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Thousands of convicts to get Christmas remissions

A total of 5,200 prisoners in Indonesia will get remissions on the occasion of Christmas Day. "And 162 of them ...

RI gearing up for bigger role in UN peacekeeping missions

Indonesia which has been participating in UN peacekeeping missions since 1957, is now seeking a bigger role and ...

ASEAN Foundation chief speaks at workshop on Nagoya Protocol

ASEAN Foundation Executive Director Dr. Makarim Wibisono spoke at a national workshop on the Nagoya Protocol and ...

President forms peacekeeping coordinating team

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has formed a peacekeeping mission coordinating team (TKMPP) as a manifestation of ...

House asks law minister to review remission regulation

Party factions in the House of Representatives` Commission III have asked the government to review or even cancel a ...

Rights development must be balanced with welfare improvement

Vice President Boediono said respect or enforcement of human rights must go hand in hand with improvement of the ...

House Commission IV making working visits in four countries

Delegations of the House of Representatives Commission IV are making working visits in the US, Japan, China and India ...

President calls for proportional law enforcement in Papua

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for all law enforcement officials to settle security problems in Papua ...

RI workers sent to S Arabia only after MoU signed

Manpower Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said Indonesia would lift its moratorium on dispatch of workers to Saudi Arabia ...

Some 221 Indonesians facing death penalty abroad

A total of 221 Indonesians are facing the death penalty in three foreign countries, according to the spokesman of the ...

Govt considering proposal to dissolve regional corruption courts

The Law and Human Rights Ministry is considering civil society calls for the dissolution of regional corruption courts ...

Government`s decision on remission no law violation : Mahfud

Constitutional Court (MK) chairman Mahfud MD hailed the government`s recent decision to tighten requirements for ...

news focus: Law Minister to decide eligible party for Newmont stake

The `dispute` between the finance minister and the House about the party most eligible to purchase shares to be ...

Energy minister to leave Newmont case to law colleague

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik said he would leave the issue of divesting seven percent of PT ...

Govt begins denying sentence remissions to convicted corrupters

The government has begun tightening the requirements for convicted corrupters to obtain jail term remissions, Law and ...