Jakarta – Pollycarpus Budihari Prijanto, the convicted murderer of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, will receive remission of 45 days to coincide with the upcoming Christmas hol

"I cannot answer and confused when people ask about the status of my child who was involuntary disappeared...." (Paian Siahaan, Father of Ucok Munandar Siahaan)

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Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator, Haris Azhar, has criticized Attorney General Basrief Arief for "giving up", after he pronounced t

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Aubrey Belford, Jakarta – It is a seemingly unending conflict in a part of the world famous for both its awesome remoteness and the incredible wealth on and beneath the ground.

Netherlands officials have announced plans to immortalize assassinated Indonesian human rights activist Munir Said Thalib by naming a street in The Hague after him.

Dear President Yudhoyono,

Indonesia's signing of the disappearances convention means it recognizes the seriousness of the crime and its obligation to investigate ongoing disappearances.

On September 28, 2009 the House of Representatives issued several recommendations to the President to bring the perpetrators of the infamous student disappearances of 1998 to justice.

Jakarta – Hundreds of people from various groups including as human rights activists, victims of human rights violations and students demonstrated in front of the State Palace in Jakart

Jakarta – Six years have passed since Munir Said Thalib was fatally poisoned on a flight to Amsterdam on Sept. 7, 2004.

Rosalina, Jakarta – A number of organisations that are part of the group Friends of Munir held a protest action in Jakarta on September 7 demanding a full resolution to the death of hum

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Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – In the minds of human rights activists in Indonesia, two events stand out as reprehensible examples of the impunity enjoyed by human rights violators in the coun

Alie Usman, Jakarta – Scores of social and non-government organisations that are part of the Friends of Munir movement gathered today to commemorate six years since Munir's death, a hum

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono once said that finding Munir's killers was the test of Indonesia's history.

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An Open Letter to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances by the Asian Human Rights Commission

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Alleged criminal defamation the wrong approach to Munir killing 00 Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director

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Indra Subagja, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia (UI) will not be giving permission for a concert event titled "Tribute to Munir" at its Depok campus in West Jakarta on February 20

Human rights groups raise concerns about witness tampering

Dear friends,

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – On Wednesday some 100 people, calling themselves the Papua Human Rights Awareness Coalition, commemorated the seventh anniversary of the death of Theys Hi

The arrest yesterday of Muchdi Purwopranjono to face the charge of the murder of human rights activist, Munir, is a major step forward in efforts to end the culture of impunity in Indon

Jakarta – Constitutional Court chief Jimly Asshiddiqie said Thursday murdered human rights campaigner Munir deserves a national heroes title for his outstanding contribution to justice.

Dili – Eight unidentified men attacked a bus and killed three passengers near Los Palos, the Indonesian police said on Tuesday.

Sarah Smiles, Canberra – The 17-year-old daughter of a prominent Papuan activist has been kidnapped, drugged and assaulted at gunpoint by a group allegedly linked to Indonesian security

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – With the emergence of new evidence in the murder case of Munir Said Thalib, pressure is mounting for a thorough and rapid investigation of the circumstances su

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Activists in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta commemorated three years since Munir's death by demanding that the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) be d

Sunudyantoro/Rohman Taufiq, Surabaya – Today, three years ago, human rights activist Munir died on a flight from Jakarta via Singapore to Amsterdam.

Anwar Khumaini, Jakarta – A bunch of roses and a wreath of flowers symbolising the death of Munir was handed to officials on guard in front of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) off

Anwar Khumaini, Jakarta – Three years have passed without any progress being made on who murdered human rights activist Munir.

Anwar Khumaini, Jakarta – Exactly three years since Munir's death, one thousand people from the Solidarity Alliance for Munir and Democracy (Asumsi) gathered at the Proclamation Monumen

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Amsterdam – The third anniversary of the assassination of Indonesia's most well-known human rights activist, Munir Said Thalib, has seen the public at home and abro

Jakarta – Activists will use this week's passing of the third anniversary of the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib to pressure the government to find those responsible f

The glass of warm tea could not settle his stomach. He felt pain whenever his stomach was touched. He made frequent trips to the bathroom, due to diarrhea and vomiting.

It was late afternoon in Breda, The Netherlands, on Saturday two weeks ago. A man received a telephone call from Jakarta. He said the caller was a senior ranking military man.

He was active in church and close to the military. But his present whereabouts are unknown.

Jakarta – Human rights groups backed Monday an Indonesian police probe into the 2004 murder of a rights activist, hopeful it will reveal that the nation's intelligence agency was behind

Police suspect that efforts to poison Munir were not only made at Changi Airport in Singapore but also during the Singapore-Amsterdam flight.

At least five people saw Munir at Changi Airport, Singapore, on September 7, 2004, a few hours before his death.

Muslima Hapsari/Irmawati/Sutarto, Jakarta – There are problems being experienced as regards further progress in the Munir murder case.

Jakarta – The National Police confirmed Friday that it is protecting key witnesses to the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.

James Balowski, Jakarta – Indonesian police have named two new suspects in the murder of human rights activist Munir, who died of arsenic poisoning on a Garuda flight from Jakarta to Am

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Two former senior intelligence officers alleged to be connected with the death of rights activist Munir Said Thalib have expressed their support for the in

Mark Forbes – The former head of Garuda, Indonesia's national airline, has been arrested over the poisoning of the country's leading human rights activist, Munir Said Thalib, on a fligh