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April 22, 2025

Jakarta Post Editorial - April 22, 2025

Jakarta – The judiciary is, unfortunately, no stranger to misconduct and corruption due to its fair share of power.

April 17, 2025

Jakarta Globe - April 17, 2025

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to reform Indonesia's judicial system following a series of high-profile corruption cases involving judges and law enforc

April 14, 2025

Jakarta Globe - April 14, 2025

Giffar Rivana, Jakarta – The Supreme Court announced on Monday the formation of a special task force to evaluate the performance of judges across Jakarta, following the arrest of four j

April 13, 2025

Tempo - April 13, 2025

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Commission III, Hasbiallah Ilyas, approves the Indonesian government's decision to maintain the

April 11, 2025

Jakarta Post Editorial - April 11, 2025

Jakarta – Indonesia has often displayed hypocrisy.

April 10, 2025

Tempo - April 10, 2025

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) has urged President Prabowo Subianto to abolish the death penalty in the revision of Law Number 35 of 2009 co

April 9, 2025

Jakarta Post - April 9, 2025

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – The number of death sentences in Indonesia continues to rise over the years, making the Southeast Asian country a significant contributor to the death sentence

April 8, 2025

Kompas.com - April 8, 2025

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for the Reform of the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) believes that the draft revisions to the KUHAP prepared by the House of Repr

Tempo - April 8, 2025

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has called on the government to suspend all executions and commute sentences of all death row inmates.

April 3, 2025

Tempo - April 3, 2025

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – Minister of Law Supratman Andi Agtas said only a small number of drug convicts will be granted amnesty.

March 30, 2025

Tempo - March 30, 2025

Anastasya Lavenia Y, Jakarta – Minister of Law and Human Rights, Agus Andrianto, claimed that the granting of remission on Nyepi and Eid al-Fitr in 2025 has the potential to save the go

March 29, 2025

Jakarta Globe - March 29, 2025

Saepul Jaenudin, Bogor – A total of 158,351 inmates and juvenile detainees across Indonesia have been granted remission in celebration of Nyepi and Eid al-Fitr 2025, the Immigration and

March 18, 2025

Jakarta Post - March 18, 2025

Jakarta – The Supreme Court is grappling with a significant shortage of judges, with nearly 2,000 more needed across high courts and district courts, the Supreme Court's General Judicia

March 11, 2025

Tempo - March 11, 2025

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Corrections confirmed that dozens of inmates escaped from the Class II B Correctional Institution in Kutacane, Southeast Aceh, on M

February 27, 2025

UCA News - February 27, 2025

Church officials in Timor-Leste have joined those opposing a new law that allows the government to recruit foreign nationals to serve as public prosecutors and judges in the Catholic-ma

Tempo - February 27, 2025

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – The Cartenz Peace Operation is pursuing six inmates who escaped from the Class IIB Wamena Penitentiary on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.

February 22, 2025

Jakarta Post Editorial - February 22, 2025

Jakarta – Four months into his term, it seems that President Prabowo Subianto is thrusting hard his merciful image by pushing his administration's plan to pardon thousands of prisoners

February 21, 2025

Tempo - February 21, 2025

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Constitutional law expert from Andalas University, Feri Amsari, stated that President Prabowo Subianto has compromised the independence of the judiciary

February 19, 2025

Jakarta Globe - February 19, 2025

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto revealed on Wednesday that many judges assigned across Indonesia are forced to live in rented accommodations due to a lack of state-prov

February 17, 2025

Tempo - February 17, 2025

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will reduce the number of potential amnesty or legal pardon prisoner candidates.

February 16, 2025

Jakarta Post - February 16, 2025

Jakarta – The Judicial Commission introduced on Feb.

February 7, 2025

Reuters - February 7, 2025

Jakarta – Indonesia has begun talks with Britain to repatriate the most prolific rapist in British history, a senior minister said, following its move to also seek the return of a Guant

February 5, 2025

Reuters - February 5, 2025

Jakarta – The government has handed over to French authorities a man on death row for drug offences who will start his return to his home country late on Tuesday, the latest in a series

January 30, 2025

Tempo - January 30, 2025

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Head of Information at the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI), Major General Hariyanto, said the government's plan to pardon prisoners linked to the Free Pap

January 29, 2025

Antara News - January 29, 2025

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto will only grant amnesty to inmates who have not been involved in armed insurgency for now, despite calls otherwise, according to Law Minister Suprat

January 28, 2025

ABC World Today - January 28, 2025

Presented by Bill Birtles – Indonesia's President is considering an amnesty for detained political activists in the country's far eastern Papua region.

