Jakarta – Former vice president Gen. (ret.) Try Sutrisno defended on Monday a decision by the military to open fire on a crowd during the Tanjung Priok incident in 1984.

Indra Harsaputra and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta/Surabaya – The historic verdict by the Constitutional Court to scrap a ruling which prohibits former members of the outlawed Indone

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A constitutional law expert has called on the General Election Commission (KPU) and the Constitutional Court to have a look into two contradictory rules about

Suherdjoko and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Semarang/Jakarta – Former suspected members of the Indonesia Communist Party (PKI) are urging the government they be allowed to contest the legis

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has agreed in a plenary meeting to start a thorough inquiry into alleged human rights violations by former president Soeha

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's decision to reinstate the constitutional rights of former communist members and their families members has sparked calls for an end to all discrimin

Anton Aliabbas, Jakarta – The chairperson of the People's Representative Assembly (DPR), Akbar Tanjung, has said that there is no need to be concerned about the decision by the Constitu

Washington – The Indonesian government's human rights record remained poor last year and it continued to commit serious abuses especially in war-torn Aceh province, the US State Departm

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The human rights condition in the country has been deteriorating since the government announced wars on separatism and terrorism last year, rights wat

Indonesia has hit back at an American State Department report which criticised its human rights record.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court moved closer to restoring the political rights of the former members and relatives of former members of the outlawed Indonesi

Fedhly Averouss Bey, Jakarta – Allowing ex-political prisoners, in particular ex-members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), to become legislative candidates brings with it consequ

Jakarta – Five human rights workers and another man are "at grave risk" of torture and ill-treatment after being arrested by police in Aceh province, Amnesty International said Tuesday.

Jakarta – Despite widespread public criticism and opposition to the water resource bill, legislators went ahead with the endorsement of the controversial draft on Thursday.

Jakarta – City Police spokesman Sr. Comr.

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – A study has found that, despite entrenched corruption in Indonesia's legal system, the country's poor are having some success in fighting corruption through the

Suherdjoko and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Semarang/Jakarta – Despite mounting public opposition, the House of Representatives is set to endorse the controversial water resources bill when

Jayapura – Dozens of civil servants at the Justice and Human Rights office here have protested for three consecutive days, demanding that the government cancel the appointment of Sukarn

Dili – Indonesian presidential candidate General Wiranto has won a political reprieve in East Timor after a UN judge denied a prosecutor's demand for a public hearing over a requested a

Dili – A former militia commander was sentenced to seven years in jail Tuesday for killing a pro-independence leader during East Timor's bloody break from Indonesia in 1999.

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Lawmakers' hopes of endorsing the presidency bill during their term dimmed after the government rejected on Wednesday the draft unless it is overhauled.

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has gathered a new medical team to examine former president Soeharto's health to determine whether or not it could r

Astrid Felicia Lim, Jakarta – Non-government organisation (NGO) activists from the Committee for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), the Institute for Public Research and

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Indonesia's former military chief, General Wiranto, has agreed to testify to a public hearing of war crimes charges against him, relating to post-independence violence in East Timor in

An East Timor court has jailed a former pro-Jakarta militiaman for seven years for murdering an independence supporter during the territory's bloody breakaway from Indonesia in 1999.

Indonesian presidential candidate General Wiranto has agreed to testify to a public hearing of war crimes charges against him, East Timor's chief prosecutor said.

Jakarta – A witness told the human rights court on Tuesday she experienced sexual abuse during her detention by the military following a shooting incident in the North Jakarta area of T

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court yesterday postponed until next week its review of an appeal by the country's Speaker of Parliament and potential presidential candidate Ak

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has questioned a proposal to grant the presidency the right to veto the entry into effect of legislation passed by the

Indonesian government is currently discussing a bill on safeguarding vital objects throughout the country.

Jakarta – A small group of people claiming to be victims and their relatives of a bloody 1989 clash in the village of Talangsari went to the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Former president Soeharto's youngest son, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, failed once again to testify at a trial in the Central Jakarta District Court.

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The Constitutional Commission (KK) is considering granting the president authority to veto bills that he or she deems to be unfavorable to the nation.

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Deputy speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) A.M.

Sebastiaan Pompe, Jakarta – It is accepted theory that reliable law enforcement and legal certainty are critical for investment recovery.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it has found preliminary evidence of human rights violations by former president Soeharto du

Makassar – The South Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office said on Tuesday it had completed the case files of two police officers charged with human rights abuses in Papua province a month

Jakarta – East Timor's top prosecutor says he will ask an appeals court for help in securing arrest warrants for Indonesian presidential candidate Wiranto and five other senior Indonesi

Medan – Indonesian prosecutors on Wednesday demanded prison terms ranging from four months to 30 months for 18 police officers allegedly involved in the killing of two students in 2000,

Jill Jolliffe, Dili – A headless skeleton discovered by workmen digging in the yard of East Timorese Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri is believed to be the remains of Nicolau Lobato, the ch

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has started investigating alleged gross abuses in the Papua province last year and in 2001 and plans

Jill Jolliffe, Dili – East Timor's chief prosecutor has accused the United Nations of blocking an arrest warrant for war crimes against Indonesia's General Wiranto, a frontrunner for pr

Indonesia's highest court has confirmed the acquittal of a senior policeman accused of human rights abuses in the last days of Indonesian rule over East Timor.

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Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The government's failure to reform the Indonesian Military (TNI), the National Police, and the Supreme Court as well as the Attorney General's Office

Indonesia's efforts to reform its judiciary could face another blow if the parliament passes a bill that would bar non -career judges from sitting on the Supreme Court bench.

Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says democracy and human rights should not be considered the absolute goals of the Indonesian nation.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – An ad hoc team with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will probe alleged gross violations of human rights in the province of Papua.

Jakarta – Indonesia's Attorney-General has reopened the corruption case against former president Suharto, who seems well enough to give his eldest daughter the green light to run for pr