swearing-in of probationary judges, prosecutors and public defenders

14 March 2008: Lasama: Salsinha not far away - Tara: Petitioners have option to return to military - Fretilin asks Govt to implement ICI resolutions - Lasama: "Salsinha key informant of February 11"

13 March 2008: Message of President to the Nation - PGR: 4 F-FDTL members not involved in Joint Operation - Govt. to solve petitioners' problem - No confrontation between Salsinha and Joint Operation - Filomeno Paixao: Joint Operation continues - PGR: knows who is preventing Salsinha from surrendering - PGR: Susar may contact Salsinha

Criminal Trials at the Dili District Court JSMP Justice Update March 2008

13 March 2008 Press Release Statement by President Jose Ramos-Horta

12 March 2008 TLGOV: Council of Ministers meeting

12 March 2008: Monteiro: Salsinha influenced to not surrender - Mateus Fernandes: The operation against rebels may create victims - Prosecutor-General: no more bargaining with Salsinha - Tara-Tilman meet Lasama: Petitioners, not to return to the military - Riak Leman: 'State of Siege' benefits community - Ana Pessoa: "State of Siege" should not become 'State of Normal' - Horta asks Salsinha to surrender

12 March 2008 JSMP Press Release Legal proceedings in Oecusse – February 2008

11 March 2008: PM: Surrender only option for Salsinha -No option for Salsinha if Govt ultimatum ignored - F-FDTL/PNTL Joint Operation reaches Salsinha's stronghold - SRSG welcomes IICI - Salsinha to surrender to PR Horta - Carrascalao: Xanana leads without discrimination - Petitioners incredulous over Xanana's statement - Suspects of May 25: TMR should explain - UNPOL Commissioner Tor: UNPol welcomes Salsinha - TMR: not surrender, face military forces

E Timor launches new hunt for rebels 10 March 2008

10 March 2008: Rebel Leader and group to surrender - F-FDTL/PNTL Joint Operation arrest 6 suspects in Kulau - US Ambassador rejects claims of US relations with Alfredo - Salsinha won't surrender - Alkatiri: TL's democracy in jeopardy - Susar won't stay in Becora prison

National Parliament Agenda No. 73/II Plenary Session 10 Mar 08

07 March 08: The Petitioners will not return to the F-FDTL, but will seek ways to gain employment - PM Xanana: Salsinha to surrender today - IDPs' camps to close - 'State of Siege' reduces violence - UNMIT has program to empower rural women - Vicente Guterres: "Salsinha should not be afraid to face justice" - Hugo: IICI won't make recommendations

JSMP JUSTICE UPDATE Criminal Trials in the Baucau District Court 25 February - 08 March 2008

06 March 08: TMR happy over court decision - IDPs start returning home - Commander of F-FDTL/PNTL, asks Salsinha to surrender - Carrascalao: Government must explain Susar's imprisonment - Conditions prepared for Salsinha's surrender

05 March 08: NP approves ICCI - Joint Operation of F-FDTL/PNTL - Mateus: Govt asks Salsinha to officially surrender - Rebel jailed before trial - Alfredo's member surrenders. SRSG: good step for stability

RDTL tax reform: public hearings and more 07 March 2008 La'o Hamutuk

Meeting of the Council of Ministers of 05 March 2008

04 March 2008: Alfredo's man surrenders - Lasama: military operation continues - Early election possible - Salsinha wants to surrender in Gleno - IDPs want to return home - Maria Paixão: Salsinha surrenders, 'State of Siege' ends

AMP Government Announces Positive Developments with Petitioners Dili, 2 March, 2008

3 March 2008: Rebel surrenders - PM: Dialogue won't solve problems - Susar: "I was involved in the attacks against the PR's residence" - Carrascalão: February 11, an international political conspiracy - Petitioners increase to 607 - TMR: Salsinha's group don't deserve weapons

