Jakarta – Legal activists suggested Thursday that court verdicts be made accessible to the public in a bid to curb the "court mafia" they say exists in the country's judicial system.

The only Indonesian jailed over the violence surrounding East Timor's 1999 vote for independence has launched a legal challenge against the court that convicted him.

Crimes against humanity suspect a threat to Papuans

Haryanto Kurniawan, Jakarta – Stipulations on the establishment of political parties contained in the draft law on political parties will make things more difficult and conflicts with t

Further revisions should be made to the political party bill to increase accountability among political parties, anti-corruption activists have said.

Jakarta – Atul Khare, special envoy of the UN secretary general for East Timor, urged Jakarta and Dili on Tuesday to enhance the efficiency and credibility of a truth commission tasked

A Statement on the Occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

United Nations Special Representative for Human Rights Affairs, Hina Jilani, listened intently to the comments of the speakers who converged at Goethe Haus in Jakarta on Thursday, two w

The DPR's Legal Affairs Commission begins selection of candidates for members of the National Human Rights Commission.

Jakarta – Too many activists in the list of hopefuls for the new National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) leadership was the reason only a few made it through, a lawmaker said F

Jakarta – The commission overseeing legal and human rights issues at the House of Representatives selected Wednesday 11 applicants for membership of the National Commission for Human Ri

The US House of Representatives today signaled continued congressional concern for human rights, accountability, and military reform in Indonesia and justice for East Timor.

p>The Honorable Jose Ramos-Horta
President of Republic Democratic of Timor Leste
Palacio Das Cinzas,
Dili, Timor Leste

(Bangkok) FORUM-ASIA, writes to Jose Ramos-Horta, the new president of Timor Leste, to remind him of the pending issues of impunity on violations of human rights that have occurred in t

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Planned laws on state secrecy and intelligence should include multiple oversight mechanisms and limitations on their scope to maintain the country's commitment t

Jakarta – Indonesia's judicial system is still reluctant to reform itself and is neglecting calls for greater transparency in its court verdicts, a legal expert says.

Imran, North Aceh – Residents of the Mee village in the sub-district of Syamtalira Aron, North Aceh, have discovered the remains of what they believe to be part of a skeleton of a perso

Jakarta – Both the government and non-governmental organizations acknowledged Tuesday the need for a new Truth and Reconciliation Commission law that would be focused on the pursuit of

Jakarta – All ten factions in the House of Representatives agreed during a plenary session Tuesday to enact a new Taxation Arrangements and Procedures Law, with the government and lawma

Jakarta – Members of the House of Representatives are currently deliberating the bill on Military Tribunal but are at odds with a well-known human rights organization over whether soldi

Palu, Central Sulawesi – Human rights groups in Palu, Central Sulawesi, urged the police Friday to investigate attacks on student activists allegedly by hired thugs.

The Territory coroner has ruled out investigating the suspected murder of a Darwin journalist by the Indonesian military.

Activists from the Indonesian Student League for Democracy (LMND) and the National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas) in the East Kalimantan city of Balikpapan have been the targets o

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The US has praised Indonesia for making significant efforts to combat human trafficking, but in its latest report says the country still does not fully comply wi

Jakarta – A visiting United Nations representative sees positive developments on human rights promotion in Indonesia, but pointed to serious constraints in fulfilling these rights.

Indra Harsaputra and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya/Malang – The marines on Monday defended the actions of soldiers involved in a shooting in Alas Tlogo village in Pasuruan, East Java,

Geoff Thompson – A special representative to the United Nations (UN) secretary-general says there are credible reports that human rights defenders in the Indonesian province of Papua ar

An apology from the Indonesian Military (TNI) concerning the recent shooting incident in Pasuruan, East Java, would benefit investigators and improve the image of members of the TNI, a

Anne Barker – As the Balibo Five inquest winds up, there are calls for another coronial inquiry into a sixth Australian-based journalist who was murdered in East Timor in late 1975.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Hundreds of Papuans rallied Friday in Papua and West Papua provinces during a one-day visit by special representative of the UN Secretary General on Human

Jakarta – Activists and legislators said Friday that the state has acknowledged human rights at the policy level but has failed to implement its values in practice, especially in relati

Jakarta – Attorney General Hendarman Supandji said Friday that his office is utilizing a new method of collecting evidence for the case review of the murder of rights activist Munir Sai

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office will proceed with its investigation and disregard the recent public statement made by Raymond "Ongen" Latuihamallo, one of the key witnesses in t

Jakarta – Ongen Latuihamalo, one of the key witnesses in the murder case of Munir Said Thalib, has confirmed that he saw Munir on his September 2004 flight to the Netherlands but denied

Criminals in East Timor will be offered the chance of clemency for crimes committed in the past year under a new bill passed by the fledgling nation's parliament this week.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Indonesian Navy chief Admiral Slamet Soebijanto brushed off allegations of gross human rights abuse in last week's deadly clash between Marines and residents in

Inadra Subagja, Jakarta – A key witness in the Munir murder case, Raymond Latuihamalo alias Ongen, has spoken for the first time about Munir's activities while he was in transit in Sing

Mark Forbes Herald, Jakarta – Human rights abuses by the military and its continuing role in Indonesia are under renewed scrutiny after marines shot dead four villagers in East Java.

Jakarta – The National Land Agency is avoiding taking any action on the Pasuruan land dispute case until the President meets with governors from across the country.

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court is examining the 2000 Human Rights Court Law, as requested by a former unit commander of the Army's Special Forces (Kopasus) convicted of involvement

A Darwin-based East Timor activist says there is more than enough evidence for the Northern Territory coroner to hold an inquest into the death of an Australian man 32 years ago.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Pasuruan – A meeting between disgruntled villagers and commander of the Navy's Eastern Fleet Rear Adm.

Apriadi Gunawan and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Medan/Bandung – In separate protests Monday, farmers in North Sumatra and West Java demanded the government intervene to resolve prolonged, sometim

Raden Rachmadi, Kukuh S Wibowo, Jakarta – Imparsial, the human rights monitoring organization, viewed that the case of shooting at civilians in Alas Tlogo Village, Pasuruan, is a violat

East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta has praised a much-criticised commission probing the violence that accompanied his nation's break from Indonesian rule in 1999, saying it could be

Jakarta – Indonesia and its former colony East Timor agreed Tuesday to extend by six months the work of a joint truth commission tasked at gathering the facts surrounding Indonesia's mi

Jakarta – Two years have passed since the Ministry of Home Affairs submitted a bill to revise the law on mass organizations, but the House of Representatives had still not deliberated o

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Salatiga – Around 250 students and farmers from the Central Java city of Salatiga were disappointed after being 'removed' before having a chance to express long li

Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – Activists, students and farmers have protested at the headquarters of the Bandung Navy Detachment in West Java to condemn the shooting by marines of farmers in th

Lindsay Murdoch – East Timor's ruling Fretilin party says it will support the prosecution of people responsible for atrocities committed in the country, including former Indonesian mili