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Indonesia asks UNDP to stop funds for LGBT

The Indonesian government has asked the United Nations Development Program to stop the flow of funds for lesbian, gay, ...

President pledges to settle human rights cases this year

President Joko Widodo pledged here on Friday that this year he would settle all cases connected to human rights ...

Faced with Israeli denial of access to occupied Palestine, Makarim Wibisono resigns

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian territories is ...

Minister holds coordination meeting on security scenario in 2016

Chief Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan held a coordination meeting on Wednesday to ...

President Jokowi calls to end violence and crimes in the world

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on all parties to end violence and crimes ahead of the ...

UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon to visit North Korea: Yonhap

UN chief Ban Ki-moon is to visit North Korea, the first head of the world body to set foot in the isolated state for ...

Retirees support president`s decision to not tender apology to PKI

Retired army and police personnel support President Joko Widodos (Jokowis) decision to not offer an apology to former ...

Government seeking right way to settle human rights cases

The government is seeking the right way to settle past cases of human rights violations by gathering inputs from ...

Indonesian Government Urged to Help Stop Israeli Attacks on al-Aqsa

Tensions around Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third Islamic holiest site, have been high since Sunday (Sept. 13) when Israeli ...

Government encourages KPK-Polri-AGO synergy: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stated that the government encouraged the synergy among the Corruption Eradication ...

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 ...

Sutiyoso pledges to strengthen Indonesian cyber intelligence

The sole candidate for chief of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) Lt Gen. (ret) Sutiyoso vowed to strengthen ...

President Joko Widodo rejects revision of anti-graft agency law

President Joko Widodo has decided to reject plans to revise Law Number 30 of 2002 on Corruption Eradication Commission ...

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 ...

Record 60 million fled `out of control` violence in 2014: UN

Conflicts and violence raging around the world sent the number of people forced to flee their homes soaring to a ...