TLGOV: “Susar” surrenders willingly and peacefully

TLPres: President Ramos-Horta forgives the deceased Alfredo Reinado and asks the Government to support Alfredo’s Family

TIMOR-LESTE: UN WELCOMES APPREHENSION OF ALLEGED ASSOCIATES OF REBEL LEADER New York, Feb 29 2008

Government of East Timor Blames Fretilin for Establishing a Climate of Violence Media Release: Republica Democratica De Timor-Leste 28 February 2008

TL GOV: PRESS RELEASE Dili, February 29, 2008 Zone of cantonment of Aitarak Laran

UNMIT: Five alleged Reinado associates presented to the Dili District Court - Dili – February 29, 2008

29 February 2008: PM: those who submit weapons are acting in good conscience - 6 rebels surrender - Rebels may surrender to leaders - No consensus between Fretilin and Govt over IICI

28 February 2008: Salsinha's stronghold detected - 5 of Alfredo's men submit to justice - AFP -UNPol discover bullets in PM's residence - F-FDTL/PNTL Joint Operation seizes 500 camouflage T-shirts - Petitioners increase to 480 - Petitioners threatened in Ermera - Xanana, TMR and Bishop Ricardo discuss Salsinha's case

27 February 2008: MPs insist on IICI - Alfredo’s man surrenders in Maubisse - Govt busy with extra petitioners - Alfredo’s case put to rest - UN responsible for February 11 - Coordination needed to arrest Salshinha - ETCRN: UNMIT responsible for February 11 - PSD asks for ‘State of Emergency’ rather than ‘State of Siege’ - No amnesty for terrorists - Carrascalão: Joint Operation should arrest perpetrators - 11 of Alfredo’s men arrested

TLGOV: Council of Ministers meeting 27 Feb 2008

TLGOV: Council of Ministers February 26, 2008

East Timor finds weapons cache in hunt for rebels 27 Feb 2008

NZ Govt announces extension of helicopter deployment in Timor Tue, 26 Feb 2008

UNMIT Daily Media Review 26 February 2008: Joint Operation rejects exchange of fire - Events of February 11 reconstructed - Man who attacked Horta surrenders - UNMIT not responsible for 11 February incidents - SRSG: Alfredo responsible for 11 February - UNMIT mandate extended for one more year

UN Tells East Timor Rebels to End Fight as Fugitive Surrenders

Police arrest and beat Timor Post employee, obstruct foreign reporters Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans frontières 25 February 2008

U.N. council extends Timor peacekeeping mandate Mon 25 Feb 2008

TLGOV: East Timor's New Tax System to be one of the Lowest in the World 25 February 2008

25 February 2008: Lasama appeals for petitioners to remain calm - 'State of emergency' extended - PM demands arrests - TMR: "We will look everywhere for Salsinha" - Lasama asks petitioners to come together - Horta: no one should take revenge - TMR: Salsinha's group never wastes time

TLGOV: Special Meeting of the Council of Ministers of February 23, 2008

East Timor in renewed hunt for would-be assassins By Stephanie March in Dili Posted Fri 22vFeb 2008

22 Feb 2008 FRETILIN Media Letter of complaint from Jose Teixeira to SBS TV News

22 Feb 2008: FBI agents meet PGR - PNTL welcomes community criticisms - Government asks President to extend 'State of Emergency' - Guterres: NP to give amnesty to Salsinha - ICI: UNMIT has no formal request

21 Feb 2008: Public Prosecutor issued request letter to witnesses - International Secret Agents in TL - Military operation against Salsinha cancelled - 18 people who stand against the "State of Emergency" released - 'State of emergency' targets Fretilin - No more dialogue with Salsinha - ISF starts operation in Manufahi - F-FDTL and PNTL implement "State of Emergency' professionally

TLGOV: Council of Ministers Meeting 21 February 2008 - State of Emergency extended

TLGOV: Council of Ministers meeting 21 February 2008 Press Release

Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) Press release - Timor Leste 20.02.2008 Justice for the Grassroots New help for communities to protect rights and seek justice solutions

