Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – The government has reaffirmed its commitment to press freedom following an incident involving a severed pig's head sent to the office of Tempo

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The editorial office of Tempo has received a second disturbing delivery in the form of a box containing decapitated rat carcasses.

Firda Janati, Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Director Usman Hamid is urging the state, including law enforcement authorities, to conduct an i

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – Usman Hamid, Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, urged state authorities, including law enforcement, to conduct a thorough and immediate investiga

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Supratman Andi Agtas said the public can file a judicial review against the newly revised Indonesian Military (TNI) Law

Tri Subarkah – Unlike generations who came before us, late millennials were too young to understand what transpired during May 1998.

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition has urged President Prabowo Subianto to review the position of Hasan Nasbi, the Head of the Presidential Communication Office

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto claimed that several world leaders are interested in learning about the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG)

Jakarta – Stray cats lead dangerous lives.

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Police's Food Task Force has named 11 suspects in the case of MinyaKita cooking oil, where the actual volume of the product did not match t

Shinta Maharani, Yogyakarta – Herlambang Perdana Wiratraman, a constitutional law and human rights researcher at Gadjah Mada University (UGM), has urged the police to thoroughly investi

Stefanno Sulaiman and Ananda Teresia, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament passed revisions to the country's military law on Thursday, allocating more civilian posts for military officers a

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has called the deaths of three police officers during a raid on a cockfighting gambling site in Way Kanan, Lampung, a serious

Project M/Adrian Mulya – Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) on Thursday approved controversial amendments to Law 34 of 2004 on the Indonesian Military (the TNI), despite public

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has assured the public that the government is committed to ensuring a smooth, comfortable, and safe Eid homecoming (mudik)

Responding to the rampant terror, intimidation and violence against protesters rejecting the ratification of the revised TNI Law (UU TNI) in Jakarta and several other cities in Indonesi

Jakarta – The misfortune experienced by the people of Menang Raya village, Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra, shows the poor state of environmental management in this country.

Philip J. Heijmans and Chandra Asmara – For months, President Prabowo Subianto's moves to chip away at Indonesia's long-established economic guardrails have stoked anxiety in markets.

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – A group of police officers assaulted a man in a black shirt during a protest against the revision of the Indonesian Armed Forces Law (TNI Law) on Thursd

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Palm oil companies in Indonesia continue to operate on protected peatlands and clear forests, despite having their forestry permits revoked and being certi

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – Consumer goods and pharmaceutical firms including Mayora and Kimia Farma have been struggling to maintain profitability despite steady sales growth, partly becaus

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Labor unions have raised the alarm over layoffs across a wide range of industries in the manufacturing sector, blaming weakening spending power, supply chain pro

Batang, Central Java – Even as protesters took to the streets on Thursday to reject the revised Law on the Indonesian Military (TNI), President Prabowo Subianto said his administration

Andika Pratama, Palembang – A dispute over illegal payments from cockfighting operators may have been the motive behind the fatal shootings of three police officers in Lampung, a milita

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Indonesian House Member of Commission I Tubagus Hasanuddin urges Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) personnel serving outside the 14 ministries and instit

Pribadi Wicaksono (Kontributor), Yogyakarta – Constitutional law expert from the University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY), Nanik Prasetyoningsih, calls for an immediate judicial revi

At least seven international flights from Indonesia's resort island Bali have been cancelled, an airport official said on Friday, after a volcano in the archipelago nation's east erupte

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Medan – Aside from Jakarta, demonstrations by students and civil society activists rejecting the enactment of the Draft Law on the Indonesian Military (RUU TNI) also took place in vario

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Offices in Jakarta are shifting toward green practices as developers seek to leverage growing market demand for environmental compliance amid an excess supp

Muhammad Aulia Rahman, Jakarta – The case of graft fugitive Harun Masiku has become a political tool used by authorities to target the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), e

Herman, Jakarta – Nearly a quarter of Indonesian journalists have faced terror and intimidation, according to the 2024 Journalist Safety Index.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Puan Maharani downplayed tensions between her party and former President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo,

Jakarta – After the fall of Soeharto and his authoritarian regime in May 1998, our nation vowed never to give the Indonesian Military (TNI) the tools to undermine civilian rule again.

Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia responded to the request of President Prabowo Subianto to Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Agus Harimurti

Iim Halimatusa'diyah and Najwa Abdullah – Throughout Indonesia's modern history, music has been a powerful tool of resistance, raising awareness and mobilising society for social and po

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Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Advocacy Staff of the Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Press), Mustafa Layong, urged the government not to overlook the delivery of a pig's hea

Jakarta – The wave of protest actions opposing revisions to Law Number 34/2004 on the Indonesian Military (UU TNI) or the Draft Law on the TNI (RUU TNI) spread to a number of regions in

Sapto Yunus, Jakarta – The Ministry of Religious Affairs (Kemenag) has launched a new initiative to introduce a love-based curriculum for religious education in schools.

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Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia documented 55 cases of unlawful killings in 2024, involving 55 victims.

M. Raihan Muzzaki, Jakarta – The Chair of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), Muhamad Isnur, has condemned the enactment of Law No.

Indonesia – On 20 March 2025, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) officially adopted amendments to Law Number 34 of 2004 on the Indonesian National Army (TNI).

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's Parliament unanimously voted to pass a controversial revision of its military law on Thursday that will allow military officers to serve

Yanuar Nugroho and Made Supriatma – Indonesia's youth protests today call to mind past cases of student activism in the quarter century of post-reform democracy since the fall of Suhart

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The ratification of the TNI bill is scheduled to take place at the DPR today, Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Jamal Abdun Nashr, Semarang – A total of five individuals were arrested during a demonstration rejecting the Law on the Indonesian National Armed Forces or TNI Law in front of the Gover

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – A group of University of Indonesia (UI) students plans to challenge the revision of Law No.

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The protests launched by the public did not deter the House of Representatives (DPR) from passing the Draft Law on the Indonesian Militar