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Politics 1 year ago
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Ex-Supreme Court official arrested for bribery over Surabaya murder acquittal
Zarof Ricar, a retired Supreme Court high-ranking official, allegedly asked for at least Rp 5 billion (US$318,570) from the lawyer of a former lawmaker's son Gregorius Ronald Tannur, in exchange for upholding the defendant's acquittal in a murder case occurring in Surabaya, East Java in 2023.
Society 2 years ago
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Lawmakers want Judicial Commission to probe judges in fatal Surabaya assault case
Members of the House of Representatives are planning to ask the Judicial Commission and the Supreme Court to investigate three judges at the Surabaya District Court in East Java over the controversial acquittal of the son of a lawmaker accused of killing his girlfriend last year.
Academia 2 years ago
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Haris-Fatia victory highlights difficulty of legal battles against the powerful
While communities battling corporations and the state face difficulties, those trying to seek justice for individual cases, such as sexual violence committed by powerful figures in their families, communities or workplaces, fare even worse.
Politics 2 years ago
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Relief as court acquits activists in Luhut’s defamation case
A wave of relief swept through human rights groups as a district court acquitted on Monday activists Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti on all counts of defaming senior cabinet minister Luhut Pandjaitan in a YouTube video.
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