Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nurfika Osman – Amid human rights activists' demands for it to face justice, the Army's elite force marked its 58th anniversary on Friday by calling for t

Ulma Haryanto – The area where the violence took place on Wednesday was also the site of massive human rights violations on Sept.

Eko Ari Wibowo/Joniansyah, Jakarta – Indonesian NGO activist monitoring police performance reported on Friday (9/4) abuse sent at his private residence following series of telephone thr

Jakarta – A survey conducted by the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YBHI) recently found that about 80 percent of detainees in the country suffered from acts of violence unde

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Authorities in Dili have appealed against the acquittal of the Australian Angelita Pires on charges of conspiring to kill East Timor's top two political leader

An Darwin woman found not guilty of trying to assassinate East Timor's president two years ago says the country needs to review its judicial system.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Experts argued that the minimum criminal prosecution age of eight years is too young and must be amended, during a judicial review of the controversial juven

Jakarta – Military Police have arrested four officers from the Army's Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad) over accusations that they had physically abused four minors last week.

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Farmers in Teluk Rendah, Tebo Ilir district in Tebo regency, Jambi, have planned to report a shooting incident to the National Police after a clash with the Mobile

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Relatives of rights abuse victims have protested a presidential decree appointing Lt. Gen. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin as deputy defense minister.

Jakarta – On Monday April 5 the victims and families of victims of the abduction and forced disappearance of activists in 1997-1998, Semanggi I and II and Trisakti filed a suit with the

Nurfika Osman – The National Commission for Child Protection on Tuesday condemned the alleged beating of four minors by Army soldiers.

Ismira Lutfia – Human rights activists on Sunday criticized last week's inaugural meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' human rights body in Jakarta for failing to prod

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Anti-death penalty activists welcomed Tuesday that the Indonesian government did not carry out executions in 2009, the first year it has not exercised the death

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – An activist from a leading Indonesian rights group on Wednesday called for a comprehensive investigation into the recent finding of sacks full of bones in an

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) found Tuesday that several army officers abused four minors in Depok, West Java, for stealing a bicy

Jakarta – Thousands of prisoners have been denied copies of their verdicts, a top official said on Monday.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Victims of human rights abuses on Sunday called for thorough investigations into serious cases as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' new rights body

Jakarta – Four Indonesian organizations are calling for the public to support a seafaring community known as Bajau Pela'u, whose members are being held at a shelter in Berau, East Kalim

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The military should conduct an independent investigation to prove its personnel were not involved in the killing of political activists in Aceh as accused by

In Indonesia, investigative journalist Allan Nairn is facing possible arrest for exposing that US-backed Indonesian armed forces assassinated a series of civilian activists last year.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) said the governments's plan to clear the country's urban streets of children was too ambitious and might lead to repression.

H.E. Jose Ramos-Horta
President, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Dili, Timor-Leste

Dear Mr. President,

It's Thursday afternoon, March 18, and dozens of family members of victims of human rights violations are holding another "Kamisan" (Thursday Action), a silent protest in which they hol

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Tokyo – East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta said Tuesday that Indonesia still needs to apologise for its brutal occupation of the half-island even if relations between the neighbour

Heru Andriyanto – The attorney general's plans to challenge the Supreme Court's acquittal of retired Army Gen.

Sara Everingham – The President of East Timor says it is embarrassing for Australia that Northern Territory police took five years to test remains believed to be those of the country's

Putri Prameshwari & Ismira Lutfia – The National Commission on Human Rights has dismissed as "too optimistic" a US report released on Thursday that praised Indonesia's progress in p

Introduction

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Human rights activists on Thursday asked that the closure of the Guantanamo camp and the return of terrorist suspects to their countries for trial be a priori

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will seek an explanation from the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) for its refusal to approve a bro

Tito Belo, Dili – The construction of a luxury hotel near East Timor's capital has uncovered machine-dug graves containing remains of people who may have been killed during the country'

Dili – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta on Wednesday denied claims by Amnesty International that he would support a tribunal for abuses committed during Indonesia's occupation.

Jakarta – The international community continues to focus on the Indonesian government's handling of the murder of human rights activist Munir.

Australian human rights activists are outraged that the Australian Government has bestowed Australia's highest civilian honour, the Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, on Indo

Issues such as the application of the death penalty in Indonesia and the unresolved case of the killing of five Australian journalists on the eve of Indonesia's invasion of East Timor i

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A number of NGOs concerned with human rights filed a report to the Judicial Commission on alleged judiciary corruption practices in the 1984 Tanjung Priok ri

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Indonesian military on Tuesday said it doubted claims by Amnesty International that East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta had promised to support the esta

Sara Everingham – East Timor's latest attempt to create a brighter future has unearthered a tragic reminder of its turbulent past, with the construction of a new luxury hotel and golf c

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – A solidarity group for the murdered activist Munir has given the President a list of legal options to unravel the mystery behind the murder after the l

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Kamaruddin approached his wife and told her that he would go out and try to catch fish for their next meal.

Anita Rachman & Ismira Lutfia – Local and international rights advocates will detail the government's lack of progress in protecting human rights at the UN Human Rights Council's pl

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on US President Barack Obama to press Indonesia over rights progress, military reform and religious freedom during his visit t

Nivell Rayda – Human Rights Watch on Friday called on US President Barack Obama to make human rights a key issue for discussion during his visit to Indonesia next month.

Dear President Obama,

Ref: IOR 40/2009.177
AI Index: ASA 57/002/2010
H.E. the Permanent Representative

23 February 2010

Lindsay Murdoch – Lawyers representing Angelita Pires, the lover of East Timor's slain rebel leader Alfredo Reinado, say she has been "viciously vilified" by people in positions of powe

Khairul Saleh, Palembang – A police tribunal in Palembang, South Sumatra, has ordered detentions ranging from two to three weeks for 22 members of the police's Mobile Brigade who shot f