Jakarta – Thousands of fishermen rallied in Central Jakarta's main streets on Wednesday (06/04), demanding President Joko Widodo dismiss Maritime…

Jakarta – At least 12 activists of pro-independence group the West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, were detained after a rally turned violent…

Jakarta – Discrimination against religious minority groups remains rampant across Indonesia, according to the National Commission of Human Rights…

Ayomi Amindoni – The government's aim of reducing the national inequality ratio, known as the Gini ratio, from 0.41 to 0.39 in 2016 is too…

Ganug Nugroho Adi – Residents of Klaten regency in Central Java are demanding that the government and National Police reveal the true cause of…

Anton Hermansyah – Fines and penalties levied on corruption convicts are far lower than the losses that they cause, indicating that the losses are…

Joe Cochrane – Katty, a docile, orange-haired preschooler, fell from a tree with a thump. Her teacher quickly picked her up, dusted off her bottom…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Outdoor music concerts have been banned from a regency in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on the grounds they…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie – The House of Representatives must carefully review the draft amendments of the terrorism law, particularly the…

Paulina Quintso – Member of the Timorese Parliament MPs have urged the Australian government to resolve a dispute between the two countries over…

Jakarta – Jakarta's controversial three-in-one carpooling system, suspended temporarily this week (5-8 April) and next week (11-13 April), could…

There are 48 pregnancies in every 1,000 teenage girls across Indonesia, which is slightly above the government's target for the issue, the latest…

Donny Andhika Mononimbar, Jakarta – Indonesia should have a larger presence in the South Pacific, as parts of the archipelago share the same…

The 'Free West Papua Campaign' is asking Internet users to post photos supporting the hashtag #LetWestPapuaVote.

West Papua is currently a…

David Webster – In the 1990s, the Liberal government maintained close ties with the Indonesian regime that occupied East Timor. The new Liberal…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Allegations of bribery and corruption will further mire controversial land reclamation projects across Indonesia,…

Ayomi Amindoni – The anticipated shortfall in tax collection this year has prompted the government to rethink its revenue target and make budget…

Jayapura, Jubi – A visit by Coordinating Minister for Security, Legal and Political Affairs Luhut Panjaitan to Fiji ostensibly to deliver the…

Francis Chan – During the New Order era of President Suharto from 1965 to 1998, the military – then known as Angkatan Bersenjata Republik…

Djemi Amnifu – Two regencies in East Nusa Tenggara, namely Nagekeo and Timor Tengah Selatan (TTS), are suffering from prolonged drought and food…

Venidora Oliveira – PRADET said it plans to build more women's shelters in Baucau municipality in 2016 to assist victims of domestic violence.…

Hundreds of fishermen rallied outside the Bali Legislative Council building on Monday to protest a government moratorium on fishing that they…

Jakarta – As forest fires raged like never before across Indonesia last year, President Joko Widodo announced he was setting up a special agency…

Elly Burhaini Faizal – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) confirmed on Monday that one of its politicians, House of Representatives Deputy Speaker…

Bambang Muryanto – Rights group Peaceful Yogyakarta Solidarity Forum have denounced the recent attempt by Islamic organizations and police…

Karl Mathiesen – Indonesia's palm oil, mining and logging industries are enmeshed in a cat's cradle of overlapping land claims and corruption that…

Rutaban Yameen – Up to 30,000 people rallied on 22 and 23 March at the Australian embassy in Dili to protest Australia's theft of billions of…

Jayapura – Papuan activists met with US Ambassador to Indonesia Robert Blake in the provincial capital on Tuesday to discuss human rights,…

Jakarta – At least 121 innocent people accused of being terrorists or involved in terrorist networks have died at the hands of the Detachment 88…

Port Moresby, PNG – The Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has supported Indonesia to get the status of associative member of the Melanesian…

Benjamin Hegarty and Ferdiansyah Thajib – In late January a support group for those that identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT…

Punks For West Papua deals with the ongoing West Papuan genocide. Can you give a brief rundown of the conflict for those who might not be aware of…

Emerlynne Gil – Southeast Asian governments are increasingly restricting the work of human rights defenders, misusing a variety of laws supposedly…

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on the government to revise school history books, which it believes have been…

Ben Child – The Indonesian government has threatened to deport Leonardo DiCaprio after the Oscar-winning actor and film-maker made critical…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has objected to a move by Indonesia to commission an envoy to the Pacific on behalf of its…

Bambang Nurbianto – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has voiced pessimism that the government will be able to solve six pass…

The Pacific Conference of Churches says donors and foreign governments must treat victims of disaster with dignity and not attach conditions to…

Marlene Millott – When the Indonesian army massacred an estimated half a million alleged communists in 1965, it did so with the backing of western…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-028-2016

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

Vannessa Hearman and Jose da Costa – In 1995, 18 East Timorese youths sailed illegally to Australia in a small fishing boat. After five nights at…

Willy van Rooijen – Women in the eastern part of the Indonesian archipelago recently published a taboo-breaking survey taken among the victims of…

Margot L. Lyon – In the early hours of 1 October 1965 six Indonesian Army generals were assassinated by a self-proclaimed organisation of…

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – It could be the end of the road for one of the few beneficiaries of Jakarta's traffic-snarled…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Alcohol distribution and production are officially prohibited in Papua province starting Thursday to save Papuans…

Palu – Twenty-one illegal gold miners are receiving hospital treatment after a clash with hundreds of police officers and forest rangers near Lore…

Tama Salim, Suva – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan on Wednesday said he would propose assigning an…

Jayapura, Jubi – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said a military operation was a last…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – The noken voting system will be still used in regional elections in Papua, as the social custom of the…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has finished a major part of an initial project to construct the 4,325 kilometer…