Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – Prisons in Indonesia are holding too many inmates, while at the same time having too few prison guards, leading to various disciplinary problems.

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia Usman Hamid called on the government to implement the moratorium on the death penalty this year.

Alfina Qisthi & Claudia Stoicescu – As more countries move away from drug prohibition, Indonesia is about to step up its efforts to defend it.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated on Tuesday Arief Hidayat as the Constitutional Court chief justice for his second and final term despite mou

Jakarta – The National Alliance for Criminal Code Reforms has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to open talks with experts from various fields to discuss the Criminal Code bill c

Last Wednesday, the former head of Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN), Budi Waseso, retired and handed over the reigns of the drug enforcement agency to his successor, Heru Win

Sheany, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Thursday (01/03) expressed approval toward recent steps taken by the Supreme Court to uphold justice in the archipelago and conveyed

Indonesia's penal code, a legacy of Dutch colonialism, has been discussed for many years in the parliament, resulting in academic papers and draft revisions of the law.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) has called on the government to halt its plan to execute several more death row inmates this year, following statements issued by

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Around 300 academicians, comprising lecturers, professors and students, from Yogyakarta have called on Arief Hidayat to step down from his position as Con

Jakarta (Antara) – The House of Representatives Commission III member Ahmad Sahroni demanded National Narcotics Agency (BNN) to take a proactive measure by getting all celebrities in In

Vincent Bevins, Jakarta – Prodded by religious conservatives, Indonesia is moving toward outlawing gay sex – and even sex outside marriage – in a jarring change for a country long seen

Back in September 2015, when he was inaugurated as the head of Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN), Budi Waseso said that rehabilitation was the wrong solution to the country's

Many in Indonesia have been concerned about a conservative new revision to the country's criminal code (RKUHP) that's currently under discussion by the House of Representatives (DPR).

Sheany, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights, or Komnas HAM, said on Friday (02/02) the current criminal code revisions being deliberated in the parliament should b

Sheany, Jakarta – The national human rights body said it would be better to address extraordinary crimes, such as crimes against humanity and war crimes, in a separate regulation instea

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament looks set to pass a new criminal code that will outlaw gay sex and sex outside marriage.

Stephen Wright, Jakarta, Indonesia – Riding a tsunami of moral conservatism and anti-gay prejudice, Indonesia's Islamic political parties appear on the cusp of a major victory: outlawin

Sheany, Jakarta – The Institute of Criminal Justice Reform, or ICJR, warned on Thursday (25/01) that current draft revisions of the criminal code reflect tendencies for over-criminaliza

Jakarta – Experts and activists from various institutions lambasted the Criminal Code bill on Thursday, saying articles regulating immoral behavior in the draft law went too far into th

The Indonesian government continues to maintain its hardline rhetoric about the country undergoing a deadly "drug emergency" that has been used to justify their use of the death penalty

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's (MK) ethics council has handed down a sanction and issued a verbal warning to Chief Justice Arief Hidayat in relation to all

Adam Harvey – Reformed death row prisoners in Indonesia, like Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran who were executed in 2015, could be spared the firing squad under proposed law

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) Commissioner General Budi Waseso revealed that the agency shot dead 79 drug dealers in 2017, they were suspects who resis

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Constitutional Court (MK) chief justice Arief Hidayat has responded to allegations that he lobbied the House of Representatives to secure a second tenure as justic

Jakarta – The Institute for Research and Advocacy for Independent Courts (LeIP) is set to hold the first Indonesian Judicial Reform Forum (IJRF), scheduled for Jan. 15 to Jan. 16, 2018.

Arzia Tivany Wargadiredja – When police fatally shot a Taiwanese national accused of dealing drugs from a low-rent apartment complex in Central Jakarta earlier this week, it was just the latest dea

Budi Waseso, the head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), is known for his somewhat... unconventional ideas about dealing with Indonesia's supposed drug crisis.

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – For Tracy Bantleman it has been a long battle to free her husband, who she says, without a skerrick of doubt, is innocent of the most damning of charges.

Joe Cochraneoct, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's troubled legal system is again coming under scrutiny, after rulings in two high-profile cases that have alarmed both Western expatriates and local

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso said that investigators would continue to shoot on site suspected drug dealers who refused to surrender.

Jakarta – As many as 18 judges were given disciplinary sanctions between June and September this year following arrests made by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and illegal levy eradicat

Phelim Kine – Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN) head has an innovative approach to reducing incarceration costs: killing drug suspects so that they never get to prison.

Jakarta – The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights is in the process of recruiting 14,000 new prison guards as part of its efforts to hire a total of 17,586 new employees this year, more than the c

Phelim Kine – Indonesia's government on Tuesday marked World Day Against the Death Penalty by issuing a self-serving and contradictory statement on its death penalty policy.Law and Human Rights Min

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Garry Maddox – More than two years after the execution of Bali Nine ringleaders Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, artist and filmmaker Matthew Sleeth is still furious about what he considers a poin

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has launched the National Program on the Eradication of Illegal Drugs and Drug Abuse, which aims to combat the rampant distribution of illegal drugs and cri

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The tough stance taken by the government against drug dealers has taken a deadly turn that has seen a significant rise in the number of victims being shot dead by

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – The Judicial Commission has warned judges to be careful when using social media because it has the potential to violate certain codes of ethics.

Jakarta – Jakarta-based rights group Community Legal Aid Institute (LBH Masyarakat) has urged the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to stop all preparations for a fourth round of executions under the

Jakarta – National Narcotics Agency (BNN) chief Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso has stated that he is ready to execute any agency officers caught accepting bribes from drug suspects.

Phelim Kine – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's murderous "war on drugs" may now be claiming victims beyond his country's borders: suspected drug dealers in Indonesia.

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) needs to improve its performance in handling judicial review requests to curb potential misconduct, human rights watchdog Setara Institute has suggested.

Joe Cochrane, Jakarta, Indonesia – The recent escape of four foreign inmates who tunneled their way out of Kerobokan Prison, a high-security facility on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, could

The number of police killings of suspected drug dealers has skyrocketed in Indonesia this year, an alarming rise which signals that authorities could be looking to emulate the murderous "war on dru

Summary execution-style killings between 1982 and 1985, known locally as penembakan misterius (mysterious shootings), or Petrus, were infamous as a means of bringing down crime rates in the country

Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Minutes before Indian truck driver Gurdip Singh was due to be killed by a firing squad the power went out in his cell on Indonesia's penal island Nusakambang

Jakarta – Raid, shoot, kill and repeat.

Phelim Kine – Today, Jakarta's police chief said that when dealing with suspected drug dealers, "sending them to God" would take priority over arrest and prosecution.