Malang – Suciwati, the widow of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, says she suspects there is a plan to acquit Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, a former Garuda pilot serving a 20-ye

Agus Triyono & Ulma Haryanto – Claiming to have new evidence that could overturn his sentence, the convicted murderer of rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib on Tuesday registered a

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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Jakarta, Indonesia

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Dear President Yudhoyono,

Indonesia's election to the Human Rights Council should be an impetus for rights reform at home.

Jakarta – The lawyer of Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, the man convicted of murdering human rights activist Munir, says the Supreme Court was wrong to hear an appeal filed by prosecutor

Jakarta – A solidarity group for murdered human rights activist Munir Said Thalib called on the Supreme Court to reject a case review petition filed by Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, th

Heru Andriyanto – The Supreme Court should reject any request for a case review by the pilot convicted of the murder of Munir Said Thalib because it would have no legal standing, a righ

Camelia Pasandaran – Senior government officials on Wednesday defended the country's human rights record against recent criticism about it gaining a seat on the United Nations Human Rig

Ulma Haryanto – Activists have urged the government to improve the country's questionable rights record in the wake of its selection for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Counci

Ismira Lutfia – Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa on Saturday said the election of Indonesia to the UN Human Rights Council on Friday reaffirmed the country was making progress in human

Indonesia was among 15 nations elected on Friday to the UN Human Rights Council, despite a human rights watchdog earlier stating the country had questionable qualifications for membersh

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Nurfika Osman – Despite its patchy record of violations, the country's bid to be re-elected to a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council won activists' backing on Thursday.

Camelia Pasandaran – Before a meeting with the National Commission on Human Rights on Friday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that Indonesia had taken steps in the right directi

Camelia Pasandaran – The Attorney General's Office indicated it would re-examine a number of human rights abuse cases involving the Indonesian Military, including the May 1998 tragedy,

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – Thirteen years after the deadly May 1998 riots, Trisakti University students continue to fight for justice and held a vigil for four colleagues killed in th

Jakarta – Families and friends of victims of the May 1998 riots gathered Friday at Pondok Rangon cemetery to pray for their loved ones and speak about the largely unresolved events that

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) pressed the government to take concrete action concerning the May 1998 riots that killed more than 1,000 c

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Families of victims and human rights activists began a campaign this month to remind the people and government about the tragedy that occurred 13 years a

Nurfika Osman – Violence on the scale of the May 1998 riots that marked the downfall of former President Suharto could occur once again amid the growing climate of intolerance, activist

Jayapura – Jakarta frequently intimidates Papua in the name of the unity and integrity of the Republic of Indonesia, even though such a stance creates a culture of fear among Papuan off

Kupang - The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) said the Belu military battalion was responsible for the death of local resident Charles Mali last March.

Jakarta – The government has revoked 4,000 bylaws deemed unjust, discriminatory and in violation of human rights.

Today, May 1, 2011, We the people of West Papua mediated by the West Papua National Committee [KNPB] give our statement that:

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Reports of moves by member of the House of Representative's (DPR) Commission I on defense, foreign affairs and communication to overturn the United States ban on

Heru Andriyanto – Deputy Attorney General Darmono says his office had no immediate plans to file a case review against former National Intelligence Agency chief Maj. Gen.

Heru Andriyanto – The Attorney General's Office on Wednesday said a former airline employee who was sentenced to a year in jail for a minor role in the murder of renowned rights campaig

Dessy Sagita – Indonesian activists on Sunday criticized the US government for praising Indonesia's progress on human rights, saying that the barometer used for the report could be misl

The deputy chairman of the Papuan branch of Komnas HAM, the National Human Rights Commission, Mathius Murib, has accused the regional authorities of lack of commitment to solve human ri

Ulma Haryanto – Indonesia has repeatedly failed to achieve conclusive justice for victims of state-sponsored human rights violations during 13 years of the reform era, according to a ne

Jakarta – The deliberations on the Draft State Intelligence Law cannot be separated from the historical context of the role of intelligence agencies in past cases of human rights violat

Jakarta – Suciwati, the wife of murdered human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, said the plan by the Hague, the Dutch capital, to name one of its streets after Munir was ironic becaus

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Decades of armed conflict in Aceh may be officially over, but scars remain from that tumultuous time that, as people like Reza Idri insist, should never be fo

KontraS Papua, the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence, is convinced that the detention of five nurses by the police in Papua is a violation of their human rights.

Jakarta – Threats against workers, democracy and human rights activists have increased in 2010.

Kupang – Amnesty International (AI) asked the government to form an independent body to investigate allegations of torture that led to the death of one person and to severe injuries for

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – One person died and six others were injured when they were held captive by the 744 Infantry Battalion/Satya Yudha Bakti (SYB) Military Command in Atambua, East

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Today, 85-year-old Mbah Pujiati will do what she has done every Thursday since Jan.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Members of House of Representatives' Commission III on legal affairs and laws, human rights and security opposed the proposal to endorse a bill that would gr

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Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) is pushing for corporations, both national and multi-national, to be deemed as parties that can also be held liable for human

The chairman of DAP, the Papuan Traditional Council, Forkorus Yaboisembut, is reported as saying that the process of elimination of the Melanesian Race which is currently turning the in

Ina Parlina – A coalition of NGOs has challenged the government with its own version of the state secrecy bill, saying this one was more "humane" and the government's one posed a threat

Camelia Pasandaran – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday demanded a review of the increasing numbers of discriminatory bylaws being enacted by regional governments throughout

Indonesian police said on Thursday that four officers would be charged over the "unforgivable" gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in Papua province.

Banjir Ambarita – The family of a female detainee who was forced to perform oral sex on three officers at the Jayapura Police's detention center has reported the case to the National Co