Police facing most human rights lawsuits: Komnas HAM 3 hours ago
Chief of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), Ahmad Taufan Damanik. (ANTARA PHOTO/Aprillio Akbar/foc)
Police faced the highest number (of human rights lawsuits). Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has disclosed that the police have faced the most human rights lawsuits in 2016-2020, followed by corporations and regional governments. Police faced the highest number (of human rights lawsuits). There are legal cases, but the police did not handle it appropriately,” Komnas HAM chief Ahmad Taufan Damanik said during a hearing with Commission III of the House of Representatives here on Tuesday.
Indonesia contemplates on revising controversial Internet law 25th February 2021
Illustration President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) hinted at a likely revision to the country’s Internet law Law No 11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) especially to correct articles open to multiple interpretations.
“If its implementation leads to injustice, the law needs to be revised,” Jokowi had tweeted on Feb 15, 2021.
The ITE law essentially regulates the exchange of information and other electronic transactions. It enunciates what is banned on the internet. However, some critics view that its defamation article had been misused to criminalize certain parties, thereby not boding well with the freedom of expression.
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Komnas HAM demands police inquiry into Ustadz Maaher s death 18th February 2021
Komnas HAM has said the accounts of police officers and medical practitioners indicate that popular Muslim preacher Ustadz Maaher died in his prison cell due to illness. (ANTARA/Dokumentasi Komnas HAM) Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia s National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has sought an inquiry by National Police into the death of Soni Eranata alias Ustadz Maaher At-Thuwailibi, a popular and outspoken Muslim preacher. We have begun exploring information and accounts from the police regarding Ustadz Maaher s death during his legal process, Komnas HAM commissioner Choirul Anam informed at an online press conference in Jakarta on Thursday.