Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Widespread deforestation in the Islamic province of Aceh is threatening some of its rich traditions, including one…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The Aceh provincial government will not sign the controversial Islamic bylaw allowing adulterers to be stoned to…

A statement from an NGO coalition based in Aceh, Indonesia forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission

Implementing Islamic Law (…

Joe Cochrane & Nurfika Osman – There was no doubt about it this time. Nearly seven frustrating years of near misses and false leads for…

Jakarta – After mounting pressure, the government has finally withdrawn the draft law on state secrecy to allow adequate time for the…

A new Indonesian bylaw that endorses stoning to death for adultery and caning of up to 100 lashes for homosexuality should be repealed immediately…

Catharine Munro – An alleged victim of torture in East Timor says he regrets talking to the Australian Federal Police because he is now in danger…

Jakarta – A security guard was wounded in a shooting near Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Grasberg mine in Indonesia's Papua province, a…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-121-2009

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned of the abduction, ill…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Hundreds of non-government organisations in Dili have backed the United Nations' condemnation of East Timor's release of…

Guido Goulart, Dili – East Timor's Supreme Court is investigating top government officials over accusations they illegally released a war crimes…

The death of wanted terrorist Noordin M Top in a raid in Central Java on Thursday marks the end of a police chase for a man who the US State…

Ismira Lutfia – Union busting, low wages and outsourcing are just some of the many labor issues facing today's media workers, industry activists…

Jakarta – Women's rights activists protested against the new health law Wednesday, which they say does not accommodate the rights of unmarried…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia's powerful corruption watchdog, the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, is in disarray after two of its…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has faced a number of severe blows recently with several of its leaders…

Dicky Christanto and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The President made a rare statement of support for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK),…

Asian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top was among four people who died in a raid on a militant hideout in Indonesia's Central Java province…

Imron Rosyid, Solo – Noordin Muhammed Top, a militant mastermind who eluded capture for nine years and terrorized Indonesia with a string of…

Nurfika Osman – The deputy chairman of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), said that a police terror raid operation in…

Jakarta – The public says the 2004-2009 House of Representatives has performed unsatisfactorily, a new survey reveals.

"Only 52…

A leading press freedom group has urged Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to resist Indonesian "blackmail" over a war crimes probe into the…

Rizal Sukma, Jakarta – Combating corruption has been often cited one of the most important "successes" of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Four welfare ministers have been slammed for their failure to improve the quality of life of Indonesians over the past…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Tribal groups have been faithfully protecting and preserving rain forests for hundreds of years, but their input at…

Who wants to visit Aceh – for pleasure, not mere curiosity? While visitors describe Aceh's towns and villages as friendly, what kind of place…

Patrick Guntensperger, Jakarta – When the global financial crisis was at its height last November, Indonesia's Century Bank faced a severe…

Febriamy Hutapea – Seven of the 10 parties in the House of Representatives have agreed to diminish the authority of the Corruption Eradication…

Nivell Rayda – Legal experts and antigraft watchdogs said on Wednesday that police might have exceeded their power by declaring two executives…

Lynn Lee – A new law passed in Aceh to stone to death married people who commit adultery as well as whip homosexuals who have sex is being seen as…

Ronna Nirmala – Although the passage of a local bylaw in staunchly Muslim Aceh that requires adulterers to be stoned to death has shocked many…

Erwida Maulia and Hotli Simanjuntak, Jakarta, Banda Aceh – The national rights body for women is calling for a judicial review of Aceh's…

Indonesia's foreign and local-currency sovereign debt ratings were upgraded on Wednesday to Ba2 from Ba3 at Moody's Investors Service…

Markus Makur, Timika, Papua – A soldier and a police officer were injured when a military vehicle was shot by an unidentified man on…

Sydney – An Australian investigation into the deaths of five Australian-based journalists in East Timor will not undermine anti-terrorism links…

Hunger Alert Case: AHRC-HAC-006-2009

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from human…

A new report finds East Timor is still lagging in efforts to prosecute human rights violations that occurred under Indonesian rule and…

The Asian Human Rights Commission on Wednesday said it had received information that the death toll from famine continues to rise in Yahukimo,…

Kinanti Pinta Karana – Despite the safety perils of traveling long distances on motorbikes, many people returning to their hometowns from…

Tiny East Timor on Wednesday signed a UN treaty to protect the Earth's fragile ozone layer, making it the first environmental pact to achieve…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Defying strong objections from human rights groups and the provincial administration, the Aceh legislative council…

Dessy Sagita – The recent "detention" of two women and their babies by a South Jakarta hospital is further proof that many people, particularly…

Dennis Shanahan and Stephen Fitzpatrick – Kevin Rudd has been forced to make plans with Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to avoid…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Camelia Pasandaran & Dessy Sagita – Kicking off its frantic final weeks, a plenary session of the House of…

Febriamy Hutapea & Ismira Lutfia – After passing a record four bills on Monday, the House of Representatives repeated the feat on Tuesday,…

Camelia Pasandaran – A team from the State Ministry for People's Welfare is slated to visit Yahukimo, Papua, to find out what is happening in the…

Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono on Tuesday defended President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono from an accusation that he was trying to return the…

Camelia Pasandaran & Febriamy Hutapea – The central government would strike down a controversial new bylaw mandating that residents of Aceh…

West Papuan people are hopeful that the re-elected President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will fulfil his election promise to resolve the West Papuan…

Lawmakers in the Indonesian province of Aceh have passed a law that would see Muslims found guilty of adultery, stoned to death.

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