Jakarta – Human rights activists have criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration for its poor achievement in resolving human…

Slamet Susanto and Apriadi Gunawan, Yogyakarta/Medan – Representatives of Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah, the Indonesian Governmental Science Lecturers…

AHRC-OLT-016-2012

The Honourable Hatta Ali
Chief Justice of the Indonesian Supreme Court
Jl. Medan Merdeka Utara No. 9-13
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Lenny Tristia Tambun & Arientha Primanita – Hundreds of hard-line Muslims continued their rhetoric against Jakarta's Christian deputy governor…

Yogyakarta – Sultan Hamengku Buwono X and Sri (duke) Paku Alam IX were sworn in by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday as…

Farouk Arnaz & John Lory – Twin explosions rocked the restive district of Poso, Central Sulawesi, on Tuesday as the region's ongoing sectarian…

Jakarta – As the world celebrates "World Day against the Death Penalty" on Wednesday, a coalition of human rights groups has urged the government…

Raras Cahyafitri, Tokyo – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has once again cut its estimate of Indonesia's economic growth as the global…

Firdha Novialita – Activists have urged a government minister who previously appeared to express sympathy with those involved in the 1965 purge of…

A Joint Statement by KontraS, LBH Masyarakat, LeIP, YLBHI, Imparsial, LBH Jakarta, Mappi and the Asian Human Rights Commission

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Jakarta – The General Election Commission (KPU) announced on Monday that none of political parties that had registered with the…

B. Herry-Priyono, Jakarta – The biggest prize in Jakarta politics has been captured by the charm of sheer ordinariness. The reason for this spell…

Whatever criticism, including this editorial, is directed toward the National Police, it cannot harm the credibility of the country's central law…

Farah Wardani – I love movies about villains. For me, they are more interesting than films about heroes or saints, because they offer more…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government has decided on the heels of last week's labor protests to impose tighter restrictions on the employment…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Analysts have warned that the controversial bill on national security in its present form, once endorsed, could be…

This year's Ubud Writers and Readers Festival celebrated the works of Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer, with his book "Bumi Manusia" ("This…

Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) staged a protest in front of Jakarta City Council on Tuesday, rejecting the current…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives will continue with the plan to revise the Law No.30/2002 on the…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Monday in major cities across the country to stage protests aimed at…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono gave his utmost support to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and…

Amahl S. Azwar, Jakarta – Mining companies that have sacked their workers to reduce costs without prior discussion with the government would face…

Camelia Pasandaran – A Depok junior high school expelled a 14-year-old girl on Monday who was recently kidnapped and raped by an angkot driver,…

A specialist in Papua affairs says Indonesian lawmakers are displaying inconsistent approaches to the ongoing security problem in…

Jakarta – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, Jakarta's governor-elect has topped a list of young potential candidates for the 2014 presidential election,…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) has urged the Tangerang Police to drop the investigation against Omih, 28, a shoe worker…

Rabby Pramudatama, Bagus BT Saragih and Rendi A. Witular, Reportage – When President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono did not immediately respond to the…

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Support for the efforts to eradicate corruption is continuing to pour in from people in various professions: from…

Rabby Pramudatama, Bagus BT Saragih and Rendi A. Witular – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Comr. Novel Baswedan is likely to…

Rendi A. Witular and Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – The most recent attempt by the police to storm the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK)…

The latest in a long series of showdowns between the police and the KPK began late on Friday, when dozens of police officers tried to enter the…

Bali – Ten years after terrorist attacks at two Bali nightclubs killed more than 200 people, mostly foreign tourists, Indonesia has won…

Efforts by the local government to quell violence against Shiites have hit a standstill in Sampang, leaving nearly 200 Shiite Muslims…

Michael Vatikiotis – Modern Indonesian history is a long tableau of violent struggle, first for freedom, then for power and, over much of the past…

David Beniuk – East Timor's former president Jose Ramos-Horta has dismissed what he says are Australian suggestions that his country is growing…

Paul Cleary – For most of its history, East Timor has been justified in blaming foreign powers for its woes. But now, with oil revenue flooding…

Jakarta – Deputy Education and Culture Minister for Culture Wiendu Nuryanti is lambasting the nation's film industry for making horror…

The presidential election is still far away, but at least five military generals – mostly retired but still influential – have come forward as…

Semarang – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono remains silent after the latest showdown between the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the…

Jakarta – Hundreds of people held a peaceful rally in Jakarta on Sunday, calling for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to prove his commitment to…

Michael Bachelard – Despite a highly professional anti-terrorism police unit, Indonesia is still home to some dangerous nurseries of radicalism.…

Jakarta – Workers of shoe factory PT Panarub Dwikarya marched to the Tangerang Women's Penitentiary on Friday, demanding the release…

Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam said on Saturday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would wait until he received a direct report from…

Jakarta – The National Police have dispatched a platoon of officers to the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) headquarters…

Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday enacted two key laws deemed vital for the nation's military as the Armed Forces…

The congregation of the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Yasmin in Bogor, West Java is still being forced to worship in a haphazard fashion and…

Firdha Novialita – The representative of a Bogor church whose congregation has been blocked from attending services has lambasted the national…

Farouk Arnaz – Indonesia's infamous firebrand cleric and convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Bashir has been transferred to the high-security prison…

Jakarta – In a controversial move, tens of police officers, dressed in uniforms and civilians' outfits, stormed the office of the Corruption…

Jakarta – Police officers tried to enter the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) late on Friday in an attempt to arrest an investigator of the…