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Indonesia foils methamphetamine dealers from Malaysia

The National Narcotics Agency has foiled efforts by methamphetamine dealers from Malaysia to distribute drugs in ...

Indonesia Declares War on Drugs, Needs To Plug Smuggling from Malaysia

The Indonesian government has declared a war against drugs and the authorities have intensified security measures to ...

Indonesian authorities uncover major drug racket run from prison cells

Some 75 percent of drug distribution was run by several inmates from prison cells, information from Indonesias ...

Prisoner-run syndicate smuggled 800 kg meth from Malaysia since 2012

An international drug syndicate involving two Indonesian prisoners had smuggled some 800 kilograms (kg) of crystal ...

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 ...

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 ...

Israel frees Palestinian hunger striker

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

Discourse on Papua dialogue restarts

After about a two-year hiatus, the discourse regarding the Jakarta-Papua dialogue to seek a peaceful solution to the ...

Release of Papua political prisoners strategic for Papua development

The release of a number of Papua political prisoners was a strategic step toward development of the countrys ...

Jokowi administration opens foreign media access to Papua

The administration of Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has announced to lift restrictions on foreign media in Papua, after on the ...

Pardon granted for Papuan to eliminate conflict stigma: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said here on Saturday that he pardoned five political prisoners in Papua to eradicate ...

Execution of convicts is not negotiable: foreign ministry

The execution of convicts charged in serious drug offenses was not an issue open for negotiation but rather a law ...

Indonesia`s legal system does not allow prisoner exchange: VP

Indonesia has no legal provision that allows exchanging prisoners on death row with other countries, Vice-President ...

President confirms rejecting Australia`s prisoner-swap offer

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has confirmed he will not accept Australias prisoner-swap offer. "Nothing like ...

Indonesia rejects Australia`s prisoner swap offer

Indonesia has indicated that it rejects Australias offer to swap prisoners, stating that this method was not known in ...