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East Timor: Women's Network Continues Protest

Written byJanet Gunter

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Posted 10 August 2012 9:15 GMT

Rede Feto (Women's Network) continues to protest the rejection of a woman candidate for Minister of Defense (our coverage), posting photos of women in East Timor's armed resistance on its Facebook profile and a “Declaration of Women Prisoners and Clandestine Fighters” demanding an explanation the rejection.

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