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- August 1945, repealed in 1949, reintroduced on July 5, 1959, and amended several times, the last in 2002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
- JULY 31, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. ASSEMBLY CHIEF CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR GRAFT OFFENCES
the head of Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly, Hidayat Nurwahid, called for tough punishment including the death penalty to eradicate deep-rooted corruption in the country.
- JULY 21, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. PROSECUTORS SEEK DEATH PENALTY FOR MCDONALD BOMBER
Indonesian prosecutors recommended the death penalty for Agung Abdul Hamid for masterminding a bomb attack on a McDonald restaurant in South Sulawesi province that killed three people, including a suicide bomber.
- JULY 7, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. COUNTRY PREPARES TO EXECUTE TWO BROTHERS FOR TRIPLE MURDER
Indonesian authorities would soon execute two brothers on death row for a premeditated triple murder during a robbery in the island of Sumatra in 2002, Antasari Azhar, chief prosecutor of West Sumatra province, said.
- JUNE 24, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. ACEH HAS FIRST CANINGS UNDER MUSLIM LAW
Indonesia carried out its first public canings, punishing 15 gamblers in front of a noisy crowd in tsunami-hit Aceh, the only province in the world's most populous Muslim nation to implement Islamic law.
- JUNE 14, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. PAKISTANI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
an Indonesian court sentenced Zulfikar Ali, a Pakistani national, to death for drug trafficking. Judges at a district court in Tangerang, southwest of Jakarta, ruled that Ali was guilty of trafficking 300 grams (10.5 ounces) of heroin.
- JUNE 10, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
NEPAL. RIGHTS ACTIVISTS APPEAL FOR LIVES OF FIVE IN INDONESIA
human rights activists said the government must take immediate steps to stop the death sentence of five Nepalese nationals charged with drug trafficking in Indonesia.
- JUNE 8, 2005EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian Grand Mufti Prof Dr Sheikh Ali Gouma endorsed the death sentence passed by...
Egyptian Grand Mufti Prof Dr Sheikh Ali Gouma endorsed the death sentence passed by a Cairo court on Ali Darman Agustri, an Indonesian national, for premeditated multiple murder.
- JUNE 6, 2005EgyptDEATH PENALTY
the Abbsea state court in East Cairo, Egypt...
the Abbsea state court in East Cairo, Egypt, sentenced Indonesian national Ali Darman Agustri to death for premeditated multiple murder.
- JUNE 4, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. RALLY FOR CORBY DEATH SENTENCE
about 40 people picketed in Jakarta, Indonesia, to demand the death sentence for Australian woman Schapelle Corby, in jail for drug trafficking in Bali.
- MAY 27, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI COURT SENTENCES AUSTRALIA'S CORBY FOR 20 YRS
an Indonesian court sentenced Australian beauty therapist Schapelle Corby to 20 years in jail for trying to smuggle 4.1 kg (9 lb) of marijuana into Bali.
- MAY 23, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING ASSOCIATES
the Lamongan district court in East Java, Indonesia, sentenced Nur Hasan to death for killing his three business associates.
- MAY 13, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
authorities in the Indonesian province of Jambi executed Turmudi bin Kasturi, a man sentenced to death over the killing of four people in 1997.