Who has built Southeast Asia’s strongest democracy?
On the face of it, East Timor would not seem like the most natural place to have built a democracy ranked by Freedom House, in its 2021 edition of Freedom… Read more »
Category: Timor-Leste
Illiberal leaders targeting media freedom
On Monday, a court in Manila convicted Filipino American journalist Maria Ressa of something called “cyber libel.” Her case will have severe ramifications for press freedom not only in South Asia… Read more »
After the Miracle: The End of the Asian Century?
East Timor is voting for a new president in an election that will test Asia‘s newest and poorest nation, VOA reports. Meanwhile, Cambodia’s ongoing crackdown against opposition politicians and… Read more »
Muzzling Timor’s media
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South East Asia Journalist Unions (SEAJU) join international organizations the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Freedom House in calling on the… Read more »