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BRIN extends educational support for child refugees in Indonesia

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) supports efforts to provide education to foreign child refugees in ...

House should ratify Elimination of Sexual Violence Bill: Government

The Indonesian Government urges the House of Representatives to pass the Draft Bill on the Elimination of Sexual ...

Gen Prabowo strives for better, humanistic and professional police

- will no longer apply. However, the transformation will take time and cannot be done in an instant, thereby ...

50 Afghan refugees rally in Kupang, demand expedited resettlement

At least 50 Afghan refugees staged a rally in East Nusa Tenggara capital Kupang on Thursday, demanding the Law and ...

Kiwirok attack: Several surviving healthcare workers want to go home

Several healthcare workers, who survived a recent terrorist attack in Pegunungan Bintang district, Papua, have asked ...

House member supports Polri to take action against violent personnel

Member of Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR) Didik Mukrianto, supports the tactical and strategic ...

2021 Human Rights Festival reflects government's commitment: Official

Deputy V of the Presidential Staff Office Jaleswari Pramodhawardani affirmed that the 2021 Human Rights Festival is a ...

Intellectual property can boost national economic growth: ministry

Protecting intellectual property can encourage national economic growth, Director General of Intellectual Property at ...

Pandemic has weakened protection of migrant workers: Komnas HAM

The COVID-19 pandemic has rendered Indonesian migrant workers vulnerable to virus transmission, according to the ...

Amal Clooney to speak at APEC CEO Summit 2021

Amal Clooney, an award-winning lawyer, who specializes in international law and human rights, will deliver a keynote ...

AI use has implications for Copyright Law: Deputy Minister

The creation of works using artificial intelligence (Al) has very important implications for the Copyright Law, Deputy ...

Indonesia administers vaccines to almost 2,000 foreign refugees

The Indonesian Government has administered COVID-19 vaccine doses to almost two thousand foreign refugees in a bid to ...

Death penalty highest form of violence against women: Komnas Perempuan

The death penalty is the highest form of gender-based torture, discrimination, and violence against women, Chief of the ...

Effectiveness of death penalty not yet proven: Komnas HAM

Studies have shown that the effectiveness of the death penalty in deterring drug offenders and terrorists has not yet ...

Local figures playing key role in influencing societal tolerance

Local figures have had a significant influence on improving tolerance levels in Indonesian regions, research director ...