Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has recorded two cases of violence…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) announced on Wednesday that a total of…

Jakarta – Jakarta Police will issue a summons to firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab regarding his alleged involvement in a pornographic texting…

Indonesian's government has been urged to ensure that state security forces who attack journalists in regions like Papua are held to account.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Indonesia will likely see more contenders in the 2019 presidential election after members of the House of…

Jakarta – Low voter turnout remains a problem in Bekasi, West Java, with only 49.46 percent of eligible voters having gone to the polling stations…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has a lot of homework left to do to improve the welfare of its workers, and it could do well by starting to…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-027-2017

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding…

Raynov Tumorang Pamintori and Ricky Gunawan – Amnesty International recently released its 2016 report on the global state of the death penalty.…

Jakarta – Jakarta-based rights group Migrant Care has called on the government to provide better social and economic protection for Indonesian…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Indonesia's double dealing, hosting the 24th annual celebration of World Press Freedom Day in Jakarta…

David Sobolim, Jayapura, Jubi – Two days before World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2017 in Jakarta, violence and intimidation again experienced by…

Arjuna Pedemme, Jayapura, Jubi – Jayapura Resort Police said that they had sent dozens of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) arrested in Sentani…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Human rights activists have invited journalists and participants of the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD)…

Safrin La Batu, Ciputat, Banten – Lecturers at state Islamic universities, known for their moderate and progressive interpretations of religious…

Prins David Saut, Denpasar – Workers in Bali enlivened May Day by demanding increases to the provincial minimum wage (UMP) and dancing as they…

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – The head of East Nusa Tenggara Workers Union, Stanis Tefa, said on Monday that there were still many workers who received…

Indonesia's president appeared unsympathetic to the plight of his country's women subjected to abuse and exploitation while working abroad. On a…

Indonesian police have arrested eight men for allegedly holding a "gay party" in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, police said…

Josh Jackman – Eight men have been arrested for holding a "gay party" in Indonesia. The two alleged organisers of last night's event in Surabaya,…

Jakarta – The National Police have arrested Miryam S Haryani, a former Hanura Party lawmaker, at a hotel in South Jakarta.

Miryam has been…

Thousands of workers from the Indonesian unit of Freeport McMoRan Inc staged a rally near its Papua mine on Monday, a union leader said,…

Jakarta – Workers from the Association of Indonesian Trade Unions (GSBI) rallying at the Jakarta town hall on May 1 have demanded wage increases…

Jakarta – Scores of "sewer rats" enlivened a rally in Central Jakarta commemorating International Labour Day 2017 which fell today on Monday May 1…

Rallies commemorating International Labour Day in Indonesia were not just held in Jakarta. In Karawang, West Java, it was also the case except…

Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – Actions by a variety of groups celebrating Labour Day or May Day on May 1 in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung…

Rezki Alvionitasari, Jakarta – Thousands of workers commemorated International Labour Day today, Monday May 1, by gathering in front of the…

Timika – Thousands of workers in Mimika, West Papua, commemorated International Labour Day or May Day by demanding that the Indonesian government…

Agus Setyadi, Banda Aceh – Workers in Indonesia's northern-most province of Aceh commemorated May Day with a convoy around the main streets of the…

Edzan Raharjo, Yogyakarta – International Labour Day or May Day was commemorated by a number of different groups with rallies in the Central Java…

Jakarta – The Yogyakarta Police have prepared 2,000 personnel to secure rallies and events celebrating International Labor Day, or May Day, on…

Winda A. Charmila, Jakarta – Tens of thousands of workers staging a rally in commemoration of International Labor Day, or May Day, on Monday, have…

Winda A. Charmila, Jakarta – Labor protesters who gathered in the capital to commemorate May Day on Monday have burned floral arrangements sent to…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Labor unions in Medan, North Sumatra, have marked May Day with various activities. While some took to the streets to…

Antara, Timika – Thousands of Freeport Indonesia's workers in Mimika, Papua, are going on a strike that will last for a month from May 1 to 30,…

On the 1st May in 1963 Indonesia took over the administration of West Papua from United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) and 54 years…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – During an election debate on Jan. 13, presumptive governor Anies Baswedan, who was then a gubernatorial…

Jakarta – A decision by Andalas University in Padang, West Sumatra, not to let lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) students enrol has…

Zuraidah IbrahimPhila Siu – Oblivious to the oppressive heat and the smoky emissions from the stalled traffic, a middle-aged Indonesian couple…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The central government is slowly putting together all the pieces of the puzzle needed to restart the controversial…

After 54 years of struggle under Indonesian rule, is freedom finally in sight for West Papua? Danny Chivers investigates.

Imagine a…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has rejected the House of Representatives' decision to launch an…

Jakarta – The government issued a public appeal on Friday (28/04), warning against sermons that promote religious or ethnic intolerance in a bid…

On April 24-27, the Indonesian Women's Ulama Congress, or KUPI, was held in Cirebon, West Java.

The congress was a historic event, the first…

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said on Thursday (27/04) the International Seminar on Women Ulama succeeded in…

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – Indonesia's capital Jakarta is a city under pressure, with its infrastructure unable to cope with the growing…

Damien Kingsbury – Timor-Leste is a country increasingly able to stand on its own two feet. At least, that is the sense within Timor-Leste. The…

Jakarta – The Jakarta chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) denounced United Indonesia Party (Perindo) chairman Hary…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives gave a green light for the implementation of inquiry rights against the Corruption Eradication Commission (…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Cirebon, West Java – Muslim clerics have issued a fatwa, declaring the destruction of nature for the sake of economic…