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Human rights index of Jokowi government decreases

Based on the legal state index data collected by the Indonesian Legal Roundtable (ILR) in 2012-2017, the value of ...

Human rights panel asks govt to ratify tobacco control convention

The National Commission on Human Rights continues to encourage the government to immediately ratify the Framework ...

UN Human Rights Commissioner highlights Rohingya crisis

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra`ad al Hussein highlighted the Rohingya crisis in ...

Indonesia reaffirms commitment to further promoting, protecting human rights

Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi on Monday reaffirmed the Indonesian government`s commitment to further ...

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, ...

Indonesia ready to be mediator to settle Myanmar crisis

Vice president Jusuf Kalla said Indonesia is ready to be the mediator to bridge Islamic countries to settle crisis in ...

Indonesia sends strong calls to revoke Suu Kyi`s Nobel Prize

Indonesian human rights activists, lawmakers, students and politicians, among others voiced a strong outcry to revoke ...

Minister Marsudi to attend universal periodic review in Geneva

Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi will head the Indonesian delegation to attend the Cycle 3 of the United ...

Human rights commission to open branch in West Papua

The National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will open a branch in West Papua Province. "We had discussed ...

Brazilian prison riots kill 60

At least 56 people were killed in a brutal prison riot in Manaus, the largest city in northern Brazil, and another ...

Government pledges to settle human right cases soon

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

Election commission signs MoU on human rights protection

The General Election Commission (KPU) and the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) have signed a Memorandum ...

NGO activists` arrest to be reported to Human Rights Commission

The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) will report to the Human Rights National Commission (Komnas HAM) about ...

Poso Transformed Into "Battlefield" Against Terrorists

Parts of Poso are being transformed into a battlefield as some 3.2 thousand Indonesian military officers of the Swift ...

KPK accuses BG`s lawyers of being inconsistent with their proposition

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has accused Commissioner General Budi Gunawans lawyers of being ...