Indonesia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- August 1945, repealed in 1949, reintroduced on July 5, 1959, and amended several times, the last in 2002
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Roman-Dutch law, modified by traditional elements and new criminal procedure rules
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- The People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat or MPR) is the upper house; it has the role of appointing and impeaching the president and amending the constitution but does not deal with national politics; the House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat or DPR); the Regional Representatives Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah or DPD) whose constitutional mandate is to provide legislative input to the DPR on regional issues.
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the President; Constitutional Court, Labor Court
RELIGIONS
87% Muslims; 9% Christians; 2% Hindus; 1% Buddhists
From the country
JUNE 26, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ‘BLOOD MONEY’ PAYMENT SPARES INDONESIAN MAID FROM EXECUTION
An Indonesian maid convicted of murder in Saudi Arabia has been spared execution by beheading after the Indonesian government paid Rp 4.6 billion ($534,000) in “blood money."
- JUNE 23, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA CALLS FOR CLEMENCY FOR 23 NATIONALS FACING DEATH PENALTY IN SAUDI ARABIA
the Indonesian government called for clemency for 23 nationals
- JUNE 23, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA CLEMENCY BIDS BLOW
the prospects of Australians Schapelle Corby and Andrew Chan
- JUNE 21, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
303 INDONESIAN WORKERS FACING DEATH SENTENCE
Indonesia's Foreign Affairs Ministry revealed that apart from Ruyati binti Satubi who was recently executed in Saudi Arabia, there are 303 Indonesian defendants who have faced death sentences from 1999 to 2011.
JUNE 18, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI BEHEADS INDONESIAN WOMAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
An Indonesian woman was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of murdering
- MAY 11, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA DROPS DEATH SENTENCE FOR AUSTRALIAN DRUG SMUGGLER
Indonesia's Supreme Court overturned the death sentence for convicted Australian heroin smuggler Scott Anthony Rush, 25, giving him life imprisonment instead.
- APRIL 26, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO INDIANS GET DEATH SENTENCE IN MALAYSIA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two Indian nationals were sentenced to death in Malaysia. Judge Siti Mariah Ahmad of the Kuala Lumpur High Court found Samad Mohamad Sulthan, 44, guilty of trafficking 3.9 kg of ketamine at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 25, 2009.
- APRIL 20, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN RECEIVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR SERIAL KILLINGS
Yulianto, 38, a masseuse from Kartosuro in Sukoharjo, was sentenced to death by Judge Dwiyanto of the Sukoharjo District Court in Indonesia for murder.
- APRIL 8, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN COURT REJECTS APPEAL OF INDONESIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Malaysia, a Putrajaya Appeals Court panel of judges led by Dato Clement Skiner rejected the appeal of Indonesian Muhammad Imron of Aceh, a.k.a Fernandez.
- APRIL 2, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: 30 INDONESIANS FACING DEATH PENALTY IN MALAYSIA
thirty Indonesians are on the death row in Malaysia, manpower attache of the Indonesian...
- MARCH 31, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH FOR CORRUPTION IS WRONG, INDONESIAN GOVT SAYS
following criticism by the antigraft watchdog, top Indonesian government officials said that capital punishment was intentionally removed from the proposed revision to the anticorruption law.
- MARCH 10, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
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