Court tosses Indonesian officers' human rights convictions
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The Indonesian armed forces have welcomed an appeals court decision overturning the convictions of four officers charged with human rights crimes in East Timor, calling the decision a vindication of their position that there was no military involvement in the 1999 killings.
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Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that executing drug smugglers did not breach the constitution, rejecting a bid by three Australians and two Indonesians who are on death row to challenge the law.
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Indonesia's Supreme Court convicted a former state airline pilot on Friday in the poisoning death of a prominent human rights activist and sentenced him to 20 years in prison, a court official said.
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Indonesia's last governor of East Timor, the only person still jailed for abuses during the territory's bloody 1999 breakaway, has been acquitted, a move that has angered rights groups and embarrassed the Jakarta government.
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Military judges at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, threw out war crimes charges against an aide to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and against a Canadian accused of killing a U.S. soldier.
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An Indonesian court Thursday dismissed defense arguments that the trial of alleged Southeast Asian terror chief Abu Bakar Bashir was illegal, and ordered that proceedings against him should continue.
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The Court of Appeal quashes the convictions of five young Muslim men jailed over extremist literature.
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A court acquits ex-paramilitary leader Jodel Chamblain of murder in a trial criticised by human rights activists.
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JAKARTA : Indonesian judges Thursday rejected a plea to drop terrorism charges against hardline Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba&#39;asyir and ordered him to stand trial for his alleged involvement in attacks including the Bali bombings.
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A Spanish court rules that a former Argentine navy officer can be tried for alleged human rights abuses.
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Three labor leaders killed in what an army commander claimed was a gunbattle were instead murdered by soldiers, Colombian prosecutors are now saying in a case highlighting U.S. concerns over Colombia's human rights record.
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A Chilean court drops corruption charges against relatives and associates of late military ruler Pinochet.
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A United Nations commission will examine Indonesia's efforts to punish those responsible for human rights abuses in East Timor in 1999, Indonesia and East Timor said Friday.
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Five Chinese nationals, a Dutchman and  a Frenchman who appealed against the length of their  convictions on drug charges were instead sentenced to death,  Indonesia&#39;s Supreme Court said on Wednesday.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia - Muslim and Christian police officers caught drunk or being a tad disrespectful to their boss in an Indonesian province are facing an unusual style of punishment - a crash course on religious morality.    About 150 officers accused of a range of minor offenses will spend a week at classes overseen by either Christian or Muslim preachers depending on their religion, Lt...
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A federal judge threw out a lawsuit Wednesday by foreign-born terror suspects challenging their detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling that last year's landmark Supreme Court ruling did not provide them the legal basis to win their freedom.
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A federal court judge ruled Tuesday that a presidential pardon of a former junta leader was unconstitutional, the state news agency Telam said.