A former vice president at Indonesia’s Garuda airline went on trial today accused of conspiracy in the mid-air poisoning death of a top human rights activist three years ago.

A suspected Islamic militant today told judges he took part in the beheadings of three Christian girls on an Indonesian island wracked by sectarian violence because he wanted to avenge the deaths of Muslims.

An off-duty pilot was today sentenced to 14 years in jail for the poisoning death of Indonesia’s top human-rights activist, but critics said the masterminds remained free.

The younger brother of terror suspect Hambali has been jailed for four years on charges of helping to finance last year’s bombing of the Marriott hotel in Jakarta.

A controversial Muslim cleric went on trial today denying he ordered dozens of deadly Christmas Eve bomb attacks against Indonesian churches.