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HIV-AIDS and Homophobia in East Timor
In its Comments on the U.S. Department of State Country reports on Human Rights Practices for 2008 , the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) andWest Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) noted that, in East Timor: There is pervasive bias against homosexuals, keeping nearly all closeted. People wi (posted by Warren 2 years 142 days ago.)
In its Comments on the U.S. Department of State Country reports on Human Rights Practices for 2008 , the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) andWest Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) noted that, in East Timor: There is pervasive bias against homosexuals, keeping nearly all closeted. People wi (posted by Warren 2 years 142 days ago.)
What happens when abortion is illegal in East Timor
There has been a dramatic debate in East Timor over recent weeks about the provisions of the new draft penal code pertaining to abortion. The draft article 144 of the penal code deals with "interruption of pregnancy". Draft article 142 deals with "non-punishable interruption of pregnancy". By the proposed article 144, abortion is crime and those who perform abortion will be punished with imprisonment... (posted by Warren 3 years 22 days ago.)
There has been a dramatic debate in East Timor over recent weeks about the provisions of the new draft penal code pertaining to abortion. The draft article 144 of the penal code deals with "interruption of pregnancy". Draft article 142 deals with "non-punishable interruption of pregnancy". By the proposed article 144, abortion is crime and those who perform abortion will be punished with imprisonment... (posted by Warren 3 years 22 days ago.)
New Gun Laws in East Timor defeated in Parliament
The government of East Timor has proposed a new law to regulate guns. But according to the opposition party, FRETILIN, the draft law would give the Commander of the East Timor National Police the sole and discretionary power to authorize civilians to obtain and possess firearms. The history of firearms in the hands of civilians has contributed to all the bloody episodes in the country's tortured history... (posted by Warren 3 years 324 days ago.)
The government of East Timor has proposed a new law to regulate guns. But according to the opposition party, FRETILIN, the draft law would give the Commander of the East Timor National Police the sole and discretionary power to authorize civilians to obtain and possess firearms. The history of firearms in the hands of civilians has contributed to all the bloody episodes in the country's tortured history... (posted by Warren 3 years 324 days ago.)
The East Timor Defence Force "Petitioners"
In 2006, a series of events in East Timor culminated in the massacre of unarmed police officers by military personnel in front of the Justice Ministry in the capital, Dili. This event signalled a catastrophic disintegration of the rule of law and a dysfunctionality in the institutions of state that some say showed that "the golden child" created by the United Nations, had, in just 4 years since the restoration... (posted by Warren 4 years 97 days ago.)
In 2006, a series of events in East Timor culminated in the massacre of unarmed police officers by military personnel in front of the Justice Ministry in the capital, Dili. This event signalled a catastrophic disintegration of the rule of law and a dysfunctionality in the institutions of state that some say showed that "the golden child" created by the United Nations, had, in just 4 years since the restoration... (posted by Warren 4 years 97 days ago.)
East Timor Woven Art: Tais
WHAT IS TAIS? Until 1999, the world had never heard of the word "tais" or knew what it meant. "Tais" is a word from East Timor's lingua franca, tetum. Tetum is one of East Timor's 35 indigenous languages. "Tais" means cloth, or clothing in this language. It is more widely understood as the particular form of traditional textile that has been woven by the women of East Timor for centuries. It is woven on non-mechanised looms... (posted by Warren 5 years 333 days ago.)
WHAT IS TAIS? Until 1999, the world had never heard of the word "tais" or knew what it meant. "Tais" is a word from East Timor's lingua franca, tetum. Tetum is one of East Timor's 35 indigenous languages. "Tais" means cloth, or clothing in this language. It is more widely understood as the particular form of traditional textile that has been woven by the women of East Timor for centuries. It is woven on non-mechanised looms... (posted by Warren 5 years 333 days ago.)
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