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COUNTRIES QUESTIONING INDONESIAS PUSH TO EXECUTE DRUG OFFENDERS


Indonesia has long imposed severe penalties for drug smuggling, but its use of the death penalty has been sporadic... READ MORE

3rd March, 2015 1194

SEA OF PROTESTERS IN JAKARTA AMID FURY OVER CHRISTIAN GOVERNOR AHOK


Widodo has blamed political actors for exploiting the popular fury over Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama to destabilize his government... READ MORE

2nd December, 2016 908

INDONESIA HIGH-SPEED TRAIN, BACKED BY CHINA, COMES UNTRACKED


Land, finance and security issues have dogged the much ballyhooed Rp68 trillion US 5.1 billion Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail project, Indonesian President Joko Widodo's signature infrastructure undertaking... READ MORE

28th March, 2017 744

JAKARTA PROTEST TIED TO FAITH MAY HAVE DEEPER LINKS TO POLITICS


Both parties are fielding candidates in the Feb. 15 election, in which Mr. Joko's governing Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle is backing Mr. Basuki... READ MORE

13th November, 2016 575

DEATH, CHEMICAL CASTRATION FOR CHILD SEX OFFENDERS


Sexual violence against children, as I have said, is an extraordinary crime, President Joko Widodo told journalists, according to a statement... READ MORE

26th May, 2016 266

BALI NINE: MEGAWATI TELLS JOKO WIDODO NOT TO GRANT CLEMENCY


Ms Megawati is the mentor of President Joko Widodo and the leader of his party, the Indonesian Party of Struggle PDI-P ... READ MORE

9th March, 2015 261

INDONESIA TELLS OBAMA THEY WILL JOIN ASIA TRADE PACT


Indonesia is an open economy Widodo told reporters in the Oval Office and with the 250 million population we are the largest economy in Southeast Asia... READ MORE

26th October, 2015 206

BALI NINE DUO TO BE TRANSFERRED TO INDONESIA'S ALCATRAZ


President Joko Widodo and Attorney General Prasetyo have repeatedly claimed that other countries must respect Indonesian law, the lawyers said... READ MORE

12th February, 2015 158

BALI NINE: GRAND MUFTI TRAVELS TO INDONESIA TO APPEAL FOR CLEMENCY


The former prime minister has spoken about his opposition to capital punishment during an interview about two Australians on death row in Indonesia... READ MORE

11th March, 2015 114

BALI NINE PAIR LOSE LAST-DITCH APPEAL


The final court appeal of death row Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran has wrapped up in Jakarta... READ MORE

6th April, 2015 114

BALI NINE: INDONESIA SAYS EXECUTIONS WON'T BE DELAYED DESPITE MERCY PLEAS


By Kate Seear, Monash UniversityThe impending execution of Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran has led to an impassioned public debate about capital punishment... READ MORE

24th February, 2015 113

FAKE NEWS, REAL DANGER IN SOUTHEAST ASIA


In December, Indonesian President Joko Widodo spoke out against false media reports that, he said, were destabilizing his government... READ MORE

9th May, 2017 95

BALI NINE DUO TO BE TRANSFERRED TO INDONESIA'S ALCATRAZ


Bali nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have been ordered to transfer to the penal island dubbed Indonesia's Alcatraz ahead of their executions... READ MORE

12th February, 2015 90

CHAN, SUKUMARAN TO FACE FIRING SQUAD NEXT


As far as the attorney-general is concerned, Chan, 31, and Sukumaran, 33, exhausted their avenues for appeal when President Joko Widodo refused them clemency... READ MORE

2nd February, 2015 82

INDONESIAN PRESIDENT GRANTS CLEMENCY TO MURDERER ON DEATH ROW


Tony Abbott is still waiting for a phone call from Indonesian president Joko Widodo, who denied the Australians clemency for their 2005 drug smuggling effort... READ MORE

