Jakarta – Terrorism experts have demanded stronger efforts to curb radicalism and the development of terrorist groups following the suicide…

West Papua solidarity groups in New Zealand have launched a petition calling for the New Zealand government to speak out about human rights in the…

Indonesia has been given a 2017 deadline to address press freedom violations in its Papua province.

The call from the chair of the regional…

James Balowski – A recent spate of arrests of people for wearing T-shirts with symbols of the banned Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), seizures of…

Nationwide petition calls on Government to protect human rights and freedom of expression in West Papua.

Launched today at a rally outside…

Jakarta – Graft convicts Muhammad Nazaruddin and Gayus Tambunan were among thousands of inmates who received sentence cuts during this year's Idul…

The New Zealand Green Party says Prime Minister John Key must address human rights in West Papua when he meets with Indonesia's Joko Widodo later…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Nur Rohman, 30, identified as the suicide bomber who attacked the Surakarta Police headquarters in Central Java this…

[From Biak Massacre Citizens Tribunal website.]

On the 2 July in 1998 the West Papuan flag, The…

Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – Doing business in Indonesia often means being prepared for policy dynamics in which drastic changes or contradictions…

Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO) executive director, Emele Duituturaga has welcomed a call made by the World Council of Churches (WCC…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Seemingly disturbed by public scrutiny of the corrupt deeds of its officials, the Supreme Court has been telling…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has demanded more involvement from the central government in addressing a surge in…

New Zealand news media are "ignoring" the biggest story in the Pacific region in spite of a social media revolution taking the storytelling to the…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) plans to meet the new National Police chief, Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian, to demand…

Jakarta – The Indonesian space agency has recorded an increase in the number of forest fire hotspots ahead of the Idul Fitri holidays.

Based…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Veteran Golkar politician and former minister under president Soeharto, Cosmas Batubara, has become the hope of property…

Jakarta – Denpasar, Bali and Sumedang, West Java, are among regions where its administrations have been criticized by the national rights body for…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has claimed that the government's move to cease the…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is continuing to combat graft in crucial government bodies after recently arresting Muhammad…

Manado – North Sulawesi is making a name for itself as one of the country's most religiously harmonious regions, with the latest example a recent…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to issue an emergency law – known as a perppu – to break an impasse of more than a decade in…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has predicted the arrival of at least 10,000 newcomers to the capital after the…

Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister of Political, Law and Security Affairs, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, said Indonesia is concerned about separatists…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The National Police, commemorating their 70th anniversary on Friday, still face major challenges to reform to…

Jakarta – Recent expansion of a free-visa policy and aggressive promotion have proved a boon for Indonesia's tourist industry, with foreign…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The Taxation Directorate General has decided to postpone a plan to collect credit card transaction data until the…

Jakarta – The government has recently submitted a regulation allowing tougher punishment, including chemical castration, for child sex offenders…

A grouping of the region's NGOs says a top United Nations official must be commended for highlighting the plight of West Papuans.

Last week…

Adam Boland – Prominent West Papuan religious leader Benny Giay believes Pacific countries might offer the last hope to save his people. During an…

Bastian Tebai, Yogyakarta – Every year July 1 is commemorated by Papuans as West Papua proclamation day. The proclamation was read out at the…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has officially inaugurated the Tax Amnesty Law on Friday, marking the beginning of the…

Jakarta – West Java maintained its poor record as the most intolerant province in the country, according to findings by a national rights body…

"We are committed to resolving with justice the cases of past human rights violations which until now are still socially and politically burdening…

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Developers of the Jakarta Bay reclamation project are repeatedly biting the bullet as an investigative team has imposed…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has questioned the central government's decision to halt some of the reclamation…

Nelson Moura – The owner of a Macau consultancy business appeared before East Timor Prosecutor's Office (MP) 20 months after being arrested in…

Andrea Needham – What do you do when your government is selling weapons to a brutal regime? Weapons which are then used to attack civilians in a…

Cerdikwan, Jakarta – On June 15 President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo submitted the name of Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian as the sole candidate for National…

[Amnesty supporters worldwide wrote thousands of letters on behalf of Filep Karma who was released from prison in November 2015. Today, he…

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The Defense Ministry has obtained the biggest portion of allocated spending for ministries and non-ministry government…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – A lawyer has claimed during the hearing of a lawsuit challenging Jakarta gubernatorial permits for the construction of man-…

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The government is going all out to convince the public that it is ready to implement the recently endorsed Tax Amnesty…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on the government to honor its pledge to address issues relating to the…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government is seeking to sue more companies blamed for 25 deaths at depleted coal mine pits in East Kalimantan…

Jakarta – At different times of the year, Indonesians' love for spicy food can be costly for millions of households on account of the prices of a…

Pontianak – The West Kalimantan Police have conducted a number of raids aimed at countering various social problems this month and named 766…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on the government to immediately help members of Muslim minority groups…

Gavin Drake – The increasing tensions in Indonesian West Papua has attracted the attention of both the World Council of Churches' Central…

Mark Bowling – With Australia heading to a general election, Catholic Church leaders are calling on the major political parties to end their…