Venidora Oliveira – There are calls for the Indonesian government to take serious action to locate thousands of Timorese people that went missing…

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch has called on National Police chief candidate Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian to make it his priority, if he is…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has declared its political support for Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama in…

Jakarta – An inter-religious breaking-of-the-fast gathering, or iftar, attended by former first lady Sinta Nuriyah Abdurrahman Wahid on Thursday…

Jakarta – A journalism professional group has slammed Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, or Ahok, after he expelled a local media reporter,…

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Police fired a warning shot into the air after a group of Sri Lankan women who have been stranded off…

Jakarta – Data released by the National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) suggests that the majority of the 40 gang rape cases that…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) wants a direct role in combatting terrorists in the country, despite the fear that this will allow it to…

Scott Edwards and Masyithoh Annisa Ramadhani – Indonesia's new Defense White Paper, released at the end of April 2016 (originally due in 2013-2014…

After monitoring 20 months of the human rights situation in Papua and West Papua provinces under President Joko Widodo's administration, the Asian…

Hasyim Widhiarto and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta/Surabaya – After working as a Go-Jek driver for several months, 38-year-old Irwan recently…

Jakarta – Supporters of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama have informed the Constitutional Court on their intention to file a…

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – A lawmaker is pushing the government to immediately sign the bill containing revisions of the 2015 Regional…

Eko Prasetyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has rejected the claims of a separatist group which calls themselves the United Liberation…

Venidora Oliveira – The government plans to reform its fiscal policy by introducing a value-added tax (VAT) in order to increase the country's…

Jayapura, Jubi – Some Papuans expressed doubts that an investigation team from the Coordinating Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs…

The chairman of this week's Melanesian Spearhead Group Foreign Ministers meeting in Fiji has lauded the occasion of having West Papuan and…

Indonesian police have told journalists from an independent West Papua news outlet to co-ordinate with them over coverage of public demonstrations…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government should change its view of development in Papua from an Indonesia-centric perspective to a Papua-…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The lack of recognition from peer spy bodies has led the Defense Ministry (MoD) to…

The government, faced with increasingly severe budget restraints, has encouraged ministries to develop infrastructure projects under public-…

Jakarta – With Idul Fitri to begin in less than a month, the Manpower Ministry has assured that workers in the formal sector will receive their…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian is one step closer to becoming the chief of the…

Jakarta – Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo has been forced to deny allegations that the cancellation of 3,143 regional regulations also…

Syaiful Hakim, Jakarta – An Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Security and Legal Affairs, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said here on…

Tama Salim, Jakarta – A global higher education index has found Indonesia is lagging behind ASEAN neighbors in academic excellence as the country…

Jakarta – The National Coalition of Civil Society for Tobacco Control called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to ratify the World Health…

Semarang – Hundreds of workers of the PT Nyonya Meneer jamu (traditional herbal medicine) factory in Semarang, Central Java, staged a protest on…

Banda Aceh – The Indonesian government has said it will not take in 44 Sri Lankan refugees who have been stranded in Aceh waters for the last few…

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Arya Dipa and Djemi Amnifu, Surakarta/Bandung/Semarang/Kupang/Batam/Palu/Surabaya/Yogyakarta – While most regional…

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Committee claimed that more than 1,000 of its members have been detained by police during a rally on…

Benny Mawel, Abepura, Indonesia – Over a thousand people, including seminarians, have staged a rally in Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Indonesia is committed to taking a holistic approach in its push for an immediate settlement of human rights…

Shinta Maharani, Yogyakarta – A group of young artists under the Alliance for Art Jog 2016 Boycott urged the Art Jog 2016 committee to return a…

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – Oil spilled into the Timor Sea for approximately 74 days in 2009, resulting in a change of fish migration patterns in the…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – As following the latest crime trend in the republic, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK…

Jakarta – Indonesia on Wednesday briefly detained more than 1,000 pro-independence demonstrators in its eastern province of Papua, ahead of a…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – "I left my family to take care of others. All to make a living. But the government has never paid even a little…

Dandy Koswaraputra, Jakarta – The police have denied claims that they detained over 1,000 Papuans who staged a rally today to demand Indonesia…

New Zealand politicians want the government to press for progress on a high level fact-finding mission to Indonesia's Papua region.

The…

Farida Susanty and Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – As it scrambles to cut this year's spending due to low tax revenues, the government has promised that…

Jakarta – Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika has warmly welcomed a plan by the 9th regional military command (Kodam IX Udayana) to train gang…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Although crude prices seem have slowly picked up in recent days, the Indonesian government has remained…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Decades of uncontrolled urbanization has led to mounting problems in cities across the country as urban populations…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – At least two challenges await the government following President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's recent…

Jamil Anderlini – On September 21 1999 Sander Thoenes, a Financial Times correspondent, was shot and killed by soldiers from the Indonesian army…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H. Laoly says the government will build more facilities at prisons…

The AWPA condemns the arrests of 65 KNPB and student activists in Sentani and 4 in Nabire on the 13 June.

Joe Collins of AWPA said, "the…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Having introduced economic deregulation at a national level since September last year, the government has now shifted to…

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – A 53-year-old woman who tearfully begged officials not to confiscate food from her roadside stall as…