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Press Release
Global: A Web of Surveillance – Unraveling a Murky Network of Spyware Exports to Indonesia
An expansive range of highly invasive spyware and surveillance products are being imported and deployed in Indonesia.
May 2, 2024
Report
A Web of Surveillance: Unraveling a Murky Network of Spyware Exports to Indonesia
Amnesty International’s research found Indonesia relies on a murky ecosystem of surveillance suppliers, brokers and resellers.
May 1, 2024
Press Release
Free Victor Yeimo and Other Imprisoned Papuan Activists Unconditionally
Indonesian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Papuans and those detained solely for their peaceful expressions, said Amnesty International Indonesia…
May 8, 2023
Press Release
G20 Summit in Indonesia held amid repression of civic space in host country
G20 leaders should use this year’s summit to uphold the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, which…
November 15, 2022
Report
Proposed gold mine is ‘recipe for disaster’ amid repression of Indigenous Papuans in Indonesia
Indonesian authorities should immediately halt plans to develop a sprawling gold mine the size of the city of Jakarta in volatile Papua Province,…
March 21, 2022
Press Release
Fresh Evidence of Police Misuse of Tear Gas Leading to Protesters’ Deaths and Injuries – Updated Investigative Website
Amnesty International today published new evidence of the misuse of tear gas by security forces in several countries in the…
February 1, 2021
Press Release
U.S. must rescind invite to Prabowo Subianto, implicated in crimes against humanity
In advance of the U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s October 15 Washington, D.C. meeting with Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s Defense Minister…
October 13, 2020
Press Release
Government sows fear among LGBTI people in Indonesia by boasting of Instagram user ‘removal’
Responding to Instagram’s statement that it did not remove an account featuring web comics about being gay in Indonesia, after…
February 14, 2019
Press Release
Instagram ‘fails to be an ally’ to LGBTI people by shutting down account in Indonesia
Responding to the decision by Instagram to take down an account featuring comic strips about the life of a Muslim…
February 13, 2019
Press Release
Crackdowns on LGBTI people in Indonesia hit alarming level
LGBTI communities in Indonesia are facing increasing crackdowns both from the police and the municipal police (Satpol PP) with at…
November 6, 2018
Report
Indonesia: Police and military unlawfully kill almost 100 people in Papua in eight years with near total impunity
Indonesian security forces have unlawfully killed at least 95 people in little more than eight years in the restive eastern…
July 1, 2018
Press Release
Indonesia: Police must protect – not attack – transgender women living under threat in Aceh
Indonesian authorities are completely failing to protect the transgender women who were appallingly ill-treated and humiliated by police in North…
February 14, 2018