Workers at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.'s Grasberg mine in Indonesia threatened to return to strike as tensions grow following the…

Ulma Haryanto & Anita Rachman – In November 2011, the House of Representatives ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of People with…

Rizky Amelia – The number of torture cases involving state officials continues to rise and has left 10 people dead in four months, according to a…

Jakarta – Representatives of the University of Indonesia's student executive body (BEM UI) rallied at a train station near their…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Following the sudden resignation of one of its lawmakers, the Democratic Party said that it would apply a…

Jakarta – A human rights group alleged over the weekend that the National Police made widespread use of torture in their detention centers to…

Arientha Primanita – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto said on Monday that he would pray…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is urged to immediately appoint members to a dialogue team in order to intensify dialogue with stakeholders…

AHRC-OLT-011-2012

June 4, 2012

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung, West Java – Tasikmalaya, West Java, will soon require all Muslim women, residents and visitors alike, to wear veils to…

Kafil Yamin, Indramayu – Another month of plying his becak in the capital city and Sarjo will be coming back to this West Java district to harvest…

Jakarta – A recent study from one of Indonesia's rights watchdogs shows that Christians face the most religious rights violations.…

Forty-seven Afghan asylum seekers were arrested by police in Sukabumi, West Java, on Sunday as they allegedly attempted to sail to Australia's…

The human rights activist, Sebby Sambom has declared that the Indonesian government has armed a group of civilian personnel in Papua which have…

Indonesia has resumed sending maids to work in Malaysia three years after a ban was enforced because of numerous abuse cases, but fewer than a…

SP/Robertus Wardi – The government must be serious about bringing a raft of alleged human rights abuses to trial, in light of international…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Bayu Marhaenjati – As one of the state institutions subject to a ban on using subsidized fuel for its vehicles as…

Arientha Primanita & Dessy Sagita – Lady Gaga was never going to show up at Jakarta's Gelora Bung Karno stadium on Sunday. But that didn't…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Friday detained Miranda S. Goeltom after questioning the former Bank…

Arientha Primanita – An audit of government financial reports has identified hundreds of trillions of rupiah from the 2011 state budget still…

The Democratic Party has given antigraft officials until the end of next month to either name their chairman a corruption suspect or exonerate him…

Arientha Primanita, Ezra Sihite & Rahmat – Military chief Adm. Agus Suhartono denied on Wednesday that members of the Navy had deliberately…

Dessy Sagita – Indonesia's weak regulations on cigarette sales and advertising make it the last remaining haven for the international tobacco…

Development programs cannot proceed and are practically interrupted in times of conflict or violence. And dialogue, which is universally accepted…

Ezra Sihite & Farouk Arnaz – Authorities need to quickly arrest the perpetrators of a string of recent shootings in Papua, lawmakers and…

Jayapura – According to several journalists working in Serui, Yapen district in Papua, including a journalist from Bintang Papua, they had been…

Ulin Yusron & Ardi Mandiri – A high-level member of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) said on Saturday that the…

Amid rising public criticism that the police are being weak against hard-liners such as the Islamic Defenders Front, the force took action and…

Indonesian diplomacy to allay international concerns about its policy of special autonomy for the province of Papua is slowly bearing fruit,…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has come under criticism for its poor performance in…

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb and Panca Nugraha, Padang/Mataram – Journalists in three cities in the archipelago took to the streets on Thursday to protest…

Surabaya's elementary and high school students will return to school this July. Their cell phones won't.

"Having cell phones makes it…

[A Joint Statement by Kontras, SETARA Institute, Asian Human Rights Commission, International Center for Transitional Justice, Indonesian…

Tito Summa Siahaan – Indonesia has continued its slide down the economic competitiveness rankings compiled by a Swiss business school, suggesting…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – Business and banking operations as well as travel are expected to get a big boost when Indonesia switches to a single time…

Rizky Amelia – Antigraft officials have questioned several witnesses in connection to the corruption charges against Angelina Sondakh as they ramp…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Labor unions have protested at what they call "cosmetic changes" to a ministerial decree on decent living standards…

Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party was the political party with the most media coverage from January to April this year in a total of five…

Robertus Wardi – As Prabowo Subianto seeks the support of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for a presidential run in 2014, his party is…

Ezra Sihite – The commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Adm. Agus Suhartono said on Thursday that the 12 Marines who…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A joint team of military soldiers and police officers on Tuesday arrested two members of the Free Papua…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Papuan activists and scholars have called on the government to allow the use of the region's traditional symbols…

Jakarta – Human rights groups have criticized what they call the Indonesian government's complacency in dealing with rampant rights abuses.

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Intensification of Indonesian security force repression on Papuan non-violent activists and ordinary villagers is allegedly occurring across Yapen…

Loic Vennin – "I decided to experience the real Jakarta," said a tourist, stepping gingerly between puddles of putrid water and a scurrying rat in…

Pangkalpinang – Banning Lady Gaga's Jakarta concert did not go far enough to protect youth, according to a chairman of the Indonesian Council of…

The transitional government declared by the Federated Republic of West Papua organised another peaceful demonstration on May 29, with participants…

West Papua Media with local sources in Jayapura – Questions are being raised again about the willingness of the Indonesian police in Papua to…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The violence in Indonesia's easternmost province appears to be spiralling out of control after an Indonesian and a…

Indonesia is getting older. Life expectancy has climbed to nearly 70 years for Indonesian women and 65 for men, and continues to rise.

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