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Jakarta – Although admitting that they may contains some truth, statements by a number of public officials on human rights violations during the National Human Rights and State Defense

Jakarta – Some 2,000 public complaints lodged with the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) in 2008 have still not been settled.

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Former top spy Muchdi Purwopranjono made a last-ditch effort Friday to defend himself against charges of planning the murder of noted human rights activist Mu

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – The House of Representatives passed a welfare bill into law Thursday, requiring all social organizations, including foreign-based ones, to register their oper

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has passed a controversial bill on the Supreme Court, defying opposition from two factions over a much-decried extension of the r

Mark Dodd – An Australian businessman in East Timor says he has received death threats after he questioned an allegedly corrupt $3.1 million government fuel contract.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Commission III overseeing legal affairs approved a controversial bill on the Supreme Court on Tuesday, except for the article on justices' retire

Anton Muhajir, Denpasar – Bali's human rights organizations were still embroiled by classical, internal problems diminishing their capability to implement their agendas, an activist sai

Luh De Suriyani and Claudia Sardi, Denpasar – The Bali Commission for Children's Protection (KPAI) and Yayasan Bali Sruti, a local women's rights NGO, have warned local media to stop pu

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Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights has urged the government to give more protection to the rights of indigenous people marginalized by rapid development.

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Ni Komang Erviani and Indah Setiawati, Nusa Dua – Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika has pledged to support the struggle to file a judicial review of the anti-pornography law, followin

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Former top spy Muchdi Purwopranjono denied he premeditated the 2004 murder of noted human rights activist Munir Said Thalib in court Thursday, and demanded ju

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The settlement of gross human rights abuse cases in Indonesia will likely encounter a deadlock, with law enforcers continually acting "uncooperatively" and the

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Andi Hajramurni and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Makassar, Bandung – Rights activists across the country celebrated International Human Rights Day on Wednesday by staging rallies and other events

Indah Setiawati and Ni Komang Erviani, Jakarta, Denpasar – The newly enacted anti-pornography law threatens to further stain Indonesia's already sullied human rights record, rights grou

A demonstration in Jayapura which was organised by the Students Anti-Violence Alliance (AMAK) under its leader Zacharias Horoto, included among its demands the call for three of Papua's

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Defying persistent protests by a number of provinces and scores of civil society groups, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed the anti-pornography bill,

Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was strongly criticized Tuesday after signing a tough anti-pornography law that opponents have said threatens national unity.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Prominent pluralism campaigner Siti Musdah Mulia has been named the winner of the 2008 Yap Thiam Hien human rights award for her "courage and obstinacy" in push

Jakarta – The House of Representatives does not need to launch an investigation into longstanding cases of involuntary disappearances, but instead should push the president to order a f

Tom Allard and Karuni Rompies – Indonesian prosecutors yesterday asked for a prison sentence of 15 years for the intelligence operative and former Kopassus commander Muchdi Purwopranjan

Jakarta – Government prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a 15-year jail sentence for a former senior Indonesian intelligence official charged in the murder of a prominent human rights activ

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Yogyakarta – Dozens of transgender people in Yogyakarta on Wednesday commemorated Transgender Day of Remembrance, which falls every Nov.

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – A court has rejected a prosecution request to present as evidence a document they claim links former spy Muchdi Purwopranjono to a military operation that led

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – According to estimates, around 5,000 children, most of them girls, in Jakarta are being sexually exploited today, rights activists said over the weekend.

Andra Wisnu, Denpasar – The head of the West Papua Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) repeated the province's intention to secede from Indonesia if the anti-pornography bill passed i

Jakarta – Families of missing persons reiterated their demand for the President and the government to establish an ad hoc court tasked with resolving the mysterious disappearances of ac

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Several witnesses have testified in favor of former senior intelligence officer Muchdi Purwopranjono, unraveling the prosecution's claim the defendant's motiv

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Astrid Wijaya, Jakarta – The government is failing to respect and protect those who identify as homosexual, bisexual or transgender, despite their equal rights as citizens, says the off

Jesse Wright, Dili – As the official photographer for the thousands of civilians walking to a cemetery for a burial, Simplisio de Deus watched through a camera lens as the Indonesian mi

Astrid Wijaya, Jakarta – An Asian human rights group has pressured the government to investigate the disappearance of 13 Indonesian activists a decade ago, one of numerous similar cases

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Jakarta – Indonesia's human rights groups expressed hope Sunday that President-elect Barack Obama would put more pressure on Indonesia to resolve its major human rights cases.

Ruslan Sangadji and Indra Harsaputra, Palu, Surabaya – Three organizations held a peace rally at the Hasanuddin traffic circle in East Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Thursday evening to cal

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy head Muchdi Purwopranjono employed a pilot to murder human rights activist Munir Said Thalib in 2004, a court he

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) proposed to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday that the retirement age of Supreme Court Justices remain at 65 years, a

Kompas – The families of missing activists hope that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will not take conventional measures in completing the investigation of the forced disappearance o

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Human rights groups have cast doubt on the effectiveness of the newly enacted law against racial and ethnic discrimination, citing its narrow coverage.

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – Thousands of street children in Cirebon are at risk of physical and sexual abuse and often subject to exploitation that forces them to become scavengers and begg

Jakarta – Hundreds of members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) clashed with police outside a Central Jakarta court and attempted to force the closure of a nearby Ahmadiyah mosque afte

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Two police detectives testified Thursday at the trial of former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy head Muchdi Purwopranjono, denying pressuring witnesses

The House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill that terms ethnic and racial discrimination as serious crimes.

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has come under pressure to resolve the abduction cases of human rights activists from 1997 to 1998.