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Coordinating minister chairs meeting on role of anti-narcotic agency

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan on Wednesday chaired another ...

indonesia mustering global support to eradicate illegal fishing - (d)

Indonesia, through the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries, is mustering global support for the eradication of Illegal, ...

Consider illegal fishing a transnational crime, says fishery minister

Indonesian Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has urged that illegal, unreported and unregulated ...

South Jakarta immigration office arrests 32 Huawei workers

The South Jakarta Immigration Office has arrested 32 foreign workers at PT Huawei Services on Friday. "We are ...

RI seeking to form peat ecosystem body before climate meet

Indonesia is seeking to set up a Peatland Ecosystem Restoration Body after the peatlands in Sumatra and Kalimantan ...

Indonesia government ready to deal with Newmont`s move on arbitration

Indonesias minister of energy and mineral resources Jero Wacik said here Thursday that the government was ready to ...

Indonesia, Turkey Closer To Cooperation in Defense Industry Development

Turkey and Indonesia have been exploring cooperation in military and defense industry development over the last few ...

Prabowo`s team proposes reconciliation to resolve past human rights abuses

A national reconciliation needs to be built to resolve Indonesias past cases of gross human rights violations, Head of ...

Jordanian prince becomes UN`s next rights chief

The UN General Assembly Monday approved the nomination of Jordans Prince Zeid al-Hussein as the next human rights ...

Indonesia calls for concrete steps to end violence against women

Indonesia has underscored the need for the international community to take concrete steps to put an end to violence ...

Int`l protocol launched to tackle sexual violence in conflict

British foreign secretary William Hague and United Nations special envoy Angelina Jolie on Wednesday launched a new ...

Indonesian next president expected to uphold human rights

Two presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto and Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, are vying to be Indonesias next ...

Media should facilitate voters to make best choice

Many electronic, print, and online media publications are biased and even help publicize black or negative campaigns ...

Commission demands formation of ad-hoc human rights judiciary

The National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas Ham) has demanded that an ad hoc human rights judiciary be established ...

Britain to host UK-China summit after human rights tensions

Britain will host Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in London next week for an annual summit, Prime Minister David Camerons ...