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5,785 passport applications rejected this year

The Law and Human Rights Ministry suspended 5,785 applications for passports since early this year for fear that most ...

Indonesia, Australia extend counterterrorism cooperation agreement

Indonesia and Australia have extended their counterterrorism cooperation agreement aimed at having a significant ...

Immigration detains seven foreign crew members

Immigration authorities at Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya have detained seven foreign sailors for allegedly violating ...

Minister Laoly demands strict supervision of foreigners

Law and Human Rights Minister Yassona Laoly, during a visit to the city of Bengkulu on Monday, sought for tightening ...

Law, human rights ministry bestows award on KJRI in Jeddah

Indonesia`s Law and Human Rights Ministry awarded the Indonesian Consulate General (KJRI) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for ...

President revises national action plan for human rights

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has signed a presidential regulation amending presidential regulation number 75 of 2015 ...

Government continues to offer free legal aid to poor

The government has continued to provide free legal aid to the poor as part of its strategy to increase access to ...

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 ...

President denies Perppu on Ormas repressive

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) denied the government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on mass organizations (Ormas) ...

DPR agrees on government spending at Rp1,454.5 trillion

The Budget Committee of the House of Representatives (DPR) has agreed on the central governments spending in the draft ...

Indonesia cooperates with WIPO to encourage economic innovation

The Indonesian government has cooperated with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to encourage the ...

Five terror inmates granted remission on Independence Day

Five prisoners convicted in cases of terrorism were released after the government granted remission to them on ...

Government to revoke Freeport license over failure to build smelter

Indonesias Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry would revoke the concentrate export license for PT Freeport ...

The alarm of Pancasila: saving state’s ideology from the brink of bankruptcy

Imagine if the people of Indonesia had never heard of Pancasila. The ideology that guides our citizenship affairs since ...

DPR committed to accelerating discussion phase of anti-terror bill

Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR) Setya Novanto affirmed his commitment to speeding up the discussion ...