Jakarta – After sentencing whistle-blower and politician Agus Condro to 15 months in prison, Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday sentenced three…

Siami, the woman who reported systemic cheating at a Surabaya elementary school, attended a meeting via video conference with NGOs on…

Nethy Dharma Somba – West Papua Governor Abraham O Atururi swore in the new board members of the province's Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) on…

Indonesia has often failed to successfully prosecute crimes targeting religious minorities, exacerbating a culture of violent persecution. The…

June 16, 2011

Prof. Dr. Eman Suparman
Chairman
Judiciary Commission of the Republic of Indonesia
Jl. Kramat Raya 57
Jakarta
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Cheating is rampant in our school system. Not a year goes by without incidents of wrongdoing during the national examinations making headlines.…

Anita Rachman – New evidence has been uncovered in the long-running probe into the Bank Century bailout, antigraft investigators announced on…

Abu Bakar Bashir is regarded as a spiritual leader of militant Islam in Indonesia and is a vocal supporter of Al Qaeda-style jihad, but the 72-…

The country's path to becoming a full-fledged democracy is at stake. An inquiry into an allegedly forged document that affected the outcome of one…

Erik Meijaard – In December 2007, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched Indonesia's orangutan conservation strategy and action plan, which…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – A coalition of civil society groups has blasted the commitments made at the World Economic Forum as favoring foreign…

Anita Rachman & Ulma Haryanto – The government and House of Representatives have agreed to a set of amendments that would effectively limit…

Armando Siahaan – Sometimes we applaud the police. Sometimes we criticize their actions. And sometimes we just have no idea what they were…

Yohanes Sulaiman – The debate on the legacy of Suharto and the New Order began immediately after his fall in May 1998.

Many people, notably…

Camelia Pasandaran – Witnesses for a former deputy gubernatorial candidate in Papua told the Constitutional Court on Tuesday that his…

Stephen Schaber – Aceh will hold its second post-conflict election in November and, according to the International Crisis Group, it will be…

Is Indonesia a nation that abides by the rule of law? Do its elected officials respect the law and govern in accordance with the edicts of the…

Jakarta – Khoirul Anam of the Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (Kasum) said the purportedly new evidence brought to court by Pollycarpus and…

Elisabeth Oktofani – Talk of the 2014 elections has been heating up over the past few months, but most of the country's Muslim youth don't seem to…

Arientha Primanita – A group of public figures identifying themselves as supporters of Sri Mulyani Indrawati are seeking to have a controversial…

Anita Rachman – The number of parties in the House of Representatives should be capped at five, according to a proponent of a measure designed to…

With a Hollywood movie ban already in place, the Film Censorship Board is taking aim at the current mainstay of Indonesian cinema –…

Jakarta/Brussels – Five years after the first post-conflict elections in Aceh brought former guerrillas of the Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh…

Ismira Lutfia – Backed by prominent lawyers, animal lovers and rights groups on Tuesday demanded the government respond to recent cases of abuse…

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Dozens of students from Jaringan Mahasiswa Peduli Tangerang (Jampat) staged a rally at Tangerang General Hospital (RSUD…

Farouk Arnaz – The death of a suspected militant while in the hands of police has added to concerns about torture and ill-treatment by the country…

Ulma Haryanto – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center said on Wednesday that it had detected thousands of "suspicious transactions…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government and civil society have placed their hopes in the public to help eradicate corruption following a…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Political analysts say the Democratic Party needs a breakthrough to halt its recent popularity slide triggered by…

East Timor's Council of Ministers has approved revisions to the Petroleum Fund Law that will see one of the smallest countries in the world move…

Jakarta – Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (Kasum) members expressed disappointment after a meeting between the Central Jakarta…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Three prominent civil society groups opposed the recent World Economic Forum on East Asia today, saying it would bring more…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A senior Democratic Party official conceded on Monday that allegations of graft surrounding former treasurer Muhammad…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Rizky Amelia – Two former lawmakers accused of taking bribes in the selection of Miranda Goeltom to a senior post…

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – Golkar Party legislator Ade Komarudin denied allegations that his party fabricated a recent survey that…

Index: ASA 21/012/2011

Amnesty International calls today for the immediate and unconditional release of seven prisoners of conscience…

Lauren Zumbach – Although young Indonesian Muslims are models of some traditional Islamic practices, they are less strict in their…

Camelia Pasandaran – The Supreme Court has demanded the Bogor administration comply with its order to allow the GKI Yasmin church to reopen.

Semarang, Indonesia – An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced a cleric one year in jail for inciting hundreds of people to burn churches and…

Jakarta – A number of teachers launched on Tuesday a new association called the Indonesian Civic Teachers Association (IGCI), amid…

Nurfika Osman – A worrying rise in sectarian and religious conflicts around the country could be traced back to the poor implementation of civic…

Luh De Suriyani, Denpasar – Dozens of National Education University (Undiknas) students have called on the public and the local government to end…

AWPA has written to the Pacific Islands Forum leaders urging them to discuss the human rights situation in West Papua at their summit in Auckland…

Ismira Lutfia – The government says that at a market-based wage for Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia accommodates the interests of all…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Human rights watchdog Imparsial said Lt. Gen. Pramono Edhie Wibowo, the President's brother-in-law, touted as a potential…

Jakarta – Tourism and Culture Minister Jero Wacik has announced that the government will increase a tax on foreign film imports by 100…

Farouk Arnaz – Counterterrorism police have arrested 16 suspects involved in different terror plots, including a plan to carry out a…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – The food estate policy that has encouraged foreign investment in agriculture may not prevent potential food crises…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The National Police said Saturday the force could continue investigating 14 timber companies operating in Riau…

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The much-criticized bill on Yogyakarta's status will regulate the royal household's ownership of…