Novia Stephani – When Muji (not her real name), 61, joined Pemuda Rakyat, or People's Youth, in 1965, she never imagined her involvement in the youth wing of the Indonesian Communist Pa

Arlina Arshad, Bandung – Gyrating her hips to traditional gamelan music on a makeshift village stage, Indonesian folk dancer Sri Wulandari ignores the leers and wolf whistles of the dru

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Jakarta – The House of Representatives has once again upheld its poor record for legislation performance, ending its 45-day sitting period on Tuesday with just three bills having been p

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The government's plan to ban unregistered and contractual marriages and tighten procedures for polygamous ones sparked controversy Monday among the public.

Jakarta – A government-sponsored bill on marriage could see unregistered and contractual marriages banned, while polygamous marriages could end in jail sentences and fines if conducted

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights says the displacement of thousands of mudflow victims from their homes in the East Java town of Sidoarjo could be classi

Jakarta – The special committee for missing persons at the House of Representatives has said the government is "not serious" about resolving human rights abuse cases after top governmen

Febriamy Hutapea – With several ministers and other senior officials once again declining to attend a House hearing concerning military abductions of students in the late 1990s, lawmake

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Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Plaintiffs have demanded a judicial review of the 2008 pornography law by the Constitutional Court, saying the law had turned the country's cultural diversity i

Camelia Pasandaran – The Constitutional Court is scheduled to hear the first legal challenge to the controversial Pornography Law today, after several Christian, student and ethnic mino

Ad hoc judges have been introduced in human rights and corruption courts, but efforts to reform the criminal justice system in the country have so far proved unconvincing, an expert say

Heru Andriyanto – Muchdi Purwoprandjono, who was cleared last December of charges that he ordered the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, on Wednesday demanded

Jakarta – House of Representatives lawmakers and human rights groups have mounted pressure on the government to submit a bill on accession to the International Criminal Court (ICC), say

Nurfika Osman – The Attorney General's Office was responsible for worsening the injustices already done to human rights victims and their families through its repeated failure to resolv

Febriamy Hutapea – Indonesia on Tuesday finally joined the official international campaign against the trafficking and smuggling of people by ratifying United Nations protocols that out

On February 19, 2009 the UN Security Council will review the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) prior to a decision on its renewal.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has set up a public examination team to verify a court verdict acquitting former top spy Muchdi Purwopran

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The AGO has come under fire for failing to build a strong case against a former top spy in the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.

In a letter sent today on the eve of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Indonesia, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and representatives of three dozen other

Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – In order to discover the truth behind the murder of human rights activist Munir, the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has formed a public examinatio

Medan, North Sumatra – The Indonesian government must not deport Rohingya asylum-seekers stranded in Aceh Province, a Muslim organization said on Friday.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Politician and campaigner for pluralism Zannuba Arrifah Chafsoh Rahman Wahid, better known as Yenny Wahid, was summoned for questioning at the Jakarta Police

Arientha Primanita – A daughter of former President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid was brought in for questioning by Jakarta Police on Tuesday in relation to a defamation claim filed by Mu

Jakarta – A former top official of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) and key witness in the Munir Said Thalib murder case, Vice Adm.

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar Lampung – Victims of the Talangsari tragedy urged the government on Friday to seriously settle the prolonged human rights violation case and pay them reasonable

Amnesty International is urging the Indonesian government to investigate the dispersal of a demonstration in Nabire, Papua Province, on Jan.

Nivell Rayda – The Indonesian government yesterday blocked media access to the Rohingya refugees stranded in Aceh Province, reflecting the sensitive nature of the case and the embarrass

Reh Atemalem Susanti, Jakarta – The secretary-general of National Commission for the Protection of Children, Arist Merdeka Sirait, said marriages between underage children and adults or

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Heru Andriyanto – The National Commission on Human Rights, or Komnas HAM, said on Wednesday that it planned to hire a team of five legal experts to examine the decision to acquit former

Markus Makur, Timika – Dozens of police officers patrolled the streets of Yos Sudarso, Timika, Papua on Wednesday while relatives of a person shot to death by police during a riot last

Dili – A rights group Monday urged East Timor to drop criminal charges against a weekly newspaper and its editor for alleged defamation of the justice minister.

Ismira Lutfia – An Indonesian Council of Ulema, or MUI, edict that allows women to have an abortion under certain conditions could serve as a foundation for the government to regulate t

Indra Subagja, Jakarta – The United Nations will continue to monitor the case involving the murder of human rights activist Munir.

Indra Subagja, Jakarta – The public prosecutor handing the case of murdered human rights activists Munir has submitted a judicial review to the Supreme Court via the South Jakarta Distr

Heru Andriyanto – The conviction of Rohainil Aini last Tuesday could not serve as supporting evidence in prosecutors' attempts to overturn the acquittal of the alleged mastermind in the

Arientha Primanita – Thirteen East Java Police officers have been formally disciplined over an investigation that led to the convictions of two men for a murder they did not commit, a N

Jakarta – The Supreme Court convicted former Garuda chief secretary pilot Rohainil Aini on Tuesday for providing a fake assignment letter to off-duty pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto

Her Excellency
The Secretary of State
Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Dear Secretary Clinton:

Nivell Rayda – The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights is planning to double Indonesia's prison capacity to battle overcrowding in its facilities, the minister said in an annual addres

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Former top spy Muchdi Purwopranjono has confronted supporters of the assassinated Munir Said Thalib, saying he felt humiliated for being called "a killer" even

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Harifin A.

Manila – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said here Thursday he opposes putting Indonesian soldiers on trial for human rights abuses carried out during the fight for independence.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Wednesday called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to order the Attorney General Office (AGO) to relaunch investiga

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono underlined Tuesday the importance of a fifth amendment to the Constitution, while speaking to hundreds of veterans.

The verdict passed on Muchdi Purwoprandjono, on Wednesday last week, was a shock to 37-year-old Suciwati. Muchdi, a suspect in the murder of her husband, Munir, was acquitted.