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The Republic of Indonesia's Police Annual Performance Evaluation on the 63rd Bhayangkara day (anniversary) (7 Jul 2009)
On this 63rd Bhayangkara day, we as the NGO Network involve in the Police Sector Reform welcomed and appreciated Head of Police Bambang Hendarso Danuri initiative that had just issued a regulation on Principle Implementation and standard of Human Rights in conducting Republic of Indonesia's Police function.

DPR to immediately finish Military Court Bill's draft amandement (7 Jul 2009)
Kontras - One of prequisite for security sector reform is to establish good governance in security sector and well established regulation based on the rule of law.

The past is not forgotten and will never be forgot (7 Jul 2009)
The writer William Faulkner once said that the past is not forgotten, and, in fact, it is not even the past. For those of us on the Kontras tour - a daughter whose father disappeared during the 1984 Tanjung Priok riot, a mother whose son disappeared one day in 1997/1998, another whose son was killed by sniper fire at a protest, a young mother whose husband was poisoned on an airline trip abroad - the past is something we live with everyday.

Papua activist gets 3 years for peaceful 'provocation' (4 Jul 2009)
The Jakarta Post - Papuan activist Bucthar Tabuni was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison for "provocation" at a pro-independence demonstration last year.

Candidates fail to address autonomy 'seriously' (4 Jul 2009)
The Jakarta Post - They may support pluralism and national unity, but the three presidential candidates missed the chance to address more crucial issues on the immature and still troublesome regional autonomy.