#prisoner

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Bomb explodes at Lhokseumawe prison

A bomb exploded at a correctional facility in Lhokseumawe district, Aceh province, on Sunday, leaving two of its ...

Death row inmate Zulfikar Ali moved to Nusakambangan prison

Death row inmate Zulfikar Ali, a Pakistani, who has been jailed for drug trafficking on Mani, was moved to Batu Prison ...

Death row prisoner Merry Utami moved to Nusakambangan

Death row prisoner, Merry Utami, has been moved from the Tangerang prison in Banten, to the Nusakambangan island off ...

Indonesian govt grants remissions to 62,470 convicts on Lebaran: Minister

The Indonesian government has granted remissions to 62,470 convicts currently serving sentences in the countrys ...

Former terrorist to be involved in de-radicalization program

Indonesias Coordinating Minister for Political, Security and Legal Affairs, Luhut Pandjaitan, said here on Tuesday ...

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 ...