20 Feb 2008: Alfredo's advisor under house arrest - 18 people arrested for violations against "State of Emergency" - NP has no law to guide 'State of Emergency' - SRSG and Lasama discuss arrest mechanisms - UNPOL: possible to arrest Salsinha and his men - Joint Operation Commander's meeting held

Military Pulls Out of Rebel Hunt: Commander

Haburas statement on Dili road rehabilitation and cutting down of trees

FRETILIN Media Release 20 Feb 08 Police investigation misused to smear Fretilin and silence MP

19 February 2008: Path to dialogue closed - NP to force report on 1st 'State of Emergency' - Government involves F-FDTL in joint operations - Afonso: community has to help PNTL - The 'State of Emergency' misconduct - Lasama issues ultimatum to arrest Salsinha - NP accepts F-FDTL involvement in operations - Army Chief Taur Matan Ruak: the public is hiding Alfredo's men

18 February 2008: PNTL operation in Baucau - F-FDTL launches military operation - 10 identified in Alfredo's group - Fretilin: will not use opportunity to bring AMP down - F-FDTL involved in capturing Salsinha's group - Horta and Alfredo trapped - Lasama: good for Salsinha to submit weapons

TLGOV: EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF 17 FEBRUARY 2008

East Timor merges police, army February 18, 2008

East Timor police arrest 200 for breaking curfew Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:54pm

Woman arrested over East Timor attacks 18 February 18, 2008 4:09PM

Government, UNMIT agree to complete outstanding investigations of 1999 human rights violations

15 February 2008: Fretilin rejects email accusations - PGR issued arrest warrants - PGR/Lasama discuss arrest warrants - 'State of Emergency' declared to normalize situation - Mateus: arrest of Alfredo's men is under coordination

UNMIT's Daily Media Review 14 February 2008

Transcript of UNMIT Press Conference 12 February 2008, 16:00 hrs

UN recommends Brazilian to be judge in Timor [02/13/2008 - 15:44] Agência Brasil

TLGOV: PM proposes 10-day extension of state of emergency

FRETILIN condemns attacks on President and Prime Minister, calls for resignations, Independent International Commission of Inquiry

TLGOV: Meeting of the Council of Ministers of 13 February 2008

Declaration of Provedor for Human Rights and Justice on the Declaration of State of Siege

State of emergency extended in E.Timor 13 Feb 2008 11:24:58 GMT Source: Reuters

Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Atul Khare, on the shooting incident in Dili on the 11th of February, 2008

UNMIT's Daily Media Review 12 February 2007

National Parliament of East Timor Session Agenda No. 61/II Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Statement by Interim President of TL (Feb 11)

Lusa: Timor-Leste: Chronology of attacks on PR and PM Tuesday 12 February 2008

ABC: UN police 'refused to help' injured Ramos Horta - 12/02/2008

TLGOV: Statement from the office of the PM 11 February

2008: Statement by President Xanana Gusmano

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's Message to the Nation

Transcript of UNMIT Press Conference 11 February 2008, Obrigado Barracks, Dili, Timor-Leste

UN: Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Timor-Leste

E.Timor president on life support, in coma 11 Feb 2008 08:04:43 GMT Source: Reuters

UNMIT Press Release on Shooting Incident - Public Information Office Press Release Dili, February 11, 2008

E.Timor president undergoing surgery - adviser 11 Feb 2008 00:16:54 GMT Source: Reuters

FRETILIN condemns reports of attack on Timor-Leste’s President and Prime Minister: Demands answers from UN and ISF

East Timor president wounded in attack - military 10 Feb 2008 23:30:12 GMT

Xanana Gusmao was also attacked in Dili this morning - A direct report from Dili, RTP International Correspondent, Francisco Piedade, to Portuguese News TV, RTP

