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Govt considering building special prison for drug offenders in outlying island

The government is considering building a special penitentiary for drug offenders on an outlying island to be guarded ...

Number of drug users increases in Indonesia despite severe punishment

The National Anti Drug Agency (BNN) said the number of drug users in the country has continued to increase despite ...

UN body calls detention of Malaysia`s Anwar "arbitrary"

A UN body has determined that former Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been jailed illegally and called ...

Emirati rights activist wins Nobel prize for human rights

An Emirati human rights activist barred from leaving his home country was on Tuesday named the 2015 winner of an award ...

Police arrest man for carrying four kilograms of methamphetamine

The Papua Police has arrested a man identified by the initials MZS at the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea (PNG) border post ...

Police yet to ascertain foreign companies` involvement in forest fires

The National Police (Polri) has yet to ascertain the involvement of foreign companies in setting forest and land fires ...

Indonesia military set to guard narcotic prisons

Indonesia army personnel are set to begin guarding narcotic prisons in Jakarta for a day under an effort to honor the ...

Malaysian fishing vessel taken into custody near Natuna Islands

Indonesias Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministrys patrol ship has taken into custody a foreign fishing vessel ...

Government working on the release of 11 Saudi-detained Indonesian pilgrims

The Indonesian government is making all efforts to ensure the release of the 11 minor Hajj pilgrims who have been ...

Philippine delegation visits Mary Jane

A Philippine government delegation visited narcotic convict on death row Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso at the Wirogunan ...

Israel passes law allowing force feeding of prisoners

The Israeli parliament approved Thursday a law allowing prisoners on hunger strike to be force fed if their life is in ...

Philippines requests MLA for Mary Jane

The Philippine government requests Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) for death row convict Mary Jane Veloso, a Philippine ...

Clemency for Antasari not against constitution: Minister Yasonna

Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly said it is not against the Constitution if the President Joko Widodo ...

Israel frees Palestinian hunger striker

Israel overnight released a Palestinian prisoner who staged a 56-day hunger strike while being detained for a year ...

Al Jazeera says its journalist to remain in German custody

One of the pan-Arab television network Al Jazeeras best known journalists, Ahmed Mansour, was remanded in custody by a ...