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Collection of rights body news, found 103 news.

RI rights body to investigate death of Indonesian migrant workers

The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) will set up an investigative team to probe into the recent shooting ...

Aceh voters go to polling stations in peace

Thousands of people in all districts across the Indonesian westernmost province of Aceh went to the polling stations ...

Rights body to field monitoring team in Aceh

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) plans to field four teams to monitor the people of Aceh in ...

Two teenagers` death in police custody reported to rights body

The family of two teenage youths who died in the bathroom of a police precinct in Sijunjung, West Sumatra, have ...

Indonesia successfully takes ASEAN to greater height

When Indonesia assumed the ASEAN chairmanship in January 2011, ASEAN Secretary General Dr Surin Pitsuwan expressed ...

Rights body proposes special board to handle land disputes

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) his proposing the formation of a special body to resolve land ...

At least eight killed in Karachi violence

At least eight people were killed during the ongoing ethnic and political violence in the southern Pakistani port city ...

UN rights body fears civil war in Yemen

The UN Human Rights Commission voiced fears Friday that Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh`s government will plunge ...

Syria must stop shooting at protesters

Human Rights Watch called on Syria`s president to rein in his security forces and stop them from firing on ...

UN Assembly suspends Libya from human rights body

The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday unanimously suspended Libya`s membership in the U.N. Human Rights Council because ...

RI`s chance to Address rights issues in ASEAN

In its position as ASEAN chairman for 2011, Indonesia will have valuable chance to give special attention to and take ...

RI hopes to see more human rights` development in Myanmar

Indonesia during its chairmanship of ASEAN in 2011 hopes to contribute to the development of human rights in Myanmar, ...

Jakarta should use ASEAN chair term to promote rights

During its term as ASEAN chair in 2011, Indonesia should be giving high priority to human rights issues, a ...