Jewel Topsfield – Indonesian president Joko Widodo caused a storm of controversy on Monday when he appeared to indicate the Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte had given Indonesia the green light

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Indonesia should initiate a new legal process for Filipino death-row inmate Mary Jane Veloso after the Philippines declared her a victim of human trafficking, the

Indonesia's anti-drugs chief has supported implementing a bloody crackdown on traffickers like the war on crime in the Philippines that has left almost 3,000 dead.

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies – An Australian expert who testified that Indonesian woman Wayan Mirna Salihin was unlikely to have died from cyanide poisoning after drinking a Vietnamese iced c

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) plans to procure weapons and intelligence tools to eradicate illicit drug trafficking in Indonesia, an official has said.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – National Narcotics Agency (BNN) head Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – Masinton Pasaribu, a member of the House of Representatives' Commission III on legal affairs, has backed the National Anti-Narcotics Agency, or BNN, in its fight against drug abuse among

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Lawmakers expressed dissatisfaction toward most candidates for supreme court justices and ad hoc judge for the corruption court that have recently undergone fit-an

Jakarta – Since President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo declared a "drug state of emergency" and all-out war on illicit substances last year, little has been done on the front line, except for the controver

Haeril Halim and Margareth S.

Jakarta – A police investigative team is interested in speaking with Liberty Sitinjak, the former head of Batu prison on Nusakambangan Island in Cilacap, Central Java, in connection with a testimon

Margareth S.

Jakarta – Given that corruption is still perceived as an ongoing threat to the country, the government's controversial plan to relax the remission requirements for extraordinary crime convicts has

Jakarta – Transactions worth trillions of rupiah have been traced back to a drug syndicate led by an imprisoned convict, an official said on Friday (19/08).

Jakarta – Legal rights activists filed a report against Attorney General H.M.

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely dismayed by President Joko Widodo's decision to continue the execution of death row inmates.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto has stressed that the government would not consider abolishing the death penalty, and therefor

Margareth S.

Corruption, drugs, extortion and bullying at penitentiaries are an open secret, and the chronic ills persist even as governments come and go.

Jakarta – Following the execution of four drug convicts on early Friday, Muslim scholars and the leaders of the country's major Muslim organizations are divided over whether capital punishment is s

Jakarta – House of Representatives deputy speaker Fadli Zon said on Monday that the government must explain the reasons behind its decision to execute only four of 14 death-row inmates scheduled fo

Jakarta – The execution spree in Indonesia has moved respected Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan to urge the government to end the death penalty for drug offenders as it does not reflect traditional or

Margareth S.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – As a country that has championed the upholding of human rights, it needs to further review its implementation of the death penalty and whether if it

Agus Maryono and Margareth S.

Jakarta – The executions of three of four death row inmates that were shot dead by firing squad in Batu Prison on Nusakambangan island on Friday breached the 2010 Clemency Law, a legal expert says.

Jewel Topsfield, Cilacap – Four convicted drug offenders were executed in Indonesia in the early hours of Friday morning but the lives of another 10 were spared in a shock eleventh hour reprieve.

Jewel Topsfield, Cilacap – The fate of 10 death row prisoners who were saved from the firing squad in Indonesia just minutes before the executions took place remains unclear, with the country's att

Jokowi still has time to pull back from these unlawful executions, before inviting global notoriety – Rafendi Djamin, Amnesty International's Director for South East Asia and the Pacific

Anggi M.

It denies their right to life and brings no effective solution for the eradication of illegal drugs

Dear President Widodo:

Jewel Topsfield, Cilacap – Family members of 14 death row prisoners wept and one was close to collapse after learning the largest mass killing of convicted drug felons in Indonesia would take place

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will put the Indonesian government on the wrong side of history if he proceeds with the third round of executions, Human rights watchdog Amnesty Internation

Jewel Topsfield, Cilacap – Fears that innocent people will be killed in Indonesia's looming executions are intensifying, with a former senior government official revealing an internal investigation

There is no evidence to support President Widodo's position. The death penalty does not deter crime. Carrying out executions will not rid Indonesia of drugs.

Margareth S.

Jewel Topsfield – The spiritual advisers who will spend the final hours of life with those condemned to die in Indonesia's next round of executions have been told they will be carried out around mi

Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa, Karuni Rompies – A Nigerian man facing imminent execution in Indonesia tearfully told a court that police electrocuted his genitals to force him to confess to possessi

Jakarta – One major obstacle to reform of the country's judicial system – represented by the Supreme Court as the country's highest judicial institution – is the court's refusal to be supervised by

Jayapura, Papua – Three police officers in Papua have been fired for their involvement in narcotic cases.

Venidora Oliveira – Timor-Leste's mobile court has resolved 1143 cases since being established in 2010, representing significant progress, according to the Timor-Leste Country Director of United Na

Jakarta – Prison breaks and drug smuggling into prisons continue despite reform plans announced by the Law and Human Rights Ministry.

Jakarta – Graft convicts Muhammad Nazaruddin and Gayus Tambunan were among thousands of inmates who received sentence cuts during this year's Idul Fitri celebration, officials said on Wednesday (06

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAU-013-2016

Dear Friends,

Haeril Halim and Margareth S.

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

Dear Friends,

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