Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Timor-Leste)
Scholarly E-Journals and Resources
News
- Back Door: Newsletter on Timor Loro S'ae
An Australian-based Web & email newsletter which includes a selection of international news, articles and urgent actions related to East Timor along with coming events within Australia .
- Info Timor
In Portuguese, this site provides information on the economic and social situation of East Timor .
- Mojo Wire: The Struggle for East Timor (MotherJones.com News)
A site intended to implement social justice through first rate investigative reporting; contains extensive internet-based resource on East Timor.
General Information
Government and Politics
Travel and Tourism
- Lonely Planet: East Timor
Provides information about East Timorese culture and people, especially valuable for travel to East Timor.
- Timor Loro Sae
In Portuguese, this site provides links to cultural information about the country
Universities, Organizations, and Institutions
- East Timor Estafata
Provides online issues of the The East Timor Estafata, a quarterly publication of the East Timor Action Network of the United States, an organization supporting the rights of the East Timorese people.
- Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor
Provides information about the Commission and its work.
- East Timor People
Features key leaders of the movement for independence and links to East Timor international support agencies.
- International Federation of East Timor
A site for the International Federation of East Timor, a non-governmental organization that supports the decolonization process of the country; the site provides news and alerts on human rights abuses.
- Solidarity for International Justice in Timor Leste
This site concisely outlines the history of the East Timorese people's quest for independence. Examining the development of the term 'genocide' and its usage within United Nations' documents, the author calls for the establishment of an International Criminal Tribunal. Includes a reference list of pertinent websites and printed publications.
- Tapol
An online site for Tapol, an organization campaigning to expose human rights violations in Indonesia, East Timor, West Papua and Aceh.
- UNICEF: At a glance: Timor-Leste
Overview of status of children; recent news on child welfare; statistics on children, families, women, child and maternal mortality, immunization, nutrition, disease prevention and treatment, access to clean water, sanitation, school attendance, literacy rates, child labor, and recovery efforts after natural disasters.
- United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)
Provides news, background, statistics, and UN documents regarding East Timor's transition to independence and self-government.
Southeast Asian Studies Librarian: Hao Phan
Founders Memorial 497
815-753-1809
hphan@niu.edu
