Zakki Hakim, Jakarta – Indonesia's Human Rights Commission has opened inquiries into mass killings and widespread rights abuses during the 32-year Suharto dictatorship, in an attempt to

See: Comments on the US Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007 - E

Section 1 - Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom From:

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – Cases of human rights violations committed by the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) in the 1960s are still being neglected.

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The National Commission of Human Rights has found human rights abuses in the prolonged land dispute between the Sakai tribe and forestry company PT Arara Abad

Jakarta – Former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief A. M.

Jakarta – A court on Thursday threw out a civil case filed against Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra by the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) and awarded the son of former president Soeharto Rp

A plenary session of the National Human Rights Commission, Komnas HAM held on 27 February decided to set up an ad hoc team to investigate the 1965-1966 case for judicial purposes (pro j

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The government has been accused of inconsistency in its promotion of public transparency in its administration.

Jakarta – Victims of the Trisakti incident have demanded the reopening of rights abuse cases, citing the Constitutional Court's recent decision the House of Representatives did not have

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Indra Subagja Jakarta – The investigation into the murder of human rights activists Munir continues.

Jakarta – The murder of human rights activists Munir will be one of the cases taken up in the annual report on human rights in Indonesia, which will be presented to the United Nations H

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Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court acquitted former Garuda chief pilot secretary Rohainil Aini from all charges of a role in the premeditated murder of human rights activist M

The United Nations Security Council meeting on UNMIT has been delayed one week, until 21 February. Yesterday, La'o Hamutuk sent the following letter to the Security Council members.

Jakarta – Former Garuda Indonesia president director Indra Setiawan was jailed Monday for one year for assisting the premeditated murder of human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib.

Meg Munn MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH

11 February 2008

Dear Ms Munn,

Jakarta – An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced the former boss of flagship carrier Garuda to one year in jail for assisting in the murder of a prominent rights activist, a judge said

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Victims of the 1989 bloody Talangsari incident in Lampung are calling on the government to carry out a thorough investigation into the 19-year-old case

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Reform within intelligence agencies is necessary to make those bodies accountable and prevent arbitrary killings such as the murder of rights activist Munir, law

Jakarta – Police plan to name new suspects in the case of the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib by June at the latest, a former member of the fact-finding team for the c

Agnes Winarti, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights has agreed to oppose the implementation of the city's public order bylaw this month.

Jakarta – While promoting transparency, the public information bill poses a threat to the nation's hard-won press freedom as it contains articles which may criminalize some journalistic

Backgrounder on the Indonesia/Timor-Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Threats and intimidation against rights defenders increased in Papua and West Papua provinces in 2007 while efforts at military reform stalled, the Human Rights

The death of Indonesia's former dictator, General Suharto, must lead to a re-evaluation of his long years at the head of a regime mired in military brutality and corruption.

Karen Michelmore, Jakarta – A truth commission into the violence in East Timor in 1999 risks becoming a "diplomatic charade" unless it delivers a strong and independent finding, a new r

Ambassador Cameron R. Hume
US Embassy
Jakarta, Indonesia
Via e-mail

Dear Ambassador Hume,

GE.08-10340 (E) 300108
United Nations General Assembly
GENERAL A/HRC/7/28/Add.2

Original: ENGLISH
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Seventh session Agenda item 3

It is hard to exaggerate the damage inflicted on Indonesia by the former dictator Suharto who died today, during the 32 years when he ruled the country with a rod of iron until his down

Jakarta – Police said Saturday they would once again question Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto in relation to the murder of noted activist Munir Said Thalib before questioning former top s

We would like to express our condolences to the family of Soeharto for their loss.

Government should investigate crimes of former dictator's regime

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – Police will question Indonesian intelligence agents for the first time about their alleged involvement in the poisoning death of a top human rights activist a

Jakarta – Pressure is mounting on the National Police to launch an investigation into former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) officials for their involvement in the murder of rights acti

Dili – East Timor's laws should be translated into the local Tetun language to give people a better understanding and respect for the law, according to one of the country's legal expert

Jakarta – Leading human rights groups urged Tuesday for the creation of a truth and reconciliation commission to address past crimes against humanity in Aceh.

Jakarta – Families of missing human rights activists demanded President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono fulfill his election promise to resolve human rights violation cases.

Jakarta – An alliance of human rights activists demanded Thursday the arrest of a former top intelligence officer for questioning around the 2004 murder of fellow rights campaigner Muni

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – Fresh evidence has emerged that ties Indonesia's Intelligence Agency (BIN) to the poisoning of a leading human rights activist, Thalib Munir, indicating top offic

Iqbal M, Jakarta – The State Intelligence Agency's (BIN) witness, Budi Santoso, who currently works as Deputy I of BIN's Foreign Affairs, said that in mid 2004, Pollycarpus Budihari Pri

Alfian, Jakarta – A National Intelligence Agency (BIN) officer said former Garuda Indonesia pilot Pollycarpus had requested a letter from the body recommending him for a security post a

Jakarta – Legislators should not interfere with the authority of Constitutional Court judges on matters related to an ad-hoc human rights court, an expert witness told the Court on Mond

Testimony by a senior intelligence agent corroborates the link between BIN and Pollycarpus. Police claim to have written evidence.

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – More than three years after Indonesia's leading human rights campaigner died of arsenic poisoning during a commercial airline flight, his case has become a cr

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – It was four in the afternoon, and the clouds had hung in the sky since morning.