Indonesian Justice Minister Announces Amendments to Anti-Terror Law

Indonesia’s Minister for Justice and Human Rights announced that the Government has drafted amendments to controversial Law Number 16 (2003) on the elimination of terrorism. The law will be amended to make membership in a terrorist organisation a punishable...

Indonesia: Anti-Terror Law Cannot Be Applied Retroactively

The Indonesian Constitutional Court ruled on 23 July that an anti-terror law cannot be applied retroactively to convict a suspected accomplice of the 2002 Bali bombing. The judges relied on the Indonesian Constitution that guarantees “the right not to be tried...

Anti-Terrorism Law No. 15 (2003)

This Law provides a broad definition of terrorism (Article 6); allows a suspect to be detained without trial for up to 6 months (Article 25 para 2); permits investigators to use intelligence reports as evidence when conventional evidence is deemed insufficient...
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