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Some 1,252 Buddhist inmates granted special Vesak Day remission

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights has granted special remissions to a total of 1,252 Buddhist inmates nationwide to ...

KPU to facilitate voting for inmates in 2024 elections

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights and General Elections Commission (KPU) agreed to set up a special desk to ...

675 prisoners granted special remission to celebrate Eid with family

At least 675 prisoners were granted special remission (RK) II, allowing their immediate release, to celebrate Eid ...

Genome data sharing to address future pandemic potentials

When the first COVID-19 patient was confirmed in Indonesia in March 2020, experts used several health-related terms, ...

Villages in Yogyakarta urged to monitor health protocol compliance

The Yogyakarta city government has asked the administrators of all villages to continue monitoring and reminding people ...

Government to expedite COVID-19 vaccination at South Sumatra's prisons

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights' South Sumatra Office official stated that the authority will expedite ...

Inmates' transfer temporarily solves prison overcrowding issue

Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej believes that transferring inmates to another prison ...

Expect Narcotics Law revision to address prison overcapacity: minister

Minister of Law and Human Rights, Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly, has expressed the hope that the revision to Law No. 35 of ...

Women prisoners' batik crafts auctioned in Semarang

As many as 24 batik and eco prints created by women inmates at Semarang IIA Correctional Facility will be auctioned as ...

Ministry to assist MSMEs by distributing carts made by inmates

The Law and Human Rights Ministry assists micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) by providing carts created by ...

Ministry building correctional facility to house 800 prisoners in Aceh

The Law and Human Rights Ministry is building a correctional facility in Lhokseumawe city, Aceh, which will be able to ...

Legislator lauds BNN plan to strengthen drug users' rehabilitation

House of Representatives Commission III legislator Andi Rio Idris Padjalangi has lauded National Narcotics Board (BNN) ...

Five million lives potentially saved after 1.19-ton drug bust: Police

Indonesian National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo affirmed that the seizure of 1,196 kilograms of crystal ...

Sukabumi police arrest three suspects, seize three kg of crystal meth

The Sukabumi city police in West Java Province have seized three kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from three ...

Indonesia needs alternative sentencing beyond imprisonment: Ministry

Indonesia requires alternative sentencing beyond imprisonment, official from the Ministry of Law and Human Rights ...