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With pope’s visit, Timor-Leste must shine a light on its democratic ideals – not intolerance for dissent

By Michael Rose, Honorary Lecturer, University of Adelaide
Ivo Mateus Goncalves da Cruz Fernandes, PhD scholar, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University

Timor-Leste is proud of being rated as the strongest democracy in Southeast Asia, but as it prepares to receive Pope Francis, tensions between activists and the authorities are rising.

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