AHRC-UAC-022-2014

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Ina Parlina and Margareth S.

Jakarta – More than 100 Islamic hard-liners slammed the Indonesian government Friday for approving Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby's parole from jail, saying the convicted dr

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Constitutional Court on Thursday overturned President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's October 2013 regulation in lieu of a law, or Perppu, which was directed t

Carlos Paath & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – When convicted drug trafficker Schapelle Corby was released on parole from a jail in Bali on Monday, it wasn't just the horde of r

James Robertson, Tessa van der Riet – The Indonesian government has been forced to defend its decision to grant Schapelle Corby parole in the face of accusations of hypocrisy and specia

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-003-2014

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Camelia Pasandaran – The Constitutional Court on Thursday struck the phrase "offensive treatment" from Article 335 Indonesia's criminal code, declaring the vague wording unconstitutiona

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) and the Supreme Court lauded a ruling Friday that would dissolve the House of Representatives' role in the selection of Supreme Court

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Nearly half of infant deaths in Aceh were caused by poor nutrition, an official said on Saturday.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – In what could be seen as a fresh blow to the Constitutional Court (MK), the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) ruled on Monday to strip MK Justice Patriali

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The House of Representatives endorsed on Thursday President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to reform the graft-tainted Constitutional Court (MK)

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-034-2013

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Yuli Krisna, Bandung – The arrest in October of Akil Mochtar, recently dismissed as the chief justice of the Constitutional Court, for alleged bribery has severely damaged the nation's

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-153-2013

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Bayu Marheanjati, Ezra Sihite & Farouk Arnaz – A week to the day after directly contradicting the law on general elections, the new chief of the Constitutional Court has said he pla

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Just weeks into his new job, Constitutional Court chief Hamdan Zoelva has come under fire for supporting a position completely at odds with both Indonesian el

Erwin Sihombing – None of the rulings passed in cases overseen by Akil Mochtar, the disgraced former chief justice of the Constitutional Court, passed muster, according to a survey of 2

Jakarta – A survey published by the Setara Institute, a democracy watchdog, has found that the public wants the creation of a separate court to handle local election disputes and remove

Two dozen inmates escaped from an East Timor prison on Sunday by beating up wardens and fleeing through the main gate as they returned to their cells after mass, an official said.

Jakarta – A group of lawyers filed a request for a judicial review at the Constitutional Court (MK) on Monday challenging the regulation in lieu of law, known as a Perppu, issued by Pre

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Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-136-2013

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Camelia Pasandaran – Banten Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah stepped out of her black Mitsubishi Pajero Sport SUV at the Corruption Eradication Commission's South Jakarta headquarters on Fri

Jakarta – The legal fight challenging the appointment of Constitutional Court (MK) justice Patrialis Akbar has gained momentum following the arrest of the court's former chief justice,

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Last week's arrest of Akil Mochtar, the chief justice of the Constitutional Court, for bribery allegations has prompted calls to limit the court's authority,

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Former Constitutional Court chief justice Mahfud MD has denied all the bribery allegations leveled against him following the arrest of another former chief

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-028-2013

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Jacqui Baker – On 3 March of this year, in a Tangerang courtroom, a young warung (food stall) owner named Yeni raised her skinny fist in victory.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-124-2013

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Erwin Sihombing – Anti-corruption activists and human rights groups are threatening to sue President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over his recent decision to

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Activists from the Indonesia Legal Roundtable (ILR) are planning to challenge the legality of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's decision to appoint former law

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has selected former law and justice minister Patrialis Akbar as a Constitutional Court justice, a move many have said could be

Novianti Setuningsih – The recent arrest of a lawyer for allegedly bribing a Supreme Court official has sparked a debate between those who say the case is just the tip of the iceberg, a

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – In the latest scandal exposing the corruption that plagues the judiciary, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Friday detained and charged a low-ranking

Bayu Marhaenjati – After two jailbreaks within a week left convicted terrorists and career criminals on the run from over-crowded Medan and Batam jails, the Jakarta government has respo

Ina Parlina and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – The government said on Saturday it would evaluate a 2012 government regulation on remissions believed to have triggered a prison riot in Medan

Farouk Arnaz – The mind-set of law enforcers needs to be changed to make them understand that not all drug users are criminals and that they need rehabilitation instead of imprisonment,

Tim Mann – Television, air conditioning, internet, karaoke, maids. These are not luxuries one would normally associate with Indonesian's maligned corrections system.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Activists say that the government must establish a family court system to accommodate the rights of women and children that have been ignored by existing religiou

Ina Parlina – While many citizens are enjoying new freedoms, minorities are still persecuted.

UA: 109/13 Index: ASA 21/010/2013

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A coalition of religious freedom activists, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activists, and human rights and judiciary watchdogs has rejected

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators have come out in defense of a controversial push by the government to reinstate criminal charges for insulting the president, a provision that was

Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The debate over a government proposal to reinstate criminal charges for insulting the president is heating up, with critics

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-056-2013

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Ezra Sihite – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) on Wednesday said it would support a revision of the criminal code (KUHP) which includes a controversial article that would punish witch

The Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party wants to revise the Criminal Code (KUHP) to reinstate an article to punish those who insult the President.

Ezra Sihite – The head drafter of the Criminal Code Law (KUHP) revision on Saturday claimed that a controversial article which would punish witchcraft is intended to protect people from

Carlos Paath – A conservative legislator has sprung to the defense of a proposed article against witchcraft in a newly drafted revision to the Criminal Code, insisting it addresses a mo