Jakarta – Representatives of a protest action by an alliance of civil society organisations including the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) and the Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (KASUM

Tria Sutrisna, Krisiandi, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) is being urged to immediately pass the Draft Law on the Protection of Domestic Workers (RUU PPRT) into law.

Erwina Rachmi Puspapertiwi, Ahmad Naufal Dzulfaroh – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) say that the police are the state institution that is most reported for committing torture.

Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus – A senior journalist who often covers human rights violations in Papua says that a bomb exploded near his home on Monday. Independent journalists groups say the incident was intimidation and threatens press freedom.

Jakarta (Antara) – A protest action against the execution of migrant worker Muhammad Zaini Misrin was held at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Jakarta on Tuesday March 20.

Jakarta “belonged” to workers yesterday when tens of thousands of protesters flooded on to the main streets of the capital city to commemorate Labour Day, which is popularly known as May Day.

Jakarta – The commemoration of International Women’s Day (IWD) was marked by the accumulation of bitter gifts in the form of the soaring price of basic commodities and soybean, the bacteria infection of powdered milk products and the high cost of education and healthcare.