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Abductions & Extra-Judicial Killings

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October 14, 2025

Kompas.com - October 14, 2025

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – The Rose Team (Tim Mawar), which was a small team created by the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) Command Group IV in 1998, apparentl

September 8, 2025

Tempo - September 8, 2025

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society organizations under the Committee of Solidarity Action for Munir (KASUM) staged a protest outside the Indonesia's National Co

Tempo - September 8, 2025

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Anis Hidayah, the chair of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), said she's prepared to step down if the agency fails to resolve the assas

Kompas.com - September 8, 2025

Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid says that the investigation into the 2004 assassination of renewed human rights activists M

Tempo - September 8, 2025

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) states that the ad-hoc team investigating alleged severe human rights violations in the case of

Kompas.com - September 8, 2025

Jessi Carina, Jakarta – The case of the murder of renowned human rights activist Munir Said Talib has entered its 21st year.

September 7, 2025

KASUM Press Release - September 7, 2025

The Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (KASUM) condemns the state's indifference to the arsenic poisoning of Munir Said Thalib.

September 4, 2025

Kompas.com - September 4, 2025

Lidia Pratama Febrian, Faieq Hidayat, Jakarta – The 876th Kamisan (Thursday) Action was held in front of the Merdeka Palace in Central Jakarta on Thursday September 4.

August 15, 2025

Kompas.com - August 15, 2025

Kiki Safitri, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – Human rights activist and the wife of renowned human rights defender Munir Said Talib, Suciwati, has emphasised that despite two decades pas

July 7, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - July 7, 2025

Indonesia, West Papua – On 12-13 June 2025, a coalition of NGOs has officially filed the extra-judicial execution and mutilation of Mr Abral Wandikbo, a 27-year-old indigenous farmer fr

May 27, 2025

Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances Statement - May 27, 2025

Every year from May 26 to 31, the international community commemorates Enforced Disappearance Week.

May 20, 2025

Tempo - May 20, 2025

Hendrik Khoirul Muhid, S. Dian Andryanto – The monetary crisis in 1997 and the people's weariness with the New Order government made activists speak out for reform.

Tempo - May 20, 2025

Hendrik Khoirul Muhid, S. Dian Andryanto, Jakarta – The realisation of the 1998 reforms did not happen suddenly.

April 9, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - April 9, 2025

Indonesia, West Papua – On 30 March 2025, Indonesian military forces reportedly shot dead Mr Okto Zanambani, an indigenous resident of Janamba village, during an intensified counterinsu

December 11, 2024

Tempo - December 11, 2024

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Commissioner of Komnas HAM Anis Hidayah stated that the investigation process of the murder case of activist Munir Said Thalib was hindered because witnesses to

November 5, 2024

Jawa Pos - November 5, 2024

Muhammad Ridwan – The Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (KASUM) says it regrets efforts to obstruct investigations by the National Human Rights Commission's (Komnas HAM) into past h

November 4, 2024

Human Rights Monitor - November 4, 2024

Indonesia, West Papua – Human rights defenders documented a further extra-judicial execution in the Ilu District of Puncak Jaya Regency, Papua Pegunungan Province.

September 6, 2024

CNN Indonesia - September 6, 2024

Jakarta – Representatives of a protest action by an alliance of civil society organisations including the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), the Indonesia

September 5, 2024

CNN Indonesia - September 5, 2024

Jakarta – The Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (KASUM) is urging the government of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to immediately take responsibility for and solve the assassination

August 19, 2024

UCA News - August 19, 2024

Indonesian human rights activists have strongly criticized a move to offer money to families of enforced disappearance victims as a ploy to clean up tainted image of retired army genera

August 8, 2024

Kompas.com - August 8, 2024

Tria Sutrisna, Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – The families of activists abducted in 1997-98 are suffering from trauma after meeting with senior officials from president elect Prabowo Subianto's

August 7, 2024

Kompas.com - August 7, 2024

Tria Sutrisna, Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – The families of activists abducted in 1997-98 have insisted that a meeting with senior officials from president elect Prabowo Subianto's Greater Ind

August 5, 2024

Tempo - August 5, 2024

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Two elite officials from the Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) have met with activists and family members of victims of the abduction of pro-demo

June 22, 2024

Riauin.com - June 22, 2024

The documentary film "Those Who Are Never Lost" (Yang Tak Pernah Hilang) began screening at the Epicentrum 2 Cinema in Jakarta today, Saturday June 22.

