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Indonesia serious about advancing prosperity in Papua

The Government of Indonesia is fully aware of the problems existing in its easternmost province of Papua and has taken ...

247 Indonesians abroad under threat of death penalty

Some 247 Indonesians working abroad have been sentenced to die after being convicted of crimes they allegedly ...

National police must audit firearms` spread: Legal aid organisation

The Justice Legal Aid Organisation (LBH) has urged the National Police to undergo a routine audit of firearms` spread ...

Poor people must have better access to legal aid: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed his hope that the enactment of the Law no. 16/2011 on Legal Aid could ...

Australia supports Indonesia`s first ever legal aid system

Hundreds of Indonesian legal aid organisations are now accredited and will have access to public funding to represent ...

Ministry to hold dialog on 2013 curriculum

The Ministry of Education and Culture would take a mediation effort with parties that reject or object to the 2013 ...

Walhi reports 117 firms

The Environmental Forum (Walhi) has reported 117 companies suspected to be responsible for land and forest fires in ...

310 legal aid organizations to get funds from Indonesian govt

A number of 310 legal aid organizations (OBH) have passed verifications as legal aid agencies in the government`s ...

90 more Indonesian citizens repatriated from Syria

The Foreign Ministry has repatriated 90 more Indonesian citizens from violence-torn Syria via Beirut, Lebanon, in two ...

Coup rumors only useless stories: Minister

Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri said the rumor about an attempt to launch a coup d`etat against President ...

Supreme Court justice` candidate criticized for joking about rape victims

The Supreme Court Justice`s candidate, M Daming Sanusi, gets public criticism for jokingly said that rapist should not ...

NU leaders regret clemency for drug convicts

The executive board of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country`s largest non political Islamic organization, said it ...

Workers` rally legitimate and constitutional, observer says

An observer has said that the workers` street rallies staged on Wednesday throughout Jakarta and surrounding areas ...

Indonesia deplores shooting of its migrant workers in Malaysia

The Association of Indonesian Migrant Workers (SBMI) deplores the shooting to death of three Indonesian migrant ...

Overseas worker task force effective

The Indonesian Migrant Worker In Death-Row Task Force has performed effectively, a senior manpower official said here ...