#Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade accused of attempted censorship of official #history of #military operations in #TimorLeste, including references to bugging the Timorese cabinet room during #oil negotiations in 2004: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/16/dfat-accused-of-attempting-to-censor-official-history-of-military-operations-in-timor-leste?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #EastTimor #TimTim #auspol #WitnessK #BernardCollaery
Dfat accused of attempting to censor official history of military operations in Timor-Leste

Exclusive: Bureaucratic process of ‘clearing’ book has dragged on for almost three years with historians arguing obstruction ‘amounts to censorship’

The Guardian
Labor shelves election promise for inquiry into prosecution of Witness K and Bernard Collaery

Plans for investigation into Timor bugging scandal have failed to transpire more than 18 months after government was elected

The Guardian
Irrepressible lawyer #BernardCollaery observes that #JulianAssange is a *hostage* and that those pursuing him must be indicted. #AusPol #BelmarshTribunal #FreeJulianAssange

Could cry about the way #Australia has treated #BernardCollaery , #WitnessK They’re the best of us, & look what happened. (Also treatment of #JulianAssange )

https://citynews.com.au/2023/why-its-time-to-pardon-and-honour-witness-k

Why it's time to pardon and honour Witness K | Canberra CityNews

“The Albanese government can now complete the circle of light by having the governor-general pardon Witness K as an exercise of the ‘prerogative of mercy’," says legal columnist HUGH SELBY.  

Canberra CityNews