Sahat Simatupang, Medan – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) urged the police to uncover a murder case in North Sumatera.

Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – A missing letter connecting the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) to the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib may reappear as evidence against former B

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – After 10 years of reform, Indonesia continues to lag in the implementation of human rights regulations, the National Commission on Human Rights said in a revi

Lucy Williamson, Dili – "That's him," our guide told me. The man in the sagging brown vest was sitting at the entrance to his home, enjoying the morning sun.

Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – In what was called a "grave for press freedom" in Indonesia, a court here ruled Thursday in favor of a pulp and paper firm in a long-standing dispute with Koran T

East Timor's Prime Minister is supporting a new law that would allow civilians to own guns, less than five months after illegally armed rebel soldiers tried to kill him and the presiden

East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta has been accused of ignoring victims by granting clemency to militia members who killed nuns and priests during a bout of unrest in 1999.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Activists have dismissed speculation that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made a deal with retired generals or military leaders to arrest former senior intell

[June 26 is observed every year as the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.]

Abdul Khalik and Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Police say they will go after other people allegedly involved in the murder of human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib after finishing their

Dili – Joni Marques, former leader of East Timor's notorious Team Alfa militia, was released on parole earlier this month after controversially having a 33-year prison term commuted.

Jakarta – Lawmakers are putting pressure on the National Police to summon ex-top intelligence officers in a bid to find the masterminds of the murder of human rights campaigner Munir Sa

Dili – Former East Timor militia chief Joni Marques, pardoned and released on parole this month after serving part of a long prison sentence for leading a massacre of nuns and priests i

Rafiqa Qurrata A., Jakarta – The deputy chairperson of the House of Representatives Commission III on law and human rights, Soeripto says the plan to assassinate Munir was put together

Rafiqa Qurrata A, Jakarta – The plan to eliminate Munir was reportedly hatched during a National Intelligence Agency (BIN) leadership meeting that took place in 2004.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Police are being urged to widen the probe on the murder of human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib following the arrest of ex-State Intelligence Agency (BIN) d

Dili – East Timor's recent decision to pardon and release a former militia leader responsible for several murders has undermined the country's human rights commitment, a local watchdog

Jakarta – The naming of former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy Muchdi Purwo Prandjono as a new suspect by police in the murder of human rights activist Munir should be commend

Jakarta – With the naming of former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy Muchdi Purwo Prandjono as a suspect in the Munir murder case, it is appropriate that police be commended.

Nanang Sutisna, Purwakarta – Domestic Violence has increased every year.

Malang – Munir's family, who live in the East Java city of Malang, have expressed their appreciation to the government for the progress made in the investigation of the murder of the hu

This last week has seen the release of convicted militia leader Joni Marques, and others, from Dili's Becora prison.

Jakarta – Former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief Maj. Gen.

Jakarta – Former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief Muchdi Purwopranjono said he did not know former Garuda pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, who was convicted of murder

Jakarta – A coalition of legal advocacy groups urged Indonesia Thursday to honor a promise to join the international Criminal Court by 2009.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Civil society groups have warned the government against including provisions dealing with defamation in the revised draft of the Criminal Code, saying the move w

Indonesia is refusing to give a date for the publication of a Truth Commission report on rights abuses during East Timor's 1999 independence vote, despite growing criticism of the delay

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups is pressing the governments of Indonesia and Timor Leste to accept the final report from the Commission of Truth and Friend

Jakarta – The government has been "dragging its feet" and "lacking seriousness" in solving the murder of human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib, his widow said, but she gave two thum

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Blitar, East Java – For 54-year-old Sugito, owning a plot of land with a yard and a field in his village was previously just a dream.

Jakarta – Human rights organisations the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), the Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) and Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Impar

Jakarta – The National Police has adequate evidence to arrest the mastermind of the September 2004 murder of rights activist Munir Said Thalib.

West Bandung – The investigation into the murder of human rights fighter Munir continues to roll along.

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcome of the Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review on the reports on Indonesia, the United Kingdom, India and Brazil.

Jakarta – Human rights advocates have warned that disbanding organizations in Indonesia without fair and proper trial could lead the nation back to authoritarianism.

Jakarta – Tough economic conditions and a dysfunctional government policy of giving no-strings funding to orphanages are forcing more poor Indonesians to give up their children, a chari

Jakarta – Many children are facing physical and psychological abuse in Indonesian childcare institutions, a study has found.

Matheos Viktor Messakh, Jakarta – Human rights activists have sent a letter to the United Nations calling for an international tribunal to try those responsible for human rights violati

In a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, an international coalition of more than 90 human rights and other organizations urged the UN and the international community "to fulfill

His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary-General
The United Nations
1 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017-3515

Your Excellency,

Setyo Budi, Dili – East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta's decision to pardon those involved in the 1999 killings, and the violent incidents of 2006, has thrown a shadow over the fledgl

Sruwen Boyolali, Indonesia – In the bloody history of the 20th century, the killing fields scattered through the lush greenery of Indonesia's islands are a rarely mentioned footnote.

Jakarta – Indonesian people must continue to speak up against human rights violations committed by their government and other citizens, a rights seminar has concluded.

Jakarta – From a soto (traditional soup) vendor to a lawyer, people from different walks of life have remembered the late human rights activist Munir through the enduring medium of musi

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – A state minister on Friday delivered documents on the alleged May 1998 mass rape of mostly ethnic Chinese women to the Attorney General's Office (AGO).

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Local women's rights activists have taken up the outcry raised by New York-based Human Rights Watch, following a Saudi Arabian court's acquittal of two people

Dili – East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta said Wednesday he had slashed the seven-year jail sentence handed out to a former minister for distributing weapons during violent unrest

The Committee against Torture today concluded its fortieth session after adopting its annual report to the General Assembly and issuing its concluding observations and recommendations o

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Laura MacInnis, Geneva – Indonesia's police, armed forces and intelligence services routinely torture and degrade criminal suspects to extract confessions, with almost total impunity fo