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The authorities in Indonesia must immediately halt the execution of three men, expected imminently, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 16 May 2013

Tens of thousands of victims and family members are still waiting for the Indonesian authorities to provide them with truth, justice and full reparation almost eight years after the end to the devastating Aceh conflict, Amnesty International said in a new report released today. Posted: 18 Apr 2013

Responding to news that 56-year-old British woman Lindsay Sandiford has lost her appeal against her death sentence in Bali for drug trafficking, Amnesty International said it was intensely concerned as this brings her another step closer to the firing squad. Posted: 8 Apr 2013

The first execution in Indonesia in more than four years is a shocking and regressive step, Amnesty International said today as it urged the government not to follow through on promises to put more people to death this year. Posted: 15 Mar 2013

Responding to news that a 56-year-old British woman has been sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking offences, Amnesty International said the sentence was cruel. Posted: 22 Jan 2013

The threatened forced relocation of a Shi'a community living in temporary shelter in East Java is yet more evidence of the continuing discrimination against religious minorities in Indonesia, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 16 Jan 2013

The Olympic Games start in a weeks time and will see representatives of hundreds of different nations taking part. Amnesty Internationals annual report details the human rights situation in 155 different countries and provides a unique insight. Posted: 20 Jul 2012

Strong arms trade treaty needed as UN Security Council increasingly looks unfit for purpose Posted: 24 May 2012

Police in Indonesia shoot, beat and kill people without fear of prosecution, leaving their victims with little hope of justice, Amnesty International has revealed in a new report, out today. Posted: 25 Apr 2012

A hard-line group of Asian countries are defying the global trend against the death penalty and putting to death thousands of people after unfair trials every year: new report. Posted: 6 Dec 2011

The Indonesian authorities must immediately investigate the use of deadly force by police at a mining protest, Amnesty International said today after one protester was killed and at least six injured. Posted: 11 Oct 2011

The Indonesian authorities must act to halt attacks on the countrys Ahmadi minority, Amnesty International said today, after a radical Islamist group led an attack on the Ahmadiyya in Makassar, South Sulawesi. Posted: 16 Aug 2011

The verdicts imposed against 12 people accused of killing 3 members of the Ahmadi community in Indonesia, show that religious minorities face ongoing discrimination, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 29 Jul 2011

The Indonesian government must end the use of caning as a form of punishment and repeal the laws that allow it in Aceh province, Amnesty International said today after at least 21 people were publicly caned since 12 May. Posted: 22 May 2011

Indonesian domestic workers, the vast majority of them women and girls, will remain vulnerable to exploitation and abuse unless the countrys parliament enacts a Domestic Workers Law, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 14 Feb 2011

Amnesty International has urged the Indonesian government to investigate the killings of three members of a religious minority group by a mob on the island of Java this weekend. Posted: 7 Feb 2011

Amnesty International today called on the Indonesian government to block discriminatory moves to institute pregnancy and virginity tests for high school girls. Posted: 11 Nov 2010

A new Amnesty report will be launched in Jakarta on Thursday 4 November and will detail the fatal consequences of denying access to sexual health services for women in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world. Posted: 4 Nov 2010

The Indonesian government should initiate an independent investigation into reports of torture and other ill-treatment in Papua over the last two years, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 19 Oct 2010

The Indonesian government must immediately initiate an independent, effective and impartial inquiry into allegations that a peaceful political activist was repeatedly denied access to adequate medical care while in prison, which may have contributed to his death earlier today. Posted: 13 Sep 2010