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Amrozi Will Not Be Executed Before the Ramadhan

Kurniawan Tri Yunanto — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:23:10

VHRmedia, Jakarta - The Attorney General's Office will postpone the execution of three convicted Bali bombers for security reasons. Previously, they planned to execute Amrozi and friends before the Ramadhan 1429 Hijriah (Islamic calendar) or in early September 2008.

Assistant attorney general for general crimes AH Ritonga said about this postponement on Wednesday (27/8). Even though he did not want to explain about main reason of

Provincial Government Can Not Give Shelters for the Poor

Kurniawan Tri Yunanto — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:40:42

VHRmedia, Jakarta - DKI Jakarta Housing Division is not able to provide cheap housing for the poor. 300 billion rupiah from provincial budget was only enough to build 1000 houses.

Head of DKI Jakarta Housing Division Agus Subandono said that the provincial government had made target to build 1000 houses in a year. But he can not assure if this number will be enough to

Press Freedom in Indonesia Is Worrying

Kurniawan Tri Yunanto — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:05:50

VHRmedia, Jakarta - Indonesia has huge numbers of journalist now, but it is not followed by press freedom. Nowadays, press freedom in Indonesia is placed on 100^th of 169 countries in the world which had been surveyed. This fact is very depressing, for total number of journalist in Indonesia is a half of journalists in South East Asia.

Chairman of South East Asia Press Alliance

Rizieq�s Lawyer Asked the Arrest of AKKBB�s Chief

Kurniawan Tri Yunanto — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:35:36

VHRmedia, Jakarta - Habib Rizieq Sihab's Lawyer asked the judge who put his client as the accused to arrest Anick H Tohari. He assured that Anick, as the witness for this court, had lied and done some provocation.

Indra Sahnun Lubis, the lawyer, accused the chief of National Alliance for Religious Freedom (AKKBB) Anick H. Tohari had given fake oath in the court and provoked the

Job Vacancies Neglecting the Equality of Gender

Hervin Saputra — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:51:40

VHRmedia, Jakarta - Job vacancies in Indonesia from 2000 to 2007 have been neglecting the equality of gender. Most women work for informal sector, which is not productive and gives low income. This problem was repealed in a report from International Labor Organization (ILO).

The report, titled "Human Resources and Social Trend in Indonesia 2008", was written by an economist Kee Beom Kim, and claimed that

Medaeng Prison Put Child and Adult Prisoners in One Place

Yovinus Guntur Wicaksono — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:56:21

VHRmedia, Surabaya - Surabaya Children Center (SCC), an NGO focused on child issues, protested the Medaeng prison. In this prison, child prisoners share same facilities with adults.

SCC will send a report about this case to Department of Law and Human Right's Local Office in East Java. "We will ask about this case, and we will give suggestion to solve problems about child prisoners. Whatever

Sidoarjo�s Local Representatives: Siring Barat Is Not Deserved to Be Lived In

Yovinus Guntur Wicaksono — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:38:43

VHRmedia.com, Sidoarjo - Steering committee of Sidoarjo's Local Representatives on Lapindo Mudflow suggested evacuating villagers of Siring Barat, Porong, East Java. This village is considered to not appropriate to be lived in, for mudflows spring very often, sometimes with fire.

One of committee's members Jalaludin Alham said, the government has to evacuate immediately, for they are living in a very danger situation now. Previously, the

Flag-Lowering in Bireun Might Not Be a Subversion

Kurniawan Tri Yunanto — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:33:30

VHRmedia, Jakarta - The Commander of Indonesia's Armed Forces Djoko Suyanto can not conclude yet whether the flag-lowering in Bireun, Aceh was a subversion or not. He confessed that he has not received complete information about the incident. But he examined, this flag-lowering case is against the law and police has to investigate about it.

"We will only give the back up, because the most responsibility

Komnas HAM: No Well-Planned Crime in Alas Tlogo

Kurniawan Tri Yunanto — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:20:43

VHRmedia, Jakarta - National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) assessed it was no well-planned crime in Alas Tlogo, as Marines opened fired in civil community on May 30, 2007.

M Ridha Saleh, the investigation team's chief for Alas Tlogo case said that there were violations against human rights, such as seizing farmers' land, chasing people from their own homes, murders, and tortures. "It's very clear

Adjust the Declaration of Indigenous People

Kurniawan Tri Yunanto — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:38:09

VHRmedia, Jakarta - The government is urged to protect indigenous people by adjusting national regulations regards the United Nations' Declaration of Indigenous People's Rights. This declaration shows that indigenous people have individual and collective rights which are synchronized with the international law on human rights.

Based on the declaration the government has to adjust national regulations to meet international standards of protection, respect and ensure the

International Institutions Support the Judicial Review for �Time�

Hervin Saputra — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:15:58

VHRmedia, Jakarta - 23 institutions from Indonesia and other countries expressed their support for the judicial review on the Time vs Soeharto case. Previously the Supreme Court declared Soeharto as right in this civil case and had ordered the international magazine to pay 1 billion rupiah.

Darwin Aritonang the lawyer of the 23 institutions said that this support is given by appealing Ad Inforandum (explanation or information) from

City Arrest for Muchdi Pr Depends on the Prosecutors

Kurniawan Tri Yunanto — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:15:37

VHRmedia, Jakarta - The suspect in the murder on the human rights activist Munir, Muchdi Purwopranjono proposed to change his status to city arrest, as his family complained that they found it difficult to visit him at the Mobile Brigade's (BRIMOB) detention center in Kelapa Dua, Depok.

One of Muchdi's lawyers Luthfi Hakim made this proposal as he hands over the second files to the Attorney

Komnas HAM Investigated Mass Graves in Pati

Kurniawan Tri Yunanto — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:44:53

VHRmedia, Jakarta - An ad hoc team of the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) formed to investigate human rights violations in 1965 investigated a location of a mass grave in Barisan forest, Pati, Central Java. The team also verified information from witnesses who had seen the massacre happening.

A team's member Kabul Supriyadi said that this investigation aimed to collect data about the human

Urgently Needed: Child Protection from Tobacco

Kurniawan Tri Yunanto — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:08:01

VHRmedia, Jakarta - Media advertising and promotion of cigarettes in Indonesia has a very bad impact on the life of children. This situation keeps getting worse as the government has not yet published a regulation to protect its citizens especially children from the danger of tobacco. As result many cigarette companies use wide range of tools to promote their products to teenagers.

Seto Mulyadi, Chairman of

Anyone Can Be the President of Indonesia

Yovinus Guntur Wicaksono — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:05:49

VHRmedia, Surabaya - Former chairman of Muhammadiyah Amien Rais regrets the dispute about the age of presidential candidates. He said that the dispute is not appropriate and it is getting worse as each candidate thinks that he is the best next president.

In a ceremony regarding the construction of Sholihin Mosque in Jalan Tambak Segaran Surabaya on Wednesday (30/07) Amin Rais said the dispute has to