#human right

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Government pledges to settle human right cases soon

Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs, Law and Security Luhut Binsar Padjaitan said the government resolved to ...

Counterterrorism Actions Must Uphold Human Rights

The Indonesian government has been working to strengthen its Special Detachment (Densus) 88 counterterrorism squad by ...

OIC Calls For Boycott of Products Produced in or by Illegal Israel Settlements

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called for a boycott of products produced in or by illegal Israel ...

U.S. Ambassador discusses human rights with church leaders in Papua

U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Roberth O Blake held a meeting with Papuan church leaders here on Saturday. No ...

Children make up 58 percent of victims of sexual abuses

The Indonesian Commission for Children Protection said children made up 58 percent of the victims of sexual abuses in ...

Agung Laksono Golkar calls for reelection of parliament speaker

The Golkar Party under Agung Laksono said it is lobbying other political parties to re-elect a new Parliament speaker ...

President Jokowi calls to end violence and crimes in the world

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on all parties to end violence and crimes ahead of the ...

Jakarta governor amends regulation on rallies following NGO protests

Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) has amended a gubernatorial regulation of 2015 governing freedom of ...

Draft law bad intention to weaken KPK: Law expert

A law expert from the University of Nusa Cendana said there was bad intention through a draft law to weaken the ...

Pope met secretly in US with anti-gay marriage clerk

A US county clerk who refused in the name of her faith to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples said she ...

Visa free travel offered to visitors from 45 more countries

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Rizal Ramli said visitors for 47 more countries will be offered visa free ...

Article on `insult of president` a drag on democracy: Jimly

Former chief justice Jimly Asshiddiqie said that the proposed article on insult of the president is not needed as it ...

Philippines requests MLA for Mary Jane

The Philippine government requests Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) for death row convict Mary Jane Veloso, a Philippine ...

Tolikara incident a tip of the iceberg

The Tolikara incident of intolerance in Papua was only a tip of the iceberg that needs serious addressing. ...

papuan leader wants thorough investigation of tolikara incident - (d)

Pater Neles Tebay, Coordinator of Papua Peace Networks (JDP) calls for sympathy and serious attention to solving the ...