If Instability Emerges in Timor-Leste, Xanana: "We will arrest the press."

«If Instability Emerges in Timor-Leste, Xanana: "We will arrest the press."Timor Post, Dili, Wednesday 16 January 2006.Dili – Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão threatened that his side would arrest members of the press (media) if when instability emerged in the nation. Because of this he asked the media to undertake its work with more responsibility for the situation."You have to exercise more responsibility towards the environment of stability or instability. We close our eyes when in the case of small and big things you go and interview Alfredo. Perhaps because of these things instability may emerge in the country, because of you, we will arrest you," he said to journalists on Tuesday (15/1) at the Ministry for Social Solidarity, Kaikoli, Dili. PM Xanana said the press should not hide the failings of government, but they should confirm information before publishing.Xanana said 2008 is the year of reform, and because of this there must also be reform in the professionalism of the media. "The TV, Radio report that people have died, and you just report it without going and asking about it. If we are talking about reforming society, we must also talk about reforming you," said Xanana.»
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Scholarship for Timorese journalists

CJITL – Lalenok Ba Ema Hotu (LABEH) is offering scholarships in English to Timorese journalists from print or electronic media. LABEH, an anti-corruption NGO, will offer the scholarships to journalists who want to learn English at the following levels: basic, pre-intermediate, intermediate, pre-advanced and advanced class.
Guilhermina dos Santos, the coordinator for education and capacity-building at LABEH, told CJITL Online that LABEH had previously provided English course scholarships to 8 journalists from STL, Timor Post, TVTL, Radio Klibur, Diário Naçional and RTK.
This is a continuation of that program.
Editors from all media outlets can recommend one of their staff members to come to LABEH for the free, three-month course. Registration will begin Jan. 21.

KOLKOS: New commission of legislation for social communication

CJITL – The Legislative Commission for Social Communication (KOLKOS) in Timor Leste was founded Aug. 3, 2007 after several months of discussion between members of the media community and legal institutions.
The commission’s purpose is to monitor and develop the laws that relate to media and press freedom and also freedom of expression in Timor-Leste.
Otélio Ote is the head of the commission, Eurico Pereira is vice-chief of the commission, and Francisco da Silva Gari is the secretary of the commission.
Otélio Ote, in an interview with online reporter of CJITL said KOLKOS is established with the intention to draft laws and advocate for the work of social communication.
KOLKOS is currently consultating with partners such as UNDP and Commission A of the National Parliament to prepare a draft of the media law.

CENJOR will train young people who want to be journalists

CJITL – Journalist Otélio Ote said he has established a center for journalism training (CENJOR) to provide basic journalism skills to Timorese people who want to be journalists.
Ote, who is also the president of the Syndicate of Journalists of Timor Leste (SJTL), told CJITL’s Online reporter that CENJOR has started its program by training 38 young men and women.
In its next session, “CENJOR will provide training about layout and also illustration,” Otélio said. Registration will begin in March, 2008.

Media watchdog report says STL, TP were threatened seriously

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.

Opportunity for Timorese journalists

CJITL –The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) is offering an award for print media from countries that belong to SEAMEO, including Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam.
SEAMEO – Australia extends application date for press award


The application date will be extended until Jan. 15.

The award will be offered for stories that report on education for sustainable development. Articles submitted should provide information about education, such as how changing environmental and social conditions relate to education and sustainable development.
The article must translated into English and sent to the SEAMEO Secretariat, Mom Luang Pin Malakul Centenary Building, 920 Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok 10110 Thailand.
Fax: +66 (0) 2381 – 2587 Email: secretariat@seameo.org // URL: www.seameo.org.
SEAMEO offers this program through the Department of Education , Science and Training in Australia and also the Australian embassy in Bangkok. Winning applicants will qualify for a three-week, paid trip to Australia and a ‘journalism internship’ with The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Australia.
The winners will also receive a “Plaque of recognition” during the 43rd SEAMEO Council Conference in Malaysia in March, 2008.

86 journalists were killed in the world during 2007

CJITL – There were 86 journalists and 20 media assistants that were killed during 2007. This is the information CJITL got from the publication of RSF. Among these numbers, there were 17 Asian journalists and 69 were from Africa, America and Europe.
Most of these journalists were killed in Iraq. There are 47 journalists that were killed in Iraq, 8 in Somalia and 6 in Pakistan.
There are also 887 journalists that were arrested and detained and 67 were kidnapped and 1511 journalists around the world were threatened and attacked psychologically.
Year
Number of journalists that were killed
2002
25
2003
40
2004
62
2005
64
2006
85
2007
86