Unlawful Killings Point to Continued Human Rights Abuses in Papua: Amnesty

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'Best Hoax Creator' Ratna Sarumpaet Freed After 15 Months in Prison

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Christmas Joy in Prisons: Over 12,000 Inmates Get Sentence Cuts

... 629 Christian convicts on Christmas Day, with 166 of them being ... giving sentence cut on Christmas Day, we hope it can add ... major holidays, such as the Independence Day, Idul Fitri and Christmas. Only ... capacity of all prisons in Indonesia is 130,500 inmates, less ...

Youth Pledge Spirit Lives On

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Indonesia Risks Getting Old Before Becoming Rich

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Would Political Dialogue on Papua Be on Top of Jokowi's Agenda?

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Who Is JAD, the Group Blamed for Attacking Indonesia's Chief Security Minister?

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Calm Returns to Papua, but Riot Death Toll Rises to 26

... Papua from other parts of Indonesia last month to escape racial ... . Police said the pro-Papua independence organization wanted to attract the ... for some time that pro-independence groups have been trying to ... allow Papua to secede from Indonesia.

Belarus Expects to Double Bilateral Trade With Indonesia

... the Belarus National Day celebration in Jakarta ... dump trucks to Indonesia. Meanwhile, Indonesia exports food products, ... Kolesnik also congratulated Indonesia for its highly- ... Indonesia and Belarus started 26 years ago when Belarus gained its independence ...

Development Continues Apace at Meikarta

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