Camelia Pasandaran – In somewhat unusual circumstances, two beautiful North Sulawesi women wearing skirts slit all the way up to their waists and low cut white silk tops performed a tra

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-105-2009

Dear friends,

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – ASEAN countries must consider forming a regional human rights court if they are truly committed to protecting the basic rights of their citizens, a coalition of

Dili – Ten years after East Timor's historic independence referendum, victims are still waiting for justice for crimes and rights abuses committed during Indonesia's brutal 24-year occu

Jakarta – The 30-year-old woman stuttered as she tried to tell the story of when she had been arrested by a group of police officers in 2005.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A lawmaker taking part in the discussion on the state secrecy bill urged the government on Sunday to pass the bill before the current House of Representative

Jakarta – If passed into law, the state secrecy bill could lead to abuses of power by unscrupulous government officials, activists and experts warn.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The recent attacks in Papua, especially those around the Freeport mining complex, were aimed at provoking the military into committing human rights violations

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Australian forensic experts have identified the remains of three victims of an Indonesian army massacre that took place in East Timor 18 years ago.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Human Rights Monitor, Imparsial, said the lack of recognition and protection was endangering human rights defenders in Indonesia.

Eras Poke, Kupang – Authorities in East Timor arrested an Indonesian on Sunday over his alleged role in a deadly attack at a church there during the upheaval experienced after the count

Jakarta – Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono says the public need not worry about the State Secrecy Bill, citing democratic progress.

Jakarta – The Information and Electronic Transactions Law may become a tool of political censorship, journalists and lawyers attending a regional seminar organized by the Alliance of In

Jakarta – The Press Council says the current State Secrecy Bill is an ironic twist on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's election commitment to uphold democracy and the rights of all

A West Papuan human rights activist is in New Zealand this week to lobby support for international dialogue on issues surrounding Indonesia's Papua region.

Makassar – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said Monday that police officers had committed human rights violations during a clash with local residents over a land di

Takalar – A clash between local residents and police at a sugarcane plantation in Takalar regency, South Sulawesi wounded 10 people on Sunday.

Heru Andriyanto – The Attorney General's Office has received a copy of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the acquittal of former top intelligence official Muchdi Purwoprandjono, who

It is very disappointing that the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) leaders have again failed to condemn the human right abuses being committed by the Indonesian security forces in West Papua.

Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President, Republic of Indonesia
Gedung Bina Graha
Jl. Veteran 16
Jakarta Pusat

Re: Human Rights Concerns in Indonesia

President Yudhoyono had some successes on human rights in his first term, but he needs to make sure those reforms really stick.

Farouk Arnaz – Hundreds of protestors gathered outside the National Police headquarters on Tuesday to demonstrate against the acquittal of Muchdi Purwoprandjono on a charge of ordering

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The government defended Friday its decision to approve the creation of an ASEAN regional human rights body which has been widely criticized for being toothless a

Heru Andriyanto – The Banten High Court has ordered the Tangerang District Court to retry the defamation case against Prita Mulyasari, a top provincial judge said on Thursday.

Farouk Arnaz – Activists from the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute and other nongovernmental organizations are planning to submit a letter to the National Police today protesting the arrest

Jakarta – Human rights activist, Usman Hamid, is adamant that Muchdi Purwopranjono, a former Intelligence Agency (BIN) general was involved in the murder of Munir Said Thalib, even thou

Jakarta – Human rights activist Usman Hamid says he will not withdraw a statement linking former Deputy Chief of State Intelligence Agency (BIN), Muchdi Purwopranjono, to the murder of

Kinanti Pinta Karana – Victims and their families gathered on Monday to mark the thirteenth anniversary of a violent political riot which left five people killed and scores wounded in t

Heru Andriyanto – The Tangerang District Court on Monday found 10 children guilty of gambling in a controversial ruling that sparked outrage among Indonesia's child welfare activists, e

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The state secrecy bill, set to be passed in October, has raised concern that Indonesia will step back and revert to a tyrannical state, a discussion concluded

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has renewed calls for the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to keep its promises to uphold human rights.

Heru Andriyanto – The Attorney General's Office indicated on Thursday that it would likely request a Supreme Court review of the acquittal of former top intelligence official Muchdi Pur

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The Constitutional Court on Wednesday threw out a judicial review request over a Criminal Code article about provocation in public filed by former coordinating

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is implementing bureaucratic reforms halfheartedly, Gadjah Mada University's Indonesian Judiciary Supervisory Community (M

Joe Cochrane, Bogor – Irwansyah is in a bit of a bind.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda reportedly led a failed effort to strengthen the future powers of Southeast Asia's first regional human rights body during talks Sunday in Th

Ismira Lutfia – The Tangerang Prosecutor's Office, which has been roundly condemned for its handling of the Prita Mulysari case, has again been thrust into the public spotlight with its

Denpasar – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the Bali governor to help solve a lingering problem involving 84 farmers and the management of the Bali Pecatu

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia has agreed to provide Timor Leste with a number of privileges in line with recommendations made by the final report of the Indonesia-Timor Leste Commi

Although the TNI commander Djoko Santoso claims the Free Papua Movement (OPM) was likely behind shooting attacks in West Papua on the weekend, it was reported in the Jakarta Globe (14 J

Farouk Arnaz & April Aswadi – While publicly agreeing to cooperate in a joint operation to find the perpetrators of the deadly weekend ambushes near the US miner Freeport McMoRan's

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Prosecutors are still deciding whether or not to file for a review of a Supreme Court ruling that saw a former intelligence official acquitted of all charges

Heru Andriyanto – New questions were being asked over the performance of prosecutors as the possibility that the mastermind behind the high-profile murder of rights activist Munir Said

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by prosecutors challenging the South Jakarta District Court's decision acquitting Muchdi Purwopranjono in the

Farouk Arnas, Nivell Rayda & Heru Andriyanto – The Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal by prosecutors against the acquittal of former top intelligence official Muchdi Purwoprandj

Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of a former senior spy accused of ordering the deadly poisoning of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, a spokesman said

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and the West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) today praised continued congressional attention to issues of human rights in Indonesia and Tim

The Indonesia Human Rights Committee has written individually to the 16 Pacific Island Heads of Government to urge them to make West Papua a priority for discussion and action at the Au

Ed Davies & Sunanda Creagh – Presidential candidate Megawati Sukarnoputri on Friday defended her choice of a running mate accused of human rights abuses, saying that he had taken re

Joint statement by the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (Kontras)