Reuters, Ananda Teresia, Jakarta – Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto is considering pardons for prisoners linked to armed organizations in the restive easternmost province of Papua

Jakarta – France has called for the "immediate return" of a French inmate on death row in Indonesia, citing his "deteriorating health", the Law and Human Rights Ministry said Wednesday.

Jack Moore and Marchio Gorbiano, Jakarta – France has sent Indonesia an official request for the transfer of a French death row inmate who has spent nearly 20 years in prison, an Indone

Dani Aswara, Antara, Jakarta – Minister of Immigration and Corrections Agus Andrianto said his ministry noted that Christmas remissions and sentence reductions given to a total of 15,97

Ananda Ridho Sulistya, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is said to want to pardon corruptors as long as they return the money to the state.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra said that the Iranian government had sent a le

Jakarta – Past Indonesian leaders have rarely used the presidential prerogative of giving amnesty, one of many powers that come with the job, but not President Prabowo Subianto.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has welcomed the Indonesian government's decision to repatriate Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, a Filipina woman who had been s

Agencies, Manila – A Filipina who spent nearly 15 years on Indonesia's death row tearfully reunited with family members Wednesday after arriving in Manila, where she now awaits a hoped-

Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus, Jakarta – The Indonesian president's decision to pardon tens of thousands of prisoners is ill-conceived because it fails to address harsh law

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto plans to grant pardons to tens of thousands of inmates on compassionate grounds and in the spirit of reconciliation, Human Rights Aff

Tim Lindsey – Following weeks of intrigue about a possible deal, the remaining members of the Bali Nine have been released from prison in Indonesia and returned to Australia.

Zach Hope, Karuni Rompies and Amilia Rosa, Bali – A key member of Indonesia's parliamentary justice committee has strongly criticised the decision to allow the remaining members of the

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Minister of Law Supratman Andi Agtas says approximately 39,000 drug-related inmates are being considered for amnesty.

Kirsten Han – In April 2015, Mary Jane Veloso was moved to Nusa Kambangan, a maximum security prison island in Indonesia.

Antara, Jakarta – Chief Legal Affairs Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra has proposed changes to the Narcotics Law, advocating for rehabilitation rather than imprisonment for drug users.

Karen Middleton – The five remaining members of the Bali Nine jailed for life over a drug smuggling plot have returned to Australia under a deal negotiated with the Indonesian governmen

Zach Hope, Bali – Scott Rush, Matthew Norman, Michael Czugaj, Martin Stephens and Si-Yi Chen are free men after almost 20 years in jails on the islands of Bali and Java.

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) Deputy Director Maidina Rahmawati is urging the administration of President

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto will pardon tens of thousands of prisoners, ranging from activists convicted of defamation to those jailed in the easternmost province of Papua for

Fika Nurul Ulya, Bagus Santosa, Jakarta – Minister of Law (Menkum) Supratman Andi Agtas has revealed that it has been proposed that as many as 18 prisoners involved in cases related to

Jakarta – Last week, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Jakarta – Indonesia has agreed to return to Australia the five remaining members of the so-called Bali Nine drug smuggling ring who are currently serving life sentences in the country,

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Legal complications may impede Indonesia's planned transfer of five Australian drug trafficking convicts who have served nearly two decades of their life sentence

Wendy Tuohy, Amilia Rosa, Karuni Rompies and Patrick Begley – A member of the Bali Nine drug syndicate cried tears of joy on hearing he and the remaining detainees serving life sentence

Olena Wibisana, Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta – Behind the walls of Yogyakarta Women's Prison, Mary Jane Veloso, a Philippine national once destined for execution, has found a second chance.

Amelia Devina Putri – The UN Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary emphasise the important role of the judiciary in balancing the executive and legislative powers, and i

Jakarta – Despite the widely vaunted reforms made to the judiciary after the fall of New Order in 1998, profound doubts remain about whether the state is fulfilling its constitutional m

Jakarta – Like a virus, the judicial mafia regenerates quickly.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Zarof Ricar, a former head of the Supreme Court's R&D division, enjoyed a prestigious career before his retirement in 2022.

Jakarta – Former president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo significantly increased judges' basic salaries by nearly double before leaving office, following a mass protest by Indonesian judges.

Najla Nur Fauziyah, Jakarta – The Indonesian non-governmental organization, Imparsial, recorded over 30 death penalties sentenced in the first half of 2024, based on the observation the

Jakarta – There is an important question asked every time a new Supreme Court Chief Justice is chosen: will the person selected be able to preserve the integrity of the court.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Members of the Indonesian Judges Solidarity (SHI) organization have appealed to the House of Representatives (DPR) for a salary increase, citing their current m

Jakarta – Judicial Commission spokesman Mukti Fajar Nur Dewata has said president-elect Prabowo Subianto supports efforts to improve the welfare of Indonesian judges.

Rino Fajar Setiawan, Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Thousands of judges across Indonesia began a week-long strike on Monday, demanding higher wages.

Jakarta – Our prisons are always the location of choice for drug barons to carry out their illegal business.

Jakarta – The DPR rejected all candidates for Supreme Court and ad hoc human rights justices put forward by the Judicial Commission.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – In a plenary session on Tuesday, the House of Representatives rejected all nine candidates for Supreme Court justices and three candidates for Human Rights Trib

Feri Amsari – On 27 August 2024, former Constitutional Court Chief Justice Anwar Usman lodged an appeal against a Jakarta Administrative Court (PTUN) ruling (604/G/2023/PTUN.JKT) that c

Antara, Jakarta – Chairperson of the Government Commission at the House of Representatives (DPR) Ahmad Doli Kurnia Tandjung said the parliament would evaluate the medium and long-term p

Jakarta – In October last year the Constitutional Court, or Mahkamah Konstitusi in Indonesian, became a laughingstock, with netizens branding the once-respected judicial institution the

Jakarta – The recent acquittal of Gregorius Ronald Tannur, son of former House of Representatives lawmaker Edward Tannur, on murder charges shows that miscarriages of justice are still

Ricki Putra Harahap, Agung Dharma Putra, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has raised suspicions over the Surabaya District Court's decision to acquit Gregorius Ronald Tannu

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – Despite its seven-year streak in not executing any death row inmates, Indonesia last year issued 114 death sentences, a report by Amnesty International has fou

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The fourth amendment to the 2003 Constitutional Court Law is about to be added to the growing list of bills that, despite much public backlash, are to be

Jakarta – The guile of the House of Representatives (DPR) revising the Constitutional Court Law must be seen as part of a major plan to turn Indonesia into an authoritarian country.

Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives endorsed this week a plan to revise the Constitutional Court Law for a fourth time, which, in no uncertain terms, exposes the c

Jakarta – Forum of Concerned Citizens for Indonesia's Parliament (Formappi) researcher Lucius Karus believes that the House of Representatives (DPR) is seeking to diminish the role of t

Jakarta – Indonesia is set to pass revisions to constitutional court rules, ushering changes that legal experts said could threaten the independence of the judiciary in the world's thir