International Stabilization Forces Lying Threatening Shots Fired by Major Alfredo Reinado’s Group Sunday 10 February 2008 MPs Timor Post, 9.02.08

District consultations focus on juvenile justice legislation UNMIT Weekly 8 February 2008

Digest of UNPol Daily Security Briefings January 2008

National Parliament President Lasama to visit Portugal. Click on PARLIAMENT on the main menu

UNMIT Daily Media Review 8 February 2008: Unidentified groups blast petitioners' gathering - Government to provide extraordinary subsidies to F-FDTL and PNTL - UN calls upon Alfredo to submit to justice peacefully - 71 Petitioners gather in Dili - Parliament PD Chief: Dialogue invalid if Salsinha not involved - AMP-Fretilin and Horta seek joint solution to national problem

UNDP Justice System Programme Newsletter January 2008: LTC graduates the second class of Magistrates and Public Defenders - Monitoring & Evaluation specialist arrives to Justice Programme - New staff for the IT Unit of the Ministry of Justice - Four court clerks to assist in the District Courts and PGO - Three Portuguese prison guards arrive to train prison staff - Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser arrives to Justice Programme

UNPol Weekly Security Report 2-8 Feb 08 (Click SECURITY REPORTS on main menu)

Blast rocks Australian troop base February 8, 2008 5:53AM The Age

Meeting of the Council of Ministers 07 February 2008

7 February 2008: Reinado's rebels fire on ISF - Petitioners gather in Dili - Lasama: Petitioners should cooperate with the Government - Reform with no transparency - F-FDTL to recruit soldiers with legal backgrounds - National Parliament VP: Parties must self-access - IDPs reject reduced food aid

UN Timor point man wants stabilisation mission extended AAP 07 Feb 08 1640 hrs

East Timor taking steps to 'contain' Reinado ABC News 7 February 2008

6 February 2008: IDPs against Government food reduction policy - PNTL arrests boy with ammunition - Court of Appeals President agrees with plans for military tribunal - National Youth Group asks Government to solve petitioners case - Petitioners to gather in Kampung Alor

UNMIT: UN Meets FRETILIN to discuss reform of the Security Sector - Dili, February 5, 2008

Reinado rebels fire on Aust troops ABC News 6 Feb 08

Fretilin MP raises corruption allegation Radio Australia 06/02/2008

5 February 2008: Horta: Human resources must be strengthened ahead of tribunal - UNPol transfers 3 police stations to PNTL - SRSG: Laws form basis of democracy - PM: Defence and security main priorities - Horta: UN and ISF to stay until 2012 - Taur Matan Ruak: "Cooperation needed to solve crisis" - Horta: Alfredo/petitioners' problems won't affect F-FDTL recruitment

UN: National police assume greater policing authority in Timor-Leste - Dili, February 4, 2008

4 February 2008: UN Mission extended to 2009 - UNMIT must support PNTL and F-FDTL - F-FDTL to recruit 300 soldiers - Horta: Brazil asked to establish military tribunal in TL

TLGOV: Xanana at the F-FDTL 7th Anniversay. Ceremony Speech 2 Feb 08

NZ Defence Force continuing deployment to East Timor Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:51p.m

Mandate extended for Timor Sea Designated Authority Upstream (Norway) February 1, 2008

1 February 2008 - Ministry of Education prepares education law - UN Police will officially transfer responsibility to Timorese National Police - UNPol to provide security during food distributions - Australian Government gives 40 cars to PNTL - Case of abused Journalist under investigation - UNMIT mandate to end - UNPol passes power to PNTL

UNDP, Timor-Leste support public sector reforms UNMIT Weekly No. 27

Better for PNTL and UNPOL to Arrest Alfredo Jornal Diario Nacional, 31/1/08

Human Rights Watch World Report 2008 Timor-Leste

31 January 2008: F-FDTL soldier recognizes police officers who attacked Ruak's residence - RETRACTION No offer of money from UNDP to TLPC - Mari Alkatiri: "Early Elections should be considered" - Fretilin decries CNRT Xanana adulation - Nelson Correia: "Alfredo's case all politics" - ISF: Only PNTL and UNPol can arrest Alfredo - UN examines TL report on child prostitution - TLPC sends protest letter to PNTL

