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Govt grants seclusion day remissions to 333 prisoners

The Law and Human Rights Ministry granted remissions to a total of 333 prisoners on the occasion of Seclusion Day on ...

President Yudhoyono, UN Chief discuss Papua issue

President Susilo Yudhoyono and UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon discussed security issues in Papua during their bilateral meeting ...

FM Marty receives Myanmar human rights delegation

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty M. Natalegawa received Chief of Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHCR) U ...

Sri Lanka denies new video on war crimes

Sri Lanka Thursday rejected as "baseless and unacceptable" a new documentary by Britain`s Channel 4 suggesting the ...

Govt warns against reducing anti-graft agency`s authority

Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights Denny Indrayana has warned against reducing the authority of the Corruption ...

Chief warden replaced after riot at prison in Bali

The chief warden of Bali`s Kerobokan penitentiary, Bowo Nariwono, as well as the prison`s chief of security, Anang ...

Corby refuses to be moved from Kerobokan penitentiary

Schapelle Leigh Corby, the Australian prisoner over a narcotics case, has refused to be moved from the Kerobokan ...

Law ministry denies receiving funds from US

Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin has categorically denied an allegation his ministry had received Rp1 ...

No offensive operations in Papua: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reaffirmed that there has not been offensive military operations in Papua since ...

Four officials dismissed over Nasir`s cell visit

Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin has dismissed four officials of the Directorate General of Corrections ...

Anas: democrat party respects legal process of Angie case

Democrat Party chief Anas Urbaningrum said the party respected the legal process in which its deputy secretary general ...

Anti-corruption activists present five demands to president

Representatives of community-based anti-corruption organizations at a meeting with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ...

President sets up team to evaluate coal mining contracts

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has set up a team tasked with evaluating adjustments to be made to coal mining ...

Mammoth plantation holding company to be formed in 2012

Two state-owned plantation firms - PTPN I-XIV and PT Rajawali Nusantara Indonesia (RNI.

Partai SRI to cooperate with another party on legal status

The Independent People`s Union Party (Partai SRI) is to cooperate with another political party officially recognized ...