Indonesia

'Safe But Tired' Scottish Oil Worker Released By Indonesia Kidnappers

Posted 13.06.2013 | UK

A British oil worker kidnapped in Indonesia has been released, the Foreign Office has said. Engineer Malcolm Primrose, 61, was ambushed by an armed...

Scottish Oil Worker 'Kidnapped' In Indonesia

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.06.2013 | UK

A British oil worker has reportedly been kidnapped in Indonesia. Engineer Malcolm Primrose, 61, was ambushed by an armed group as he travelled back...

Awards for War? Why Are We Giving Prizes to Burma's Thein Sein and Indonesia's SBY?

Benedict Rogers | Posted 16.05.2013 | UK
Benedict Rogers

Intelligent people can be staggeringly unintelligent at times. In recent weeks, two respectable international organisations working in the fields of...

Mount Bromo Turns Indonesian Skies Scarlet (PICTURES)

Hotspot media | Sara C Nelson | Posted 09.05.2013 | UK

Red smoke billows eerily above Indonesia’s Mount Bromo volcano in these spectacular sunrise and sunset shots. Captured by landscape photographer...

Fifth Of British Travellers Believe Local Laws Don't Apply To Them

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.05.2013 | UK

A fifth of Britons believe they are still under British law when they travel abroad - rather than the law of the country they are travelling in. Ne...

Fundraiser To Help Save Grandmother On Death Row In Bali Reaches Target

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK

A fundraising page set up to pay for British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford on death row in Indonesia has reached its target of £8,000. The 56-yea...

Lindsey Sandiford Loses Appeal Against Government

PA | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK

British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford, 56, has lost her appeal over a UK government refusal to fund her legal challenge against a death sentence impos...

'Would You Like This £6,000 Jumper, Mr Burt? It's Your Colour'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK

British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford, currently on death row in Indonesia for drug smuggling, has accused the UK government of heartlessness concerni...

Sinking into Bali's Spa luxury

Ariadna Bakhmatova | Posted 07.06.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Ariadna Bakhmatova

Bali is a true Mecca for Spa lovers, with the choice of resorts and treatments on offer being as wide as the smiles of the Balinese people themselves, and even the most dedicated spa junkies can find something that will surprise them.

Executions in Indonesia: Sacrifices to the False God of Deterrence

Clive Stafford Smith | Posted 02.06.2013 | UK
Clive Stafford Smith

Earlier in March, Indonesian authorities carried convicted drug courier Adami Wilson, a Nigerian, to a remote location and executed him by firing squad. Wilson had complained that he had paid what he had been told was the necessary bribe to secure commutation of his sentence, but the promised mercy never came. He was executed in part because he admitted to corruption.

The Politics of Eulogies: Contrast Hugo Chavez and President Suharto

Dr Kristian Lasslett | Posted 06.05.2013 | UK Politics
Dr Kristian Lasslett

Over the coming days and weeks, plenty will be said on Chavez. Some analysis will be fair and well researched; other accounts will pass through the distorting lens of Western interests. As the case of Suharto demonstrates, this lens can play optical tricks, indeed millions can be wiped from the record.

Breast-Feeding Dads - Why We're Mobilising an Army in Indonesia

Shafiq Pontoh | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Shafiq Pontoh

There have been some positive changes in Indonesia: the government now stresses that babies should be left with their mothers after birth and that breast-feeding should be encouraged as soon as possible. But, there's still a huge way to go.

Jessica Elgot

'If The British Government Won't Pay, The People Will'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 03.02.2013 | UK

The British grandmother sentenced to death in Indonesia who could not afford to finance an appeal will have lawyers paid by donations from a Just Givi...

Drug Smuggling Grandmother Loses High Court Battle

PA | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK

British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford has lost a High Court battle over a UK government refusal to fund her appeal against a death sentence imposed by...

Lawyers For Death Row Grandmother Challenge UK Government

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK

UPDATE The High Court was told that a notice of appeal was filed with Indonesian officials earlier this week and she was given a 14-day deadline to...

'We Might Miss The Chance To Save Lindsay From Firing Squad'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK

The sister of Lindsay Sandiford, the British grandmother sentenced to death by firing squad in Bali last week, fears that she cannot be saved from exe...

British Grandmother Sentenced To Death In Indonesia To Sue Foreign Office

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 28.01.2013 | UK

The British grandmother sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia is to sue the Foreign Office over their alleged failure to support an app...

Two Britons Face Death Sentence In Indonesia

PA | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK

Lindsay Sandiford is the second British citizen to be sentenced to death for drug offences in Indonesia in recent months, according to human rights ca...

Jessica Elgot

Indonesia's Drug Executions

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK

The death sentence upon British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford for drug trafficking in Indonesia has sent shockwaves through the international human ri...

British Grandmother Sentenced To Death In Indonesia

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK

British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford has been sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking. Sandiford, originally from Redcar in Teesside,...

Indonesian Judge Jokes Rape Victims 'Enjoy The Sex' - Supporters Call It A 'Slip Of The Tongue'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 17.01.2013 | UK

There are calls for a judge to be dismissed after he told lawmakers rape victims "may enjoy intercourse" with their attackers. Muhammad Daming San...

My Human Rights Wish-List

Benedict Rogers | Posted 14.03.2013 | UK
Benedict Rogers

In his superb article 'A Human Rights Wish-list for 2013', Jack Healey encouraged us to chose our own wish-list. I have taken up that suggestion.

Women To Be Banned From Straddling Motorbikes

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 03.01.2013 | UK

An Indonesian city which follows Sharia Law is to ban women from straddling motorbikes, with the mayor branding the position "improper". Suaidi Ya...

What I Want for Christmas Is a Substantial Commitment to Freedom

Benedict Rogers | Posted 23.02.2013 | UK
Benedict Rogers

What do I want for Christmas? A genuine democracy and true peace in Burma, the restoration of democracy in the Maldives, an end to religious intolerance in Indonesia, a just and peaceful solution for the people of West Papua, and freedom for North Korea.

A West Papuan Flag Gets You Arrested in London, as Well as in West Papua

Peter G Tatchell | Posted 01.01.2013 | UK Politics
Peter G Tatchell

On Wednesday I was arrested for unfurling a West Papuan flag as the Indonesian President's limousine departed Westminster Abbey, after being feted by senior Anglicans.