Agus Triyono, Banjir Ambarita & Elisabeth Oktofani – The violent crackdown on a pro-independence rally earlier this week that left six people dead is indicative of the government's

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Dozens of NGOs grouped under the Coalition for Justice and Revelation of Truth (KKPK) welcomed the recent decision of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Ulma Haryanto – A tribunal on Monday began hearing a request for intelligence documents that the widow of the late human rights defender Munir Said Thalib believes would reveal the mast

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – The failure of the Indonesian government to put to trial those responsible for the abduction and enforced disappearance of 13 political activists in 1997-1998

Abdul Qowi Bastian – On Sept. 30, 2009, the House of Representatives sent several recommendations regarding cases of abduction and disappearance of activists during the 1998 riots.

Jakarta – For two years now, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has ignored the House of Representatives' (DPR) recommendation on the forced abduction and disappearance of 13 acti

Anita Rachman – "What is an ombudsman?" By now, Budi Santoso is used to hearing that question when friends ask about his work as a senior official with the Indonesian Ombudsman's office

Niniek Karmini, Rawagede, Indonesia – Six decades have passed, but Kadun bin Siot's voice still trembles as he recalls the morning Dutch troops surrounded his tiny Indonesian village an

Jakarta – Suciwati, widow of slain human rights defender Munir Said Thalib, is seeking to overturn the decision by the Law and Human Rights Ministry to grant remissions to the killer of

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Attorney General Basrief Arief says that filing a case review to challenge the acquittal of former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chairman Muchdi Pur

Daniel Pye – Asia Pulp and Paper has announced it has commissioned an independent audit of its practices in Indonesia following a UN call for businesses around the world to protect huma

A report has been released following a joint investigation into the mistreatment and torture of a group of 15 Papuans in connection with two criminal incidents that occurred recently in

Jakarta – After 27 years of tribulations in seeking justice, the victims of the 1984 Tanjung Priok riot have glimpsed a dim light of hope that their struggle may succeed.

Dessy Sagita – The families of the victims of the 1984 Tanjung Priok massacre are renewing their calls for the government to compensate them and give them justice, they said on Wednesda

Indonesian activists on Thursday welcomed an international court's finding that the Dutch state was responsible for a massacre in Indonesia in 1947 and that victims' families should be

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – The murder of human rights activists such as Munir Said Thalib has solidified the fight for rights by activists instead of dampening their efforts, an interna

Relatives of Indonesian men and boys murdered by Dutch troops more than 60 years ago flocked back to the scene of the massacre Thursday – this time to celebrate.

Jakarta – Indonesian delegates brought the case of slain human rights activist Munir Said Thalib into the spotlight at the 6th Dublin Platform – the world's largest forum of rights acti

Jakarta – A group of victims from the 1984 Tanjung Priok tragedy say they will meet members of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) in efforts to help them restore their righ

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – London-based rights group Amnesty International has brought under the spotlight the arbitrary and excessive use of force and firearms by law enforcers in Lang

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Arientha Primanita & Camelia Pasandaran – Seven years after the death of human rights defender Munir Said Thalib, his widow's pain has not eased.

Jakarta – A peaceful rally, to commemorate the death of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib in front of the State Palace on Wednesday, turned violent as the police attempted to prev

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will not interfere in the legal case centering on the alleged murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, who died on board a Garuda

Jakarta – Local and international human rights advocates are clamoring for further investigation of the death of activist Munir Said Thalib, who died from arsenic poisoning on a Garuda

Arientha Primanita – About 50 protesters have gathered outside the State Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday to mark the seventh anniversary of the murder of Indonesian human rights defender

Jayapura – Police have detained two people identified as EK,17, and PK,19, for their alleged involvement in several murders in Jayapura, Papua, on June 7, 2011 and in Nafri on Aug.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – London-based rights group Amnesty International has urged the Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) to initiate a new investigation into the alleged murder

The 6th of September is remembered as a day of national mourning to mark the Suai Church Massacre that was carried out by the Laksaur Militia with the support of the Indonesian military

Ismira Lutfia – Human rights activists have called for an independent investigation into the deaths of two men shot dead by police during an attack on oil field facilities in Tiaka Isla

Manatutu, East Timor – For Pedro Damaeao, having a brother who was part of Falantil, the Timorese guerrilla group that fought Indonesia's army, meant endless harassment for his family t

Matthew Pennington, Washington – President Barack Obama has embraced Indonesia as a crucial US ally in Southeast Asia, but rights groups and critics in Congress say the administration i

Batam – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has leveled allegations of extreme brutality and torture against police officers in Riau Islands province for their treatment o

Palu, Central Sulawesi – Police in Central Sulawesi have vowed to investigate the officers involved in firing on rioters during Monday's attack on oil field facilities on Tiaka Island.

Palu, Central Sulawesi – Police in Indonesia say they have launched an investigation into the deaths of two demonstrators and wounding of five others, allegedly by police officers durin

Jakarta – An NGO activist says President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's decision to immediately reply to graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin's letter requesting protection was discrimination.

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Jakarta – Six years after the Helsinki peace deal ended the long insurgency of the Aceh Freedom Movement (GAM), activists now say the government has avoided bringing to justice past hum

Jakarta – Cases of human rights violations during the conflict in Indonesia's northern-most province of Aceh must be investigated and resolved in accordance with the Helsinki peace agre

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Calls have intensified for the Indonesian military to drawdown its extensive operational and surveillance presence in West Papua to ease the oppression of locals a

Walhi, Pusaka, Sajogyo Institute, Sorpatom, Papuan NGOs Working Group, Sawit Watch, Aman, Huma, JKPP, KPA, Kontras, Green Peace Indonesia, DtE.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana – The East Java Police have deployed two platoons of the Mobile Brigade (Brimob) to a gold mining concession area in Gunung Tumpang Pitu, Pesanggaran district, Bany

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must take strategic action to defuse the violence in Papua that has already claimed many lives, the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Viol

Banjir Ambarita & Camelia Pasandaran, Jayapura – Government officials confirmed on Monday that the recent deadly brawls plaguing the newly established district of Puncak Papua were

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – One of former president Sukarno's most memorable speeches was titled "Jas Merah", an acronym for Jangan Sekali-kali Melupakan Sejarah (Don't ever try to

A retired military intelligence official said on Tuesday that he had been part of a group that planned a notorious and deadly attack against members of the main opposition party 15 year

The statement by former general Slamet Singgih on Tuesday about a secret meeting to plan the infamous July 27, 1996, attack on the headquarters of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI)

Matthew Lee, Associated Press, Nusa Dua – US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging Indonesia to promote democracy in Myanmar and countries in the Middle East and North Afr

Kupang – Nine soldiers tried for beating to death Charles Mali, 17, a detainee at the Military Batallion 744 headquarters in Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), were all sentenced to les