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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">From: "Warren L. Wright BA
LLB " <wwright1961@gmail.com><br>
Subject: ETLJ New Article on Defamation<br><br>
<a href="http://www.eastimorlawjournal.org/ARTICLES/2009/Defamation_in_Timor_Leste_A_Crime_or_Not.html">
2009 ETLJ 4 Defamation - a Crime or Not in Timor-Leste? A Legal
Analysis</a><br><br>
Extract: Defamation was confirmed as a criminal offence in Timor Leste in
2003 in the case of a non-national versus Suara Timor Lorosa’e (a leading
daily newspaper) where the court decided in favor of the non national. As
a consequence, STL had to pay a lot of money to that person. This issue
was also debated when the previous government tried to criminalise
defamation through a draft of a new Penal Code that up to this day
continues to be a “draft” waiting to be approved in the coming months. At
that time everybody, civil societies, academics, Catholic Church and some
international organisations did not agree with the plan of the previous
government to criminalize defamation. That is why the President of the
Republic (current Prime minister) invited everybody including the Judges
of the Court of Appeal to an open discussion or debate on Televizaun
Timor Leste (TVTL) and as a result the draft Penal Code is still pending
(Thank God!).<br><br>
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Sincerely,<br><br>
Publisher <br>
<a href="http://www.eastimorlawjournal.org">East Timor Law
Journal</a><br><br>
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