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• Human Rights (Indonesia)

  Indonesia: Human rights have gone backward under President Widodo’s watch

  18 October, by ERDIANTO Kristian

  Kristian Erdianto, Jakarta — Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid believes that during the four years of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo leadership the protection of human rights has gone backwards.
  According to Hamid, the Widodo administration has given too much priority (...)

• Human Rights (Indonesia)

  Anticommunist paranoia in Indonesia: 13-year-old girl dragged to police for wearing hammer-and-sickle T-shirt

  12 September, by HARAHAP Rizal

  Anticommunist paranoia: Youth organization Pemuda Pancasila (PP) members are on guard in front of the Indonesian Islamic University’s Center for Human Rights Studies (Pusham UII) in Banguntapan, Yogyakarta, on May 8, 2017. They demanded that painter Andreas Iswinarno cancel his painting (...)

• Human Rights (Indonesia)

  Amnesty launches first Indonesia report after opening country office

  9 August, by WALDEN Max

  Representatives of all major local and international media outlets, including newswires, Al Jazeera, the ABC, and The Australian, were in attendance for the unveiling of a harrowing report entitled “Don’t bother, just let him die”: Killing with impunity in Papua.
  The wider trend in Indonesia has (...)

• Human Rights (Indonesia)

  Indonesian rights commission won’t join government’s integrated team to ’resolve’ rights violations

  5 August, by DIMAS Jarot Bayu , PUTRI Budiarti Utami

  The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) is reluctant to take part in the integrated team to investigate past gross human rights violations which is being touted by Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs, Mr Wiranto. The government plans to form an integrated (...)

• Human Rights (Indonesia)

  Indonesia: Lest we forget – May 1998, a human rights abuse case

  15 May, by Jakarta Post

  Maria Catarina Sumarsih holds an umbrella during the 536^th kamisan, a weekly silent protest in front of the State Palace in Jakarta, on Thursday, April 26. 2018. The protests have been held since 2007 to urge the government to resolve human rights abuse cases, including the 1998 Semanggi (...)

• Human Rights (Indonesia)

  Amnesty calls for moratorium on executions in Indonesia

  13 April, by HENDARTYO Muhammad

  Muhammad Hendartyo — Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia Usman Hamid called on the government to implement the moratorium on the death penalty this year.
  “It is time for Indonesia to impose a moratorium on all executions in 2018, as Indonesia’s first step in eliminating the (...)

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  Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo: Police should shoot suspected drug dealers

  23 July 2017, by Press Agencies

  Indonesia police ordered to shoot drug dealers to tackle ’narcotics emergency’
  President Joko Widodo’s comments echo those of Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte, whose drug war has killed thousands.
  Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, has told law enforcement officers to shoot drug traffickers to (...)