Aliansi Demokrasi untuk Papua (AlDP, Democratic Alliance) are releasing their new report, titled "Treason and Political Prisoners in the Land of Papua" on 26th July 2024. This report forms a joint research output with TAPOL, a human rights organisation based in the UK.

Ahmad Syamsudin and Pizaro Gozali Idrus, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision to start official duties from the new capital on Sunday may be a move to hype his legacy project before he leaves office in October, some analysts told BenarNews.

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo on July 26 launched the second phase of an industrial complex in Central Java intended to attract investors looking to diversify their supply chains away from China.

Ilham Oktafian, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has arrested Ujang Iskandar, a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) from the National Democratic Party (Nasdem), at Soekarno-Hatta Airport on Friday.

Maria Gabrielle, Jakarta – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) has uncovered alleged transactions related to child prostitution. According to PPATK head Ivan Yustiavandana, these transactions involve 24,049 children aged 10 to 18 years.

Bella Evanglista, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo officially inaugurated the operational phase of the Batang Integrated Industrial Area (KITB) in Central Java on Friday.

In his speech, President Jokowi mentioned that KITB initially spanned 400 hectares, but due to high demand, the government decided to expand it.

Rama Sukarta, Jakarta – Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan, known as Zulhas, along with the Imported Goods Monitoring Task Force, has uncovered a warehouse in North Jakarta suspected of housing illegal imported goods.

Putu Merta Surya Putra, Jakarta – Hundreds of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) cadres and sympathisers commemorated the Kudatuli incident (the July 27, 1996 riots) on Friday July 26 by holding a long-march from the PDI-P Central Leadership Board (DPP) office on Jalan Diponegoro to the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) office on Jalan Latuarhary.

Jakarta – Indonesia has welcomed a China-brokered accord that seeks reconciliation between Hamas and other Palestinian factions to form a national unity government in Gaza.

Jakarta – The Supreme Court has ordered the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to return a house in South Jakarta that investigators seized as evidence from convict Rafael Alun Trisambodo, who is serving 14 years in prison for corruption and money laundering during his stint as a taxman, kompas.com reported.

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) plans to launch a massive audit in all hospitals associated with the National Health Insurance (JKN) program after finding indications of phantom billing in several healthcare facilities.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs
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A'an Suryana and Syafiq Hasyim – Whether they were made use of or knew what they were doing, the actions of five young Nadhlatul Ulama members during their recent trip to Israel have stirred up a hornet's nest.

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Government officials have denied plans for Indonesia to buy Russian oil but do not rule out such purchases in the future.

News agency Reuters reported on Tuesday that state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina had added Russian oil grades to its tender lists for September restocking, citing three anonymous traders.

Top leaders of Indonesia's two major Islamic organizations have expressed their enthusiasm for the upcoming visit of Pope Francis to their nation, calling it a special occasion to embolden trust and harmony between religious communities.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has officially launched the golden visa program that would make the country a "second home" for foreign investors. The golden visa grants investors residency for up to 10 years.

Antara, Jakarta – The presidential secretariat has begun furnishing the new office in Nusantara, East Kalimantan, to accommodate President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who intends to spend the last few months of his presidency in the future national capital.

Ikhsan Reliubun, Jakarta – The Central Board of Muhammadiyah, a major Islamic non-governmental organization in Indonesia, stated that they had decided to take the mining business license or IUP the government offered to religious organizations.

Teguh Adi Prasetyo, Jakarta – Communication and Information Technology Minister Budi Arie Setiadi claims his ministry has saved the state Rp 45 trillion ($2.8 billion) by blocking 2.6 million online gambling sites.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested an individual posing as a KPK employee. During the arrest, authorities seized several items including a Porsche and cash.

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – In a recent meeting at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Anna Bjerde, Managing Director of Operations at The World Bank, lauded Indonesia's impressive economic performance and the success of various government initiatives.

Mrs Lamberti Faan, a Papuan human rights defender and internally displaced woman from the Maybrat Regency, Papua Barat Daya Province, and her relatives have been subjected to a series of intimidations following her testimony at the 56th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

Pes Yanengga, Jayapura – The All-Papua Student Executive Council (BEM Se-Tanah Papua) Alliance has urged the Papua Regional Police Chief (Kapolda) and the Manokwari Municipal Police (Polresta) to immediately reveal the perpetrator of the shooting of the senior advocate and human rights activist Yan Christian Warinussy.

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto met with French President Emmanuel Macron during a working visit to Europe on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The two leaders discussed a range of bilateral cooperation opportunities, with a particular focus on strengthening defense cooperation between Indonesia and France.

Jakarta – The National Military Police Headquarters (Puspom TNI) is investigating the alleged involvement of a member of the Army in an arson attack that killed a journalist and his family in Karo regency, North Sumatra, last month.

