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National 5 years ago
'Political prisoners' turn to UN amid COVID-19 threat
With their plight largely ignored by the public, 63 Indonesians detained on treason charges have turned to the United Nations for help, hoping they could be saved from the threat posed by the COVID-19 disease in the country’s overcrowded prisons.
National 6 years ago
Activists slam Yasonna’s plan to release graft convicts over fears of COVID-19 spread
Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) activist Kurnia Ramadhana said among the major graft convicts who would be eligible for early release were Setya Novanto, 64, former Constitutional Court judge Patrialis Akbar, 61, former health minister Siti Fadilah, 70, former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali, 63, and lawyer OC Kaligis, 78.
National 6 years ago
Indonesia eyes remote islands to relocate its overcrowded jails
Overcrowded jails mean petty criminals like chicken thieves are lodged together with drug traffickers and terrorists, according to Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto.
National 8 years ago
Prison riot erupts as inmates protest transfer
A riot broke out on Saturday evening at the Sialang Bungkuk correctional facility in Pekanbaru, Riau, as prisoners protested the decision to transfer 21 of them to other prisons for being provocateurs during a previous riot at the prison in May.
