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Global: A Web of Surveillance – Unraveling a Murky Network of Spyware Exports to Indonesia 

An expansive range of highly invasive spyware and surveillance products are being imported and deployed in Indonesia.

May 2, 2024

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Free Victor Yeimo and Other Imprisoned Papuan Activists Unconditionally

Indonesian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Papuans and those detained solely for their peaceful expressions, said Amnesty International Indonesia…

May 8, 2023

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G20 Summit in Indonesia held amid repression of civic space in host country

G20 leaders should use this year’s summit to uphold the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, which…

November 15, 2022

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Fresh Evidence of Police Misuse of Tear Gas Leading to Protesters’ Deaths and Injuries – Updated Investigative Website

Amnesty International today published new evidence of the misuse of tear gas by security forces in several countries in the…

February 1, 2021

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U.S. must rescind invite to Prabowo Subianto, implicated in crimes against humanity

In advance of the U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s October 15 Washington, D.C. meeting with Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s Defense Minister…

October 13, 2020

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Government sows fear among LGBTI people in Indonesia by boasting of Instagram user ‘removal’

Responding to Instagram’s statement that it did not remove an account featuring web comics about being gay in Indonesia, after…

February 14, 2019

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Instagram ‘fails to be an ally’ to LGBTI people by shutting down account in Indonesia

Responding to the decision by Instagram to take down an account featuring comic strips about the life of a Muslim…

February 13, 2019

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Crackdowns on LGBTI people in Indonesia hit alarming level

LGBTI communities in Indonesia are facing increasing crackdowns both from the police and the municipal police (Satpol PP) with at…

November 6, 2018

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Indonesia: Police must protect – not attack – transgender women living under threat in Aceh

Indonesian authorities are completely failing to protect the transgender women who were appallingly ill-treated and humiliated by police in North…

February 14, 2018

This photo taken on July 16, 2017 shows Indonesian policemen standing guard after the arrest of five Taiwanese crew members (bottom) from a boat named the "Wanderlust", which allegedly transported a tonne of crystal meth, in Batam. The arrest happened after a Taiwanese man caught with a tonne of crystal meth was shot dead on July 12 by Indonesian police after he tried to escape, authorities said. / AFP PHOTO / SEI RATIFA (Photo credit should read SEI RATIFA/AFP/Getty Images)

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At least 60 killed as police shootings of drug suspects skyrocket in Indonesia

The number of police killings of suspected drug dealers has skyrocketed in Indonesia this year, an alarming rise which signals…

August 15, 2017

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Indonesia: Caning of gay men an outrageous act of cruelty

Responding to news that two men have been caned 83 times each for having sex with each other in Indonesia’s…

May 23, 2017

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Indonesia: Government exploiting pornography law to target LGBTI community

In response to the news that 141 men in Jakarta, Indonesia, have been arrested after attending what police described as…

May 22, 2017