Suara Timor Lorosae

Suara Timor Lorosae (English: The Voice of East Timor, abbreviated as STL) is a daily newspaper published in Dili, East Timor. It is the first and oldest newspaper in East Timor. The current publication is the continuation of Suara Timor Timur,[1] which ceased publication in 1999.

Suara Timor Lorosae
Mata dalan ba sociedade livre
(Guiding for the free society)
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)STL Corporation
FoundedFebruary 1, 1993 (1993-02-01)
LanguageTetum
Ceased publicationSeptember 4, 1999 (1999-09-04)
RelaunchedJuly 31, 2000 (2000-07-31)
HeadquartersDili, East Timor
CountryEast Timor
Websitestlnews.co

History

Suara Timor Lorosae was first published as Suara Timor Timur (an Indonesian name with the same translation as above), a daily newspaper in the former Indonesian province of East Timor. It was first published on 1 February 1993, at the same date of Xanana Gusmão first day of trial in Dili district court. The paper's coverage on Xanana Gusmão's trial has mentioned in the report of United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the United Nations General Assembly. The original motto was Persatuan dan Pembangunan (Unity and Development), later changed to Menyuarakan Kebenaran dan Keadilan (Voicing the Truth and Justice).[2]

Suara Timor Timur published its last edition on 3 September 1999 and fully stopped its publication a day later due to the massive looting, destruction and burning by the Indonesian military-backed militias following the independence referendum. Consequently, all facilities of the newspaper such as building, printing machines and thousands of tons of newsprint were totally destroyed and burnt down.[2]

The newspaper was revived on 25 May 2000, this time as Suara Timor Lorosae. It was decided to keep the word Suara, which is the Indonesian word for "voice", as Suara Timor Timur was well known and part of history of the rebirth paper. The main name differences is the word Timur (in Indonesian) is changed to Lorosae (in Tetum), both means "east", and the words A Voz de (Portuguese for "voice") above the word Suara, thus the name can also be read as A Voz de Timor Lorosae with the same meaning.[2]

References
  1. "Media TL". Embassy of Indonesia in East Timor. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  2. "STL Profile". STLNEWS. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
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