Jakarta – DPR Speaker Puan Maharani participated in a parliamentary dialogue with countries with Melanesian clumps that are members of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) organization. In this dialogue, Puan alluded to the development of Papua which is directly adjacent to Pacific countries.

Andreas Harsono – When the human rights lawyer Yan Christian Warinussy returned home from work on July 17, his 10-year-old son, Mario, begged for ice cream. Warinussy took off his tie, packed his three children and their cousin into the car, and they headed to downtown Manokwari in Indonesia's West Papua province.

Jakarta – Authorities have admitted that the government's cloud seeding operations have failed to reduce intense rains in the country's planned future capital of Nusantara over the past weeks and have hampered the construction of a VVIP airport in the East Kalimantan city to-be.

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir has tapped Democratic Party politician Andi Arief, a close aide of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as a new commissioner of the state-owned electricity company PLN.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – Ministers from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration have brought the topic of the subsidized fuel, Pertalite, back into the spotlight.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration may have done its best, but it is clear that the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) is not going to replace Jakarta as the country's capital anytime soon.

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Students have praised the government's decision to expand the removal of the science (IPA), social (IPS) and language (Bahasa) study pathways to approximately 95 percent of senior high schools this academic year, saying the move is "liberating" for them.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) under the Finance Ministry is considering imposing excise duties on concert tickets, luxury homes, fast food, tissue paper, MSG (monosodium glutamate), coal, and detergents.

Jakarta – Indonesia will provide longer tax exemptions and other fiscal and non-fiscal benefits to investors in its special economic zones (SEZs), a senior government official has confirmed.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Jakarta's air quality ranked second worst in the world on Wednesday, trailing only Kinshasa, Congo, according to air quality monitoring website IQAir.

Jayapura – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's visit to Jayapura, West Papua, on July 23 in the context of the commemoration of Indonesian National Children's Day at the Istora Papua Bangkit sports complex was a form of distain and insult when as many as 62,000 Papuans are still displaced.

Jakarta – A joint search and rescue team is still scrambling to look for a cargo ship carrying equipment to build communication towers that has been missing since last week during its sail in Papua.

Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Jakarta – A series of earthquakes struck several areas in Indonesia on Wednesday, July 24. The first tremor, a magnitude 4.1 quake, hit Saparua in Maluku Province at 1:32 a.m. local time, with its epicenter located 35 kilometers northwest of Saparua at a depth of 10 kilometers.

Muhammad Fakhruddin, Jakarta – Hamzah Haz, Indonesia's ninth Vice President, has passed away at the age of 84.

"Innalillahi wainna ilaihi roji'un. Hamzah Haz has passed away at 9:30 a.m. Jakarta time," said PPP politician Idy Muzayyad on Wednesday.

Juan Ardya Guardiola, Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) chose to wait until President-Elect Prabowo Subianto takes his oath of office before declaring whether they would be in the opposition or not, according to its chairman Muhaimin Iskandar.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has conducted raids at several locations in connection with the investigation into alleged corruption involving presidential social aid (bansos) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

KPK spokesperson Tessa Mahardhika stated that the raids were carried out in the Greater Jakarta area.

Antara, Jakarta – The 2024 National Kebaya Day celebration marks its inaugural event. As stipulated in Presidential Decree Number 19 of 2023, National Kebaya Day will be observed annually on July 24.

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – Anti-graft agency KPK is currently investigating an alleged corruption involving the state-run ferry operator ASDP.

Monique Handa Shafira, Jakarta – A financial technology (fintech) association is bracing itself for the upcoming policy aimed at raising the online loan cap while hoping they can access government data such as the borrower's utility bills to make sure they can pay their debt.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Civil society organizations in Indonesia are getting a boost to ensure their participation in the country's clean energy transition and land stewardship, amid an increasingly hostile climate for groups advocating for environmental and social rights.

Jakarta – The National Military Police Headquarters (Puspom TNI) is investigating the alleged involvement of a member of the Army in an arson attack that killed a journalist and his family in Karo regency, North Sumatra, last month.

Theressia Silalahi, Tangerang – Vice President-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka has announced plans to extend the free lunch trials to Indonesia's most remote regions. Initially tested in Sentul, West Java, the program will now include remote areas such as East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) and Papua.

Usman Hamid and Ary Hermawan – The controversial policy of the outgoing Joko "Jokowi" Widodo government to grant coal mining concessions to Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) – Indonesia's largest Islamic organization – is posing a serious threat to the country's efforts in the fight against global warming.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is telling all kids across the archipelago to study hard as Indonesia celebrates National Children's Day.

Stefan Armbruster, Harlyne Joku and Tria Dianti, Brisbane/Port Moresby/Jakarta – No progress has been made in sending a U.N. human rights mission to Indonesia's Papuan provinces despite the appointment of Fiji and Papua New Guinea's prime ministers to negotiate the visit.