Vita A.D. Busyra, Jakarta – The allegation that a retired police general and his wife held 16 domestic workers in captivity and tortured them in…

Paulina Quintao – The majority of female workers in the private sector do not claim their full maternity leave entitlements due to a fear of…

Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Amidst controversy surrounding rumors of her resignation, Surabaya mayor Tri Rismaharini rose as another potential…

Berni Moestafa & Novrida Manurung, Jakarta – Indonesia officials stepped up warnings of corruption ahead of elections this year, as the anti-…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The National Intelligence Agency (BIN) has said that it was spying on radical, separatist and terror groups as…

Yoseph Kellen – The Kupang immigration office in East Nusa Tenggara has prepared 5,000 square meters of land on the island of Sumba as a temporary…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives passed a draft bill on the ratification of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention into a law in a…

Jakarta – Authorities of Silawan village in East Tasifeto, Belu regency, East Nusa Tenggara, which lies on the Indonesian border with Timor Leste…

AHRC-UAC-022-2014

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Padang Legal Aid…

Attorney-General George Brandis has again defended security service raids on Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery who was helping East…

David Winning, Sydney – For nearly a decade, East Timor has relied on revenue from a huge natural-gas field to rebuild after the country's war of…

By Ian Wilson

Executive summary

Jakarta – Some 20,000 people have reported respiratory illnesses in Riau as forest fires and the resulting haze continued to worsen on Monday, the…

Jakarta – Systemic police violence has been highlighted after an assault on the vocalist of a popular band in Bandung, who received at least 20…

Tomy Winata – In response to an article published on the Jakarta Globe's website on Feb. 21, with the headline "More Outcry Over Papua Cop's Light…

Jayapura – Three police officers have been arrested for stealing cable belonging to gold and copper mining company PT Freeport…

Jakarta – The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry said on Friday that the moratorium on Indonesian migrant workers seeking employment in Saudi…

Noviani Setuningsih & Edi Siprianus Hardum, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission has slammed the House of the Representatives for…

Claims that Australia spied on East Timorese negotiators during oil and gas treaty talks in 2004 are at the centre of a legal row that could throw…

The newly-passed Village Law is expected to bring change to the grassroots level, after being neglected for years under the New Order regime, a…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives has ignored the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) demands to drop…

Jakarta – Graft activists have questioned the government's corruption eradication strategies following the ongoing deliberation of the…

Ezra Sihite & Hendro Situmorang – A legislator has demanded that the government retake control of foreign-owned stakes in the country's…

Jakarta – Bali is to strengthen its Planned Generation (GenRe) project by establishing teen- and student-counseling information centers (PIK-R/M)…

Jakarta – A new public opinion poll has found that Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's electability rating is sliding while that of his…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – The Bogor Legal Aid Institute (LBH Bogor Raya) has recommended that the case involving the alleged physical abuse and…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) has pulled two television shows off the air amid complaints that the programs clearly…

Rights groups have criticised an agreement between Indonesia and Saudi Arabia aimed at giving Indonesian maids more protection in the kingdom,…

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesia posted slower growth in its total foreign debts – in both the public and private sectors – throughout 2013…

Jakarta – In response to the recent police investigation into a domestic abuse case in Bogor, West Java, the Women's Institute Foundation has…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has reiterated its demand for Australia to stop its border operation crackdown on boat…

Ansyor Idrus, Palembang – Certain residents in Talang Kelapa subdistrict, Alang-alang Lebar district in Palembang, South Sumatra, were up in arms…

Tony Ng, Jakarta – The United States plans to help modernize Indonesia's military, including provisions for training and equipment, amid…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – The Bogor City Police are investigating a domestic abuse case involving the wife of a retired police general who allegedly…

Jayapura – Even though mostly regions in Papua have lack of teachers, the Head of Education and Teaching Department of Paniai regency…

Jeis Montesori, Jakarta – Judicial Commission chairman Suparman Marzuki has promised to investigate a suspiciously lenient sentence handed by a…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) revealed on Thursday that Jakarta Governor…

Index: ASA 21/006/2014

The Indonesian authorities must proceed with a prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigation into…

Simon Roughneen – A proposed new media code in Timor-Leste is raising hackles among the country's press, who see an attempt to impose curbs on…

Paulina Quintao – According to research by the Alola Foundation (FA), many female laborers in urban and rural areas are unaware of labor laws…

ALRC-CWS-25-05-2014

Human Rights Council
Twenty fifth session, Agenda Item 3, General Debate

A joint written submission to…

From KNPB and West Papua Media sources in Jayapura – A cultural parade organised by university students in Jayapura was blockaded and then…

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The governments of Indonesia and Saudi Arabia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide better working…

Jakarta – Secretary-general of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Tjahjo Kumolo denied on Wednesday that there was…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Democratic Party's (PD) presidential convention seems to be going nowhere with a senior party member admitting the…

The Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing was projected on the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. Thursday in an action by the…

Jakarta – Indonesia's justice minister has played down a set of recommendations drawn up by the Corruption Eradication Commission in response to…

Paulina Quintao – The recent spread of HIV/AIDS poses a big threat to the entire population of Timor-Leste. Member of National…

East Manggarai – Hundreds of residents of Elar, Sambirampas and Lambaleda districts demonstrated in front of the East Manggarai…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A minister has threatened to punish Indonesian telecommunications companies if found to be complicit in…