Tama Salim and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has all but cemented its decision to approve President Joko "Jokowi…

Andreyka Natalegawa, Jakarta – The admission of Indonesia into the Melanesian Spearhead Group last week has sparked concerns over the future of…

Ernes B Kakisina, Manokwari (AFP) – Police Chief of West Papua Province, Paulus Waterpauw prohibits people from celebrating the anniversary of the…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The interim leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has denied reports that it has dropped the probe…

Jakarta – The chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Hafid Abbas has called for an end to discrimination and stigma…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – In an effort to raise awareness among civil servants of the significance of human rights, the Home Ministry will…

Archipelago – The high rate of illiteracy in Papua's two provinces has stalled development programs in the region, an official has said.

The…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's plan to pardon past financial crimes in exchange for repatriating dirty assets parked…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A new survey launched by an independent Jakarta-based pollster has found that the public wants President Joko "Jokowi"…

Jayapura – Manase Agapa, 22, a resident of Ugapuga village, East Kamu district, Dogiai regency, Papua, has been shot dead by an unidentified man…

NGOs in Vanuatu says the Melanesian Spearhead Group decision not to admit West Papua as a full member, but upgrade Indonesia's membership, is a…

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Jakarta – Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has disclosed there is disharmony among the ministers in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Working Cabinet.…

Jakarta – Indonesia will enter a new era in the fight for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people following a recent US…

Cory Rogers – A mysterious new partnership between Indonesia's spy agency and Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) to boost foreign investment has…

Whistle-blowing website Wikileaks has published more than 60,000 secret documents from Saudi Arabia and said that it had more than half a million…

David Robie – The Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders' summit in Honiara this week must go down as the most shameful since the organisation was…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) announced on Friday that Indonesia had been removed from the…

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Jakartans, especially women, have no one but themselves to rely on for safety on public transportation amid messy…

Jakarta – Nearly two decades after the fall of dictator Soeharto forced Indonesia's military out of politics, the army is inching back into…

National – Despite progress as one of the world's biggest democracies, Indonesia's law enforcement is still substandard and rampant with human…

Jakarta – The US' latest report on human rights practices has listed the Indonesian police's alleged unlawful torture of suspects in the Jakarta…

Honiara, Jubi – Indonesian delegation reacted strongly to a speech by the General Secretary of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP…

Godwin Ligo – The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has accepted the United Liberal Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) as Observer in the regional…

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has commended the Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his government for the steps they are taking to improve…

Haeril Halim and Tama Salim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has accused a number of lawmakers who had been put under its…

Mark Colvin: For the first time a coalition of West Papuan nationalist groups has been given formal diplomatic recognition.

The United…

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has expressed gratitude for progress made but still intends pursuing full membership of the…

Peter Klinger – Woodside Petroleum has quietly put the Laminaria-Corallina oil project in the Timor Sea up for sale, and is thought to be in talks…

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The families of the political activists who disappeared in connection to the May 1998 riots have asked the…

Jakarta – The families of May 1998 tragedy victims filed a judicial review of the 2006 human rights tribunal law with the Supreme Court to seek…

Observer status has today been granted to West Papua by the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) sub-regional bloc.

After over 53 years of…

Jakarta – The government appears to be seeking a compromise after rejecting the House of Representatives' proposed pork barrel scheme, by…

Sadachika Watanabe, Nikkei staff writer, Dili – East Timor Prime Minister Rui Araujo expressed his eagerness to liquefy natural gas from a joint…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Until last year, Cahyo Sukaryo, 40, a Muslim resident of Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, was often irritated by mosques in his…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Although the government is still reviewing the House of Representatives' controversial constituency fund plan, it has…

Jakarta – Indonesia is the most improved country in the Asia-Pasific region in terms of peace, according to the 2015 Global Peace Index (GPI)…

Andreyka Natalegawa, Jakarta – Civil society organizations and education experts have called on the national government to employ a holistic plan…

After new Indonesian president Joko Widodo appointed his self-consciously titled 'working cabinet' late last year, activist Andreas Harsono from…

Jakarta – Indonesia has set up a new team to reduce noise from mosques, an official said on Thursday, as places of worship go into overdrive…

Sita W. Dewi and Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Antismoking campaigners have called for a ban on cigarette advertisements near schools after a…

Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament has voted to allow MPs use of nearly a billion dollars in state funds to develop their…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Abraham Samad has maintained his innocence after the…

Richard Bennett, Hong Kong – As far as Indonesia has come on human rights since the repressive Soeharto years, the authorities have stubbornly…

The Constitutional Court on June 18 announced its ruling on the 1974 Marriage Law, rejecting requests to change the marriageable age for girls…

Jakarta – Indonesia has been bumped up to an associate member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), while a pro-independence coalition from…

Sydney, Australia – Indonesia has been admitted to a Melanesian intergovernment group, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill announced…

The Melanesian Spearhead Group has knocked back West Papua's bid to become a full member of the group, while elevating Indonesia's status.

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Michael Bachelard – Few work harder to advocate for the Papuan people than Victor Mambor. The son of John Mambor, who was a powerful independence…

Paul Farrell – Whistleblowers with dual citizenship who speak out on Australia's national security – including those involved in allegations that…