Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-047-2011

Dear friends,

Muhammad Aminudin, Malang – The second year of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono's administration was commemorated by students in the East Java city o

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The much-criticized House of Representatives has finally bowed to public pressure to suspend the Rp 1.3 trillion new House building construction project, a

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Once seen as a "clean" Islamic party led by young, urban and devout professionals, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) is now perceived by some as another practiti

An NGO has criticized the Agriculture Minister's regulation No. 61/2011, which would allow transgenic seeds companies to conduct business, as it could harm greater interests.

Ulma Haryanto – When the long-awaited revision of the 1992 Immigration Law was passed in April, thousands of foreigners living here greeted it with cautious cheers and applause.

Jakarta – Mining activities in the vicinity of protected forest areas should be watched carefully as industries frequently neglected environmental conservation, an NGO warns.

Jakarta – The government should refrain from importing vast amounts of rice to avoid impoverishing farmers, a campaigner says.

Indonesia has been accused of attacking Greenpeace after the environmental group said on Thursday that a second campaigner had been deported by immigration officials in less than a week

Makassar – Hundreds of students from the Anti-DPR Budget Committee Front held a protest action underneath the Makassar flyover in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar on Th

Hasbi, Samarinda – Actions today commemorating the second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono were not just held at the St

Syahrul Hidayat, Palembang – Student activists from the Indonesian Muslim Students Action Front (KAMMI) held an action to commemorate the second year of the administration of President

Syamsul Hadi and Marcus Suprihadi, Jember – The second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono was marked by a protest action by sco

Faiq Rhesa, Cirebon – Around 20 students from the Reformasi Student Front (FMR) blockaded Java's northern coast road at the intersection of Jl. Brigjend Darsono and Jl.

Muchus Budi R., Solo – The Greater Solo Indonesian Muslim Students Action Front (KAMMI) called for the resignation of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boedion

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Hundreds of students in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang held a protest action on Thursday October 20 to mark the second year of Presiden

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – A protest action commemorating the second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono ended in chaos after

Fatkhurrohman Taufiq and Hari Tri Wasono, Surabaya – The second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono was commemorated with

Rudy Polycarpus, Jakarta – Commemorating the second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono, around 500 students from the Nati

Anita Rachman – It's official. Today marked the kick off of the Indonesian version of Occupy Wall Street: Occupy Jakarta.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Indonesia's wealthy population surged by almost a fifth year-on-year in August, a rate three times the projected economic growth.

Jakarta – In concert with the Occupy Wall Street movement that is calling for reforms to the United States' economic policies, a similar movement has emerged in Indonesia.

Andri Yudhistira, Jakarta – A number of people in the name of "Occupy Jakarta" protested in front of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) on Jl. Sudirman in Jakarta on October 19.

Jakarta – Scores of people attended the "Occupy Jakarta" protest action on the grounds of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building on Wednesday October 19.

Greenpeace has lashed out at allegations made by a legislator that one of its top British activists managed to skirt an entry ban into Indonesia by using a false passport.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Antigraft Society (MAKI) and legislators have questioned the recent acquittal by the Buntok District Court in Central Kalimantan of a Thai i

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) is considering reducing its commitment to the government coalition in response to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's dismissal of one of i

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E Mei Amelia R and Ari Saputra, Jakarta - Two demonstrators from the University of Indonesia (UI) Student Action Front (FAM) were assaulted during a scuffle with police at the Hotel Ind

Ina Parlina and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Near absolute loyalty to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may have been what saved at least three highly controversial ministers from getti

The latest Cabinet shake-up announced by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the eve of the third year of his second and last term in office has sent a negative signal to the market a

Jakarta – The newly-installed National Intelligence Agency (BIN) director, Army Lt. Gen.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court revived its authority on Tuesday after annulling the latest additions in the newly revised law that had limited its powers of judicial re

Jakarta – A recent research by the Judicial Commission and university researchers has found that many judges both at district and high courts level are still producing "poor" verdicts w

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has grabbed more power and control of state assets by appointing his close aides to key ministerial posts during the Cabin

Arientha Primanita, Anita Rachman & Camelia Pasandaran – A chorus of disappointed sighs greeted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's announcement of his reshuffled cabinet lineup on

Jakarta – Indonesian Women's Coalition secretary-general Dian Kartika Sari says that religion and tradition are used to prevent women in villages from accessing public services, such as

Jakarta – The chairman of the human rights watchdog Setara Institute, Hendardi, has criticized the results of the Cabinet reshuffle, saying the changes were disappointing.

Jakarta – Bowing to pressure from the Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Body (BRTI), 10 cellular service providers, all members of the Indonesian Cellular Phone Provider Associat

Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever has resumed palm oil purchases from Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology (SMART) after the planter adopted new green policies, the Indonesia

Jakarta – The immigration office claimed on Monday that it did not issue a warrant to deport Greenpeace campaigner Andrew Ross Tait, prompting speculation that the warrant shown to him

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed in Jakarta on Monday three of his close aides to strategic ministerial posts, a move analysts say is an attempt to st

The Prosperous Justice Party has repeated its threat to quit the coalition government if President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reduces the party's number of cabinet positions.

Vento Saudale, Bogor – Hundreds of men from a local Muslim hard-line group occupied the roadway in front of the GKI Yasmin church on Sunday, forcing congregation members to hold their s

Arientha Primanita, Dessy Sagita & Agus Triyono – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may have been flirting with political suicide when he awarded a Malaysian sultan a medal of hono

Anita Rachman – An Indonesian version of the Occupy Wall Street movement that went global over the weekend might gain supporters, activists and observers say, if only its organizers cou

Should the nation let itself be trapped by greedy elites and their cronies, and should we simply wait for a miracle when President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono eventually regains enough cou

Sahil Mahtani – In the parlor game of flavor-of-the-month economics, Indonesia is doing rather well.