5Vote!
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
"Indonesia's censors have banned Balibo, an Australian-made film about five foreign journalists who were killed by Indonesian troops during the 1975 invasion of East Timor." (Bootleg DVDs of the movie are already available in Jakarta.)...
3Vote!
BBC News (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Indonesia bans the film Balibo, which depicts the deaths of six foreign journalists in Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor.
5Vote!
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jakarta - Indonesia has banned an Australian-made film on events around the alleged murder of five Australian journalists by Indonesian troops during the 1975 invasion of East Timor, officials said Wednesday. Indonesia's censorship board made the rul...
3Vote!
Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Tony Birtley; 30/11/09 East Timor sits on an oil-mine of wealth worth billions of dollars, yet the country is still one of the poorest in Asia. It suffers from shockingly high rates of child mortality and is struggling to contain the spread of the HIV virus. Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from the capital Dili on [...]
3Vote!
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
EAST TIMOR has warned it will abandon a multibillion-dollar deal with Australia to exploit natural gas fields in the Timor Sea unless a pipeline is built to deliver the rich bounty directly to the impoverished nation.
5Vote!
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
A film about the Balibo Five was banned by Indonesian authorities. Balibo Five refers to Australia-based journalists who were allegedly murdered by Indonesian soldiers in East Timor in 1975.
+Vote!
Laglagan (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
"Indonesia has banned the film Balibo, which depicts the deaths of six foreign journalists in East Timor, the head of the foreign correspondents club said." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8390075.stm
3Vote!
Index on Censorship (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Indonesia’s censorship board has banned an Australian-made film about the alleged murder five journalists by Indonesian troops during the 1975 invasion of East Timor. The ruling came just hours before a planned premiere screening of Balibo which was due to take place forcing organisers to cancel. Jakarta maintains they were killed accidentally in cross-fire however [...]
5Vote!
Reuters (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's censors have banned "Balibo," an Australian-made film about five foreign journalists who were killed by Indonesian troops during the 1975 invasion of East Timor.
3Vote!
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's censors have banned "Balibo," an Australian-made film about five foreign journalists who were killed by Indonesian troops during the 1975 invasion of East Timor.
4Vote!
France 24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Indonesia has banned an Australian-made film on the alleged murder of six Australian-based journalists by Indonesian troops during the 1975 invasion of East Timor, an official said Wednesday. No reason was given for the decision and officials from the censorship board said they were unable to explain on what grounds "Balibo" had been banned. Australian police earlier this year launched...
3Vote!
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Indonesian premiere of the acclaimed political drama Balibo, based on the killing of TV journalists during Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor, was scuttled on Tuesday after government censors banned the film at the last minute.
3Vote!
Arabic Video News in English (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
East Timor sits on an oil-mine of wealth wroth billions of dollars, yet the country is still one of the poorest in Asia. It suffers from shockingly high rates of child mortality and is struggling to contain the spread of the HIV virus. As Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from the capital Dili, the situation [...]
3Vote!
frogblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... support from our country for some progress towards that end. After all if South Africa and East Timor can achieve fundamental change all things are possible. Merdeka! Freedom is a human right!
