Agnes Anya and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Thousands of police and military personnel are being prepared to confront any possible outbreak of violence…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-131-2016

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

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – With lawmakers having only around six or seven months to pass the election bill into law, questions have been…

Jakarta – President Jokowi "Jokowi" Widodo visited the Gerindra, or Great Indonesia Movement, Party chairman Prabowo Subianto at his mansion in…

Jakarta – A daughter of founding president Sukarno, Sukmawati Soekarnoputri, has reported Islam Defenders Front (FPI) chairman Habib Rizieq Shihab…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The credibility of the nation's human rights body is on the line following allegations its commissioners have…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia is the second-worst place in the Asia Pacific region for people suffering from mental illness, according…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The campaign period for the Jakarta gubernatorial race kicked off Friday with a joint declaration by human rights…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The upcoming deliberations over an election bill could become an existential battle for smaller parties, with…

Jakarta – Indonesia's sixth president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been given a new house in the elite area of Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, an…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government's task force against illegal levies for public services has received more than 2,000 reports in…

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court declared on Thursday that several provisions within the 2014 Plantation Law were conditionally unconstitutional…

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Indonesia and Australia are set to continue strengthening the security ties they have developed in various areas, an…

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Local spouses of foreigners can now purchase a plot of land or a building without having to create a prenuptial…

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Health in collaboration with international agencies is developing guidelines for health personnel to help…

Venidora Oliveira – The Judicial Reform Commission has been criticized for working too slowly and failing to make any significant progress.

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has finally passed into law the controversial amendments of the 2008 Electronic Information…

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the biggest Islamic party in Indonesia, says a plan to bestow the country's longest-serving…

Jakarta – An article in the newly revised Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law, which establishes a right for electronic information…

Ever since the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) established the Ad Hoc investigation team for the Paniai case, under the decision…

Jakarta – Using the momentum of Youth Pledge Day on Friday October 28, the Student Struggle Center for National Liberation (Pembebasan) held…

Aditya Mardiastuti, Nusa Dua – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu has emphasised that the sovereignty of the Unitary State of the Republic of…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Nearly a week after President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo visited Yahukimo, Papua, where he promised lower fuel prices and…

Lita Aruperes, Manado, North Sulawesi – Various societal elements in North Sulawesi have expressed their support for Munir's widow, Suciwati, and…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Former members of a 2004 fact-finding team (TPF) have urged state officials to immediately resume a pro-justitia…

Lita Aruperes, Manado, North Sulawesi – Suciwati, the widow of murdered human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, has called on the government to…

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Without a consensus at present over whether to use a judicial or a non-judicial measure to address past human rights…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – On his last day before taking leave for the Jakarta gubernatorial election, Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama set Rp 3…

M Andika Putra, Jakarta – Some 27 victims of human rights violence from the '65 Forum visited the Social Affairs Ministry (Kemensos) to convey…

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – In Indonesia, one Australian takes it on herself to begin counting the number of women violently killed by their…

Jakarta – The city administration should not follow through with its sewer rat eradication program, in which residents would be rewarded Rp 20,000…

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop met Wednesday to…

Grace D. Amianti and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Indonesia is among the top-five most improved nations worldwide with regard to ease of doing…

Andhyta Firselly Utami – 'Being a young, female Indonesian myself, I expected myself to celebrate Nara Masista Rakhmatia's UN General Assembly…

Tony Moore – East Timor's former prime minister and president Dr Jose Ramos-Horta has appealed to Australia's sense of a "fair go", asking for a…

Lita Aruperes, Manado, North Sulawesi – Munir's widow Suciwati has expressed hope that a report containing the results of a fact-finding team's (…

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto has called for an immediate investigation of the riot…

Jakarta – Presidential spokesman Johan Budi said on Thursday that the State Palace had received a copy of the report containing the results of a…

Desy Nurhayati, Ubud, Bali – The 13th Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) kicked off on Tuesday evening, pushing big ideas and global issues…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The development of geothermal energy remains sluggish while interest from oil and gas companies wanes because of…

Jakarta – The government will wait until missing investigation documents on the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib are found and…

Karen J. Coates – Timor-Leste will hold elections on Oct. 29 to determine the country's next local leaders. And for the first time since this tiny…

Paulina Quintao – A total of 319 women have registered to run for suku (village) chief in the upcoming suku elections.

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Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – It was not until social media users vaguely hinted at the role of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Papuan pro-independence leader Filep Karma has called on the government to hold a referendum on independence for…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – While government teams are working to identify fatal incidents that have led to human rights abuses in Papua to…

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Controversy over a verse in the Quran used against incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has not…

Lala Soares – With Hillary Clinton in the race to be the first female president of the United States and British Prime Minister Theresa May and…

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Construction continues at state-run cement maker Semen Indonesia's nearly finished factory in Rembang, Central Java,…

Jakarta – The Central Java Police Inspectorate is offering Rp 5 million (US$383.88) to anyone who reports illegal levies involving police officers…