Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The city administration and the Jakarta Police are apparently taking it in turns to throw their weight around over red-…

Nedi Putra AW, Batu, East Java – Munir Said Thalib's struggle to uncover rights violation cases, from the murder of labor activist Marsinah in…

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan has told the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (…

A New Zealand journalist and film producer hopes her new short film about the plight of West Papuans will serve as the impetus for discussion…

Fedina S. Sundaryani and Tama Salim, Jakarta – Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community are anxious about the…

Fadli, Batam – Batam workers' associations rejected on Friday the government's plan to limit workers' demonstrations, saying that it would violate…

Ni Komang Erviani, Andi Hajramurni and Arya Dipa, Denpasar/Makassar/Bandung – The government's new policy requiring modern retailers to charge…

Tama Salim, Jakarta – As reports of vote-buying and money politics tied to the Golkar Party begin to make the rounds ahead of the party's upcoming…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Dozens of Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) members visited on Friday the Al Fatah Islamic boarding school for transgender…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says the opening of its new office in Wamena reflects its strong support among the indigenous people…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Radical Islamic ideology has spread freely on secular university campuses across Indonesia, with students from…

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), which nominated President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for the 2014…

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – Tradition has been blamed for the increase in the number of domestic violence cases against women and children in North…

Timor-Leste (East Timor) offers tax advantages and other incentives to those who want to invest in the country and is working to overcome the…

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Dorce Gamalama is known as the "Indonesian Oprah". The 52-year-old singer, actress and comedian is a…

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has reactivated a decree that recognized the United Development Party's (PPP)…

Jayapura – The Jayapura District Court sentenced on Thursday Jundi Wanimbo and Ariyanto Kogoya each to two months and 26 days in jail for inciting…

Benny Mawel, Jayapura, Indonesia – Protesting tribal youths in Papua urged the Indonesian government to seize operations of the U.S.-based PT…

Jayapura, Jubi – Activists and students from Jayawijaya urged the local government to pay attention to people's need for health and education by…

Havana – The former President of Timor-Leste, Jose Manuel Ramos-Horta, said today in Havana that no other organization or group of people in the…

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) is caught in a new tangle after the government handed party leadership to a former chairman convicted…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Two antigraft activist from Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) have defied a police summons as part of a defamation…

Dewanti A. Wardhani and Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has insisted that there was no conflict of interest in the drafting of a…

The Timor Sea Justice Campaign will hold a protest action in Melbourne at 12:30pm on Thursday 24 March outside the Department of Foreign Affairs…

Robert Isidorus & Alin Almanar, Jayapura/Jakarta – Police in Papua have detained two people deemed "mainly responsible" for allegedly…

As a nation based on Pancasila including faith in one God, there is no place for sinful sexual deviants. This is the message we have been hearing…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The controversial assault case involving Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan is set to end…

Angela Macdonald-Smith – US oil giant ConocoPhillips has settled the biggest part of its long-running tax disputes with the Timor-Leste government…

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police are determined to pursue their case against two Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) lawyers who…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The recent arrest of a Supreme Court (MA) official for allegedly accepting bribes has not only exposed possible rampant…

Jakarta – A public opinion survey conducted by the Kompas daily research department found that the job approval rating of President Joko "Jokowi"…

Ayomi Amindoni – The House of Representatives has been urged to openly supervise the government's assessment of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP…

Jakarta – Members of the House of Representatives have criticized the government's plan to grant amnesty to former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) member…

Lazuardhi Utama, Bobby Andalan (Bali) – A group of people calling themselves the "Californians Against Reclamation in Benoa Bay-Bali" held a…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-009-2016

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the police…

Jakarta – The debate over lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals (LGBTs) has continued, with Coordinating Political, Legal and Security…

Jakarta – Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Yembise has said her ministry has finalized the composing of a draft bill on…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has taken a firm stance in formally opposing the government's plan to…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – A clash between security forces and Kalijododo residents seems unavoidable as the latter has vowed to fight…

Tanya Plibersek – Australia regularly calls on other countries to abide by international laws and norms to settle disputes. On whaling, on the…

Indonesia's President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is back in the United States for the US-ASEAN Summit Meeting near Palm Springs, CA. On February 16,…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Before joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Indonesia might have to assess clauses in the pact that affect the…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Over 110 followers of the Ahmadiyah Muslim minority group who have been living at the Wisma Transito shelter in Mataram,…

Jakarta – Disbanding civil groups with long-time notorieties for violent acts in a country where they have been deeply rooted in the political…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government has proposed that a mooted revision of the 2003 Terrorism Law contain a new category for…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie – The government and security apparatus, particularly the police, could use groups opposed to the Islamic State (IS)…

Haeril Halim, Hans Nicholas Jong and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – As the latest conservative stride in the wake of the LGBT paranoia gripping…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has opened an office in the town of Wamena in the Highlands of Indonesia's Papua province.

The…

Tom Allard – East Timor's Prime Minister has written to his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull asking him to open talks on a permanent…

Herlambang P. Wiratraman, Surabaya – There have been several threats to academic freedom in the last five years. The grounds of a university…