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July 14, 2011
Amnesty International Urgent Action - July 14, 2011
Jakarta Post - July 14, 2011
Jayapura – Five soldiers were wounded in a gunfight with a group of armed people in Puncak Jaya, Papua, on Tuesday.
The five,…
Jakarta Post Editorial - July 14, 2011
The bigger they are, the harder they fall. The free-for-all politics of Indonesia over the last decade has taught us a valuable lesson well known…
Jakarta Globe - July 14, 2011
Disgraced Prosperous Justice Party lawmaker Muhammad Misbakhun was spotted enjoying a day out of prison at a mall in South Jakarta on Wednesday.…
Jakarta Globe - July 14, 2011
Jakarta/Brussels – Indonesia should put the passage of a controversial intelligence bill on hold until there is a more comprehensive assessment of…
Jakarta Globe - July 14, 2011
Dessy Sagita – Almost 100 members of a Jakarta-based vigilante organization staged a noisy rally outside the Indonesian headquarters of Greenpeace…
Jakarta Post - July 14, 2011
Ina Parlina, Jakarta – More people were implicated in graft allegations on Wednesday after the first hearing of the Southeast Asian Games bribery…
July 14, 2011
In recent weeks, highly regarded West Papuan non-governmental and religious organizations which promote respect for human rights have spoken out…
Jakarta Post - July 14, 2011
Andreas D. Arditya, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo says he is planning to stop issuing permits for new shopping malls and commercial…
Jakarta Globe Editorial - July 14, 2011
Among the many reforms Indonesia instituted after 1998, the resolution to downsize a bloated bureaucracy and make government more efficient stands…
Jakarta Post - July 14, 2011
Jakarta – Small political parties met the leaders of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, demanding major political parties keep the…
Jakarta Post - July 14, 2011
Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Election Law will see major changes after a legislative committee, established to probe alleged election fraud in…
Jakarta Post - July 14, 2011
Jakarta – Amid public pressure to enact the Social Insurers bill (BPJS), the government says the nation lacks the infrastructure to implement…
Associated Press - July 14, 2011
Niniek Karmini and Stephen Wright, Sukabumi, Indonesia – Workers making Converse sneakers in Indonesia say supervisors throw shoes at them, slap…
July 13, 2011
Jakarta Post - July 13, 2011
Jakarta – A group of environmental NGOs say they will ask the State Administrative Court in Jakarta to overturn the government's decision to…
Amnesty International - July 13, 2011
Ref: TG ASA 21/2011.029. Index: ASA 21/020/2011
Inspector General Untung Suharsono Radjab
Head of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police…
Jakarta Globe - July 13, 2011
Febriamy Hutapea – The Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force said on Tuesday that it had found irregularities in the prosecution of a boy on trial…
Jakarta Globe - July 13, 2011
Farouk Arnaz & Fitri R. – Security forces besieging a radical Islamic boarding school in eastern Indonesia have opened fire on student…
Jakarta Post - July 13, 2011
Irawaty Wardani, Jakarta – An investigation into an explosion at an Islamic boarding school in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, escalated into open…
Tempo Semanal - July 13, 2011
Reliable Tempo Semanal sources said that the Chief of the East Timorese Defence Force, FALINTIL-FDTL has strongly indicated in public and in…
Jakarta Post - July 13, 2011
Bandung – Thousands of workers staged a rally in Bandung on Tuesday in protest of a city administration policy that they feared would…
Jakarta Post - July 13, 2011
Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Sidoarjo, East Java – Hundreds of mudflow disaster victims from Mindi village in Sidoarjo, East Java, staged a rally on…
Jakarta Post - July 13, 2011
Palu – The Labor Affairs Agency has criticized local companies of being reluctant to register their employees as members of Jamsostek…
Jakarta Globe - July 13, 2011
Anita Rachman – The deputy house speaker is tackling the House of Representatives chronic absentee lawmaker problem head-on. He is urging the…
Jakarta Post - July 13, 2011
Ridwan Max Sijabat and Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – The huge portion of the state budget allocated to education has been instrumental in greatly…
Jakarta Globe - July 13, 2011
Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The United Development Party announced a novel, if not desperate, plan to rejuvenate its thinning ranks on Wednesday –…
July 12, 2011
Jakarta Globe - July 12, 2011
Ismira Lutfia – In a show of solidarity with Malaysian activists calling for electoral reforms in their country, a number of Indonesian civil…
Jakarta Globe Editorial - July 12, 2011
It has been three months since President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono put his signature on a landmark immigration bill. Under the new law, foreigners…
Jakarta Globe - July 12, 2011
Ismira Lutfia – The Press Council on Tuesday questioned President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's commitment to safeguarding press freedom in Indonesia…
Jakarta Globe - July 12, 2011
Lauren Zumbach – A major military operation has been launched in West Papua following the ambush of an Indonesian military patrol last week,…
Associated Press - July 12, 2011
Alfian Kartono, Timika, Indonesia – A few clicks on the keyboard of his computer was enough to get Simon Windesi and his friends riled up about…
Jakarta Globe - July 12, 2011
Nurfika Osman – The number of young girls in the country being circumcised could increase following a Health Ministry decree on the procedure,…
International Crisis Group Media Release - July 12, 2011
Jakarta/Brussels – Indonesia should put the passage of a controversial intelligence bill on hold until there is a more comprehensive assessment of…
Asian Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal - July 12, 2011
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-121-2011
Dear friends,
Two members of 756th Wimaneseli infantry battalion of the Indonesian…
July 11, 2011
Jakarta Globe - July 11, 2011
Nivell Rayda – As the sun sets, lights are turned on one by one inside houses along Jalan Pejaten Barat Raya, a busy street in South Jakarta. One…
From the Papuan Peace Network - July 11, 2011
Declaration on peace In Papua
With thanks to Almighty God,
We, the more than 500 participants at the Papua Land of Peace…
Jakarta Post - July 11, 2011
Jakarta – More than 70 noted experts and activists issued a declaration on Sunday condemning a House bill regulating the nation's intelligence…
Jakarta Post - July 11, 2011
Jakarta – Newly appointed National Police chief detective Insp. Gen. Sutarman admits police are unable to resolve a large portion of…
Jakarta Post - July 11, 2011
Jakarta – The National Police have been dragging their feet in investigating 20 major corruption cases, a watchdog says.
…
Jakarta Globe - July 11, 2011
Prita Mulyasari has been sentenced to six months in jail, suspended for one year, after the Supreme Court controversially found her…
Jakarta Globe - July 11, 2011
Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Indonesian carrier Lion Air failed to turn up for a meeting with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on…
Asian Human Rights Commission News Release - July 11, 2011
The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) and the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urge the military to make open…
Jakarta Globe - July 11, 2011
Elisabeth Oktofani – Tangerang mother Prita Mulyasari, facing jail time after the Supreme Court found her guilty of libel, said she did not…
Jakarta Globe - July 11, 2011
Banjir Ambarita – Raja Ampat Police on Monday denied reports that legal advocate Johnson Panjaitan has been held hostage as a result…
Radio New Zealand International - July 11, 2011
There's been another call by West Papuans for dialogue with Indonesia's government towards making the Papua region peaceful.
The…
Jakarta Globe - July 11, 2011
Elisabeth Oktofani – A protest in Bogor that had been expected to turn violent remained civil on Sunday as a group of people in the mostly Muslim…
Radio New Zealand International - July 11, 2011
An official presence by Jakarta at a conference in Papua discussing peaceful solutions to the long simmering conflict in the region…
July 10, 2011
Jakarta Globe - July 10, 2011
Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Indonesia is on track to achieve its growth target in the manufacturing sector on the back of planned incentives and…
Jakarta Post - July 10, 2011
Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it will bring the libel case implicating Prita Mulyasari to the…
West Papua Media Alerts - July 10, 2011
Nick Chesterfied – Confirmed reports emerged on Sunday from Puncak Jaya, West Papua, that over 600 Indonesian Army (TNI) troops have been…