30 January 2008: CNRT: request for Xanana to respond to allegations - NP requests PM and Alfredo to present themselves - UNDP supports TL Press Club with US800.000 - CPD-RDTL: asking Fretilin not to condemn Xanana - Hermenegildo 'Kupa': need to establish military academy

National Parliament: Plenary Sessions 29 and 30 January 2008

Security Council Report: Feb 2008 Timor-Leste

East Timor to review corporate tax reductions ABC Radio Australia Last Updated 28/01/2008

Too Much Friendship, Too Little Truth - Monitoring Report on the Commission of Truth and Friendship in Indonesia and Timor-Leste Megan Hirst January 2008

TLGOV: The President of the Republic of Timor-Leste on the death of Suharto English Media Release 28 January 2008

Dili Yet to Settle RI Asset Claims The Jakarta Post Friday, January 25, 2008

25 January 2008: Reinado intends to cause a revolution - US ready to support the government solving Alfredo problem - High Level Coordination Committee Level will strengthen security in TL - Alfredo’s trial, moved to March 2008 - Alkatiri: dictator Xanana-TL to be a fail state - LDP asking President of the Republic to dissolve the Task Force - Alfredo’s CD, evidence to bring down PM Xanana - Ana Pessoa, leaders should have principles of the truth

East Timor: Expert calls for end to legal language barriers - Dili, 24 Jan. (AKI)

24 January 2008: Carrascalão: should form new Task Force for Alfredo’s case - Allegation to Alkatiri and Xanana: same form, vague objective - Pope Benedict XVI, happy with a calm situation in Timor-Leste - Arsenio Bano: “PM Xanana needs to give response to the allegation of Alfredo” - Arsenio Bano: Benevides, a politician or lawyer? - Adriano Nascimento: Task Force’s work should explain to the people

23 January 2008: Alfredo, petitioners and the government: commit to have dialogue - Alfredo's allegation: opposition pressuring Xanana to present to the National Parliament - Bishop Basilio is surprised by the presence of the ISF in Baucau - National Parliament to look into possibility of calling Prime Minister Xanana - Police Commissioner Afonso de Jesus: people in districts are calm - US: rejects providing uniform to Alfredo

22 January 2008: Screening of the F-FDTL is a positive step - Branco: "Threatening journalists reveals a dictator's attitude" - Alfredo Reinado: "People can decide whether I'm a rebel or not" - Tilman: NP may invite Xanana to give his opinion on Alfredo's CD - Administrative reform: government signing an accord with UNDP

21 January 2008: Alfredo Reinado: UNMIT has no right to interfere in TL's internal problems - Basic Training for F-FDTL to NATO's standards - Bishop Ricardo: the Church will not get involved in the Task Force - Salsinha: Ramos-Horta pledges a screening of the petitioners - DSRSG Finn Reske-Nielsen: hard work is needed if the IDPs are to go home - IDPs returning homes: security to be provided 24/7

18 January 2008: Ramos-Horta: The Deadline for solving Alfredo and the petitioners' case is May - Finn Reske-Nielsen: UN congratulates PNTL for arresting 73 people - ICG: government needs to reform F-FDTL and PNTL - Ramos-Horta: Indonesia to close embassy if TL establishes an international tribunal - "Mandate doesn't work; Alfredo doesn't go to the court

The Asia Foundation 17 Jan 2008: Citizens Finally Able to Read Laws in Own Language

17 January 2008: General prosecutor doesn't get involved in the case of Alfredo's video - ISF expands its role in TL - 'Lafaek Operation' results in the arrest of 73 people - Guterres: IDPs returning home as Alfredo and the petitioners' case will be solved - Fretilin's youth: pressuring an investigation into the author of the 2006 crisis - Ramos-Horta: asking Taur Matan Ruak to help solve Alfredo's case

