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Commission seeks meaningful involvement of women with Down Syndrome

The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has called for the meaningful involvement of women ...

PPRT Bill approval as DPR initiative bill marks new chapter: KSP

The endorsement of the domestic workers' protection (PPRT) bill as an initiative bill of the House of ...

Minister Uno to comprehensively review VoA revocation suggestion

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno revealed that he will conduct a comprehensive review of Bali ...

US Counselor to discuss regional, bilateral issues with RI, Thailand

Counselor of the United States Department of State Derek Chollet and an interagency delegation are visiting ...

Indonesia, Norway agree to enhance economic cooperation

The Indonesian and Norwegian authorities have agreed to enhance cooperation in various aspects of the economic sector, ...

Schools should emphasize sensibility for religious freedom: KSP

Schools must highlight sensibility for religious freedom and law supremacy in their learning process, according to the ...

Ministry lists most frequent crimes committed by children

The Law and Human Rights Ministry's National Law Guidance Agency (BPHN) highlighted the most frequent types of ...

Hope visa on arrival for Russian tourists will stay: envoy

Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Lyudmila Vorobieva has expressed the hope that the visa-on-arrival (VoA) ...

Ministry expects ASEAN members to support binding extradition treaty

The Law and Human Rights Ministry expected that the ASEAN can advance in the efforts to have a binding extradition ...

BIN-fostered association trains young Papuans in electronics assembly

The Inspiring Papuan Youngsters (PMI), a Papuan youth organization supported by the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), ...

Indonesian immigration to clamp down on rule-breaching foreigners

The Directorate General of Immigration of the Law and Human Rights Ministry instructed the central-level surveillance ...

Bali deports four Nigerians, one Russian over visa violations

The Law and Human Rights Ministry's Bali regional office deported four Nigerian nationals and a Russian ...

Minister, foreign envoys hold sports match with prison inmates

Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly and dozens of foreign ambassadors to Indonesia took part in a sports match ...

New criminal code no longer tool to enact revenge: Minister

The new Criminal Code no longer adopts the narrative of law as a tool to enact revenge, according to the Law and Human ...

Disruptive tourists violating laws no longer welcome in Bali: Minister

Bali needs no disruptive foreign tourists that violate the law, as they would only cause havoc in the region, ...