We, the undersigned civil society groups, are gravely concerned about the legal action taken by the Royal Thai Army for criminal defamation and Computer Crimes Act violations against Woman Human Rights Defenders (WHRD) Ms. Pornpen Khongkachonkiet, Ms. Anchana Heemmina, and HRD Mr. Somchai Homlaor. Ms. Pornpen, is the Director of …

LBH Masyarakat is looking for a part-time independent consultant to help developing a plan and strategy of funding and fundraising of the organization. The consultant will be assigned to identify potential donors and fundraising opportunities to sustain the organization’s financial sustainability. The consultancy work starts from 12 May until 17 …

In 2011, the Indonesian Government issued the Government Regulation Number 25 Year 2011 regarding the Implementation of the Compulsory Report of Drug Dependents which regulates the practice of compulsory report and rehabilitation for drug users in Indonesia. By this regulation, Indonesia produced a new institution called the Compulsory Report Institution …

Law enforcement measures inevitably involve a contradiction: on the one hand they aim to create order by imposing certain restrictions on freedoms and liberties, while on the other hand they must honor liberties and freedoms of every individual that they limit. Humans inherently are endowed with rights, and when these …

Here are links to several articles which covered the works of LBH Masyarakat (Community Legal Aid Institute): The Telegraph, 4 October 2010, “Indonesian minister jokes about Aids on Twitter” Southeast Asia Globe, 3 February 2015, “A view to kill” R7, 24 April 2015, “Indonésia: Defesa de brasileiro tenta novo recurso …

Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGASS) on the World Drug Problem will be held in New York on 19-21 April 2016. Then, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) develops a system for civil society to contribute by sending books, research reports, movies, letters, etc. as references for …

This piece was written by Claudia Stoicescu and Ricky Gunawan and was published in Al Jazeera America on 1 February 2016.   The use of society’s ultimate sanction, the death penalty, has been declining around the world for decades. In 1977, only 16 countries had abolished the death penalty; by …

This piece was authored by Asmin Fransiska, was co-authored by Ricky Gunawan, and was published in The Conversation on 16 Februari 2015.    In Indonesia, the fate of death row convicts lies largely in the hands of the country’s president, who can decide to spare their lives after examining their …

This piece was written by Ricky Gunawan and Ajeng Larasati and was published in Open Society Foundation on 23 January 2015.   Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was elected in July 2014. Hailed as a man of the people, his campaign was built on a platform of human rights. He …

This piece was written by Ricky Gunawan and was published in The Jakarta Post  on 10 December 2014.     The Attorney Generals Office (AGO) has announced its plan to execute five people by the end of 2014: mostly drug traffickers. Indonesia is among the few countries with the harshest …