Francis Chan, Jakarta – A Bali prison break by four inmates last Monday has again shone the spotlight on longstanding issues of overcapacity and understaffing at Indonesia's correctional facilities

Jewel Topsfield Amilia Rosa – Bali's police chief says he believes a crime syndicate helped four foreign prisoners, including Australian Shaun Davidson, stage a brazen escape from Bali's Kerobokan

Jakarta – The Supreme Court has dashed the hopes of Jessica Kumala Wongso, who was convicted of using cyanide-laced coffee to murder a friend, to be released from her 20-year prison sentence.

Jakarta – Authorities canceled on Wednesday night the transfer of former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama to the Cipinang prison in East Jakarta over security concerns.

Indonesian police are searching for four foreign inmates who escaped prison on Bali by crawling through a narrow tunnel dug under the walls, the authorities said.

Jakarta – Indonesia expressed its commitment to address challenges that hamper its efforts to improve and protect human rights at home, during the 27th session of the United Nations Universal Perio

Surakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stated that drug abuse in Indonesia has shown no downward trend, despite the execution of 18 drug kingpins since he took office nearly two and a half

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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.

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

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

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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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

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

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.

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

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 – 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