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Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Prosecutors and police said Friday they would file for a review of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the conviction of the pilot convicted of the murder o

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Police said here Thursday they would summon new witnesses in an effort to shed light on the 2004 murder of prominent human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The early release of Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, the only suspect in the 2004 murder of noted human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib, sparked protests Tues

Jakarta – The nation's security forces are still operating above the law as the government's protection of human rights increases, a rights watchdog says.

Jakarta – The only suspect in the poisoning death of Indonesia's most prominent human rights activist was freed from prison after receiving a month's reduction in his sentence as part o

Port Moresby – A flag-raising campaign in Indonesian Papua's Highlands could escalate into open conflict between tribal warriors and Indonesian troops, human rights advocates warn.

On the 7th December 2006, the Supreme Court in Jakarta abolished the highly controversial Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Bill of 2004, which the residing Judges described as

Asia has hardly been the poster-child for Human Rights; in fact, its track-record of human rights violations has grown progressively worse over recent years. Indonesia is no exception.

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court turned down Wednesday a petition for it to scrap an article in the Criminal Code allowing law enforcers to detain suspects over fears th

Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – The Legal Aid Insitute (LBH) urged the annulment of Decree No. 27/1999 on Criminal Code Revision.

Jakarta – Victims of human rights abuses should move on because the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (KKR) is currently dead in the water, State Secretary Yusril Ihza Mahendra said M

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – A youth organization, with backing from the police, raided a bookstore in Bandung on Thursday night that was hosting a discussion on Marxism.

Nani Afrida and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Banda Aceh – While peace finally has descended upon Aceh, past wounds have yet to heal.

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Elistiawaty, Jakarta – Not satisfied with the Constitutional Court's decision of only abolishing the articles on insulting the president, former political prisoners are demanding that t

Jakarta – A group of non-governmental organizations hailed Monday the Constitutional Court's decision to remove articles dealing with defamation from the Criminal Code.

Nur Raihan, Banda Aceh - Around 100 Aceh activist held a demonstration in front of the Aceh Independent Election Commission (KIP) offices on Monday December 10.

Jakarta – Thousands of Indonesians commemorated Human Rights Day by highlighting cases of unresolved rights abuses Sunday.

Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament has passed a controversial law requiring citizens to state their faith on official documents despite objections from a major political party.

Hera Diani, Jakarta – The Lebanese poet Kahil Gibran once said "Your children are not your children" – that is, they are the property only of God, not their parents.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The end of the Truth and Reconciliation (KKR) law raises further questions about the government's commitment to the human rights section of the Aceh peace agreem

Ary Hermawan and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Rights activists have condemned the government for its lack of commitment to settling unresolved human rights abuse cases and urged it to

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court scrapped Thursday an 2004 law mandating the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (KKR) because judges said it made n

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Jakarta/New York – The decision by Indonesia's Constitutional Court to strike down a deeply flawed law establishing a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is a significant first st

Chris Brummitt, Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court has ruled the country's much criticized truth and reconciliation commission is illegal, casting doubt on whether victims of ri

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The government should postpone reviving grassroots spy networks in the regions to fight terrorism, pending the passage of the intelligence bill, human rights act

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Insulting the president is crime no more after the Constitutional Court on Wednesday scrapped three articles in the old Criminal Code.

Jakarta – Indonesia will reactivate a grass-roots domestic spy network as part of its fight against terrorism, which critics have seen as a return to the oppressive polices of the Suhar

Duncan Graham, Lawang, East Java – For those recently heaping praise on Indonesia for its moderate Muslim and emerging democratic credentials, consider the case of Islamic preacher Yusm

Ati Nurbaiti and Hera Diani, Jakarta Post – The government's fight against terrorism is threatening human rights and due legal process in the country, activists in Jakarta said Monday.

Jakarta – A joint Indonesia-East Timor commission plans to question former Indonesian military chief Wiranto and other officers over the violence surrounding East Timor's independence v

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – An alliance of civil groups and the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) joined the chorus of criticism here Tuesday against the civil registra

Dili – East Timor's former interior minister will go on trial Thursday on allegations of arming a political hit squad with state weapons as the tiny nation descended into violence earli

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A caucus of lawmakers has criticized the controversial civil registration bill, saying it harmed the rights of marginalized groups and their political inte

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Jakarta – Indonesia's police said they will seek assistance from the United States to speed up their probe into murder of respected Indonesian human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.

Guy Warrington – "Of course the police are just as good at torturing as the army.

Jakarta – A local human rights organization has accused the government of violating the right to freedom of expression.

Jakarta – A coalition of non-governmental organizations demanded Thursday that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) investigate the 1997/1998 forced disappearances of political activists

Australians are getting a rare opportunity to learn about Timor-Leste and to better understand its story through Chega!, the Final Report of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reco

Jakarta – The defamation articles in the Criminal Code are undemocratic and must be revoked or amended, a prominent constitutional law expert told a court hearing Tuesday.

On the fifteenth anniversary of the massacre of over 270 East Timorese civilians by the Indonesian military, calls for justice and accountability continue for its victims and their fami

Dili – More than 1,000 East Timorese gathered in the capital Dili on Sunday to mark the 15th anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre, when Indonesian troops fired on a memorial processio

Ben Terrall and John M. Miller – This November 12 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the 1991 massacre at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili, East Timor (also called Timor-Leste).

On the fifteenth anniversary of the infamous massacre at Santa Cruz cemetery in Timor-Leste, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) called for justice for its victims and th

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta Post – The National Commission on Human Rights says the current government is responsible for finding 13 democracy activists still missing after being abducted by

Nala Edwin, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) is calling on the government to find the 13 missing activists who were abducted between 1996-1998 and whose fates

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The government should quickly solve the Munir murder and other outstanding human rights cases to avoid becoming the target of US Congressional sanctions after th