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Govt supports ethics standards for supreme court justices

The government has expressed support to the application of ethics standards for the selection of supreme court ...

Supreme Court Justice`s candidate apologizes for rape victim`s joke

Supreme Court Justice`s Candidate Daming Sanusi here on Tuesday apologized for uttering joke about rape victims. ...

Supreme Court justice` candidate criticized for joking about rape victims

The Supreme Court Justice`s candidate, M Daming Sanusi, gets public criticism for jokingly said that rapist should not ...

France urges Taiwan to hold debate on death penalty

France has condemned the execution of six death row inmates in Taiwan last week and urged Taiwan to open a national ...

Iran hangs 3 rapists in public

Three rapists were hanged in public in Iran`s central city of Arak, semi-official ISNA news agency reported on ...

Mahfud calls for replacement of law officials

Constitutional Court (MK) Chief Justice Mahfud MD has called for the dismissal and replacement of all law enforcement ...

NU leader disappointed by Supreme Court ruling on drug convict

An Islamic leader has expressed disappointment over the Supreme Court`s decision to revoke the death penalty for the ...

People must pay taxes: Finance minister

Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo has stated that people must pay taxes, as regulated by the law, for the benefit of ...

Supreme court denies to review mass murderer`s death sentence

The Supreme Court (MA) denied allowing a review of the death sentence previously awarded to serial killer Very Idham ...

Govt helps 72 Indonesian migrant workers escape death penalty

The Indonesian Migrant Worker Task Force has assisted 72 workers escape death penalty sentences in several countries, ...

Amnesty critisizes US for unlawful Bin Laden raid

Amnesty International criticized the United States on Wednesday for its use of lethal force, particularly for the ...

9/11 defendents charge in Guantanamo court

The five men accused of plotting the deadly September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States were formally charged ...

Saudi king extends time for four Indonesian convicts facing death penalty

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has provided extra time for the four Indonesian convicts facing execution in the ...

Tuti Tursilawati denies murder charges in Saudi Arabia

A female Indonesian migrant worker, Tuti Tursilawati, who is now facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia denied ...

Migrant worker escapes death penalty in Saudi, returns to Indonesia

Fitra Yanti Binti Ali Mali, an Indonesian migrant worker, is heading home on April 19, 2012, after charges were ...