Gostu ne’ebé Taka Néon

Nia forsa seidauk rekopera. Isin ne’ebé kolen obriga nia atu latan netik iha kama leten. Nia dada is ho todan koko atu tahan fuan ne’ebé hahú moras. Nia obriga taka­matan koko atu dukur.

Ninia esforsu obriga matan atu dukur derrepente lakon. Isin ida ne’ebé nia koñese moos hakbesik an ba nia hodi latan iha nia sorin. Bolu de’it Ade (la’os naran loos) ho nakar hasai maneira oioin hodi bele dada interese husi Ani (la’os naran loos).

“Hmmm.. Ahh..,” ho nervozu uitoan Ani hasai Ade nia liman ‘nakar’ ne’ebé kaer hela nia isin. La interese ho reasaun ne’e, Ade kontinua ninia asaun ho maka’as liu tan.

Ho nervozu, Ani hahú hadeer no hakarak atu hakat sai. Reasaun ne’e dada Ade nia emosaun. Ho nervozu ne’ebé domina ona fuan, Ade hahú tuku Ani nia kabas no ulun, tebe iha ain no foti susu­been hodi fakar ba Ani nia isin ­lolon.

Posibilidade STAE Aumenta Sentru Votasaun iha Koreia Súl

DILI: Eleisaun lejizlativu ne'ebé tuir planu atu hala’o iha fulan_Jullu nia laran, iha posibilidade Sekretaria Tékniku Administrasaun Eleitorál (STAE) sei aumenta sentru votasaun iha Koreia Sul, tanba fatin ne’e traballadór timoroan barak.

“Iha tempu badak sei hato'o ba iha Konsellu Ministru atu aumenta tan sentru votasaun iha Koreia Súl, tanba traballadór barak iha ne’ebá”, dehan Diretór Jerál STAE, Acilino Manuel Branco, iha edifísiu STAE, Kaikoli, horisehik.

Nia dehan, iha Austrália no Inglaterra mós posivel atu sei aumenta tan sentru votasaun, maibé ne’e foin mak identifikasaun tanba fatin sira ne’e mak timoroan sira barak.

Tanba, fatin ne’ebé iha embaixada ka konsuladu ho timoroan mínimu 50 bele loke sentru votasaun ida.

Maski nune’e, atu estabelese duni, tenke haree mós ba iha kritériu sira ne'ebé iha lei nú 2 kona­ba resenseamentu eleitorál nian.

Acilino dehan, atualizasaun iha rai li'ur oras ne’e daudaun hala'o hela, ne’ebé prevé ba loron sábadu no domingu tanba husi segunda to’o sesta ema okupadu ho servisu.

Entretantu, resenseamentu iha li'ur ne’e Ministériu Negósiu Estranjeiru no Kooperasaun (MNEK) nia konta, maibé tenke iha delegadu husi STAE.

Antes ne'e, iha eleisaun prezidensiál STAE loke ona sentru votasaun tolu iha estranjeiru, rua iha Austrália no ida iha Portugal.

Ligia Noronha | Independente | Foto: Sentru votasaun

LEE LIU IHA INDEPENDENTE

Timor-Leste hakarak banku dezenvolvimentu luzófonu nian

Ministru ba Planeamentu no Investimentu Estratéjiku Timor-Leste nian, Xanana Gusmão, hatete iha loron-sesta ne'e katak nasaun apoia kriasaun hosi banku ida investimentu nian dedikadu ba nasaun luzófonu sira.

"Ami investe [iha dezenvolvimentu ekonómiku hosi nasaun sira ho expresaun portugeza], hodi fasilita abertura hosi banku internasional ida, iha Timor-Leste, ne'ebé sei permiti iha ajénsia sira iha nasaun balun no fasilita kréditu sira", governante timoroan ne'e hatete ba Rádio ONU.

Xanana Gusmão subiña ona katak koperasaun ekonómiku entre nasaun sira CPLP nian "la'ós hanesan problema fásil ida, hanesan problema kompleksu ida, tanba kolokasaun hosi nasaun ida-idak iha rejiaun sira ne'ebé la hanesan", maibé katak banku ida bele fasilita serbisu ne'e.

ONU: Ema biliaun rua uza bee-moos ne'ebé kontaminadu ho feze

Organizasaun Mundial Saúde (OMS) informa iha loron-kinta ne'e katak kuaze ema biliaun rua maka sei uza bee-moos ne'ebé kontaminadu ho feze.

