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Banish Australian diplomats from Indonesia: Analyst

The Indonesian government should protest against the Australian government by expelling their diplomats related to the ...

Arab Spring Adds To Palestinian Refugees` Suffering

On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, commemorated on November 29, the ...

Australia Spares No Mercy For Asylum Seekers

In Indonesia, there is an old saying expressing one`s love of country, regardless of problems.  As the saying ...

Qatar joins calls for release of Egypt`s Morsi

Gas-rich Qatar, a strong backer of Arab Spring uprisings and supporter of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, has ...

21 illegal immigrants from Afghanistan caught in Jambi

Twenty one illegal immigrants from Afghanistan caught by police in Jambi, Sumatra, on Friday are being accommodated at ...

Rape "significant" factor in Syria conflict: Watchdog

Rape has been a "significant" weapon of war in the conflict raging in Syria since March 2011 and is the "primary" ...

Indonesia should apply international human rights standards: UN

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, said that the Indonesian government ...

Indonesia increasingly contributing to human rights cause: UN

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay has stated that Indonesia has been ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights meets Constitutional Court chief

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navenethem Pillay visited Constitutional Court (MK) chairman Mahfud MD at the ...

Indonesia successfully takes ASEAN to greater height

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

US must do more to halt Mexico violence: UN official

The United States must do its part to halt weapons trafficking and drug use behind some of Mexico`s violence and ...

UN rights chief warns of action in absence of S.Lanka probe

The UN`s human rights chief Thursday warned Sri Lanka not to take too long in probing war crimes allegations, saying ...

UN extends DR Congo mission ahead of elections

The UN Security Council on Tuesday decided to extend by one year its MONUSCO peacekeeping mission in the Democratic ...

Security Council gravely concerned at Yemen chaos

The UN Security Council on Friday expressed grave concern over worsening violence in Yemen and called for new efforts ...

Poor countries host 80% of world`s refugees: UN report

An estimated 80 per cent of the world?s refugees now live in developing countries and yet anti-refugee sentiment is ...