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Jakarta – Indonesia's Witness and Victim Protection Agency says budget restraints hamper its efforts to provide maximum protection for witnesses.

Jerry Omona, Reza Aditya, Antara, Jakarta – Several Papuan figures urged president and vice president-elect Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla to solve past human rights violations and straigh

Jakarta – Human rights activists have expressed doubt over president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's willingness to resolve past human rights abuse cases once he takes office.

Jakarta – Rights groups have urged president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to implement his commitment to advancing human rights in Indonesia soon after the People's Consultative Assembly

An exiled West Papuan independence activist, Benny Wenda, says he doubts Indonesia's newly elected president, Joko Widodo, will make any difference to the suffering of his people under

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Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang/Jakarta – The widow of slain human rights activist Munir Said Thalib has urged President-elect Joko Widodo to bar anyone serving in his administration with a q

Johan Chang – A recent seminar on human rights issues in West Papua has focused questions about New Zealand's priority on trade relations over press freedom and rights violations.

Lasse Underbjerg – After an election campaign filled with turmoil and nerve-wrecking rivalry, Joko Widodo has been elected as the new president for the world's third largest democracy w

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Joint statement by Amnesty International and the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS).

Jakarta – Deputy head of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Transition Team, Hasto Kristiyanto, has defended the appointment of former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Gen.

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Jakarta – Human rights activists have questioned the decision of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to appoint former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief A.M.

Jayapura – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has called for a full investigation into violence in the Lanny Jaya regency of Papua and the use of an ex

Nethy Somba, Jayapura – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) called on local officials to speak out against the continuing violence in Papua.

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"The new government has the opportunity to turn a page to an era when human rights are genuinely respected in Indonesia.

The organisation called the Federal Republic of West Papua is urging the Pacific Islands Forum and the Melanesian Spearhead Group to address ongoing abuses in Indonesia's Papua region.

We, the undersigned organizations, are concerned about the serious and ongoing violations of Human Rights that are taking place with impunity in the easternmost provinces of Indonesia P

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Joint statement by Amnesty International and ANTI (The Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal).

Yara Murray-Atfield – Organisations are working to raise awareness about human trafficking, as reports find Timor-Leste is a source and destination country for people who have been sold

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said that the next president will have to deal with seven cases of gross human rights violations yet to be resolved.

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Andreas Jakobsen – Denmark has since 2004 supported an Indonesian police academy (JCLEC) where the country's controversial elite unit Detachment 88 is being trained to fight terrorism.

Jakarta – Scores of demonstrators calling themselves Indonesia without Militarism held another demonstration in front of the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Jl.

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Hans Nicholas Jong and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has answered public criticism of its failure to take a stand on the human rights

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The audience applauded after a young girl finished reading her poem to the accompaniment of a young male guitarist on Wednesday night.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa spoke out against the US ambassador to Indonesia on Monday for urging investigations into presidential candidate Prabowo Subia

A human rights advocacy group is calling for a new Indonesian government to end human rights abuses by previous governments, and bring those responsible to account.

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In a statement released today human rights groups urged the next government of Indonesia "to break with the past [and] fully and meaningfully address the legacy of impunity for past hum

Yeremia Sukoyo – Indonesian voters must not be swayed by a recent statement by the US ambassador appearing to call for a rights probe into presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, says

Indonesia has implemented many positive changes during its transition to democracy in the past 16 years.

A human rights advocacy group is calling for a new Indonesian government to end human rights abuses by previous governments, and bring those responsible to account.

Jakarta – A 10-year old boy, Markus Yernirkolaus, suddenly appeared in the middle of a Kamisan (Thursday Action) and gave a speech about human rights violations by presidential candidat

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Erwida Maulia & Made Arya Kencana, Jakarta/Denpasar – The US ambassador to Indonesia has come under fire after calling for a probe into presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's hum

Jakarta – A number of NGOs, united under the Coalition Against Forgetting Movement, have filed a report with the Elections Supervising Agency (Bawaslu) against the General Elections Com

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Kursi Istana, Jayapura – Human rights activists and organisations have launched the Movement Against Forgetting in Papua.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Former Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI) commander Gen.

Jakarta – Human rights abuse allegations that have dogged Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto intensified Thursday when a former military chief confirmed the ex-general u

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho & SP/Yohannes Douglas, Jakarta – Presidential candidate and former special forces commander Prabowo Subianto declined to respond to former Army chief Wirant

Jakarta – Indonesia's last military commander under the strongman Suharto has confirmed that presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, a top Army general at the time, was indeed discharg

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – In a visit to Sumatra's northernmost province, the European Union's ambassador to Indonesia expressed concern over human rights abuses, against women in parti

There are renewed calls for United Nations monitors to be allowed in to Indonesia's troubled Papua provinces, to verify what human rights groups describe as gross violations.

The United Nations Human Rights Council's current session has heard concerns that freedom of expression and peaceful assembly continue to deteriorate in Indonesia's Papua region.