Stephen Jeffery – The friends of a man fined for refusing to cooperate with police during a protest outside the Indonesian Embassy expressed…

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has decided to establish a disciplinary council to probe alleged ethics violations by justice…

A global petition calling on the United Nations to put West Papua back on its decolonisation list has been launched in Britain.

The petition…

Jakarta – Jakarta Police have scheduled a questioning for Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab and general secretary Munarman, as well…

New statistics show indigenous Melanesians are not yet the minority they were thought to be in West Papua.

Indonesia's Statistics Office has…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) declared on Thursday Constitutional Court (MK) justice Patrialis Akbar and three others…

Jakarta – Beef importer Basuki Hariman has reportedly confessed to giving US$20,000 and S$200,000 to an aide of Constitutional Court justice…

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies – Indonesia has questioned why Australia is yet to arrest people who "trespassed" on the Indonesian Consulate-…

Yuliawati, Jakarta – Scores of police have blocked Papuan student in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta who planned to hold a demonstration today…

Lauren Farrow and Heru Rahadi – Indonesia will await the outcome of Australia's investigation into the training material behind this month's…

Sara Everingham – East Timor's former president Jose Ramos-Horta says after spending months considering whether to run in the country's next…

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – One of the considerations behind the clemency granted to former chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)…

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama appears to be recovering in the race for the top job at…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – In the history of elections rarely does survey data conflict wildly when predicting the current frontrunner, but this…

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Voters in Jakarta, including middle-income people, have become caught up in anger amid a blasphemy case implicating…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – While other candidates are trying to win the hearts of Jakartans ahead of the gubernatorial election by promising…

Badriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesian military (TNI) chief General Gatot Nurmantyo was relaxed in response to news that there is a West Papua people's…

New statistics on the ethnic composition of Indonesia's Papua region indicate that the indigenous West Papuans are not yet the minority there.…

Jakarta – A recent tweet by House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah has backfired on him, as Indonesian migrant workers intend to…

By calling upon citizens' supposed rights and obligations to defend the nation, Indonesia's military is marching down a perilous path, writes…

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama is considered the least likely among the three Jakarta gubernatorial…

Indonesia's Papua province, home of the giant Grasberg copper mine operated by the local unit of Freeport McMoRan Inc, said it has won a court…

Jakarta – The Embassy of Palestine in Indonesia has regretted the use of the Palestinian flag and other symbols associated with the Middle-Eastern…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Renowned Indonesian musicians on Wednesday launched a song dedicated to Jakarta gubernatorial candidate pair…

Jakarta – The East Aceh consultative leadership board (Muspida) has agreed to cancel candidate debate events ahead of the election of regional…

Jakarta – Hong Kong migrant workers have demanded that House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah apologize publicly over comments about…

Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chair Antasari Azhar has reportedly received clemency from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo…

Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – The government is preparing new measures to help narrow the gap between the country's rich and poor in a bid to…

Jakarta – University of Indonesia lecturer Ade Armando has been named a suspect for allegedly violating the Electronic Information and…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – More and more Jakartans are using face masks on public transportation and motorcycles and while walking on the streets.…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Civil society organizations are protesting the ongoing closed-door deliberation of a bill on terrorism,…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Rival parties have jeopardized the path taken by the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – It's hard to comprehend it happened in this century: human slaves trapped on fishing boats being whipped with poisonous…

Tricia Aquino, Manila – The Philippines should use its chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year to accelerate…

Venidora Oliveira – The majority of illegal fishermen in the Timor Sea detected during operations by the Maritime Police come from Indonesia.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government has issued a ministerial decree in a bid to eradicate human rights violations in the country's…

Jakarta – South Jakarta Police have decided to release Nurul Fahmi, the man believed to have carried a desecrated Indonesian flag during a rally…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Political experts have claimed that growing public pressure for the government to disband violent mass…

Paulina Quintao – The Timor-Leste government has yet to build a statue honoring women who struggled for the country's independence.

The…

Ben Doherty – Timor-Leste has withdrawn its Australian espionage claims in the permanent court of arbitration as a "confidence-building measure",…

Sara Everingham – A week of conciliation talks ends in East Timor dropping its spying case against Australia as part of negotiations to resolve…

Why this is important

The West Papuan people are crying for their freedom – please sign this petition to show your support.

The…

Paulina Quintao – The salt brand Kapal which is produced in Indonesia and has been available in Timor-Leste for many years is intended to be used…

Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police have denied that their peacekeeping force was involved in smuggling weapons from Sudan.

Local media…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Yuli Hardi, a subdistrict head from Panggang Island, Thousand Islands, refused to conclude that Jakarta…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The call is getting louder. The government may choose to remain silent or try and bury the issue with more empty…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Nurkholis Majid, a cameraman who recorded Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's speech in Thousand…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The North Jakarta District Court judges presiding over the blasphemy trial of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok"…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has filed a complaint with the Jakarta Police over alleged perjury implicating Islam…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has congratulated Donald Trump for his presidential election victory and has said that relations between…