Agus Triyono – The Supreme Court's decision to scrap eight points from the code of ethics for judges has prompted civil society groups to file a formal complaint against the five justic

Agus Triyono & Made Arya Kencana – Potentially further straining tensions between the Supreme Court and the Judicial Commission, the country's top court announced on Tuesday that it

Agus Triyono – Former antigraft czar and convicted murderer Antasari Azhar on Monday lost his bid for a review of his murder trial and the police investigation that led up to it.

The arrest on Wednesday of Ber-naldi Kadir Djemat, who reported TV-actor-turned-politician Zumi Zola to the police on Jan.

Sumenep, East Java – A lone protester let loose more than 100 poisonous snakes in the Sumenep District Court to vent his anger after judges rejected his claim that he was the rightful o

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Long considered as a bastion in the country's judicial system, the Supreme Court (MA) these days is plagued with money politics ahead of the selection of its chie

Ronna Nirmala – In the wake of a public uproar over a series of trials for petty crimes, Justice and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin said on Wednesday that the government would pr

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The Supreme Court is upholding a guilty verdict for the maid who stole some oxtail meat and a few plates from her boss, sentencing the 60-year-old to time pr

Fitri – With the case against 46-year-old Muhsan in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, coconuts are joining sandals, cacao pods, bananas and plates as items of evidence in the prosecution of t

A community in eastern Indonesia has placed 1,000 pink adenium flowers outside the local parliament, police station and courtroom, not to say thanks, but to send a message: leave our ki

Ulma Haryanto & Rahmat – Yet another minor is being tried for a petty crime, this time in South Sulawesi, prompting activists to highlight the urgency of passing the Juvenile Court

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-001-2012. RE: AHRC-UAC-123-2011: Whistleblower illegally charged following his complaint about corruption at Manado State University.

Michelle Natalie, Makassar – A South Sulawesi man is facing five years in prison for the theft of ground pepper, despite one assertion that the victim has no interest in seeing the elde

Cilacap, Central Java – Judges at the Cilacap District Court sentenced a former warden of Nusakambangan penitentiary on Thursday to 13 years in prison.

Made Arya Kencana – A 15-year-old on trial for stealing a purse that contained Rp 1,000 (11 cents) was found guilty by a Denpasar court on Tuesday, but was released into the custody of

Kupang – Hundreds of human rights activists in So'e, South Central Timor regency, East Nusa Tenggara, poured into the streets and distributed flowers to law enforcers.

Agus Maryono, Cilacap – Banyumas Muhammadiyah student activists initiated on Friday a movement to collect 1,000 bananas as a show of support for Kuatno, a man charged with stealing 15 b

Ezra Sihite & Ulma Haryanto – The House of Representatives is pushing for the passage of Juvenile Court legislation after controversy created by the case of the sandal-stealing teen

Jakarta – Banyumas Muhammadiyah student activists initiated on Friday a movement to collect 1,000 bananas for Kuatno, a man charged with stealing bananas in Cilacap, Central Java.

A mentally challenged youth has been charged with stealing bananas in a case that is likely to draw further criticism of Indonesia's police force, which received international coverage

Makassar – A police officer charged with beating the 17-year-old boy accused of stealing his sandals was sentenced to 21 days behind bars by a police tribunal on Thursday.

Farouk Arnaz – Feeling the heat following a public campaign to collect 1,000 pairs of sandals to mock a policeman who took a juvenile to court for petty theft, the National Police is no

Jakarta – Djubaidah had to charter a public minivan to help her carry a sack of 80 pairs of rubber sandals that she collected to the National Child Protection Commission's (KPAI) office

Rahmat – A 17-year-old boy at the center of a legal and public relations storm was found guilty on Wednesday of stealing a pair of sandals from a policeman and released into the custody

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – First Brig. Simson Jones Sipayung is paying a high price for beating a 15-year-old boy who allegedly stole a fellow police officer's sandals.

Dessy Sagita – The Indonesian Council of Ulema on Monday said that the legal process against a teenager accused of stealing a pair of sandals is excessive and not in line with Islamic v

Dozens of women in the city of Palu, Central Sulawesi, collected hundreds of pairs of sandals, which they presented to the local police headquarters on Saturday.

Rahmat & Agus Triyono – Sandals of all colors and sizes are rapidly accumulating as part of a nation-wide protest against a police officer who took a teenager to court for allegedly

The election of law professor Eman Suparman and former politico Imam Ansori on Thursday to lead the Judicial Commission is a good step to bolster the troubled watchdog, say observers.

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu, Central Sulawesi – Residents of Palu, Central Sulawesi, have launched a "100 Sandals for Children" movement to support the 15-year-old boy facing five years' impr

Jakarta – Jakarta's penitentiaries are not conducive for rehabilitation, as life inside is all but ruled by money, activists said.

Jakarta – A former prisoner of Salemba penitentiary in Central Jakarta, Syarifudin S.

Constitutional Court (MK) chief Mahfud MD says that he has no objections to the Judicial Commission's (KY) authority to be able to tap into the phone calls of judges, a law which will b

Agus Triyono – Revealing that it had kept convicted Central Jakarta Commercial Court Judge Syarifudin Umar under surveillance for three years, the Judicial Commission says it has anothe

Agus Triyono – Supreme Court chairman Harfin A. Tumpa swore in six new judges on Wednesday to fill vacancies in the country's highest legal forum.

Four housewives from Jakarta are facing the prospects of five years' jail after they were caught playing an Indonesian version of poker on Wednesday.

Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry says that there will be 19 new penitentiaries in operation by 2012 to solve overcapacity problems in the country's jails.

Ronna Nirmala – Two men on trial for selling iPads without Indonesian-language manuals were acquitted of all charges by a panel of judges at the Central Jakarta District Court on Tuesda

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

Jakarta – Anti-capital punishment activists and experts have urged the abolition of the death penalty as it is believed to undermine human dignity as well as failing to deliver a deterr

Ezra Syarief & Ulma Haryanto – Every defendant will be accompanied by a lawyer throughout the legal process, the House of Representatives promised with the passage of a legal aid la

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission said on Friday that the newly elected Supreme Court justices must break any ties with political parties to avoid conflicts of interest in

Bagus BT Saragih and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker Gayus Lumbuun was among six candidates elected as Supreme Court justic

Bagus BT Saragih – The nation's human rights body says the police are to blame for its failure to complete an examination of the murder case that convicted former antigraft czar Antasar

Jakarta – In a corrupt correctional system, nothing comes for free.

Jakarta – A weapons and ballistics expert testified in court on Thursday that two different guns were used to shoot Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, the director of PT Putra Rajawali Banjaran, in t

Jakarta – South Jakarta Prosecutors office chief Masyhudi says no new evidence has been presented in the Antasari case review that could prove the previous trial's panel of judges were

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Caught up in a child trafficking case, Mawar, a young girl just out of elementary school, was locked up for three months in Medaeng Surabaya jail.

Jakarta – A team of prosecutors say arguments and evidence presented by former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief Antasari Azhar in a hearing for a case review request are un