Indonesian activist Adlun Fiqri could be jailed for wearing a t-shirt allegedly bearing a leftist logo, one of many caught up in a backlash…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia has some of the lowest cigarette prices in the world, with a pack costing just US$1.

In a country…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Health Ministry is pushing for plain packaging on all cigarettes sold in Indonesia to reduce the alarmingly high…

Jakarta – The Election and Democracy Syndicate has suggested the government return to a proportional electoral system for the 2019 legislative…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Papua provincial administration may find it hard to wrest full control over Indonesia's easternmost province…

Jakarta – While law enforcers and experts have come out in support of the regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on sexual violence against children,…

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – The government's intention to impose harsh punishments on perpetrators of child sexual abuse, as stipulated in a…

Purbalingga – Despite facing opposition from a number of mass organizations, the organizer of the Purbalingga Film Festival 2016 has decided to…

Syamsul Huda M. Suhari, Gorontalo – Gorontalo Police are dropping the investigation into the alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old woman from Manado…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The police have asserted their readiness to implement a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on sexual violence…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia's harsh new punishments for child sex offenders – including the death penalty and chemical castration –…

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Thursday might have seemed just one of those regular days for most Jakartans, but to beer drinker Dwi Setianto, 27, it was a…

Galuh Wandita, Jakarta – "See this scar? I did that!" Peals of laughter and bright smiles erupt as Rosa's brother touches her forehead gently,…

A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Papua itu Kita, LBH Jakarta, SKP-HAM Sulawesi Tengah, SETARA Institute, IKOHI, AJAR…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Child sex offenders could be executed or chemically castrated in Indonesia under a crackdown following the brutal gang…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – The number of Indonesians aged over 65 years old is estimated to increase by between 7 to 14 percent from the…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – A team of public attorneys from the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute have spoken out against the arrest of three…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – No one can deny that living life as a victim of a terrorist attack, or indeed of wrongful arrest, is…

Duncan Graham, Malang, East Java – Indonesia has been rightly promoting its many positives. It's the third largest democracy with Asia's freest…

Tama Salim, Dili – Just 14 years into independence, Timor Leste has secured membership of a number of international forums, declaring its intent…

Len GaraeWest – Papuan Leaders, through the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association in Port Vila, have rejected the Indonesian government's statement…

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – A House of Representatives lawmaker has criticized the government's inaction on aiding the recovery of victims of…

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – A civil society group has called on the government to include sex education in the school curriculum starting from this…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Refusing to bow to House of Representatives protocol, Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu says he will soon meet…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Oil imports will swell to more than US$40 billion in 2019 from the current value of $15 billion, as domestic supply…

Adam Boland, Pasifik News – Indonesia is unlikely to ever allow the people of West Papua another referendum on independence, according to a…

Thirteen species of Indonesian birds, including the country's symbolic Javan hawk-eagle, are at serious risk of extinction mainly due to the pet…

Jewel Topsfield – Indonesia's former foreign minister has emphatically denied a link between the live cattle export ban and an increased flow of…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government's plan to set up defense offices at the provincial level, and deploy active soldiers to run them…

Dr Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka, Honolulu, Hawaii – Late last week, the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement rejecting the…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua claims Indonesia is paranoid about regional efforts to seek accurate information regarding Papua…

Haeril Halim, Ina Parlina and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The ongoing reforms within the Supreme Court are in question after two judges in…

The first 20 months under President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo are looking "more ferocious than the New Order", one activist has said. Haris Azhar, as…

Jakarta – The Setara Institute, a human rights watchdog, released a report on the religious tolerance of high school students in Jakarta and…

Jakarta – A father of a kidnapped pro-democracy activist during the country's turbulent 1997-1998 period under the dictatorship of Soeharto…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Human rights activists are opposed to naming late dictator Soeharto a national hero and have urged the…

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – The Democratic Republic of Timor Leste will become a member of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia is fighting a losing battle against cigarettes and the health community has not one ally within the…

Jewel Topsfield, Gelanggang, Lombok – Thirteen-year-old Ayu vomits every year while harvesting tobacco on her family's farm near Garut in West…

Turkey – UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon has been presented with the West Papua Fact Finding Mission Report titled "We Will Lose Everything" by…

Lita Aruperes, Manado – Reclamation projects that had been started in Manado in the 1990s had not only had made hundreds of fishermen lose their…

Indonesia has rejected applications from scores of companies for new palm oil operations, an official said on Wednesday, as it cracks down on an…

The chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group has defended his criticism of Indonesia over its alleged failure to engage with the region over…

Tama Salim, Dili – "I want to hug and kiss my mother," said Muhammad Yaqub, born Manuel da Costa, shortly before traveling home to Timor Leste…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) announced on Sunday (22/05) it would select a retired army general linked to…

Jakarta – Indonesia and Timor Leste forged a closer relationship on Monday with the latter awarding medals of honor to hundreds of Indonesian…

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – The plan to punish sex offenders using chemical castration has created a heated debate among government officials and…

Haeril Halim/Margareth S. Aritonang/Suherdjoko, Jakarta/Kendal – For decades, some 100 followers of the Ahmadiyah religious group have lived…

Tama Salim and Anggi M. Lubis, Dili/Jakarta – Timor Leste remains upbeat about negotiations on outstanding border issues with Indonesia, as the…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – It's an excruciating way to die. First comes nausea, vomiting, dizziness and headaches (often mistaken for normal…