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.

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

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

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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

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

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

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 Indonesia say they have launched an investigation into the deaths of two demonstrators and wounding of five others, allegedly by police officers durin

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.

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

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

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

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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

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A military tribunal in Papua indicted three low-ranking soldiers on Wednesday for the killing of a civilian in Puncak Jaya district last year.

Jakarta – The Indonesian military continues to misunderstand the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), with the result that Indonesia still has not ratified the intern

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

As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton travelled to Bali, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) urged her to condition US security assistance to Indonesia on real imp

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Lauren Zumbach – Human Rights Watch has called on US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to focus on military abuses, freedom of expression and religious minorities' rights during her vi

Dessy Sagita – The mother of a teacher at an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia who was burned to death two years ago after he was accused of impregnating a female student is still se

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Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that the West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) has named him the 2011 recipient of the John Rumbiak Human Rights Defenders Award.

In recent weeks, highly regarded West Papuan non-governmental and religious organizations which promote respect for human rights have spoken out forcefully regarding the deteriorating h

Organizations based in more than a dozen countries today issued a statement of support for West Papuan organizations appealing for justice and human rights.

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The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) and the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urge the military to make open to the public the upcoming trial in a ca

Indonesian villagers who accused Exxon Mobil Corp's security forces of murder, torture and other atrocities have regained their right to sue the giant oil company in the United States.

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Convicted murderer Pollycarpus Priyanto will present three experts on Tuesday in his review attempt against the Supreme Court verdict that sentenced him to 20 years in jail regarding th