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Peter Murphy
Peter Murphy has had a distinguished career as a lawyer, advocate and judge. Having retired after 10 years as a justice of the Family Court, Peter has returned to his early love, journalism.
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Timor-Leste: Gusmão government reverts to Tasi Mane petroleum project
Despite the adoption in early May this year of a new development plan by the last Timorese government, incoming Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão has declared that his government will implement the Strategic Development Plan adopted when he was Prime Minister in 2011. His calls for unity ring very hollow when he ignores the serious work Continue reading »
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Timor-Leste shaping up for legislative elections
The Timor-Leste March 2022 Presidential elections gave a resounding win in the second round to Nobel Laureate Jose Ramos Horta, and this provided leverage for Xanana Gusmão in his efforts to wrest back the executive power he apologetically relinquished in February 2015. Continue reading »
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Covid diagnosis delays intellectually disabled man’s execution — again
Diagnosed with COVID-19, a man on death row in Singapore has been given another stay of execution, allowing international outcry to grow louder. Continue reading »
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Singapore hanging would be ‘tantamount to executing a child’
An intellectually disabled man on death row in Singapore has won another short reprieve, but the global campaign to save him is growing. Continue reading »