Jakarta – The Supreme Court and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) should administer better information systems to disclose online statistics of cases they handle to pave the way for j

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – A Bandung professor garnered the most votes on Thursday as the House of Representatives selected seven hopefuls, dubbed "the best of the worst," to sit on the J

Jakarta – A study by the Indonesian Legal Roundtable has found that less than half of the candidates proposed to form the Judicial Commission (KY) were unqualified.

Anita Rachman, Indonesia – The seemingly renewed national commitment to law enforcement that last week saw the appointment of an antigraft czar and an attorney general will continue thi

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Graft suspect Gayus Tambunan's illicit jaunts away from his detention cell have drawn fierce criticism of the country's prison system, and new hopes of credi

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – A coalition of watchdogs on Friday redoubled their calls for the next Attorney General to come from outside the AGO, arguing that only an outsider could fix t

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Media watchdogs have condemned the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for reportedly ordering private TV station SCTV to drop a sensitive broadcast, and have vow

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – There is something gravely wrong about a justice system that would let a 55-year-old housemaid languish in jail for stealing just a few plates and pieces of clo

Nivell Rayda & Anita Rachman – Five candidates for the Judicial Commission have questionable track records and the House of Representatives must not select them, antigraft watchdogs

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Hundreds of lawyers began fighting among themselves on Wednesday in the latest twist to the long-simmering dispute between two of Indonesia's most prominent bar

The Indonesian government has been urged to investigate today's death of a Maluku political activist who was denied urgent medical care in prison.

AI Index: ASA 21/018/2010

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Antigraft activists have slammed the remission system for corruption convicts following the release of high-profile embezzler Aulia Pohan on Friday.

Jakarta – Legal experts agree that Indonesia needs to overhaul its legal system, including restructuring judicial institutions and reapportioning work between courts.

On 20 August 2010, coinciding with the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Falintil, the President of the Republic of Timor-Leste issued Presidential Decree No.

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch has criticized Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar over his inconsistency in upholding restrictions of jail-term remission to graft an

Jakarta – In recognition of Indonesia's 65th Independence Day, on Tuesday the government reduced prison terms of most inmates nationwide, including high-profile graft convicts such as f

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The government on Friday failed to provide satisfactory responses to the Constitutional Court about the position and legal standing of the Attorney General's Off

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The legitimacy and legal power of the judicial commissioners may be called into question by the judges they supervise as a presidential regulation exte

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Monday passed a revision of the 2002 Clemency Law, which will allow a greater role for the government, shorten the appeals proce

Ahmad Pathoni – Twenty-five teenagers were crammed in a 20-square-meter cell in the main prison in the Indonesian city of Bogor.

In 2010, the AHRC continued to receive information on several cases of torture in Indonesia.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-087-2010

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Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-022-2010

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Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) has received 7,450 reports of illegalities or ethical violations allegedly committed by judges across the country since it was established in 2005

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-058-2010

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Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Indonesian authorities have denied medical care to a prisoner of conscience held in Papua.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Petitioners of a judicial review of the 1965 Blasphemy Law demanded Thursday that legislators review the recruitment process for Constitutional justice

HRC-STM-029-2010

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The judicial review of the 1965 Blasphemy Law requested by several NGOs and supporters of pluralism presents a good opportunity for Indonesia to update

Jakarta – The Supreme Court has selected ad hoc justice candidates with questionable competence, a member of the Court Monitoring Coalition says.

Jakarta – Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD told prosecutors to kick their habit of extorting money from defendants for preferential treatment.

Camelia Pasandaran – The country's courts top the list of at least 268 public complaints received by the presidentially-appointed judicial mafia task force since its establishment in De

Camelia Pasandaran – Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD on Monday warned the government and the House of Representatives against using government regulations in lieu of law, or perppu

Candra Malik, Batang (Central Java) – A day after an Indonesian judge warned that frivolous cases should never end up clogging the courts, the Batang District Court sentenced Manisih, 3

Heru Andriyanto – The absence of executions in 2009 was the result not of an intentional moratorium but because the Supreme Court has failed to provide a specific timeframe within which

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Having to stand trial for a prank involving a bee sting and the sudden media attention was too much for a nine-year-old third grader to handle.

Jakarta – While it is an unspoken truism that most penitentiaries in the country face the enduring problem of overcapacity and lack of funding, the arrival of certain inmates is having

The much-respected Constitutional Court on Monday received an award from the Malang-based Brawijaya University for being the most transparent judicial institution in the country.

Nala Edwin, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is urging the government to investigate the beating of Buchtar Tabuni, a prisoner at the Abepu

Allegations that correctional officials tortured a political prisoner in a jail in Papua has prompted protests from about 30 highland tribesmen in front of the facility, reports indicat

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Aceh's controversial Qanun Jinayat code, which allows stoning to death for adulterers, would be difficult to implement because it was open to interpretation,

Ref: TG ASA 21/2009/44. AI Index: ASA 21/021/2009

Gamawan Fauzi
Home Affairs Minister
Jl. Medan Merdeka Utara No. 7.
Jakarta Pusat
Indonesia

A statement from an NGO coalition based in Aceh, Indonesia forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A riot that caused the death of North Sumatra Council speaker Abdul Azis Angkat in February was premeditated, and had been detected by intelligence agents two

Farouk Arnaz & Christian Motte – Despite having surrounded an airfield in Papua that has been occupied by suspected separatists for weeks, the police are still trying to persuade th

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Five middle-aged Australians trapped in Papua for more than eight months after arriving without visas have become the unwitting victims of Indonesian hostility abo

Nurdin Hasan – As many as 92 Acehnese inmates in a Malaysian jail have gone on a hunger strike to protest alleged brutality and sexual harassment at the hands of the prison guards, an A

Mark Dodd – East Timor has lashed out at a UN report that labels the country's police and judicial systems as dysfunctional.

Five Indonesian convicts are about to be executed within this month, according to the Indonesian Attorney General Office.