Tom Allard, Cilacap – Indonesia's president Joko Widodo says he is open to abolishing the death penalty, but not for a "long time" and only if the Indonesian people want it.

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakin Saifuddin has said that capital punishment does not violate human rights.

Jewel Topsfield, Tom Allard – The Denpasar police chief has denied a grinning photograph of himself and condemned prisoner Andrew Chan was a heartless selfie.

Courtney Sherwood – An Oregon woman arrested on a drug charge while traveling in East Timor last September and who has maintained her innocence, has been allowed to leave the country after six mont

Bob Howarth, Dili – Timor-Leste's media scene has blossomed and grown successfully in 15 years.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The death penalty is an inhuman form of punishment and not effective in deterring crime, the Indonesian Bishops Conference (KWI) said on Friday, ahead of the pending execut

Ina Parlina, Bogor, West Java – Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, reiterated on Thursday its support for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to press ahead with the government's

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Jewel Topsfield and Tom Allard – Indonesian authorities executed a Brazilian man last month without allowing a priest to perform the last rites as he waited for the firing squad.

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Tom Allard, Bali – Prime Minister Tony Abbott is facing an Indonesian social media backlash over his linking of $1 billion in tsunami aid to the mercy campaign for Bali Nine death-row inmates Andre

Tom Allard and Jewel Topsfield – Indonesia's President Joko Widodo refused clemency for the Bali nine duo facing execution without all the documentation of their cases due to the chaotic handover t

Jane Wardell, Sydney – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott attempted on Thursday to play down allegations of bullying Indonesia as a diplomatic rift deepens between the uneasy neighbors over Jaka

The Indonesian government must halt the imminent execution of 11 people and scrap plans to put even more people to death this year, Amnesty International said in an

Michelle Nichols, United Nations – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Indonesia on Friday not to execute prisoners on death row for drug crimes, including citizens of Australi

Michael Bachelard – It's a tale of two drug rings in Indonesia.

Venidora Oliveira – Members of Parliament have called for protection detail to be available to female justice officials when serving court summons.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo's claim of a national drug "emergency" that necessitates the death penalty for drug crimes is based on questionable statistics.

Paulina Quintao – Deputy Justice Ministry Ivo Jorge Valente said the draft Juvenile Justice Law has been completed and has been scheduled for debate at the Council Ministry (CoM) prior to being sen

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Indonesia's influence in the international community may be overshadowed by the scorn it is getting for the recent executions of drug traffickers, human rights activists say.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) supports the move of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's government to expedite the execution of a number of drug convicts.

Venidora Oliveira – Member of the National Parliament MP Arao Noe urges the Ministry of Justice to work towards translating the Timorese Civil Code Law to Tetun because it was difficult for Timores

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Jakarta – Indonesia is sticking to its policy of executing drug offenders, including foreigners, and an official said Monday that the withdrawal of the Dutch and Brazil ambassadors would not distur

Jakarta – After the recent execution of six death-row convicts, 60 more, including a number of foreigners, will soon follow, says Attorney General Prasetyo.

Jakarta – The application of the death penalty for inmates convicted on drug trafficking charges is intolerable as international human rights law has limited the use of the death penalty to only "t

Jakarta – The execution of six drug traffickers in Indonesia early Sunday, the first since President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo took office, is a retrograde step for human rights in the country, Amnesty

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The execution of six drug traffickers in Indonesia today, the first since President Joko Widodo took office, is a retrograde step for human rights in the country, Amnesty International

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Narcotics detectives with Jakarta Police swooped on a West Jakarta Police sergeant in a hotel parking lot on Friday and charged him with possession with intent to distri

Jakarta – The Commission of Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) joined forces with human rights NGOs to oppose the execution of six death-row convicts in Boyolali, West Java, and Nusa

Jakarta – Arief Hidayat, a law professor, was on Monday appointed the new chief justice of Indonesia's troubled Constitutional Court.

Jakarta – The Supreme Court said 117 judges received administrative punishment for misconduct in 2014.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo decided on Tuesday to pick I Dewa Gede Palguna, a constitutional law professor at Udayana University in Bali, as the new Constitutional Court (

Hizbul Ridho & Erwin Cristianson, Jakarta – Human rights groups in Indonesia have condemned on Monday the issuance of a Supreme Court letter instructing all judiciaries to reject case reviews f

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Legal experts have lambasted President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration for backing a Supreme Court's letter that places limits on criminal convicts filing case reviews

An American woman arrested in East Timor and released from prison on Christmas Day is staying at the home of former president Jose Ramos-Horta until her passport is returned.

Associated Press in Portland, Oregon – A US traveler detained for months in Timor Leste has been released from prison.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The country's two largest Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, have given their support to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's call for the s

Washington – A veterinarian from Oregon who was arrested while traveling in East Timor in September was released from jail on Thursday after nearly two months of detention, the US State

Nearly two years ago, Stacey Addison of Portland, Oregon, began a trip around the world starting in Antarctica.

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Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should commute the death sentences of five individuals scheduled for execution "as soon as possible" for violating drug trafficking laws, Human

"President Widodo should join the global tide toward abolishing the death penalty rather than approving multiple executions.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) backed on Monday a move by the Constitutional Court (MK) to push President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo not to involve two top lawyers in a c

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Jakarta – An NGO has asked the government to call off its plan to execute five people by the end of this year.

UA: 305/14 Index: ASA 21/031/2014