16th March, 2015 63

SUKUMARAN AWARDED FINE ARTS DEGREE ON DEATH ROW


Ten years after their heroin trafficking attempt, Chan and Sukumaran are fluent in Indonesian, and help rehabilitate Indonesian prisoners in Kerobokan jail... READ MORE

27th February, 2015 62

ANDREW CHAN AND MYURAN SUKUMARAN TO LEARN MONDAY AFTERNOON IF FINAL LEGAL CHALLENGE ALLOWED


If the Administrative Court appeal is allowed, the pair's lawyers will challenge this blanket refusal of clemency pleas... READ MORE

5th April, 2015 60

'CONSTITUTIONAL JIHAD' SPURS INDONESIAN ISLAMIC GROUP'S PLANS TO PRODUCE NATION'S OWN CAR


PALEMBANG INDONESIA Fed up with capitalists plundering Indonesia's riches members of the country's second-largest Islamic group have drawn up plans to launch a people's power movement... READ MORE

28th June, 2015 51

INDONESIA PREPARES WARSHIPS TO EVACUATE REFUGEES OF 'HAZE' EMERGENCY


Indonesia earlier this month asked several countries, including neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia and far-flung Russia, for aid, equipment and personnel to help combat the fires... READ MORE

23rd October, 2015 48

INDONESIAN COURTS REJECT BALI NINE REVIEW BID


Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan could be executed within weeks, after their bid for a judicial review was rejected... READ MORE

4th February, 2015 42

SIR RICHARD BRANSON PLEADS FOR LIVES OF BALI NINE DUO ANDREW CHAN AND MYURAN SUKUMARAN AND OTHER DRUG CONVICTS ON DEATH ROW


Seven foreign death row prisoners in Indonesia await execution by firing squad in Nusakambangan prison island... READ MORE

10th March, 2015 32

SIR RICHARD BRANSON PLEADS FOR LIVES OF BALI NINE DUO ANDREW CHAN AND MYURAN SUKUMARAN AND OTHER DRUG CONVICTS ON DEATH ROW


Calling for an immediate end to executions in Indonesia for those convicted of drug offences... READ MORE

10th March, 2015 23

BALI NINE: EXECUTIONS ON HOLD PENDING LEGAL CHALLENGES


Indonesia's president has said 'no way' to a prisoner swap offer to save Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan from the firing squad... READ MORE

6th March, 2015 22

BALI NINE: MEGAWATI TELLS JOKO WIDODO NOT TO GRANT CLEMENCY


Ms Megawati is the mentor of President Joko Widodo and the leader of his party, the Indonesian Party of Struggle PDI-P ... READ MORE

9th March, 2015 22


Jakarta's governor says he has given his anti-death penalty view to President Joko Widodo, who he believes is considering all views on the subject... READ MORE

28th February, 2015 17

BALI NINE: JAKARTA EXECUTION DELAY ENCOURAGING, SAY LAWYERS


Indonesia's president has said 'no way' to a prisoner swap offer to save Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan from the firing squad... READ MORE

7th March, 2015 13

ANDREW CHAN AND MYURAN SUKUMARAN TO LEARN MONDAY AFTERNOON IF FINAL LEGAL CHALLENGE ALLOWED


If the Administrative Court appeal is allowed, the pair's lawyers will challenge this blanket refusal of clemency pleas... READ MORE

5th April, 2015 9

INDONESIAN PRESIDENT: LET'S NOT BE COWED BY ATTACKS


Some of the victims were being treated in the Indonesia Army Central hospital... READ MORE

15th January, 2016 9

FIRST IMAGES OF SUSPECTED ATTACKERS REVEALED


Another attack was aimed at a police security post. At least seven people have died, including five suspected attackers... READ MORE

14th January, 2016 8

TRADE, TERRORISM TALKS BACK ON TRACK WITH INDONESIAN PRESIDENT IN AUSTRALIA


Indonesian President Joko Widodo is making his first state visit to Australia this weekend, with trade and terrorism set to top the agenda... READ MORE

25th February, 2017 4


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