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Foreign ministry presents Hassan Wirajuda Awards to three agencies

The Indonesian Foreign Ministry presented the Hassan Wirajuda Award (HWPA) to three agencies for assisting the ...

Jerusalem forever belongs to Palestine

Meet Dr Norman Gary Finkelstein, 64, an American political scientist, activist, professor, author, and Jewish. ...

Govt still has much homework on human rights: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) acknowledged that there is still a lot of homework for human rights enforcement that ...

Civilian hostages being used as human shields: Human rights activist

An armed criminal group was deliberately using the over one thousand civilian hostages in Tembagapura, Mimika, Papua, ...

Campaigners, experts to host conference on local wisdom to protect environment

Groups of campaigners and experts will host an international conference on Indonesias diverse local wisdom to protect, ...

W Sumatra donates over Rp2 billion for Rohingya

The people and provincial government of West Sumatra have donated more than Rp2 billion for Rohingya refugees, ...

Saudi king decrees women be allowed to drive

Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, ending a conservative tradition seen by ...

Maritime sector can overcome impact of drought: Activist

Various maritime resources can be utilized to help overcome the impact of drought in various regions, an activist ...

Baswedan`s wife calls on president to form joint fact-finding team

Rina Emilda, wife of Novel Baswedan, senior investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), has called on ...

Ministry to renew data on Indonesian nationals overseas

The ministries of Foreign Affairs, Home Affairs, Immigration Office, as well as Indonesian Migrant Workers Placement ...

Chinese Nobel rights activist Liu Xiaobo released on medical parole

Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winning rights activist Liu Xiaobo has been released from prison on medical parole and is ...

87 houses damaged in Poso quake

The 6.6-magnitude earthquake which hit Poso district, Central Sulawesi province, on May 29 has lightly and seriously ...

NGO calls for firm action against illegal logging in Mt Leuser area

Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) has urged legal enforcers to take firm action against illegal logging ...

Sympathetic rally 55 to not exert pressure on court: GNPF-MUI

The May 5 (55) rally is not being held to apply pressure on the court that tends to indict Jakarta Governor Basuki ...

President Jokowi meets social activists to discuss education

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) met several activists engaged in promoting the reading culture across Indonesia, ...