Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Former political prisoners raised the separatist bintang kejora (morning star) flag Monday at the Papua People's…

Harlyne Joku – A West Papuan Independence leader in the United Kingdom, Benny Wenda has described 2009 as a vital year for the indigenous people…

An Open Letter to the Attorney General of Indonesia by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)

Mr. Hendarman Supandji
Attorney…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must take action to end the polemics surrounding the Bank Century scandal if he…

Febriamy Hutapea – Dozen of activists warned the House of Representatives on Monday to abandon political bargaining and push through a motion to…

Nurfika Osman – Linda Amalia Sari, state minister for women's empowerment and child protection, acknowledged on Monday that the Law on Marriage…

Eras Poke – Cases of women being abused in East Nusa Tenggara continued to rise, the head of the province's women's empowerment bureau…

Budi Otmansyah & Fidelis E Satriastanti – Police in Riau's Pelalawan district arrested two foreign journalists and a Belgian Greenpeace…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia is planning to deport Sri Lankan asylum seekers at Merak, including "Alex", the English-speaking spokesman for the…

Jayapura – The Papuan Traditional Council (DAP) chief, Forkorus Yobiosembut, in Jayapura, Monday, stated that it was not Kelly Kwalik or his group…

A Morning Star flag was raised in front of the office of the Papuan People's Consultative Assembly in Jayapura, Papua, on Monday. The…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Activists on Monday urged the government to push the police in their stalled investigations of a number of human rights…

Dessy Sagita – Allowing students who fail national exams to retake the tests will not resolve the problem of rampant cheating, a noted education…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Febriamy Hutapea – A number of activists and politicians on Sunday dialed up the pressure on President Susilo…

Indonesia's censors have formed a special team to decide whether to allow the politically sensitive Australian movie about the Balibo Five to be…

Nivell Rayda – Although President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's fact-finding team lacks legal authority, the National Police and the Attorney General…

Pariaman, West Sumatra – The magnitude 7.9 earthquake and subsequent landslides that devastated West Sumatra on Sept. 30 inflicted estimated…

Around 300 residents of Kampar, Pelalawan, in Riau, went to the Greenpeace home base on Sunday, demanding it not leave the area…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Local and international pressure mounted on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday…

Nurfika Osman – The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission's letters to all television stations warning them to censor offensive material during court…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Human rights monitor Imparsial has urged the government to thoroughly review its counterterrorism policy, arguing the…

Nivell Rayda – Public pressure has been building for the Corruption Eradication Commission to take over police investigations into the collapse…

Farouk Arnaz, Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Nivell Rayda – The Attorney General Office and the National Police appeared set to defy public opinion…

Jakarta – Greenpeace activists from Indonesia will file a report with police against PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) for…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – Citing visa violations, authorities will deport 11 foreign Greenpeace activists who were involved in the sealing off of…

Jakarta – The number of voters represented by the nine political parties that obtained seats in the national House of Representatives (DPR)…

Fidelis E Satriastanti & Budi Otmansyah – Eleven foreign nationals will be deported and 21 Indonesians have been charged by police following a…

Rendi A. Witular and Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – A mid-ranking police officer has revealed efforts by the force to fabricate criminal charges…

Nivell Rayda – Several lawyers visited the Corruption Eradication Commission headquarters on Friday, urging it to take over the ongoing police…

Hera Diani – The heat was excruciating as the first batch of hajj pilgrims entered the transit dormitory in East Jakarta a day before their flight…

Ilya Gridneff, Port Moresby – Three Papua New Guinea politicians have joined an international campaign to support West Papuans persecuted by…

Jakarta – Hundreds of people who called themselves The People's Movement for Education, Politics, Law, and Human Rights (Gempita),…

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – An education official testified Tuesday that he had asked the family of slain journalist Anak Agung Bagus Narendra…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-155-2009

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Right Commission (AHRC) continues to receive reports of…

National Police are now not alone in facing the wrath of Indonesian Facebook users. A new Facebook page titled "Gerakan Sejuta Facebookers Kecam…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is to set up two new military commands in West Kalimantan and West Papua provinces in an apparent bid to…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-152-2009

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned that no one has been…

Julia Zappei, Putrajaya – Indonesia's leader requested swift justice Thursday for maids allegedly abused while on the job in Malaysia – charges…

Dessy Sagita – The 2009 Law on Narcotics is too repressive and contains articles that could potentially violate human rights, the National AIDS…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Defense Ministry on Wednesday criticized a statement by activists and the Press Council calling for a rethinking of…

[Special correspondent Kira Kay examines East Timor's ongoing effort to rebuild itself, 10 years after winning independence from Indonesia. The…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – A law expert and former counselor for the Constitutional Court (MK), Irmanputra Sidin said the replacing of all…

Guido Goulart, Dili – Families in East Timor appealed Thursday to their own government and Indonesian authorities to help recover the bodies of…

Dicky Christanto and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Reeling from a body blow delivered by a former police chief's testimony in antigraft…

Mimika – More than 22 percent of the population in Mimika regency, Papua, or about 40,000 people, are illiterate.

Mimika, with a…

Jayapura – Logging and agribusiness is threatening environmental destruction in Indonesia's Papua region, one of the world's last vast…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Seventy-three legislators from seven parties in the House of Representatives have signed a petition requesting…

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – About 2,000 traders at the Pasar Raya traditional market in Padang, West Sumatra, rallied Wednesday outside the…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – A former investigation director from the Corruption Eradication Committee (KPK) revealed flaws with the antigraft body…

It's all getting a bit out of hand. As the world's third-largest democracy, Indonesia's legal system seems to have taken on a Wild West character…