Dili – About 300 East Timorese called for an international tribunal to try soldiers accused of human rights violations as they marked the 30th anniversary of Indonesia's invasion of the

Sian Powell, Jakarta – Exactly 30 years after Indonesia sent a major invasion force into East Timor, the tiny half-island has come full circle in relations with its giant neighbour: fro

On the 30th anniversary of Indonesia's invasion of East Timor, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today called on the world to listen to East Timor's victims and act on

Dili – East Timor's president should make public a UN-commissioned report that recommends troops who carried out atrocities during Indonesia's 24-year rule be prosecuted, one of the aut

Gede Suardana, Denpasar – A sentence of five months jail and 10 months probation is being sought by the prosecution for 12 Udayana University students from the People's Struggle Front f

Supriyono Pangribowo, Jakarta – The offence of insulting the president is being used again.

The Indonesia Human Rights Committee has called on the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister to urge the Government of Timor Leste to release the report of the Commission for Receptio

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Prosecutors have recommended a life sentence for Garuda pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto for the murder of the country's top human rights campaigner Munir.

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today called for the quick release of the full report of East Timor's truth commission, the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconc

Nurvita Indarini, Jakarta – Although the sentence being sought by the public prosecutor for Pollycarpus is considered just, the former secretary of the Munir Fact Finding Team (TPF), Us

Timor has rejected a government commission's recommendation that Australia, Britain and the United States pay compensation for their part in Indonesia's 24-year occupation of East Timor

Jakarta – Indonesian rights activists have condemned a recommendation by East Timor's president that a probe into past human rights violations in the world's youngest country be kept un

Tb. Arie Rukmantara, Jakarta – It is true what they say, "Money can't buy everything".

Sian Powell and Richard Lloyd Parry – The Australian, British and US Governments and international arms makers should pay compensation for their part in Indonesia's brutal 24-year occup

Amnesty International is deeply concerned at President Xanana Gusmao's lack of political will to disseminate immediately to the public the recently completed final report of the Commiss

Tony Hotland and Blontank Poer, Jakarta/Surakarta – Apparently exhausted over pressure to bring the country's former authoritarian leader Soeharto to court over corruption allegations,

Richard Lloyd Parry – The British and American governments and international arms makers should pay compensation for their part in Indonesia's brutal 24-year occupation of East Timor, a

John Aglionby, Jakarta – The East Timorese president, Xanana Gusmao, yesterday presented to parliament the long-awaited report of the nation's Reception, Truth and Reconciliation Commis

Guido Guilliart, Dili – East Timor's president on Tuesday rejected recommendations made by a national commission to address human rights abuses carried out during Indonesia's 24 yearlon

New York – Today, President Kay Rala Xanana Gusmco presented the Timorese parliament and Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri with the final report of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Re

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Entrenched cultural traditions as well as the religious teachings of certain religions here say it is causes dishonor if women publicly reveal things that will dis

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, currently on trial for the murder of human rights activist Munir, on Friday gave a different account from his earlier testi

Jakarta – Former deputy chief of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), Muchdi PR, claimed that he did not know Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, the main suspect in the murder of top hum

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Adi Warsidi, Banda Aceh – The number of cases of human rights violations in Aceh following the signing of the Helsinki agreement between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Move

A federal judge said Indonesian villagers can sue Exxon Mobil Corp. over allegations the Irving-based company contributed to human rights abuses by government security forces.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang – Since its inception two months ago, the Commission of Truth and Friendship has reported no progress in its mission to identify those responsible for past

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – People in the rather slummy neighborhood units were a little envious seeing Miswan opening an impressive, official-looking envelope.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Top human rights groups slammed the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday for failing to protect human rights during its first year i

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Prosecutors will have to work harder to prove that key suspect Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto was among the murderers of human rights advocator Munir Said T

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Murdered Indonesian human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib and Myanmar pro-democracy advocate Min Ko Naing were on Monday named 2005 "Civil Courage Prize" wi

Dili – Indonesia and its former territory East Timor may seek foreign funding for their Commission of Truth and Friendship investigating past bloodshed, East Timor's Foreign Minister Jo

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – For good or ill, 1965 has very special meaning for Ilham Aidit, son of doomed Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) leader Dipa Nusantara (D.N.) Aidit.

Rusman, Samarinda – The sun has just risen on the horizon, and Rahmat, 65, was tilling the land to grow beans.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Chief Justice Bagir Manan has given a directive to judges across the country to fine, not imprison, any journalist found guilty in a criminal case rel

A delegation of Papuan church ministers is flying out to America this week to lobby the United States Congress to investigate Indonesia's legal claim over their province.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Supreme Court claimed on Monday that it was unaware of the involvement of court clerks in the "judicial mafia", despite reports over many years su

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Families of Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) supporters who were murdered or jailed in events following the aborted military coup on Sept.

Ribka Tjiptaning Proletariyati is the writer of a book entitled Aku Bangga Jadi Anak PKI (I'm proud to be a daughter of the Indonesian Communist Party, or PKI).

Implications of ratification of UN Conventions on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to states (selected). The state must:

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The elimination of all forms of restrictions on freedom of expression, threats to religious freedom, forced labor and discrimination in the workplace are new tas

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Indonesia's founding fathers declared that this country would embrace various cultures, ethnic groups, religions and beliefs, however such idealism is fast disa

Emmy Fitri, Jakarta – Cecilia and Felia get out of a sedan and carefully walk in their stylish sandals on the wet cobbled stone floor on the side of the house.

Shawn Donnan – Under the Suharto regime, Toga Tambunan spent 13 years detained without trial in an assortment of jails and prison camps.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Forty years after the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) was accused of masterminding the bloody attempted coup on Sept.

Jakarta – Garuda pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto was not scheduled to be on the Sept.

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Jakarta – The House of Representatives has agreed to ratify the international covenant on civil and political rights with an adjustment that will ensure its enactment will not justify a

Nani Afrida, Tamiang – Tears flowed down the cheeks of Nuraida, 35, a resident of Bendahara district, Tamiang regency, Aceh.