CJITL – The political and military crises that broke out in 2006 had a negative impact on news media in Timor Leste, says the annual report of RSF (Reporter Sem Fronteiras). Editors at Timor Post and Suara Timor Lorosa’e faced serious threats, the report said.
At STL, the building was damaged and an economic boycott was threatened, the report said.
A number of Timorese journalists were physically attacked or threatened, including an incident on June 10 when an Associated Press reporter was attacked in Dili and detained by Australian Armed Forces for a short time.
On June 12, a Timor Post journalist was stoned by a Dili gangster, while on June 29, political party militants attacked RTTL’s office in Dili. On Nov. 9 a correspondent from Agence France Presse was stoned in the Colmera district of Dili.
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