Severianus Endi, Pontianak – A member of a women's group, Kristina, 33, sat at the side of the room during a recent seminar at a hotel in…

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – Vanuatu based West Papua National Coalition for Liberation Acting Chairman Andy Ayamiseba has welcomed the latest…

Edo Karensa, Jakarta – Media freedom organization Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Indonesian government for imposing a ban on a French…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has lambasted the government's claims that it…

While tax revenues reached an all-time record of Rp 1.06 quadrillion (US$76.1 billion) in 2015, they fell 18 percent or Rp 234 trillion short of…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Indonesian government's refusal to let French journalist Cyril Payen visit Indonesia following the…

Venidora Oliveira – The Deputy Human Rights and Justice Ombudsman (PDHJ) Jesuina Gomes said in 2015 cases amounting to good governance offences…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo seemed to enjoy his first public display of equal standing with his patron…

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) installed on Monday Ade Komarudin as the new House speaker, replacing Setya Novanto…

The chairperson of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Manasseh Sogavare is calling on Indonesia to commission a fact finding mission to discuss the…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The World Bank has warned that a continuing economic slowdown in emerging markets will cause substantial spillovers into…

Oil and gas exploration company Lapindo Brantas has suspended operations in East Java's Sidoarjo regency, where people are still traumatized by…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Critics have lambasted what they deemed as political intervention from Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Amid sluggish economic growth in China, a key trading partner of Indonesia, economists have again warned of the…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Muhammad Romahurmuziy-led camp of the United Development Party (PPP) has claimed that the revocation of a…

Jakarta – Prosperous Justice Party politician Fahri Hamzah on Sunday confirmed that a party stalwart had urged him to step down as deputy speaker…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Ina Parlina and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani – The National Police say that they will not launch a criminal investigation into…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Indonesian Army will further strengthen military posts in the Indonesian regions bordering other countries…

Evi Mariani and Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Hendrik Thee has been fuming for months about what is happening in front of his house on Jl. Pluit…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has expressed a commitment to resolve a number of past human rights violations by the end…

Victor Mamborm, Jayapura, Jubi – About 150 police personnel were deployed to hunt for the perpetrators of the attack on the Sinak Police…

One of the Pacific's smaller island states, Vanuatu stands taller than the larger nations with its consistent, principled stand on social justice…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The government must rule out an option of granting amnesty to former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) combatant Din Minimi…

Indonesian NGOs have condemned the Malaysian government's decision to deport human rights activist Mugiyanto Sipin as he attempted to enter the…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Pers) has said that freedom of the press declined last year and would…

Manado – The hot mudflow from a drilling site of Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) Lahendong, a subsidiary of state-owned gas and oil company…

Anggi M. Lubis, Jakarta – The construction sector is set to enjoy a more positive outlook in 2016 with a handful of delayed projects from last…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – More squatters and people occupying state land will be forced to abandon their homes this year as the city…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The foundation of former president Soeharto, Yayasan Supersemar, has filed a lawsuit against the Attorney General'…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Residents of Tanggulangin, Sidoarjo, East Java, have protested without avail against planned gas drilling by Lapindo…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says it has received an instruction from Coordinating Political, Legal and…

Jakarta – A number of minority groups have joined Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country's largest Muslim organization, to launch a nationwide,…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-003-2016

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

A prominent West Papua independence activist has questioned the credibility of the head of Indonesia's police over claims made against him that…

Victor Mambor, Wamena, Jubi – President Joko Widodo's visit to Papua in late December 2015 failed to address the issue of human rights violations…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Hundreds of villagers in Mamberamo Raya in Papua have fled into the woods to live as they fear the Indonesian…

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo, East Java – Oil and gas company PT Lapindo Brantas, controlled by the family of businessman and Golkar Party chairman…

Kupang – The head of the Border Agency of East Nusa Tenggara Province, Paul Manehat, said the settlement boundary issue between Indonesia and…

Liza Yosephine, National – Indonesian human rights activist Mugiyanto Sipin was detained by Malaysian immigration officials at Kuala Lumpur…

Jakarta – Jakarta State University (UNJ) Student Executive Board (BEM) head Ronny Setiawan was expelled from the university due to remarks he made…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The community in Sinak district has declared its opposition to the presence of the National Liberation Army/Free…

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – The government is hoping to see more investors become involved in developing industrial zones following the issuance of a…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Coalition to End Child Marriage (Koalisi 18+) has urged the government to issue a government regulation in lieu of law (…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has stepped up its campaign to encourage marijuana farmers to give up their work and…

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The camp of Aburizal Bakrie has consolidated its power over the Golkar Party by approving a shake-up of the party's faction…

Lita Aruperes, Manado – Residents in Leilem village, Minahasa regency, North Sulawesi, have expressed serious concern as a hot mudflow at the PT…

Lita Aruperes, Archipelago – Extensive sand and gravel quarrying (classified as "Galian C") is threatening the environment and public health in…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia's accident-plagued aviation industry has more airlines with the lowest safety ranking than any other country…

Jakarta – Rights activist are calling the Indonesian government's decision to provide amnesty to former Aceh fugitive Din Minimi inappropriate,…

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) was the worst-performing government institution last year, according to a report issued by the…