Police violence in Papua and attacks on religious minorities got a lot worse in 2011.

Jakarta – Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) believes that the police recruitment and education system are to blame for the numerous cases of police brutality carried out against civilians.

Ezra Sihite – The National Police racked up more reports of human rights violations during 2011 than any other government institution or private company, a watchdog said on Monday.

A Malang man allegedly bashed by two officers in military and police uniforms near a hotel where President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was staying on Wednesday night has been arrested.

Ulma Haryanto – The West Sumatra Commission on Human Rights has found irregularities in the police's account of the deaths of two young brothers who died while in custody in the provinc

Ronna Nirmala – The regulation used by the police to justify violence against protesters, which has led to a string of deaths and other abuses of power in the past few weeks, was design

The government should pay attention to the campaigning being currently undertaken by Papua Merdeka groups abroad.

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Ulma Haryanto – The mother of the two young brothers who died inside a police prison last month saw her youngest son alive but badly injured a day after he was taken into the custody of

Carla Isati Octama – In the latest allegations of police in Indonesia abusing their authority, Jakarta Police have charged a man with stealing his girlfriend's panties.

Ulma Haryanto – Indonesia's National Police are investigating the shocking deaths of two young brothers inside a police prison in West Sumatra last week.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – A total of 260 high ranking generals in police institutions currently have no duties but still enjoy institutional facilities and privileges, data from the Indone

Ulma Haryanto – A sharp increase in the attacks on the country's police offices and facilities st year is an indication of the public's growing discontent toward law enforcers, a watchd

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) acknowledged on Friday that it had failed to take the lead in the country's bureaucratic reform and had not performed well in law enforceme

Medan – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) and North Sumatra Legal Aid (Bakumsu) have placed the police force in first place for basic human rights abu

Human rights watchdog Imparsial called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to dismiss National Police chief Gen.

Kupang – Dozens of residents mobbed Lembor Police station in Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara, and demanded police assume responsibility for the alleged death of Arnoldus Hapong, 4

Anita Rachman, Dessy Sagita, Ismira Lutfia & Ezra Sihite – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the National Police chief to avoid any form of violence and physical contact

Agus Triyono – The government is guilty of flouting dozens of its own laws throughout 2011, a leading legal watchdog said on Tuesday.

Jakarta – The National Police announced on Monday that more than 500 personnel were discharged from the force annually.

Rangga Prakoso – People who blow the whistle on crime will get sweeping new protections after the nation's key law enforcement bodies signed an agreement intended to bring high-profile

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – About a thousand police officers, out of 13,000, in Aceh were identified as drug users, Aceh police chief Ins. Gen. Iskandar Hasan said on Tuesday.

Jakarta – The first things that came into Sri Warini's mind when she found her house had been robbed were that she must call the police and make a list of all the items that had been st

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The government's initiative to accelerate development in Papua and West Papua through the establishment of a special unit led by Bambang Darmono has met w

Jayapura – Security forces say they are hunting separatist rebels in Indonesia's restive Papua province after two police were killed in an attack.

Jakarta – In the wake of a much-discussed online video of a house burglary, which was uploaded by the victim reportedly due to his distrust of the police, a study reveals that only 30 p

The Indonesian government must immediately act on the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission's (Komnas HAM) findings that human rights violations were committed by Indonesian secur

Human Rights Watch has called for the president to establish an independent investigation into the deaths of protesters and the ongoing violence in Papua.

Arya Dipa and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The Free Papua Movement (OPM) denied that the organization was behind the killing of Mulia Police chief Adj. Comr.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – When it comes to public complaints, it is the police force that most people complain about to the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force, a seminar has reveal

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office has no intention of making senior prosecutor Cirus Sinaga a scapegoat to restore its tarnished image, an official says.

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Jakarta – Human rights watchdog Imparsial has said the National Police should not come under the direct auspices of the president, in order to avoid abuse.

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Ronna Nirmala & Banjir Ambarita – Prominent human rights activists urged the government on Sunday to hold immediate talks with people in restive Papua, as violence and calls for ind

Jakarta – A survey conducted by the human rights watchdog Imparsial found that there is a widespread public perception that the police frequently use torture as a weapon against suspect

Ulma Haryanto – In a rare display of unity, top law enforcement officials on Tuesday agreed to give better protection to whistle-blowers, recognizing them as an integral part of the cou

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has dismissed and demoted 24 prosecutors and 94 others were punished for abusing their authority, lack of discipline or other violations.

Jakarta – Several non-governmental organizations grouped under the People's Coalition for Police Reform rallied in front of the National Police headquarters on Friday, demanding a full

Banjir Ambarita – Raja Ampat Police on Monday denied reports that legal advocate Johnson Panjaitan has been held hostage as a result of a dispute between two mining companies in West Pa

Jakarta – The National Police have been dragging their feet in investigating 20 major corruption cases, a watchdog says.

Jakarta – Newly appointed National Police chief detective Insp. Gen. Sutarman admits police are unable to resolve a large portion of cases they are tasked to investigate.

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Jakarta – The National Police Commission (Kompolnas) said Wednesday it received 339 police complaints from the public from April to June.

Farouk Arnaz, Banda Aceh – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has singled out religious-based conflict and violence in his latest call for a crackdown on crime.

Jakarta – After 13 years of the ostensible reform in the National Police, the institution remains one of the most corrupt institutions in the country, critics said ahead of the force's

Bagus BT Saragih – On the heels of a series of killings and attacks against police officers across the country, the police force have, once again, been criticized on their violent acts

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police's detectives unit has a new policy aimed at combating corruption – by requiring its members and visitors to wear an anti-corruption pins whenever they

Jakarta – As they struggle to restore the tarnished image of their institution, police officers now face increasingly higher risks of violence while on duty.