Timor Leste – SEAPA

[Timor-Leste] Still Feeling Pressed

2019/05/03 Asosiasaun Jornalista Timor Lorosa'e (AJTL, Timor-Leste Journalists Association - TLJA) #WorldPressFreedomDay, #WPFD2019, Journalist Safety, journosafe, Media Freedom, press freedom, Safety of Journalists, World Press Freedom Day, WPFD

Timor-Leste’s ranking in the latest press-freedom index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) leaped by 11 places from the previous year, but those on the ground do not feel any improvement in the country’s media conditions.

Residents of Cavalima whose land will be used for the Tasi Mane petroleum infrastructure project in Camanasa, Timor-Leste, Jan. 10, 2019 /Credit: Bernardo Da Costa Maia

Features Journalism Development Reports Timor Leste

[Timor-Leste] Voices: Tasi Mane Petroleum Project Brings Concern, Optimism to Southern Coast

2019/03/132019/03/13 Bernardo da Costa Maia agriculture, economic development, environment, land rights, petroleum, sustainable agriculture

In a January 2019 reporting trip, Radio Rakambia discovered that the government has compensated some people while others have not been paid. It hasn’t been indicated where the farmers can move to. The people of Suai have appealed to the government to establish good conditions for resettlement so that they can raise their animals and plant their plants.

Participants and organizers at the data journalism training workshop in Dili, Timor-Leste. (Photo by by Nuno Ram Da S. H. Fatima of UNDP)

Features Journalism Development Timor Leste

[Timor-Leste] A young democracy puts premium on media training

2018/08/012018/08/01 SEAPA

The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) recently conducted a two-day training on data journalism in Dili. At least 38 journalists and media practitioners attended the workshop held on July 14 to 15.

Advocacy From the Members Press Freedom Reports Timor Leste

[Timor-Leste] Making self-regulation work

2018/05/042019/02/20 Asosiasaun Jornalista Timor Lorosa'e (AJTL, Timor-Leste Journalists Association) #WorldPressFreedomDay, #WPFD2018

The Press law of Timor-Leste gives more spaces to the Timorese journalists to exercise their duties. It imposes sanctions to be handed down to any state agent trying to impede or threaten journalists working in the public spaces.

Advocacy Alerts Timor Leste

Update: Prosecution insists on jail terms for journalists

2017/05/192017/05/22 seapa Defamation

The lead prosecutor for Timor Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria Araujo demanded on Wednesday jail terms for two Timor Leste

Advocacy From the Members Press Freedom Reports Timor Leste

[Timor-Leste] Free media, but still threatened

2017/05/032019/02/20 Asosiasaun Jornalista Timor Lorosa’e (AJTL, Timor-Leste Journalists Association or TLJA) #WPFD2017, Defamation, right to reply, slander

Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo’s decision to take Timor Post’s editor in chief Lourenco Martins and his journalist Raimundo Oki to court, claiming that they published fake news stories and that it publicly damaged his image and reputation. Though the right of reply was granted to the Prime Minister. Timor Post even publicly apologized at the Palace of the Government for the mistake. But unfortunately, the Prime Minister kept taking the case to the court because of the so-called truth.