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Sexual violence bill can offer hope to victims of abuse

For GH, a sexual violence survivor, the trauma of further harassment after reporting the assault has been unimaginably ...

Penal Code fails to adequately protect sexual assault victims

The Penal Code (KUHP) does not yet provide adequate protection to women victims of sexual violence, Commissioner of the ...

Bingki village head survives Papuan terrorists' shooting: police

Bingki Village Head Obaja Nang survived a fatal shooting that several armed Papuan terrorists carried out during their ...

Three wardens quizzed over inmate deaths at Merauke prison

Police have interrogated three wardens over a clash that reportedly led to the death of two inmates at the Merauke ...

Regional lawmakers urge Myanmar military to adopt 3-pronged approach

Lawmakers throughout Southeast Asia on Tuesday called upon the Myanmar military to promptly stop their campaign of ...

Torture by security forces not normal, needs to be criminalized: LPSK

The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) has highlighted a recurring trend in cases of torture committed by ...

Police detain Hanura politician Ambroncius Nababan

A day after he was named a suspect for allegedly posting racist remarks against a noted Papuan human rights defender on ...

Ambroncius Nababan named suspect after posting racist content: police

Indonesian police’s cybercrime investigators have named People’s Conscience Party (Hanura) politician ...

Papua: Batak community urges police action on Nababan 'racist' remark

Representatives of the Batak community in Papua have appealed to the National Police to initiate action against ...

Hanura politician seeks strict action from police against racism

West Papua Chapter Sius Dowansiba on Monday for investigating the case. Meanwhile, Nababan disclosed to CNN ...

National police investigate case of Nababan's alleged racist remark

West Papua Chapter Sius Dowansiba on Monday. Meanwhile, Nababan disclosed to CNN Indonesia the reason behind him ...

Police should act against racist remarks on social media: KSP

Indonesian presidential chief of staff office (KSP) deputy urged the National Police to act sternly against Ambroncius ...

Indonesia urges UNSC to brace for security challenges

Indonesian Deputy Foreign Minister Mahendra Siregar cautioned the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to potential ...

Armed civilians tortures, kills two in Papua's Sugapa district

An armed civilian group has reportedly tortured and killed two people in Sugapa district in the easternmost Indonesian ...

Indonesia presses for strict actions against racially spurred violence

Indonesia demanded firm actions to be taken against racially incited violence during an urgent debate on racism ...