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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Introduction

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'

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

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

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.

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

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

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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
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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

On Friday February 19, there was something different taking place at the Army's Special Forces or Kopassus headquarters in Cijantung, East Jakarta.

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

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – If he wanted to, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono could clear up the mystery surrounding the alleged murders and disappearances of 13 activists during the t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Muninggar Saraswati & Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesian human rights activists have used a meeting with US President Barack Obama in Washington in the hope t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The families of students and activists who disappeared during the 1997-98 political unrest stepped up pressure on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednes

Dili – East Timorese prosecutors Thursday sought up to 20 years' jail for 28 people including an Australian citizen charged over the attempted assassination of the president and prime m

Pandaya, Jakarta – The 2007 Coastal and Islet Management Law is yet to be functional, but an alliance of activists are already seeking to shoot it down.

Lawyers for a Timorese-born Australian woman standing trial over an alleged plot to assassinate East Timor's President say new evidence has come to light that further undermines the pro

Sara Everingham – Lawyers for a Timorese-born Australian woman standing trial over an alleged plot to assassinate East Timor's President say new evidence has come to light that further

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta branch of the Alliance of Independent Journalists' (AJI) has called for the reopening of the murder case of journalist Fuad Muhamad Syafruddin,

Adam Gartrell – One of Australia's top forensic pathologists has added to doubts about the official account of the alleged attempt to assassinate East Timor's top political leaders.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The former head of Indonesia's anti-corruption watchdog, Antasari Azhar, has been found guilty of masterminding the murder of a business executive and rival for th

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – A case review on the 2004 murder of rights activist Munir Said Thalib will open up the possibility of charging the National Intelligence Body (BIN) wit