Kyle Knight – Draconian new by-laws came into effect in Indonesia's Aceh province last week, mandating harsh punishments for gambling and adultery…

Arya Dipa, Jakarta/Bandung – Bima Arya, the mayor of Bogor in West Java, has come under heavy criticism from human rights groups over his decision…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Anticorruption activists have called on the House of Representatives to summon Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Raging forest fires across Indonesia are thought to be responsible for up to half a million cases of respiratory infections,…

Jakarta – A smear campaign against the national palm-oil industry is underway, the Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (GAPKI) has claimed,…

John Vidal – Raging Indonesian forest fires have advanced into dense forest on Borneo and now threaten one third of the world's remaining wild…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI), one of the country's most reformed institutions that now focuses only on defense affairs,…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – National Commission on Human Rights' (Komnas HAM) deputy chairperson Roichatul Aswidah visited Salatiga, Central Java, on…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Government leaders and activists in Indonesia's Papua province said talks on extending the contract of the US-based PT…

John Sifton – There are lots of reasons why President Barack Obama is meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo today in Washington. Indonesia…

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Governor Lukas Enembe said the Indonesian Government's proposal to establish the Indonesian Melanesian Brotherhood, which…

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Hundreds of people have staged a rally in Denpasar to reject a planned reclamation project in Benoa Bay featuring…

Serang, Banten – To prevent local people from becoming strangers in their own home, there should be no more foreign workers flocking to Banten…

Harry Bhaskara, Brisbane – The Herb Feith Foundation, which sponsored events at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) that were eventually…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Panel sessions and a film on the 1965 anti-communist massacres in Indonesia were prohibited at an international…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo departed on Saturday to the US on his first visit to the superpower, where he is…

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – A conservation scientist has described an acrid haze choking parts of South-east Asia as one of the worst ever man-made…

KoPi – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), a social organisation concerned with the environment, has released a list of big…

Janet DeNeefe – Twelve years ago, the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival was born of a terrorist attack in Bali; one that took many innocent lives…

Bogor – Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto of Bogor has banned Shiites in the West Java city from commemorating Ashura this Sunday, citing security concerns…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) has called for the establishment of a cyber defense agency as the key…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has revealed that he recruited interns and special staffers who have affiliations with…

Jakarta – Human rights groups have urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to drop a plan that would give the Indonesian Military (TNI) authority to…

Jakarta – Ten people have died in Sumatra and Kalimantan due to smog from forest and land fires, which include those killed during fire…

Indonesia's freedom of expression and critical thinking are under attack. Series of repressive and violent acts by the authorities against…

Jakarta – Rights group Amnesty International has called on Indonesian authorities to immediately repeal Aceh's Islamic Criminal Code, which came…

Australia's new Prime Minister has indicated that his government will prioritise economic interests over support to reinscribe West Papua on the…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The Aceh administration is officially implementing the Qanun Jinayat (Islamic Criminal Code Bylaw) on Friday for…

Sadachika Watanabe, Jakarta – East Timor is looking to upgrade its natural-resource and transportation infrastructure, creating new business…

Human rights groups criticize the implementation of a tougher version of the Qanun Jinayat – Aceh's Islamic Criminal Bylaw, which takes effect…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – South Jakarta District Court judge Sarpin Rizaldi, who ruled in favor of National Police deputy chief Comr. Gen. Budi…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Indonesia is struggling to live up to its national motto "unity in diversity" after a mob attack on a church left one dead…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Following mounting pressure to apply harsher penalties on child sex offenders, the government has given the green light…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Attorney General M. Prasetyo said on Thursday that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) would not carry out a third round…

Aceh Singkil – The Aceh Singkil administration continued on Thursday to demolish 10 churches, which a group of Islamic youths had protested for…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-130-2015

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Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration was showered with criticism on Thursday during a public consultation discussing the…

Ni Komang Erviani and Erika Anindita, Denpasar/Jakarta – The annual Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) has been forced to cancel a series of…

Washington, DC – United States President Barack Obama and Indonesian President Joko Widodo should address increasing threats to women's rights and…

The Governor of Indonesia's Papua province has warned that indigenous Papuans could disappear as a people if they remain marginalised in their own…

For the first time, Radio New Zealand International journalists have been able to enter Indonesia's eastern region of Papua.

Papua has long…

Jakarta – Despite a threat from the management of state-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga, around 1,000 outsourced workers will go ahead with…

Michael Safi – Indonesia's largest writers' festival has been forced to cancel a series of events marking the 1965 massacre of alleged communists…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesian officials have threatened to shut down Bali's prestigious international writers festival, compelling…

Authorities in the Indonesian region of Aceh must immediately repeal a controversial new bylaw which imposes harsh flogging sentences for…

Bandung – Twenty-nine couples in Purwakarta regency, West Java may be forced to marry for staying out past a dating curfew.

"[From Sept. 17…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI) calls on Muslims to conduct a prayer for rain to help manage the haze crisis in the country, a…

Jakarta – The Defense Ministry's Defending the State directorate general, Muhammad Faisal, said on Thursday that the Defending the State program,…

Rochelle Jones – West Papuans have struggled for their freedom since they were annexed by Indonesia and robbed of their right to a fair referendum…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A Religious Affairs Ministry official testifying before the Jakarta Corruption Court on Wednesday said that graft suspect…