Jakarta – The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) no longer has any grounds to postpone submitting a judicial review on the release of former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief Muchdi Purwopranjono in the murder case of human rights activists Munir.
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November 2009
While the rich and powerful trample over the legal system with impunity, the poor and those seeking redress for injustice, domestic violence and human rights abuses face a maze of corruption, legal discrimination and bureaucratic hurdles.
Man: If you want to get it clean, you’ve got to change the water Mr.
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Yogyakarta – Scores of students from the Politics of the Poor-National Student League for Democracy (LMND-PRM) held a protest action at the University of Gajah Mada traffic circle on Tuesday November 17 urging the government to provide free education and review education policies that harm the people.
Man: Of course a crocodile would win a fight against a gecko.
Kid: Right Dad. Especially if it’s helped by a komodo dragon, a dinosaur, and... Godzilla!
Jakarta – The number of voters represented by the nine political parties that obtained seats in the national House of Representatives (DPR) following the 2009 legislative elections is less that who are not represented.
Student: In times such as this Sir, do you really think we still have any champions? Now our corruptors, they have lots!
Anwar Khumaini, Jakarta – The wife of the late human rights defender Munir, has lamented the application of the law in Indonesia, saying the state only prosecutes the poor.
Man: Wow. There’s another KPK (Corruption Eradication Commission): The Corruptor Defenders Conspiracy!