Ardian Wibisono & Nivell Rayda – Flexing its muscles ahead of the expected return of its two suspended deputies, the Corruption Eradication…

Jon Lamb – Twenty years ago, on December 11, 1989, the Australian and Indonesian governments signed the Timor Gap Treaty (TGT), giving the go-…

Jakarta – Police detained several protesters flying outlawed independence flags on Tuesday during peaceful demonstrations against Indonesian rule…

Nala Edwin, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is urging the government to investigate the beating of…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – There is no need for the Indonesian Military (TNI) to set a territorial command in West Papua, says the Papua…

Hendrik Sorandanya, Jayapura – On November 3, a small group of left-wing activists met in Jayapura, capital of Indonesia's Papua province, to form…

Adam Gartrell – Australia and other countries should avoid carbon trading with Indonesia unless it cracks down on widespread corruption in its…

Armando Siahaan – Indonesia is home to an ever-growing number of film festivals. Some of the best of the past year have been the gay-themed Q!…

Camelia Pasandaran – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo is drawing intense criticism from rights activists, experts and even Home Affairs Minister…

Budi Otmansyah – Illegal loggers have in the past two years cleared as much as 3,000 hectares of forest around the Bukit Tiga Puluh National Park…

Roffie Kurniawan – Indonesia's exports rebounded strongly in October, growing on an annual basis for the first time in 12 months, the Central…

Adli and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Batam/Malang – Around 3,000 workers from 200 companies operating in Batam staged a protest Monday, urging the city'…

Fidelis E Satriastanti – Environmental nongovernmental organizations released a report on Monday accusing Australia of using a bilateral forestry…

AHRC-SPR-004-2009

Contents

1. Introduction
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It has been reported that up to 400 police and military have been put on alert in Mimika in anticipation of possible Morning Star flag…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – With terrorism still very much a threat across the archipelago, the government is now preparing to upgrade the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Christian Motte – Police in Jayapura and five districts across Papua and West Papua were put on alert as…

Jakarta – Mimika police in Papua have put joint forces of 400 policemen and soldiers on alert ahead of the anniversary of the…

Widespread corruption in the forest industry is the dirty secret no one wants to talk about. But until the lack of oversight and conflicts of…

Jakarta – Anticorruption activists from the Coalition of Anticorruption Civil Society (Kompak) faced intimidation while demonstrating…

Jakarta – The move by the House of Representatives to establish an inquiry committee to probe the Bank Century scandal could hit a dead end…

AI Index: ASA 21/024/2009

Regional Police Chief (Kapolda)
Inspector General Bekto Suprapto
Jayapura, Papua,
Indonesia

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Luh De Suriyani, Bali – A number of patients suffering from HIV/AIDS have called for fair health treatment saying they have no access to the…

Jakarta – The latest number of HIV/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) cases in Indonesia has reached 298,000, Indonesian Public Welfare…

Alan Boulton, the International Labor Organization (ILO) representative in Jakarta, will conclude his eight-year assignment in Indonesia on Nov.…

Jakarta – Amnesty International called Monday for an investigation into a "pattern of unchecked human rights violations" by Indonesian…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Can anyone end a national culture of merchants and brokers for justice? Combating judicial mafia is the mandate of the…

As West Papuan national flag day approaches (1st December), the Indonesian security forces are ready to clamp down on anybody who attempts to…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Rights activist Fauzi Abdullah died at age 60 on Friday, just before he was to be awarded for his work…

Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry should be held responsible for the Dumai ferry tragedy that claimed at least 14 lives last…

Ulma Haryanto – The distribution of qurban or 'sacrificial meat' at the Bhayangkari Field at National Police Headquarters in South Jakarta on…

Alfian, Jakarta – Indonesia will need US$4 billion in investment for energy efficiency projects to slash its energy consumption by a quarter,…

Camelia Pasandaran & Febriamy Hutapea – Despite a Constitutional Court declaration that the charges against suspended Corruption Eradication…

Budi Otmansyah, Pekanbaru – Seven foreign Greenpeace activists who chained themselves to a crane at port facilities of PT Indah Kiat Pulp and…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups says the House of Representatives' committee of inquiry into the Bank Century…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The Financial Transactions Report and Analysis Center (PPATK) has identified 17 recipients of potentially suspicious…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) has suspended two of its members over their alleged involvement in an…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – A proposal for wiretapping to be regulated by the Information and Communications Ministry has been met with mixed…

Pandaya, Jakarta – Information and Communications Minister Tifatul Sembiring's plan to re-regulate wiretapping should be seen as the government's…

Padang – Minister of Communication and Information Technology Tifatul Sembiring said on Friday that his office had set the goal of completing the…

Janeman Latul – In an apparent policy reversal, the new state enterprises minister announced on Thursday that he might drop plans to publicly list…

Ardian Wibisono – A confusing dispute between two government agencies over financial information related to the probe of the PT Bank Century…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The military announced on Friday a plan to cooperate with some national universities as part of a drive to become more…

Jakarta Globe – Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD continued his attack on the nation's embattled law enforcement institutions on Friday,…

A human rights activist claims the beating of a West Papuan political prisoner in Jayapura underlines the need for Indonesia to re-…

Allegations that correctional officials tortured a political prisoner in a jail in Papua has prompted protests from about 30 highland tribesmen in…

Anita Rachman – Lawmakers on Friday backed a Supreme Court decision urging the Ministry of National Education to improve school facilities and…

Anita Rachman – Parts of a sermon delivered on Friday by Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring linking the recent…

Dili – East Timor should form its anti-corruption commission soon to support the economy and maintain people's trust in the half-island nation,…

When Ahmad Dahlan founded Muhammadiyah in 1912, he shocked his compatriots with the "Western" style of his organization. Focusing primarily on…