• U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva on October 18, 2012.
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    Indonesia: UN Rights Visit Can Challenge Discrimination, Impunity

    The visit of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay is an opportunity to highlight concerns about discrimination against religious minorities and impunity for state security forces in Indonesia.

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  • Civil Society Denounces Adoption of Flawed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
    Nov 19, 2012
    Disregarding the deep concerns expressed by senior United Nations officials, human rights experts and hundreds of civil society and grassroots organisations at the national, regional and international levels, ASEAN leaders nonetheless adopted yesterday an “ASEAN Human Rights Declaration” that undermines, rather than affirms, international human rights law and standards.
  • Indonesia: UN Rights Visit Can Challenge Discrimination, Impunity
    Nov 9, 2012

    The visit of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay is an opportunity to highlight concerns about discrimination against religious minorities and impunity for state security forces in Indonesia.

  • UN Human Rights Council: Statement for the 2012 Universal Periodic Review of Indonesia
    Sep 18, 2012
    Human Rights Watch regrets that the Indonesian government does not accept the recommendation made at the United Nations Human Rights Council to release from prison political detainees in Papua and the Moluccas Islands. Continuing to detain these non-violent activists, who Indonesia prosecuted under its treason articles, is contrary to international law.
  • Indonesia/Australia: Protect ‘Boat Children’
    Sep 10, 2012

    The Australian and Indonesian governments should urgently take effective measures to protect migrant children at high risk of abuse while in Indonesia en route to Australia.

  • Indonesia: Clinton Should Raise Plight of Religious Minorities
    Sep 1, 2012

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should raise concerns about religious minorities and political prisoners with the Indonesian government during an upcoming visit to Indonesia. Clinton will be in Jakarta on September 3, 2012 for talks on the US-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership.

  • Awards for Rights Activists from Congo, Libya
    Aug 14, 2012
    Abbé Benoît Kinalegu from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Salah Marghani from Libya have been selected as recipients of the prestigious Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism. Recipients of this award are leading voices for justice in their countries, working relentlessly to protect the rights and dignity of others.
  • Anis Hidayah, Indonesia
    Aug 12, 2012
    Anis Hidayah, executive director of Jakarta-based Migrant Care, speaks out on behalf of the millions of Indonesian women and men who seek work abroad to feed their families and face serious risk of exploitation and abuse. As Migrant Care and Human Rights Watch have both documented, Indonesian women domestic workers in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait often work up to 18 hours a day, seven days a week.
  • Indonesia: Shia Cleric Convicted of Blasphemy
    Jul 12, 2012

    The Indonesian government should immediately drop all charges and release Tajul Muluk, a Shia cleric on Madura Island who was sentenced on July 12, 2012, to two years in prison for blasphemy .

  • ASEAN: Ensure Declaration Meets Rights Standards
    Jul 8, 2012

    Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should make a public commitment to ensure that the forthcoming ASEAN Human Rights Declaration will fully comply with international human rights standards. 

  • Plight of Domestic Workers Still Forgotten in the Sex Abuse Debate
    Jun 28, 2012
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