Foreigners arrested in E Timor prostitution swoop ABC News Australia 17 January 2008

16 January 2008: The ISF will not arrest Alfredo Reinado - ISF sends soldiers to Suai; not a show of force - Borges: Horta-Alfredo dialogue is constitutional - AMP: asks Alfredo to bring Xanana's case to court - Commander Hutchison: "Only the Government can explain the Court decision on Alfredo" - If Instability Emerges in Timor-Leste, Xanana: "We will arrest the press."

República Democrática de Timor-Leste Annual Financial Report & Accounts Fiscal Year 2006-07 Ministry of Finance

15 January 2008: Fretilin: asks Xanana to explain the 2006 crisis - UN asks Alfredo to submit himself to justice - UN Concerned about 4000 pending cases in the court - Alkatiri: asks Xanana to step down

14 January 2008: Ramos-Horta: F-FDTL and PNTL to act according to constitution - GNR to train PNTL in discipline - UN supports Task Force: Alfredo should submit himself to justice - UNPol to assist PNTL in operation - Alfredo accuses Xanana. Alkatiri: "Xanana should go to court" - 7 Indonesian and 2 Chinese citizens deported

13 January 2008 New Article in East Timor Law Journal - Justice for Serious Crimes Committed during 1999 in Timor-Leste: Where to From Here?

10 January 2008: Police keep three women in detention for the sale of drugs - Rogerio Lobato: needs 8 more months for medical treatment - MUNJ resignation from the Task Force: has impact on the process of dialogue - PR Ramos-Horta: "There's only one army" - "Xanana is the author of crisis": evidence needed.

9 January 2008: PM Xanana instructs Justice Ministry to see Rogerio Lobato - Law needed to combat prostitution - IDPs: asking the government to provide security for them to return home.

8 January 2008: Group of youths assault IDPs in Uato-Carbau sub-district, Viqueque - Suspects of Suai arson brought to court - police have no arrest warrants - Police are working in the proper manner - Longuinhos Monteiro: Rogerio Lobato will not flee to another nation - Rumor that Fretilin will demonstrate; PNTL has not received any letter requesting permission - Suai case, 3 PNTL members detained.

FRETILIN PRESS CONFERENCE By Francisco Guterres LuOlo, President of FRETILIN Dili, 8th January 2008 ALFREDO ACCUSES XANANA AS AUTHOR OF CRISIS: FRETILIN DEMANDS ANSWERS

UNMIT Weekly United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste Issue No 23 4 January 2008: Voter Registration On-going in 2008 - Improvement in Security Leads to Handover of Responsibilities: UNPol - New Year’s Police Operation Finds Illegal Activities at Mona Lisa and Moon Bars

4 January 2008: ALFREDO: Xanana is the author of the Crisis and investors should not trust him - Fighting in Ermera, 1 injured - Police Conduct Operation against Drugs and the Trafficking of Women in Dili - Police have not released two women accused of selling illegal drugs

3 January 2008: PNTL find hand-made pistol - PNTL is ready to manage stations handed over by UNPol - 2008 state budget is promulgated, and people await its implementation - Ramos-Horta: F-FDTL and PNTL should strengthen their unity in 2008 - Timor leste to sign several MoUs with Indonesia

UNMIT Press Release 3 January 2007 Police Conduct Operation Against Drugs and Trafficking of Women in Dili

UNDP Justice System Programme Newsletter November/December 2007

17 December 2007: Ban Ki-Moon: Alfredo and the IDPs influence the security - Government to reduce the international judges - Alfredo ignores the dialogue plan. Xanana: I give the last opportunity - PM Kevin Rudd: Australia continue to assist TL in security sector - President Ramos-Horta: asking UNSG to extend UNMIT

