Arya Dipa and Nani Afrida, Bandung/Jakarta – Catur Budi Fatayatin is preoccupied with how to manage the survival of the 185 juvenile inmates under her care with the meager Rp 14,500 (US$1.10) per d

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – As following the latest crime trend in the republic, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is pushing for an investigation into and greater s

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAU-011-2016

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the detainees and prisoners in Indonesia face serious problems, in particular those related to overcrowding.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Rendi A.

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – A former president of Indonesia has publicly revealed he opposes the death penalty as the country prepares for a third round of executions of drug offe

Haeril Halim, Ina Parlina and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The ongoing reforms within the Supreme Court are in question after two judges in Bengkulu were arrested by the Corruption Eradication

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A coalition of human rights groups made an urgent call to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to end capital punishment on Monday after it was revealed that the government was pre

Jakarta – The number of drug convicts keeps rising despite the implementation of the death penalty, showing that capital punishment is not that effective in fighting drug-related crime, activists h

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Two fingers on Lim Jit Wee's right hand are ugly stumps; a legacy, he says, of the torture that led to him falsely implicating a man he had never met in a crime punishabl

Jakarta – Corruption and judicial watchdogs joined forces on Tuesday (10/05) to admonish the Supreme Court for judicial corruption which has engulfed the body and its subaltern courts with at least

Jakarta – Amnesty International on Wednesday (11/05) slammed Indonesia's plans to execute death-row inmates, following recent reports of inmates being moved to Nusakambangan prison, where prisoners

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Thirteen drug offenders on death row in Indonesia are listed to face the firing squad in a further round of executions expected within weeks.

Helen Davidson – The Australian federal police should withhold information from foreign enforcement agencies if sharing it may lead to a person being subject to the death penalty, a parliamentary i

Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo said Sunday that any military official proven to be a drug user or dealer would face dismissal from his or her duties.

The government's plan to build more prisons will not solve overcapacity problems because the main cause of overcrowding is Indonesia's harsh judicial system, experts have said.

The government is spending too much on logistics in prisons due to its repressive judicial system, experts say.

Jewel Topsfield, Karuni Rompies and Tom Allard – A groundbreaking new penal code that would allow for prisoners on death row in Indonesia to have their sentences commuted to a jail term could be pa

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Indonesian prison authorities have been told to prepare for another round of executions on the penal island of Nusakambangan almost a year after eight dru

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-035-2016

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Jakarta – Indonesia is preparing to execute more foreigners convicted of drug offenses as it maintains a contentious policy of imposing capital punishment for drug crimes.

Prima Wirayani – The government has to lure more private investments into the country in a bid to maintain growth momentum as economists projected the impacts of the government's spending will dimi

Jakarta – Law experts have called for a review of several provisions of the Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP), which regulates pre-prosecution, on Tuesday.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry called on the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) on Sunday to relocate drug inmates from prisons and detention centers in order to ease an ove

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – An investigation carried out by a watchdog has confirmed that budget inflexibility has caused low prosecution rates in prosecutors' offices.

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is yet to decide on whether it will execute drug traffickers this year, but has said it will focus more on improving the economy for the next seven to eight mont

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – The government will continue to hand out the death sentence to big players in drug trafficking world despite criticism from foreign countries and human rights activists, a

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY), the external judicial supervisory body, has elected its commissioner Aidul Fitriciada Azhari as its new chairman and Sukma Violetta as deputy ch

Jewel Topsfield – Two former teachers at the prestigious Jakarta Intercultural School have been re-sentenced to jail for allegedly sodomising three preschool boys, in a decision that will send shoc

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has taken a firm stance in formally opposing the government's plan to punish sex offenders using chemical castration.

Jakarta – Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Yembise has said her ministry has finalized the composing of a draft bill on chemical castration as a punishment for sex offenders

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – Indonesia's attorney general insists that death penalties must be maintained in the country's judicial system as a shock therapy against serious crime.

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa – Indonesia's Attorney-General has hosed down speculation a third batch of executions are imminent saying the nation's economy is "far more important".

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has stepped up its campaign to encourage marijuana farmers to give up their work and start growing more sustainable crops.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has inagurated five new commissioners for the Judicial Commission at the State Palace.

Jakarta – Human rights activists have joined forces to condemn the use of the death penalty in Indonesia for major crimes, such as drug trafficking.

Fedina S.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Human rights and judicial watchdogs have claimed that a child abuse case that led to the imprisonment of teachers and janitors at the Jakarta Intercultural Scho

Fedina S.

Fedina S.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's most senior ministers has denied there will be a formal moratorium on executions in Indonesia.

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), a Hong Kong-based regional human rights organization, urges the Drafting Committee of the Parliament of Indonesia to review the draft billon th

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – As corruption cases pile up at the Jakarta Corruption Court, the Supreme Court has started a quick-selection process to recruit new ad hoc judges, raising concerns about the

Jakarta – Indonesia's justice minister has bemoaned the level of overcrowding in the country's penitentiaries, saying more needs to be done to rehabilitate rather than incarcerate drug users, who m

Jakarta – Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa is working on a draft bill on the practice of chemical castration as a punishment for convicted pedophiles despite issues raised by human

Jakarta – National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Comr. Gen.

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – A coalition of human rights groups has voiced opposition to the government's plan to introduce chemical castration for sex offenders.

Jakarta – Rights group Amnesty International has called on Indonesian authorities to immediately repeal Aceh's Islamic Criminal Code, which came into effect on Friday, arguing that punishing people

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Attorney General M.