Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Companies in land-use conflicts have turned increasingly hostile towards local communities, a year-end report from…

Kupang – The number of underprivileged people in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) as of September 2015 stood at 1,160,530, a rise of 22.58 percent…

Jakarta – Papua has lodged the most regional head election dispute claims with the Constitutional Court, a court official has said.

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Benny Mawel, Abepura – Protestant and Catholic leaders in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua have denounced a series of killings that…

Brendan Nicholson – John Sanderson well remembers trudging through the jungle in northern Cambodia in 1993 with a young Indonesian battalion…

Tika Primandari, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has asked Attorney General M. Prasetyo to resolve Indonesia's past human rights abuses…

Jakarta – The approach adopted by State Intelligence Agency (BIN) Chief Sutiyoso to handle the Din Minimi-led armed rebel group in Aceh could be…

Ina Parlina and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The government decided on Monday to postpone a plan to impose a levy on sales of fossil-based fuels…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – A Jakarta-based nongovernmental organization is urging the government to prioritize human rights and not focus merely on…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government said on Monday that it would prioritize a soft approach in addressing separatism, including by engaging in…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to uphold human rights and…

Jakarta – The government is preparing to appeal a Palembang District Court verdict declaring that the operations of pulp producer PT Bumi Mekar…

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is seeking permission from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to summon former House of Representatives…

Arya Dipa, Apriadi Gunawan and Panca Nugraha, Bandung/Medan – Due to the increase in staple food prices, the number of underprivileged people,…

Jakarta – The number of Indonesians living in poverty continued to be on the rise as of last September, as weakening economic growth curbed income…

Jakarta – The National Police and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have agreed to form a quick response unit to handle graft cases in…

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As the New Year dawns and the suffering people of West Papua look to the future with renewed hope for liberation, the…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – West Java Police have expressed pessimism over the battle to effectively contain the distribution of oplosan (bootleg liquor…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Golkar Party leadership under Aburizal Bakrie has called on the Law and Human Rights Ministry to issue a decree to…

Semarang – Batang Regent Yoyok Riyo Sudibyo has issued a circular calling on civil servants, military and police officers, schools, Islamic…

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – The West Sumatra provincial administration has expressed optimism that it can complete a plan to hand over the…

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – The state budget deficit in 2015 was far wider than had been estimated, the latest Finance Ministry data show, after…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has named Jakarta the province with the highest rate of criminal cases…

Jakarta – Safety and security concerns will remain top challenges for Indonesian airlines in 2016 after several accidents were recorded last year…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Amid a long-standing controversy surrounding polygamy in Indonesia, a group promoting the polygamous lifestyle has announced…

Jakarta – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah predicts a rough year ahead for the opposition bloc, the Red-White Coalition, with…

Jakarta – The Indonesian police chief has taken issue with a move by the country's spy chief to promise amnesty to a militant who turned himself…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Police say they have identified two suspected members of the group that attacked a police station in Papua's Puncak…

Jakarta – The members of the opposition parties grouped in the Red-and-White Coalition (KMP) are no longer solid, following the wish of the…

Jakarta – A member of the House of Representatives has criticized the National Police's counterterrorism squad, Densus 88, which on Friday wrongly…

Jakarta – Historian and social activist Hilmar Farid has been sworn in as the new culture director general at the Culture and Education Ministry…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Transportation agency head Andri Yansyah revealed his vexation over the lack of coordination between the city…

Jakarta – Seven regional top cops have been replaced in a major shake-up of Indonesia's police ranks at the end of 2015, according to a Dec. 31…

Jakarta – Fishing industry players have urged the government to address supply chain issues in the distribution of fresh fish to the local fish…

Jayapura, Papua – Armed groups in the easternmost Indonesian province of Papua have stolen 32 firearms of different types from the police in 2014…

Vannessa Hearman – It has been a strange year for human rights under the Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, administration. Human rights activists were among…

Godwin Ligo – "Christian churches are the conscience of the nation, and therefore have the duty to be the voice of the voiceless and must continue…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo witnessed the first sunrise of 2016 at the Waiwo Beach dock in Raja Ampat, West Papua, on Friday.

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Ken Setiawan – Hopes were high when Joko Widodo or Jokowi, was elected. Many believed that a president without ties to military, political and…

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government should consult with the House of Representative before imposing a fuel levy as such a levy had no legal…

Teri L. Caraway and Michele Ford – When Jokowi was running for the presidency, he promised that workers would prosper under his government. To…

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The country has become too dependent on its rich natural resources. Predictably, when the commodity boom went bust, the…

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – The economy went through another year of trials and tribulations in 2015, marking a continuation of the slowdown that…

Anggi M. Lubis, Jakarta – Despite expectations earlier this year that the country's construction industry would flourish alongside the government'…

Padang – Terror and violence continue to stalk and threaten journalists operating in Sumatra, the Padang Press Legal Aid Institute (…

National – The government has expressed its desire to file an appeal to a higher court following its loss at the Palembang District Court in…

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin is calling on Indonesians to celebrate New Year's Eve in a modest way by avoiding…

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti has apologized for the police's failure to respond to complaints from members of the public.…

Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has revoked a decree that previously recognized the Golkar Party leadership as that which emanated…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Yogyakarta) has said that Law No. 13/2012 on Yogyakarta's special status…