"Iha ohin loron, kuaze ema biliaun rua maka uza fonte bee-moos ida ne'ebé kontaminadu ho feze, nune'e halo sira bele hasoru moras kólera, disentria, tifóide no pólio", hatete hosi diretora departamentu saúde públiku OMS nian, Maria Neira.

"Ami kalkula katak bee-moos ne'ebé kontaminadu halo ema na'in 500.000 resin mate, tinan-tinan, tanba diareia", nia afirma liuhosi komunikadu.

Iha tinan 2015, nasaun sira elabora ona, iha kuadru ONU nian, lista ida hosi objetivu dezenvolvimentu sustentável hamutuk 17 ba tinan 2030. Objetivu ida maka garanti asesu hosi ema tomak ba bee no saneamentu no garanti jestaun sustentável ida hosi rekursu hídriku sira.

UNICEF: Krizi finanseiru 2007 nian halo aumenta pobreza infantil iha tersu rua

Krizi finanseiru no ekonómiku ne'ebé hamosu falénsia hosi Lehman Brothers iha tinan 2007 halo aumentu ida iha pobreza infantil iha Europa iha 2/3, haktuir hosi relatóriu ida Unicef nian ne'ebé fó sai iha loron-kinta ne'e.

Aumentu ne'e iha dékada ikus nia laran sai hanesan aas hosi 15% iha Xipre, iha Islándia no iha Grésia no entre 7% no 9% iha Hungria, Itália ho España.

Estudu "Children of Austerity: impact of the great recession on child poverty in rich countries", hosi responsabilidade Sentru Investigasaun - Innocenti hosi UNICEF, kolabora hamutuk ho instituisaun 16 investigasaun internasional sira, hatudu efeitu sira hosi krizi no resposta polítika sira hosi governu sira iha labarik sira iha nasaun sira ne'ebé iha rendimentu aas.

Estudu aprezenta perspetivu ida komparativu iha nasaun 41 hosi OCDE no hosi UE no análize detalladu ida kona-ba nasaun 11.

What’s Wrong With Gay Rights in Indonesia and ASEAN?

A recent incident exposes the country’s – and the region’s – lingering challenges on this front.

By Luke Hunt* | April 14, 2017

Two “alleged gay men” have become the focus of international attention after being arrested in the semi-autonomous Aceh province in Muslim-majority Indonesia where controversial new Islamic bylaws are being enforced. The immediate focus of the incident is the inhumanity of the fact that the two face 100 lashes for being gay. But the incident also highlights what is wrong with LGBT rights and tolerance more generally – both in Indonesia and in some of its other Southeast Asian neighbors as well.

The men, aged 20 and 24, were apparently caught in the act in the privacy of a home amid a raid by vigilantes, and a citizen’s arrest followed. A widely-circulated video shows a distressed man speaking into a mobile phone: “Brother, please, help me, help me. We are caught.” He went on to plead for his parents’ intervention.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for their immediate release, rightly claiming the lash is a form of torture and should not be used.

“The arrest and detention of these two men underscores the abuse imbedded in Aceh’s discriminatory, anti-LGBT ordinances,” said Phelim Kine, deputy Asia division director at HRW.

“These men had their privacy invaded in a frightening and humiliating manner and now face public torture for the ‘crime’ of their alleged sexual orientation.”

He added that Aceh’s parliament had gradually adopted sharia-inspired ordinances that criminalize non-hijab-wearing women, drinking alcohol, gambling, and extramarital sexual relations, which can be enforced against non-Muslims.

HRW added Aceh’s sharia police have previously detained lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

In October 2015, two women aged 18 and 19 were arrested by sharia police on suspicion of being lesbians because they embraced in public. They were detained for three nights at a Sharia police facility in Banda Aceh. Sharia police repeatedly attempted to compel the two women to identify other suspected LGBT people in Aceh by showing them photographs of individuals taken from social media accounts, HRW said.

Though the two men in the recent controversy were detained under a local ordinance in Aceh and the province has its own special circumstances – it is the only one of Indonesia’s 34 provinces that can legally adopt bylaws derived from sharia – rights groups have rightly taken the government of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to task for not acting on the president’s rhetoric about taking action against intolerance towards LGBT people. This reveals the folly of characterizing Indonesia’s troubling record on LGBT rights as being purely an Aceh or fringe problem.

A Constitutional Court ruling this week also held that the central government can no longer repeal local sharia ordinances, thereby further restricting its ability to scrap laws that violate LGBT rights. It has been viewed as just the latest in a string of incidents indicating a rising tide of intolerance in Indonesia.