13 December 2007: PNTL Commander: appeals for calm amongst the population and denies that PNTL members are joining Alfredo - If Justice is not implemented, the youth are ready to die with Alfredo - Taur Matan Ruak: we will guarantee that the situation stays calm - PNTL Commander: denies that his members are joining Alfredo - Between Alfredo and the Alliance: there should be a commitment to peace - National Parliament to ask the UNSG to extend the mandate of UNMIT

IV Constitutional Government of East Timor delivers 2008 State Budget for Timor-Leste REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA DE TIMOR-LESTE MINISTÉRIO DAS FINANÇAS Dili, 10 December, 2007

12 December 2007: ISF presence: providing security - Lasama: supporting Alfredo is absolutely not a crime - Fernanda Borges: a state has failed when it follows no law - Afonso de Jesus: some leaders have been intervening in the PNTL's decision making

Parliament Timetable for Debate of Budget Law Illegal FRETILIN Media Release 11 Dec 07

11 December 2007: PNTL Identifies those funding Alfredo Reinado - ISF Presence in Timor-Leste same as Indonesian invasion - President Ramos-Horta calls for human rights to be promoted - Brazil will support justice in Timor-Leste - There is no law to forbid people supporting Alfredo

10 December 2007: PM Xanana Gusmao: "The Government Will Arrest Whoever Supports Alfredo" - Horta Unhappy with the Decision of the Court of Appeal on with regards to the Reduce Poverty Program - Trilateral Meeting on Security Issues - Ramos Horta: "The Drama of Distributing Guns Has not Come to an End" - Julio Pinto: The Civil Court can prosecute the soldiers - UNPol and ISF can't capture Major Alfredo because they don't want more bloodshed in the country - Government Asks UNMIT to support the work of an Audit Team

AN: Police detain eight Chinese girls near Timor Leste border 8 Dec 07

UNMIT Media Review 06 December 2007: 71,5% of the Transitional Budget is Being Executed - Taur: Alfredo and the Petitioners Should Follow the Rules - The International Stabilization Force and UNPOL Seize Ammunition at an F-FDTL Member's House - Committee C has Received the Budget Proposal for the Year 2008 - Portuguese Military Will Train the F-FDTL - Carascalo agrees with Major Alfredo that a Military Tribunal should be established - Audit Team is Conducting Investigations into the Former Government Program - The Government Stops the Contract with Tafui Oil - Brigadier Taur: "Next Year the F-FDTL will Recruit 300 Soldiers

Draft Law on the Legal Profession Meeting Asosiasaun Advogadu Timor Lorosa' e (AATL) 7 December 07

NZDF Helicopters Evacuate Stab Victim - Wednesday, 5 December 2007

UNMIT Daily Media Review 5 December 2007: TVTL interview with Alfredo Reinado - Aitahan Matak: the sentence for the F-FDTL members is very controversial - Judge: It's Better for the State to Make a Law to Close the Court - Francisco Guterres: Government will not encroach on the court's area of expertise - On the Arrest Warrant Letter - ISF Keep Quiet and UNPOL Seek Peace

East Timor: Council of ministers approves 2008 budget

4 December 2007: Alfredo asks to host a meeting for Xanana - Regarding the Court Hearing for Major Alfredo: Judge gives ISF-UNPOL five days to respond to the court - Afonso de Jesus: No Political Influence on the Police - 32 PNTL members from the Rapid Intervention Unit in Baucau join screening process

FRETILIN MP: The President of the Republic does not understand the law TIMOR POST, Dili, 4 December 2007

E Timor Calls For Reinado To Surrender As Trial Begins Radio Australian December 3, 2007

3 December 2007: The Head of the Security Council delegation: the UN is still needed in Timor-Leste - Horta asks a foreign Magistrate not to 'open his mouth' recklessly - Court hearing for Major Alfredo

Calls for ETimor rebel to surrender as trial begins ABC Radio Australia Last Updated 03/12/2007