January 24, 2025

Deutsche Welle (DW) - January 24, 2025

Jakarta on Friday said Frenchman Serge Atlaoui, held on death row in Indonesia for nearly two decades, is to be returned to his home country.

January 22, 2025

Tempo - January 22, 2025

Reuters, Ananda Teresia, Jakarta – Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto is considering pardons for prisoners linked to armed organizations in the restive easternmost province of Papua

January 9, 2025

Agence France-Presse - January 9, 2025

Jakarta – France has called for the "immediate return" of a French inmate on death row in Indonesia, citing his "deteriorating health", the Law and Human Rights Ministry said Wednesday.

December 28, 2024

Agence France-Presse - December 28, 2024

Jack Moore and Marchio Gorbiano, Jakarta – France has sent Indonesia an official request for the transfer of a French death row inmate who has spent nearly 20 years in prison, an Indone

December 26, 2024

Tempo - December 26, 2024

Dani Aswara, Antara, Jakarta – Minister of Immigration and Corrections Agus Andrianto said his ministry noted that Christmas remissions and sentence reductions given to a total of 15,97

December 24, 2024

Tempo - December 24, 2024

Ananda Ridho Sulistya, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is said to want to pardon corruptors as long as they return the money to the state.

December 23, 2024

Tempo - December 23, 2024

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra said that the Iranian government had sent a le

December 20, 2024

Jakarta Post Editorial - December 20, 2024

Jakarta – Past Indonesian leaders have rarely used the presidential prerogative of giving amnesty, one of many powers that come with the job, but not President Prabowo Subianto.

December 19, 2024

Tempo - December 19, 2024

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has welcomed the Indonesian government's decision to repatriate Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, a Filipina woman who had been s

December 18, 2024

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2024

Agencies, Manila – A Filipina who spent nearly 15 years on Indonesia's death row tearfully reunited with family members Wednesday after arriving in Manila, where she now awaits a hoped-

December 17, 2024

Benar News - December 17, 2024

Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus, Jakarta – The Indonesian president's decision to pardon tens of thousands of prisoners is ill-conceived because it fails to address harsh law

December 16, 2024

Tempo - December 16, 2024

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Minister of Law Supratman Andi Agtas says approximately 39,000 drug-related inmates are being considered for amnesty.

The Conversation - December 16, 2024

Tim Lindsey – Following weeks of intrigue about a possible deal, the remaining members of the Bali Nine have been released from prison in Indonesia and returned to Australia.

The Interpreter - December 16, 2024

Kirsten Han – In April 2015, Mary Jane Veloso was moved to Nusa Kambangan, a maximum security prison island in Indonesia.

Sydney Morning Herald - December 16, 2024

Zach Hope, Karuni Rompies and Amilia Rosa, Bali – A key member of Indonesia's parliamentary justice committee has strongly criticised the decision to allow the remaining members of the

Jakarta Globe - December 16, 2024

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto plans to grant pardons to tens of thousands of inmates on compassionate grounds and in the spirit of reconciliation, Human Rights Aff

Jakarta Globe - December 16, 2024

Antara, Jakarta – Chief Legal Affairs Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra has proposed changes to the Narcotics Law, advocating for rehabilitation rather than imprisonment for drug users.

December 15, 2024

Kompas.com - December 15, 2024

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) Deputy Director Maidina Rahmawati is urging the administration of President

Sydney Morning Herald - December 15, 2024

Zach Hope, Bali – Scott Rush, Matthew Norman, Michael Czugaj, Martin Stephens and Si-Yi Chen are free men after almost 20 years in jails on the islands of Bali and Java.

The Guardian - December 15, 2024

Karen Middleton – The five remaining members of the Bali Nine jailed for life over a drug smuggling plot have returned to Australia under a deal negotiated with the Indonesian governmen

December 14, 2024

Reuters - December 14, 2024

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto will pardon tens of thousands of prisoners, ranging from activists convicted of defamation to those jailed in the easternmost province of Papua for

December 13, 2024

Kompas.com - December 13, 2024

Fika Nurul Ulya, Bagus Santosa, Jakarta – Minister of Law (Menkum) Supratman Andi Agtas has revealed that it has been proposed that as many as 18 prisoners involved in cases related to

November 27, 2024

Jakarta Post Editorial - November 27, 2024

Jakarta – Last week, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

November 24, 2024

Reuters - November 24, 2024

Jakarta – Indonesia has agreed to return to Australia the five remaining members of the so-called Bali Nine drug smuggling ring who are currently serving life sentences in the country,