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FPI leader Habib Rizieq Shihab respects legal process

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police hinted at Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Habib Rizieq Shihab being directly ...

FPI leader Shihab arrives at Jakarta police HQ for questioning

Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Habib Rizieq Shihab kept his promise by showing up at the Jakarta Metropolitan ...

MPR calls for independent probe into shooting of FPI members

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Deputy Speaker Hidayat Nur Wahid has sought the “immediate” ...

Police: Conducting professional probe into deaths of six FPI members

National Police said it is conducting a “professional” and “transparent” probe into the fatal ...

MUI demands fair law enforcement for public sense of justice

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) pressed for applying fair law enforcement in the case of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) ...

Corruption is main enemy of human rights in Indonesia: KPK

Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri perceives corruption as the main and biggest enemy ...

President seeks relentless effort to tackle past human rights disputes

President Joko Widodo urged the coordinating minister for political, legal, and security affairs to unswervingly ...

No one can impinge on another's freedom: Komnas HAM

National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Chief Ahmad Taufik Damanik rhetorically stated that no one could ...

Police supports Komnas HAM forming team probing FPI members' shooting

Police welcomed National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) establishing a team to investigate fatal shooting of ...

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Vigilance crucial as 270 regions head to polls amid pandemic

More than 100 million voters are expected to head to the polling stations on December 9, 2020 to cast their vote in the ...

PPP seeks independent probe into shooting of FPI members

The United Development Party (PPP) has called for an independent investigation into the shooting of six members of the ...

Rights body's fact-finding team probes alleged shooting of FPI members

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) formed a team to study profoundly information developing in the ...

Safe migration corridor needed to protect Indonesian workers: Marsudi

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has highlighted the importance of building a safe migration corridor for workers in ...

UN adopts Indonesia-initiated resolution on protection of seafarers

The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution initiated by Indonesia on international cooperation to ...

Search continues for missing soldier in Papua

Search efforts continued on Saturday for an Indonesian soldier who went missing during a routine patrol in Utikini ...