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Amnesty International sends open letter to Indonesian attorney general

Amnesty International wrote an open letter to Attorney General Basrief Arief, expressing concern about the continued ...

Lecturers, activists slam UI rector over award to Saudi King

A number of lecturers of state University of Indonesia (UI) and non-governmental organization activists have voiced ...

Ahmadiyah security chief sentenced to six months in jail

A security chief of the Jemaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI), Deden Sudjana, was sentenced to six months in jail in ...

Human rights groups shun British torture inquiry

Human rights organisations and lawyers have announced that they will boycott the inquiry into the UK`s alleged role ...

Bears saved from forced vodka drinking

Ukraine`s Environment Minister Mykola Zlochevsky vowed on Wednesday to free all bears kept in restaurants for ...

Amnesty International hails US Court`s verdict on Exxon Mobile in Aceh

Amnesty International hailed the decision of the United States court of appeals on US-based Exxon Mobil in facing the ...

UN urges end to hostilities in south Kordofan

The UN Security Council on Friday called for an immediate end to hostilities in the Sudanese border area of South ...

Maid returns home after escaping Saudi execution

An Indonesian maid who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for killing her employer`s brother has finally returned ...

Pirates attack oil tanker off Yemen, crew safe - (d)

Pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) into a fuel oil tanker near the Yemeni port of Aden on Wednesday ...

Minister apologises to Roma gypsy family for police brutality

Serbian police minister Ivica Dacic Tuesday issued an apology to a Roma family for police brutality in a case that ...

Business figure joins clamor for halt to workers despatch

A national business figure, Sofyan Wanandi, has joined the clamor for a halt to the dispatch of female migrant workers ...

Govt finally stops migrant workers dispatch to S Arabia

The government has finally decided to impose a moratorium on the dispatch of migrant workers (TKI) to Saudi Arabia ...

RI mulling halt to workers dispatch to Saudi Arabia

The Indonesian government is considering suspending the sending of workers to Saudi Arabia, a senior minister said ...

Govt Under Fire For Failure To Protect Migrant Worker

The government is now under fire from various quarters at home for its failure to protect migrant worker Ruyati binti ...

Deaths of seafarers in Somali pirate attacks soar

The number of seafarers killed due to Somali piracy has escalated in the past four years, with 62 merchant sailors ...