The Australian government has sought for assurances from the Indonesian government that the bomb maker of the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks will be subject to continued supervision after he was released on parole on Dec. 7. In 2012, Umar Patek was sentenced to 20 years in jail after he was found guilty of being the…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the “ache hasn’t dimmed” for Australians two decades on from the Bali bombings, describing them as acts of terror and cowardice. The nation is commemorating the 202 people killed—including 88 Australians—when extremists detonated bombs near popular nightclubs in Kuta on October 12, 2002. Images of death and debris still haunt…

Indonesia’s law minister said the government will decide on the early release of the man who built the bombs used in the 2002 Bali terror attacks, despite opposition from the Australian government. Umar Patek was arrested in Pakistan in 2011. He was later sentenced to 20 years in prison by an Indonesian court for his…

Australia is continuing to make diplomatic representations to Indonesia following the proposed early release of the bomb-maker who assembled the explosives used in the Bali bombings. Umar Patek’s sentence has been reduced by a further five months, meaning he could walk free within days after only serving around half of his original 20-year sentence. The…