Indonesia's next president will inherit serious human rights problems requiring leadership and commitment.

Kennial Caroline Laia – A 2-year-old girl chews on an areca nut, while a drunken man slumbers by the roadside that morning.

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – A foreign expert on public services has said that water privatization is an obstacle to the government in implementing human rights, especially relating to the ac

Jayapura – Human rights issues raised by Papuan diplomats overseas only revolve around their campaign for independence, Jayapura Bishop Leo Labaladjar said.

The Act of Killing, the acclaimed documentary about the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of communists and leftists in Indonesia, did not win favour in Hollywood.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Vanuatu's prime minister has addressed the United Nations, urging a resolution to investigate allegations of human rights violations in Papua.

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has indicated that the city's water provision, handled by two private firms PT Aetra Air Jakarta and PT PAM L

Mette Bjerregaard – The Act of Killing may have lost out on this year's Oscar for best documentary, but it has instigated a spectacular change within Indonesian society.

PMC news desk – Vanuatu Prime Minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil has condemned the international community's "neglect" of the voices of the Papuan people in protest over the repression by

Andrew Pulver – On an Oscar night of few surprises, one award that didn't quite go the way pundits may have hoped was way down the bill in the best documentary category.

The nomination and possible victory of Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" at today's Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood will put immense pressure on Indonesia to confront and s

Jakarta – The Indonesian co-director of "The Act of Killing," hopes the Oscar-nominated documentary will continue to inspire conversation about the 1965 communist killings, calling the

Jasmin Ramsey, Washington – Watching former gangsters and paramilitary leaders proudly reenact scenes from Indonesia's military-led mass killings of 1965-66 in the Oscar-nominated docum

Jayapura – Vanuatu's Prime Minister (PM), Mr Moana Kalosil Carcasses will raise demand of completion of the Papua issue to the international world.

Kanupriya Kapoor & Jonathan Thatcher, Jakarta/Madiun – A chilling documentary about one of the worst massacres since World War Two is up for an Academy Award this weekend.

'When I showed my footage to the massacre survivors, many said: you are onto something important, keep filming the perpetrators.'

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Prodita Sabarini, Contributor, Washington, DC – Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer on Tuesday called on the US to acknowledge its role in Indonesia's communist pur

Shaun Tandon, Hong Kong – Anwar Congo makes no secret of the fact that he killed about 1,000 people with his bare hands, boasting about the methods he used to murder alleged communists

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Head of Bukittinggi District Court

Isabelle Arradon – It is always difficult to say when an armed conflict is truly "over".

Jakarta – The co-director of the film, "The Act of Killing" denied that it was a foreign effort to tarnish Indonesia's reputation in international eyes, saying a negative image does not

Miko Napitupulu – Muslim scholar Dawam Rahardjo was awarded Indonesia's annual Yap Thiam Hien prize for human rights in Jakarta on Thursday.

Paulina Quintao – Human Rights Activist, Joao Soares Pequinho, believes the Timor-Leste's government failed to implement the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

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Nicole Jade Millane & Harriet Conron – The Indonesian government continues to waver in its response to violence and discrimination against minorities, despite the president's claim

Josua Gantan – It could have been a historical moment for Indonesia. On Jan.

Jakarta – Indonesian women and religious minorities have faced heightened discrimination as a result of the government's failure to enforce human rights protections in 2013, Human Right

Paulina Quintao – The Asian Federation for Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) composed by Nepal, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, South Korea, El Salvador and Timor-Leste, urge the Timo

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Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) warned that 2014 could be an "emergency" year for rights violations.

Jakarta – The European Parliament's hearing on human rights in Papua, Indonesia, is an important opportunity to raise concerns and press for improvements in the area's grave human right

"The European Parliament's hearing on Papua should spotlight the serious human rights challenges and the Indonesian government's needed reforms.

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Acclaimed documentary "The Act of Killing" was nominated for an Academy Award on Thursday.

Gemima Harvey – The suspicious death of a rebel leader is the latest in a long line of alleged human rights abuses.

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Paulina Quintao – The Timor-Leste government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MNEC) and the Indonesian Government intend to establish a commission to look into t

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Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Enforcement of the law and human rights remained shaky throughout 2013 in Aceh, a legal advocacy group says.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it has completed 5,234 investigations out of the 6,600 complaints it received throughout 2013.

Yeremia Sukoyo – Court charges and physical abuse topped the list for the most common threats against witnesses in criminal cases in Indonesia in 2013, a witness care body said.

Sydney – The indigenous struggle for liberation in West Papua on the western half of the island of New Guinea in the south-west Pacific, with the loss of thousands of lives, is far from

Andreas Harsono – Here's a seasonal snapshot from Indonesia's Aceh province: on 20 December, dozens of militant Islamists rallied outside one of the largest hotels in Banda Aceh, the pr

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) said on Thursday that the number of alleged human rights abuse cases in the country rose from 448 cases in

Alison Bevege – He was just a little kid, maybe six years old. Walking through the garden with his mother and two teenage aunties. Then the Indonesian soldiers came.

[An interview with Jeremy Bally, Pedalling for Papua campaigner, published by the Asian Human Rights Commission.]

Timor-Leste investigative journalist Jose Belo has been presented with one of the 2013 Sergio Vieira de Mello human rights awards by the President, Taur Matan Ruak.