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Jakarta – Newly inaugurated Constitutional Court (MK) Justice Saldi Isra signed an integrity pact at his new office on Tuesday, vowing to step up efforts to restore the court's reputation after mul

Muhammad Tanziel Aziezi – Legal scholar Saldi Isra will be installed as the new Constitutional Court judge today, replacing the disgraced Patrialis Akbar, who was recently named a corruption suspec

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – More than 60 people were sentenced to death in Indonesia last year but proposed changes to the country's penal code could save the lives of future pris

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The number of prisoners being held in Indonesia increased by 12,000 within two months this year, raising concerns about unresolved prison overcrowding problems.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government has been encouraged to heed the United Nations' call to abolish the death penalty from the country's judicial system.

National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Commissioner General Budi Waseso or Buwas is furious with movements that want marijuana legalised saying that such a call is the same as betraying the nation.

Jakarta – Indonesia has decided to keep capital punishment in the country's judicial system despite a call from the United Nations for a worldwide moratorium on executions.

Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says he is open to a review of the death penalty, if most people in his Muslim-majority nation support it.

Jakarta – A discussion on the dilemma of the death penalty at the Islamic College Sadra on Monday saw another heated debate surrounding the inclusion of capital punishment in Indonesia's legal syst

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Agus Maryono, Cilacap – At least seven death row inmates from Salemba penitentiary in Jakarta have been transferred to a high-security prison in Nusakambangan, Cilacap, Central Java, a move that ha

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Rebuffing an outcry over the previous execution of 18 deathrow inmates, most of whom were drug convicts, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed officers in

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – It has been a busy period for the Constitutional Court's (MK) ethics council.

Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly says there must be a paradigm shift in handling people arrested for drug offenses to solve prison overcapacity problems.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government will carry out another round of executions but it has not yet decided on the timing, Attorney General Muhaammad Prasetyo has said.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Presidential Palace has denied that the granting of clemency by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to former anti-Corruption Eradication Commission chief and murder convict

Jakarta – Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono believes the government is behind the onslaught launched by former chairman of Corruption Eradication Commission Antasari Azhar against his famil

Jakarta – An energy expert has criticized the government for discouraging the development of renewable energy with the issuance of the latest regulation by Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ign

Eko Prasetyo, Jakarta – Freeport Indonesia director Chappy Hakim has denied assaulting a lawmaker after a hearing with the House of Representatives' Commission VII.

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Wilda Asmarini, Jakarta – Freeport-McMoRan has warned it will scale back activities at its Indonesian copper mine, an official at Indonesia's main copper smelter, PT Smelting, said on Wednesday (08

Jakarta – House of Representatives' Commission III on law and human rights wants prison security strengthened in the wake of reports that some prisoners at Sukamiskin Penitentiary in Bandung, West

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Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has refused to make any comment on his surprise meeting with former national antigraft agency chairman Antasari Azhar at the Merdeka Palace in Central Jakar

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – One of the considerations behind the clemency granted to former chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Antasari Azhar, who had been convicted of murder, was b

Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chair Antasari Azhar has reportedly received clemency from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo following the former's release on parole from Tang

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court on Wednesday made a verdict upholding the prerogative authority of the Attorney General's Office to drop a case when it is in the public interest,

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has said it may execute more drug convicts this year, explaining that it largely depended on funding.

Jakarta – The Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) expressed appreciation of Indonesia's stance which, along with 31 other countries, has abstained from using the death penalty in response to the UN r

Jakarta – National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso threatened to take severe actions against individuals involved in drug trafficking.

Venidora Oliveira – First Lady Isabel Ferreira said that an independent justice system in Timor-Leste would contribute to the country's peace and stability and therefore the state should guarantee

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – In what could be seen as a promotional line, a man claiming to be "Ki Barong" – Ki is Javanese and usually refers to a man possessing power – wrote on his Facebook wall

Jakarta – A team of lawmakers tasked with deliberating a bill has agreed to retain an article within the Criminal Code (KUHP) bill, making it illegal for people to declare that they "possess the ab

Hal Tilemann – The significant progress made by the national legislature (DPR) in its discussion of the draft revised criminal code (RUU KUHP) is cause for cautious optimism about crimi

Indonesia's president Joko Widodo has indicated his country wants to move towards abolishing the death penalty.

Venidora Oliveira – The Judicial Reform Commission has been criticized for working too slowly and failing to make any significant progress.

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The High Court has upheld a decision to throw out a $US125 million lawsuit against a prestigious Jakarta international school by a mother who claims he

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Despite numerous achievements accomplished by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla during their two years in office, improvement of the ju

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Human rights watchdog Imparsial has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to gather a team to assess the validity of his argument that the death penalty can create

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry is set to increase the capacity of penitentiaries nationwide by 5,000 by the end of the year in an effort to help ease overcrowding in

Margareth S. Aritonang – Family members and lawyers of convicts recall the confusion ahead of the executions in July amid current uncertainty and a lack of reliable information.

Jakarta – Indonesia, one of only 25 countries in the world that still impose capital punishment, has seen 35 people sentenced to death by the courts since the start of the year, according to the Co

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry is focusing its attention on making it easier for drug convicts to get remission after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo recently rejected a p

Jakarta – A legal think tank, the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR), has called on the government to include a moratorium on the death penalty in its reform packages aimed at rejuvenatin

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto has promised that the law reform package the government will soon introduce will accommodate th

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – A condemned Pakistani man has spoken of his suffering as his life remains in limbo more than two months after he was mysteriously spared from an Indonesia

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Since its establishment in 2005, the Judicial Commission has had most of its recommendations ignored by the Supreme Court, in what could be seen as an attempt by the latter t

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government is set to introduce legal reform packages that are expected to improve law enforcement and the justice system, says Coordinating Political, Legal, a

Hans Nicholas Jong and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Which is worse: traveling to Indonesia without proper travel documents or funding terrorism?