Ina Parlina and Andi Hajramurni, Jakarta/Makassar – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno dismissed on…

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Activists are sceptical about plans by the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, to recruit military…

Jakarta – Rights group Migrant Care has slammed the government's recent decision to halt the sending of migrant workers in the informal sector to…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Women activists in Aceh consider the latest sharia regulations banning unmarried men and women from riding…

Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – Indonesia must increase government spending on infrastructure and provide more fiscal incentives to spur economic…

Josh Lees – For weeks, the media displayed rare sympathy for two men, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, who have now been executed in Indonesia.…

As part of its organizational restructuring, the Indonesian Military (TNI) merged on Monday the military police corps of the three armed forces…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Deputy House of Representatives Speaker Fadli Zon has slammed the General Elections Commission (KPU) for "…

Jakarta – A political analyst has warned the General Elections Commission (KPU) against adopting the three recommendations proposed by the House…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – As the Golkar Party and the United Development Party (PPP) seem incapable of ending their respective party…

Haeril Halim and Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – A closed-door meeting between the Attorney General's Office (AGO), the National Police and the…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) recorded 12,510 cases of violence against women and children in…

Jakarta – Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo said on Monday that a proposed plan to abolish the death penalty was still only at the discussion…

Daniel Hurst – The Timor-Leste government has praised a decision by the Australian government to return documents about past spying that were at…

Sara Everingham – Australia has agreed to return documents seized during an Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) raid on the…

Reza Munawir, Banda Aceh – North Aceh district has passed legislation requiring schools to teach boys and girls separately and hopes to follow…

Banda Aceh – A district in Indonesia's Aceh has passed legislation banning unmarried men and women from riding together on motorbikes, a lawmaker…

Jakarta – The HIV/AIDS Research Center of Atmajaya University has released a study arguing that HIV patients may be stigmatized by local…

Jakarta – The public is dissatisfied with the government's ability to implement its social-assistance programs, according to a recent survey.

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Senior Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan has filed a pretrial motion against the…

Jennifer Robinson – Australia is up in arms over Indonesia's execution of the Bali Nine pair Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. And rightly so: the…

Dave Armstrong – Today we may think of the Dutch as a race of benevolent liberals, many of whom sit in Amsterdam cafes smoking hash and listening…

Erwin Sihombing & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The Indonesian government's top official in charge of prisons handed in his resignation on Monday…

Kristian Silva – The Brisbane lawyer who asked the Australian Federal Police to stop Bali Nine member Scott Rush travelling to Indonesia has…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Police officially suspended on Saturday the detention of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) top…

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) named the police enemies of press freedom for the fourth time during an event held to…

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Police are still investigating the motive behind the alleged suicide of a worker who set himself on fire and leapt to…

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation (WPNCL) said it strongly condemned the brutal and inhuman acts carried out by…

Jayapura, Jubi – Amidst intimidation, illegal arrests, disappearances, torture and killings in Tanah Papua resulting from tensions between the…

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has urged the government to end restrictions on media access in Papua, as the world…

Malang – Indonesia has dropped to 138th place in the latest World Press Freedom Index, as journalists declare police an enemy of free speech and…

Jakarta – Tens of thousands of workers from various labor unions in Greater Jakarta joined a peaceful, festive rally to commemorate International…

A member of the House of Representatives (DPR) from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Ahmad Basarah, is saying that the recent…

Fedina S. Sundaryani and Ganug Nugroho Adi, Jakarta/Surakarta – The National Police brushed off President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's order on Friday…

Jakarta – More members of the Democratic Party have expressed their opposition to the reelection of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as…

Jakarta – An advocacy group has criticized a House of Representatives' early draft of the disability bill, demanding a revision because of what it…

Andi Hajramurni and Suherdjoko, Makassar/Semarang – Workers across the archipelago marked International Labor Day, or May Day, on Friday, with…

Ina Parlina and Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – This year's May Day celebrations proceeded peacefully on Friday with workers mostly taking to the…

Mass arrests are reported to have been carried out in West Papua on Friday, on the anniversary of Indonesia's annexation of the province.

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Makassar - In commemorating May Day 2015, a number of different organisations from the group People's Solidarity (SORAK) held a peaceful rally…

Avit Hidayat, Surabaya - Commemorating International Labour Day in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya, the Alliance of Independent…

Tens of thousands of workers from various different factory units, trade unions and labour confederations packed the streets in front of the State…

Dwi Renjani, Bandung - Hundreds of workers held a rally in front of the governor's office at the Gedung Sate building in the West Java provincial…

Edzan Raharjo, Yogyakarta - International Labour Day in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta was commemorated by thousands of workers from various…

Mei Amelia R, Jakarta - Tens of thousands of protesting workers have packed the Hotel Indonesia (HI) traffic Circle in Central Jakarta this…

Subur Dani, Banda Aceh – Hundreds of workers from the Aceh Workers Alliance (ABA) held a peaceful action commemorating International Labour Day at…

Dwi Renjani, Bandung - Scores of people from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) joined workers demonstrating in front of the governor's office at…

Nurul Arifin, Surabaya - A protest action in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya by students from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) has…

Hari Istiawan, Malang - Hundreds of workers from the East Java city of Malang gathered at the monument traffic circle to commemorate International…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – National Police chief detective Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso confirmed on Friday that Corruption Eradication Commission…