Edo Karensa & Robert Isidorus, Jakarta/Tolikara – A clash over village fund disbursement has left two dead and at least 96 homes damaged in…

Samantha Yap, Singapore – Timor-Leste is taking Australia to the United Nations (UN) to settle a long-running maritime border dispute by using a…

Jose Ramos Horta – The maritime border dispute between Timor-Leste (East Timor) and Australia dates back at least to the 1960s. Former Foreign…

Representatives of Aceh Singkil Christian residents have filed a report with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), accusing their…

Suherdjoko – Having returned home from Jakarta to stage a protest against the construction of a cement factory in their area, farmers from Mount…

Irine Hiraswari Gayatri – Growing up as a teenager in the 1990s was easier than today. You got to listen to high-quality rock bands, pop and other…

Prita Riadhin, Den Haag – At least 200 people staged a protest when welcoming President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo at the front yard of Kurhaus Hotel on…

Eighty-six children rode 27 becak (three-wheeled pedicabs) on a parade in Muara Baru, North Jakarta, on Friday. Sporting various traditional…

The recommendations from the national symposium on the 1965 tragedy will be given to the government in July, the National Commission on Human…

Ika Krismantari – Raising the topic of homosexuality in the theater may be a risky move for a director working in a conservative religious society…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South East Asia Journalist Unions (SEAJU) join international organisations the Committee…

Human rights watchdog Imparsial has renewed its opposition to a proposal that active military and police personnel be granted the right to contest…

Devina Heriyanto – G30S and PKI used to be a pair of infamous abbreviations in the Indonesian public sphere. The army-backed government created…

Mark Colvin: There's widespread scepticism among Indonesia experts after a top Indonesian cabinet Minister yesterday said there was no hard…

The Hague, Netherlands – Indonesian President Joko Widodo paid an official visit to the Netherlands on Friday aimed at drumming up trade and…

Hundreds of residents of Pakraman village, Denpasar staged a rally on Thursday to oppose a planned reclamation project in Benoa Bay, Bali which…

The kidnapping of girls in Nigeria, who have been reportedly married off to their Boko Haram captors, remains a shocking crime; after two years,…

The Religious Affairs Ministry urged the House of Representatives on Thursday to revise the 1974 Marriage Law to prevent child marriage.

The…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie – The House of Representatives' special committee on the revision of the 2003 Terrorism Law has called for a supervisory…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie – National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti's statement that a Densus 88 officer kicked terror suspect Siyono in the chest…

In little more than a decade, starting in 1965, Asia suffered four man-made catastrophes apart from the Vietnam war; altogether they cost millions…

Keoni Marzuki – Indonesia's Military Commander, General Gatot Nurmantyo, has frequently articulated his concern over proxy wars that have the…

Ayomi Amindoni – Indonesia has been listed as one of the world's top 10 manufacturers by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (…

An American Samoan has demonstrated her support for West Papuan independence during the territory's Flag Day ceremony at Veterans Memorial Stadium…

The government must straighten out Indonesia's history by repairing the reputation of former president Sukarno who has been accused of being…

Abraham Utama, Jakarta – National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Deputy Commissioner Dianto Bachriadi says that Indonesian President Joko "…

Lawmakers have been warned not to drag the military nor the police into politics by allowing their respective personnel to take part in the…

Faiza Mardzoeki – In the early 20th century, a woman not yet 20 years old, named Kartini, thought a lot about the people of her time, especially…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya – The Jakarta city administration through its city bus management company, PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta),…

Elly Burhaini Faizal – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has revealed that almost all reclamation projects in Indonesia, including…

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned about a symposium on the 1965 massacre, held on 18 and 19 April 2016 in Jakarta. The…

Bambang Muryanto – Artists in Yogyakarta have used a creative way to protest the intolerance that continues to grow in a city that claims to be a…

Erika Anindita Dewi – The steering committee of the Golkar Party's extraordinary national congress (Munaslub) has decided to collect contributions…

As part of efforts to reduce corruption at the regional level, activists have urged lawmakers to require incumbent local leaders to resign their…

Jakarta – Indonesia is ranked 130th out of 180 countries in the 2016 World Press Freedom Index surveyed by Paris-based international media freedom…

Anton Hermansyah – The two-day symposium on the 1965 tragedy ended on Monday, but historians could not reach any conclusions about this dark…

Stephen Wright – A landmark commitment by one of the world's largest producers of tissue and paper to stop cutting down Indonesia's prized…

Jane Joshua – The incumbent Government led by Prime Minister Charlot Salwai wants to see the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP)…

The British prime minister David Cameron has been urged to challenge Indonesian President Joko Widodo over his country's human rights record,…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – On April 21, Indonesian school girls will don the kebaya – a traditional blouse-dress – and firms will offer discounts…

Hans Nicholas Jong – While maintaining a rigid stance on the death toll and a refusal to apologize for the 1965 tragedy, the government on Tuesday…

Despite denials from the military, victims of the 1965 massacre have reaffirmed that the number of people killed in the tragedy could reach as…

After more than half a century without clarity on the identity of perpetrators or those who orchestrated the event, some survivors and victims of…

Andreas Harsono – I've spent the last two days in a Jakarta hotel listening to more than 20 hours of recollections of Indonesia's most sensitive,…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has declined to meet with fishermen protesting in front of City Hall on…

Corry Elyda – The Jakarta administration had evicted more than 8,145 families and 6,283 small businesses last year and the number is increasing as…

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Indonesian prison authorities have been told to prepare for another round of executions on the penal…

Missiyah – For hundreds of years, women have been struggling to seize their rights, through organizing themselves and galvanizing a women's…

Khoirul Amin – The tax amnesty bill, which was formulated by the government and business associations, is now being deliberated at the House of…

Dewanti A. Wardhani – A coalition of groups against land reclamation in Jakarta Bay has demanded that the government phase out all activities…