Jakarta – A lawmaker has emphatically opposed an idea put forward by Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar…

Human Rights Watch says Filep Karma is still coming to terms with his release after 11 years in prison in which he became West Papua's most high…

Jakarta – Amnesty International on Thursday welcomed the release of Papuan independence activist Filep Karma but stressed that his decade-long…

A high-profile West Papuan separatist leader has been released from prison after more than a decade behind bars, in a fresh sign that Indonesia…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The panel of judges at the Jayapura Military Court in Papua dismissed First Sgt. Ashar from the Indonesian Army on…

Jakarta – The Bekasi payment committee decided on a monthly minimum wage of Rp 3.3 million (US$242.50) at a meeting on Thursday night. The figure…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced former Papua governor Barnabas Suebu to four years and six months on Thursday after he was found…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Ina Parlina and Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jayapura/Jakarta – After 11 years behind bars, Papuan pro-independence leader Filep…

Jakarta – City police on Friday deployed more than 1,000 officers to one of Indonesia's national landmark in an upscale area of…

It would be an "irreversible national scandal" if Australia allowed Indonesian studies to cease in this country, the federal shadow treasurer…

Khoirul Amin and Tassia Sipahutar, Manila/Jakarta – In an effort to propel economic growth and boost the business climate in the country, the…

Jakarta – Junior high school and lower-level graduates dominate the labor market in Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the…

Jakarta – Entering into his second year in office, Jakarta Governor "Basuki" Tjahaja Purnama still faces considerable problems related to traffic…

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – The Jakarta chapter of the social communication forum (FKB) Flobamora has urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's most senior ministers has denied there will be a formal moratorium on executions in Indonesia.

Jakarta – House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto says that gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia has threatened to bring legal…

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Panjaitan has denied allegations that he was involved in the…

Filep Karma spent more than a decade of his life in jail when he shouldn't even have been jailed for a day. It was an outrageous travesty of…

Anton Hermansyah – After enjoying windfall profits during the 2014 elections – the nation's biggest political festival – ad agencies have…

Kate Walton – A friend of mine recently messaged me in shock: "I just read a UNICEF brief that says millions of women in Indonesia have undergone…

Washington, D.C. – Freedom Now is pleased to announce that Papuan activist Filep Samuel Karma was released from prison today, four years before…

Jakarta – A prominent Papuan separatist leader on Thursday walked out of prison a free man in Indonesia's easternmost province after serving over…

Indonesia's health ministry has apologised after a printing error led to a poster campaign claiming HIV can be transmitted through mosquito bites…

The divorce rate in East Java is the highest in the country, with the province accounting for 47 percent of all national divorces.

Hasniah,…

Edna Tarigan, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has taken initial steps to ban all forms of cigarette advertising in the city by…

Jakarta – Authorities in the Central Java capital Semarang have deployed the Army to crack down on sales of alcohol, seizing more than…

Stanley Widianto – Following an International People's Tribunal on Indonesia's 1965 massacre, which accused the Indonesian government of murder…

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University (UGM) was involved in the purge of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and its…

Jakarta – The People's Voter Education Network (JPPR) has found indications that campaign funding regulations are being violated by candidates…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government is gearing up to restore as many as 2 million hectares of peatlands destroyed through decades of…

Rendi A. Witular and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – In his influential 16-year political career, senior Golkar Party politician and House of…

Khoirul Amin, Manila – The country's non-oil and gas manufacturing industry is forecast to remain stagnant in the last quarter of this year as…

Haeril Halim and Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced on Tuesday that it would withdraw a prosecutor it…

Jakarta – A middle-ranking official of the local transportation agency in Pasuruan, East Java, died on Tuesday while undergoing…

Phelim Kine and Andreas Harsono – In September, Jakarta-based French journalist Marie Dhumieres decided to test whether Indonesia's decades-long…

Jakarta – The New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has praised the decision by a military court in Papua last week to convict two…

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), a Hong Kong-based regional human rights organization, urges the Drafting Committee of the Parliament of…

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Although many have recognized improvements made by the Indonesian government to create a better investment climate,…

Adi Marsiela/PCN, Bandung – At least 200 workers from the West Java Labour Alliance (Al-Jabar) began marching from the West Java provincial…

The country's failure to secure its rice-import target of 1.5 million tons from its traditional suppliers – Thailand and Vietnam – to beef up its…

Rodney Joyce, Singapore – East Timor is seeking Australian public support to try to persuade Canberra to settle a longstanding maritime border…

Indonesia's forestry business players have urged the government to withdraw a draft Presidential Decree that would see an end to new licenses for…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The country's religious leaders have condemned a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that left more than 120…

Palembang – The Muara Enim Police in South Sumatra have defended personnel involved in a recent shooting that wounded two Indonesian Army (TNI)…

Rangga Prakoso & Novi Setuningsih, Jakarta – Freeport Indonesia has pledged its full cooperation in an impending inquiry by the House of…

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – A lawmaker who allegedly cited the names of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla when…

Haeril Halim, National – Anticorruption activists have criticized the Supreme Court's choice of 15 new ad hoc judges for the Jakarta Corruption…

Phelim Kine – Something remarkable happened last week in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province. A military court convicted two soldiers of murder…

Reportage – It is estimated that around 80,000 workers had been laid off as of September this year, according to Manpower Ministry data, as many…

Victor Mambor, Semarang, Jubi – Vice Chairman of Advisory Council of the Union Churches of Indonesia, the Rev. Phil Karel Erari said it will…