Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono conveyed his government's full support for Timor Leste's intention to join the…

Ross Kelly, Sydney – Three big oil companies have met a request by East Timor to submit different development concept studies for the Greater…

Eddy Pratama, Jakarta – A former Tangerang District Court chief was found guilty on Thursday of accepting a bribe of Rp 50 million ($5,500) from…

Camelia Pasandaran & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – A team investigating allegations of bribery within the Constitutional Court to fix electoral…

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – In a damning indictment of the Indonesian public's perception of the Indonesian government, less than 4 in 10 people…

Anita Rachmanp, Jakarta – Anti-graft commissioners Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M. Hamzah may not have escaped trial on allegations of extortion…

Dion Bisarap, Jakarta – The government plans to hire independent auditors to conduct a forensic investigation into the 2008 Bank Century bailout…

Heru Andriyantop, Jakarta – Gayus Tambunan took the stand again on Wednesday and talked more about behind-the-scenes dealings with police officers…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The job of any defense lawyer is to prove his client innocent, or failing that to ensure the lightest punishment…

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Private companies are responsible for almost two-fifths of rights violations in the Greater Jakarta area over the…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives on Thursday agreed to the creation of an ad hoc tribunal to deal with…

Armando Siahaan & Candra Malikp, Jakarta – Animosity is growing in Yogyakarta with the central government appearing set to propose a bill that…

Ulma Haryantop, Jakarta – Legal activists have sounded the alarm over a draft amendment to the 1992 Housing Law that they say could criminalize…

Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – After churches, minority sects and night clubs, the hard-line Islamic Defenders' Front now has its sights on a new target:…

Depok – Anticorruption activists slammed the National Police for only planning to charge Gayus Tambunan under the gratuity article on…

Anita Rachman & Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Twelve Indonesian Islamic organizations, including the two largest, demanded on Tuesday a temporary…

Arlina Arshad, Rawa Lumbu, Indonesia – Undeterred by sickening tales of abuse, Indonesian women are lining up to work as maids in Saudi Arabia…

Slamet Susanto and Arya Dipa, Yogyakarta/Bandung – Thousands of survivors of the Mount Merapi eruptions staged a rally in Yogyakarta on Monday,…

The National Commission on Violence against Women has reported that more than 85 bylaws in the country discriminate against women to this date…

The Supreme Court will form new corruption courts in three provinces – West Java, Central Java and East Java – this month, but doubts linger over…

The Australian Greens have criticised the Government for failing to take action in response to allegations an Indonesian unit supported by…

Candra Malik & Farouk Arnazp, Solo – Police in Central Java are investigating a worrying surge in attacks or attempted attacks on churches and…

Jakarta – Police in Central Java are investigating two attacks on churches in the lead-up to Christmas.

Central Java Deputy…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Despite increasing tension in Papua following the bombing of a military officer's house, the Army announced on…

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – Governors from across the country are seeking immunity from prosecution over any policies issued by their…

Indonesia Human Rights Committee
Box 68-419
Auckland

Hon Murray McCully
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hon Wayne Mapp
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Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – The Papuan chapter of the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on the local police and military…

IHRC has written to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murray McCully, and to Minister of Defence Hon Wayne Mapp to urge them to act over the West Papua…

Human Rights Watch says Jakarta is in denial about the widely-publicised case of Indonesian troops allegedly torturing two Papuan men…

Jakarta – Malaysian rights activists on Saturday demanded action over the "horrifying" number of killings by police, including 113 Indonesians out…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – A budget watchdog has called for greater cost-cutting measures to stop regional elections from getting too expensive but…

Rain Chudori-Soerjoatmodjo – "Belkibolang" is a compilation of nine short films and collected scenes created by young, up-and-coming Indonesian…

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Thousands of Yogyakartans assembled on Sunday along the famous Jl. Malioboro in a mass gathering symbolizing their…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has stopped publishing online reports, to the dismay of freedom of information…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Critics are wary of official discussions that could see an end to direct elections for governors, who would instead be…

Farouk Arnaz, Adi Mulya & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Terrorists planned to attack executives of an international oil company in Riau province…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police will send officers to Surabaya, East Java, to hunt down the mystery man who allegedly worked as a go-…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A diner was killed on Saturday in the latest in a series of shooting incidents that have swept Papua in the past week…

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – A recent poll claims that public acceptance of government plans to build a nuclear power plant has increased.

The…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Firebrand Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been detained for four months, but his trial on charges of funding a…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Major political parties are taking advantage of their position at the House of Representatives to draft laws that would…

Marcel Thee – Embedded within Indonesia's constitution are the following two lines: "all persons have the right to worship according to their own…

Arientha Primanita – Following howls of protest from consumers and vendors alike, the Jakarta administration distanced itself on Friday from a…

Jakarta – The Supreme Court and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) should administer better information systems to disclose online statistics of…

Peter Alford, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's officials insist that soldiers responsible for a vicious torture incident in West…

Arientha Primanita, Nivell Rayda & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – A group of about 50 people, dressed in white robes and wielding weapons, attempted to…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The National Police have been changing their tune on opening their investigation of the Gayus Tambunan case, while the…

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) urged the Forestry Ministry to close 17 loopholes in its regulatory set-up to anticipate further abuse…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A man was shot dead and eight others arrested Friday in an operation by the Jayapura Police and Wira Yakti Military…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The Australian and US governments have urged Indonesia to bring to justice soldiers who tortured two Papuan men in May, in a…