Indonesia is not alone when it comes to such cases. Southeast Asia has a mixed record when it comes to LGBT rights. In Vietnam, the communist one-party state has been applauded for its attitudes to LGBT and that includes gay marriage. But in Malaysia, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is languishing in jail after being convicted of homosexual acts with a consenting adult. His supporters claim the charges were trumped-up after he won the popular vote over Prime Minister Najib Razak at elections in 2013.

The sharp, often extraordinary differences within ASEAN were highlighted by The Diplomat five years ago when an atheist in Indonesia was arrested for not believing in god – yes it is a crime – while in Vietnam people were locked-up at the same time for – believing in god.

In Indonesia, atheism – little more than a personal opinion – carries a five year jail term. Similar creeping Islamization has been seen in other places in Southeast Asia as well, most notably in Malaysia and Brunei, the two other Muslim-majority countries in Southeast Asia.

Indonesia has previously imposed sentences of 100 lashes on adulterers. But this was understood to be the first time it has been used to enforce laws regarding homosexual crimes.

As ASEAN turns 50 this year, the self-platitudes and the “celebration of remarkable milestones” have been many. It’s a great pity that tolerance, understanding, and respect for human differences – both in Southeast Asia’s largest country and in other neighboring states as well – are too often not among them.

* The Diplomat | Luke Hunt can be followed on Twitter @lukeanthonyhunt - Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons

China: Military force won't halt North Korea threat

US put North Korea on notice it won't tolerate any provocation, while Pyongyang threatened a nuclear strike in response.

Military force cannot resolve tension over North Korea, China said on Thursday, while an influential Chinese newspaper urged the North to halt its nuclear programme in exchange for Chinese protection.

With a US aircraft carrier group steaming to the area and tension rising, South Korea said it believed the United States would consult it before any preemptive strike against the North.

Fears have been growing that the reclusive North could soon conduct its sixth nuclear test or more missile launches in defiance of UN sanctions and stark warnings from the United States that a policy of patience was over.

China, North Korea's sole major ally and benefactor, which nevertheless opposes its weapons programme, has called for talks leading to a peaceful resolution and the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

"Military force cannot resolve the issue," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters in Beijing. "Amid challenge there is opportunity. Amid tensions we will also find a kind of opportunity to return to talks."

While US President Donald Trump has put North Korea on notice that he would not tolerate any provocation, US officials have said his administration was focusing its strategy on tougher economic sanctions.

Trump has, however, diverted the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group towards the Korean peninsula, which could take more than a week to arrive.

Wang warned that history would hold any instigator to account.

"Whoever provokes the situation, whoever continues to make trouble in this place, they will have to assume historical responsibility," Wang said.

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se told parliament in Seoul he believed Washington would consult Seoul if it was considering a preemptive strike. The United States has about 28,500 troops in South Korea.

A Washington-based think-tank that monitors North Korea, 38 North, said satellite images on Wednesday showed activity around the North's Punggye-ri nuclear test site on the east coast that indicated it was ready for a new test.

South Korean officials said there were no new signs to indicate a test was more likely, although they also said the North appeared ready to conduct a test at any time.

An influential state-backed Chinese newspaper said the best option for North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong-un, was to give up its nuclear programme, and China would protect it if it did.

"As soon as North Korea complies with China's declared advice and suspends nuclear activities ... China will actively work to protect the security of a denuclearised North Korean nation and regime," said an editorial in the Global Times, which is published by the Communist party's People's Daily.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe underscored fears about threats from North Korea, telling parliament in Tokyo that Pyongyang could have the capacity to deliver missiles equipped with sarin nerve gas.

A senior Japanese diplomat said the United States was putting "maximum pressure" on North Korea to resolve issues peacefully, while putting responsibility on China to sway its old ally.

"We will watch what action China takes," the diplomat said.

While Japan did not see a high risk of military action, it expected to be consulted by the United States if it decided to attack. North Korea has about 350 missiles that can hit Japan.

On Tuesday, North Korea warned of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression. The North is technically at war with the United States and South Korea after the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce and not a peace treaty.

The North regularly threatens to destroy both countries.

Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by telephone on Wednesday, just days after they met in the United States for the first time, underscoring the sense of urgency about North Korea.

Trump said on Twitter his call with Xi was a "very good" discussion of the "menace of North Korea". He said later on Wednesday the United States was prepared to tackle the crisis without China, if necessary.

Aljazeera | Source: Reuters news agency – Photo: Sailors conduct flight operations on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on April 8 [Matt Brown/US Navy via AP]