June 15, 2024

Suara Papua - June 15, 2024

Jayapura – On June 14 the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) held a candlelight vigil in memory of the shooting and death of KNPB General Chairperson Musa Mako Tabuni at the site of t

March 28, 2024

March 16, 2024

Kompas.com - March 16, 2024

Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – The criminal case files on a defendant in the 2004 murder of renowned human rights activist Munir Said Talib, former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) Deputy Muchd

March 15, 2024

Kompas.com - March 15, 2024

Icha Rastika, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) asked about the case dossier on the results of an investigation by the Fact Finding Team (TPF) that looked into

January 27, 2024

Kompas.com - January 27, 2024

Jessi Carina, Jakarta – Presidential candidate number 2 Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto greeted a number 98 activists who have joined him in the Prabowo-Gibran National Campaign Team

January 12, 2024

Kompas.com - January 12, 2024

Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – The Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka national election campaign team (TKN) has discovered the circulation of a tabloid called "Achtung" which say

Human Rights Monitor - January 12, 2024

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia rejected the cassation filed by four TNI soldiers accused of the murder and mutilation of four Nduga residents in Mimika Regency.

Jakarta Globe - January 12, 2024

Theressia Silalahi, Jakarta – The campaign team of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto announced Friday its intention to file a libel case against a tabloid that has been publishing

December 21, 2023

CNN Indonesia - December 21, 2023

Jakarta – The families of the victims of the enforced disappearances in 1997-98 have raised the possibility of holding a massive Kamisan (Thursday) action in front of the Presidential P

CNN Indonesia - December 21, 2023

Jakarta – The families of the victims of forced disappearances admit that they are disappointed with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for reneging on a promise to resolve cases of past hu

December 5, 2023

Kompas.com - December 5, 2023

Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – Human rights activist Usman Hamid together with the music group The Blackstones have released a song titled "Where", which tells the story of the pro-democracy a

November 24, 2023

Tabloid Jubi - November 24, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – The Indonesian Supreme Court dismissed the appeal made by four Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers accused of the murder and mutilation of four Nduga residents in Mimika

October 31, 2023

Peoples Dispatch - October 31, 2023

For more than two decades now, the mothers, family, and friends of 13 anti-dictatorship activists who were detained and then disappeared between 1997 and 1998, hold vigils known as the

October 23, 2023

Ngopi Bareng - October 23, 2023

Witanto – Activists from Pemalang, Tegal and Brebes, Central Java, united in the declaration of the founding of the regional chapter of the Democratic People's Forum (Forum Rakyat Demok

September 7, 2023

Kompas.com - September 7, 2023

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (KASUM) Secretary General Bivitri Susanti has expressed frustration with the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HA

Kompas.com - September 7, 2023

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – Commemorating 19 years since the assassination of renowned human rights activists Munir Said Thalib on September 7, 2004, human rights activist Usman Hamid al

UCA News - September 7, 2023

Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso – Indonesia has declared Sept.

August 31, 2023

Tempo - August 31, 2023

Akhmad Riyadh, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) and the Civil Society Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances demand the government ratif

August 29, 2023

Tabloid Jubi - August 29, 2023

Timika, Jubi – The families of the murder and mutilation victims in Mimika Regency expressed their dissatisfaction with the decision made by the Appellate Judges Panel of the Surabaya H

August 26, 2023

Kompas.com - August 26, 2023

Dian Erika Nugraheny, Jakarta – Activists who are part of the Reject Forgetting Coalition commemorated what would have been the 60th birthday of missing poet and activist Wiji Thukul at

Media Indonesia - August 26, 2023

Hundreds of activists who are members of the Coalition Against Forgetting held a thanksgiving event to mark missing poet Wiji Thukul's 60th anniversary titled "Happy Birthday Wiji Thuku

July 22, 2023

Kompas.com - July 22, 2023

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – Amnesty International Executive Director Usman Hamid says that the statements by Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution supporting begal (violent robbers) being shot dead

June 7, 2023

Tabloid Jubi - June 7, 2023

Timika, Jubi – On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, the Timika City District Court conducted a hearing to read the verdicts of four civilians accused of murdering and mutilating four Nduga residen

June 2, 2023

Tabloid Jubi - June 2, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Atnike Nova Sigiro reports that the Timika District Court's trial has shown discrimination against the

May 31, 2023

Tabloid Jubi - May 31, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – Gustaf R Kawer, a member of the Civil Society Coalition for the Upholding of Law and Human Rights, expressed his concern over the ruling made by the Surabaya High Milit

May 4, 2023

Kompas.com - May 4, 2023

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Jakarta – Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Deputy Chairperson Fadli Zon has given an explanation in response to an issue that is often used to "attack" G