Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The government has lowered its expectation of how much electricity can be generated using renewable energy in the…

Paulina Quintao – The Secretariat of State for the Socio-Economic Support of Women (SEM) re-established the Gender Working Groups (GWGs) in those…

Jakarta – The planned tax amnesty, aimed to lure more than Rp 100 trillion (US$7.5 billion) in funds back to the country, is expected to help…

New Zealand's government has confirmed its ambassador to Indonesia, Dr Trevor Matheson, visited Jayapura and Merauke in Papua last week.

The…

Venidora Oliveira – There are currently 3000 motorbikes and cars operating illegally across the country, according to Acting Minister Longuinhos…

The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have condemned the "unresolved" human rights violations in West Papua by Indonesian security forces, saying they…

Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – Minister of Land and Spatial Planning Ferry Mursyidan Baldan has declared the government's recognition of communal…

Hans Nicholas Jong and Bambang Muryanto, Jakarta/Purworejo – Unruly permit issuance and rapid extractive industry expansion have led to a string…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana – Tobacco farmers in Sumber Pinang village, Pakusari district, Jember, East Java, have expressed their opposition to the…

Jakarta – Sole top cop candidate Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian has opposed legal plans for a new external unit overseeing the police's antiterrorism…

London – A new report by Papuans Behind Bars (PBB) exposes the Indonesian government's increased use of arbitrary arrests to shut down protests in…

Allegations of human rights abuses in Indonesia's Papua region, or West Papua, have been highlighted at the United Nations Human Rights Council in…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Angry protesters have thrown rocks at police officers who prevented them from meeting with Jakarta Governor…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-069-2016

Dear Friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has information provided by the…

Jakarta – Amid the growing Islamic radicalism that has influenced many countries, including Indonesia, the country has to look no further than…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has ordered police to arrest residents that attempt to block trucks transporting garbage…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – In its 489th anniversary, Jakarta, a city of around 10 million people, still has long way to go to become a livable city.…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In the wake of extreme weather that has devastated parts of Indonesia and claimed dozens of lives, the government is…

Jakarta – Cement plants must be moved outside Java to prevent worsening ecological damage to the most densely populated island, an environmental…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights, or Komnas HAM, on Wednesday (22/06) named evidence of gross human rights abuse conducted by the…

Solomon Islands' diplomat in Geneva has told the UN Human Rights Council's 32nd session about an eroding human rights situation in Indonesia's…

Ina Parlina and Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is reiterating the government's intention for private investors to…

Human Rights Situation in West Papua

Mr. President,

We would like to draw the Council's attention to the human rights situation in…

Ben Doherty – Several of the Tamil asylum seekers stranded after arriving by boat on the Indonesian island of Aceh have been tortured in Sri Lanka…

Susan Marx – "From its ruggedly beautiful landscapes to its centuries-old traditions, Timor-Leste offers one of the world's last great off-the-…

Cayla Dengate – The humid heat of Fiji is quelled inside the surgical ward of Suva Colonial War Memorial hospital.

In the calm, air-…

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti asserted on Tuesday that the police should remain the leading force in the country's efforts…

Jakarta – The East Lombok Police criminal investigation division released eight Ahmadiyah followers from Bagik Manis village, East Lombok regency…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian's path to becoming the next National Police chief has been made smoother as the country…

Medan – The Medan Military Court began on Monday the trial of First corp. Sumardi of the Bukit Barisan Regional Military Command, who is accused…

Jakarta – In the same fortnight a boat load of Sri Lankan refugees in Aceh makes global headlines, the 13,000 asylum seekers calling Indonesia…

Okky Madasari, Jakarta – "Have you ever imagined, if only Indonesia didn't invade Timor Leste in 1975, would everything be very different now?…

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The government should prepare for a bigger state budget deficit if it is to realize its capital spending to stoke growth…

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto says his party has not officially voiced support for Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration's decision to implement an odd-even license plate scheme on the capital's thoroughfares has been lambasted as…

Charlene Lanyon – Submissions made by various sectors to the Pacific Islands Forum have highlighted West Papua as an issue of concern in the…

Wamena, Jubi – The government's attempt to resolve alleged human rights violations through an integrated team formed under the Coordinating…

Phelim Kine – Indonesia's Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo backtracked on a pronounced commitment to abolish abusive Sharia regulations in…

Wamena, Jubi – Papua Police would issue rules on public expressions in a move that many fear will curtail free speech.

Papua Police Chief…

Jakarta – Arbitrary arrests of activists and the suppression of free speech in Papua and Jakarta are included in the track record of National…

Jakarta – A senior state official confirmed on Tuesday (21/06) that no shariah-influenced regulations were included in the 3,143 regional…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is aiming for Indonesia to be self-sufficient in beef cattle in the next nine to 10 years…

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Sri Lankans on board a boat marooned in Indonesia for more than a week insist they will continue their…

Benny Wenda – Last week, thousands of West Papuan people rallied in the streets to call for freedom and for our fundamental right to self-…

Ganug Nugroho Adi and Ni Komang Erviani, Surakarta/Denpasar – Although some regional administrations have reiterated their readiness to annul…

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – "Sorry [...] we were very slow," Trade Minister Thomas Lembong said on behalf of the government, admitting that the…

Jakarta – At least 35 people have been killed by landslides and floods on Indonesia's Java island and many others are missing.

Dozens of…

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Most of the time, mosques are seen as places restricted only for Muslims to pray and carry out other religious activities.…

The West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, has claimed that more than 1,000 of its members were detained by police during a demonstration last…

Jayapura, Jubi – UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, Maina Kai, highlighted the issue of Papua in…