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Jakarta Post
April 26, 2018
Silent protest: A woman covered in mud stages a protest during the commemoration of Human Rights Day. ... All 10 ASEAN countries have dismal civic space ratings, with five countries identified as “obstructed” (Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) three as “repressed” (Thailand, Myanmar,Ãâà...
ReliefWeb
April 12, 2018
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo visited his country's easternmost Papua province on Thursday, two months after a ... his failure to fulfilling his pledge to resolve the human rights violations in the insurgency-hit eastern province, local human rights activists told BenarNews on Thursday. “If JokowiÃâà...
Mongabay.com
April 11, 2018
JAKARTA — A highly contentious set of revisions to Indonesia's Criminal Code threatens to undermine the fight against environmental offenders and polluters, ... But overshadowed by the furor over the looming rollback of personal freedoms and human rights are provisions that appear to weaken existingÃâà...
Chatham House
April 6, 2018
Indonesian government rejected the proposal with strong assurances that it would provide justice for atrocities committed by its nationals. So it is fair for some to see the establishment of Indonesia's Human Rights Court as a political move by the government at that time, in order to avoid scrutiny by theÃâà...
The Diplomat
April 3, 2018
In 2011, the execution of an Indonesian migrant worker prompted Indonesia to recall its ambassador and to begin a moratorium halting the placement of Indonesian migrant workers in the informal sector in Saudi ... Swathes of outraged activists have called the execution a blatant violation of human rights.
Human Rights Watch
April 2, 2018
Indonesia should release these four people and protect the public from marauding vigilantes who target vulnerable minorities. ... bear responsibility for the killings of 14 demonstrators in Gaza and the injuring of hundreds on March 30, 2018, says Human Rights Watch in new research released on Tuesday.
Arab News
December 31, 1999
JAKARTA: Women's rights activists in Indonesia are pushing President Joko Widodo to issue a presidential regulation that will make child marriage ... She said Widodo responded “positively” to the proposal after they explained to him that child marriage could deny children their basic human rights andÃâà...
Tempo.co
December 31, 1999
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Former philosophy lecturer at the University of Indonesia Rocky Gerung, along with several human rights activists, released a declaration on logical thinking today at the De `Panna House, Menteng in Central Jakarta. Rocky was recently reported to the police by the Cyber IndonesiaÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
December 31, 1999
Though Jokowi appears personally committed to Indonesian democracy, he has often been hesitant to push for improving the human rights climate, and in the past year he has increasingly relied on a group of former army generals as top advisors, worrying rights activists concerned about the military'sÃâà...
