LBH Masyarakat is strongly urging the Indonesia Government to immediately cease extra-judicial killings in the handling of narcotics cases. Monitoring of online media carried out by LBH Masyarakat has shown there were at least 215 shootings in the enforcement of narcotics law in 2017. Of these 215 cases, 116 people …

Isobel Blomfield, a student from University of New South Wales, volunteered at LBH Masyarakat (Community Legal Aid Institute) from January to February 2018. She volunteered here by joining ACICIS program. She helps us create a great advocacy video for the criminal law revision – and many more. She writes her experience …

As the government incessantly declares war on drugs, choosing to proceed with the executions of foreign prisoners amidst protests from the leaders of those inmates’ countries, the BNN (National Narcotics Agency) and police succeeded in breaking an illegal drug ring controlled from inside prison – by a death row inmate. …

Today’s date, March 8, marks International Women’s Day. The concept on International Women’s Day was first proposed in 1910 at the International Conference of Women Workers by Clara Zetkin, the leader of the Women’s Office of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.[1] Today, International Women’s Day represents a global celebration and …

The Act 35/2009 Advocacy Coalition and National Criminal Code Reform Alliance reject the inclusion of criminal drug offences in the revised draft Criminal Code (RKUHP). Aside from perpetuating the criminalisation of people who use drugs, the proposed changes merely create legal uncertainty for these individuals and further ostracize them from …

In 2017, LBH Masyarakat (Community Legal Aid Institute) continue to handle cases and advocate policy which related to our priority issues. We are consistent in monitoring and protecting rights whose violated. We thank the society and media who gave attention by reporting our works. Those reports help us to deliver …

LBH Masyarakat appreciates the Constitutional Court decision that rejects the judicial review on Articles 284 (1) – (5), 285, and 292 of the Criminal Code. Through this decision, MK affirms its authority as a negative legislator and cannot be a positive legislator as requested by the applicant. In line with …

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME The 2018 “Lawyering on the Margins” will be the fifth unique global gathering of lawyers working with marginalized groups; specifically people who use drugs, sex workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBTQIA+). For the first time the convening will be organized by Release – the UK centre …

Upon winning the presidential election in 2014, Joko Widodo, often referred as Jokowi – launched the war on drugs in Indonesia. He claimed that Indonesia is in a drug emergency situation. This emergence is marked by the existence of 4.5 million people who use drugs in Indonesia; worse, 1.2 million …

“There is always rainbow after the rain.” Ricky said to describe how LBH Masyarakat were going through in 2016. We Lost our friend and our client, Humphrey Jefferson. He was executed by Joko Widodo’s administration last year. We went down for awhile but we woke up and got several achievement. …