Rendi A. Witular and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Lawmakers from secular parties have added their voices to those of their counterparts in Islamic…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) will create an anti-terror task force comprising special personnel from the Navy, Army and…

Jakarta – A legal aid foundation has lamented that a 2004 Law on Domestic Violence Eradication has not been optimally implemented despite its…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has protested a lack of notice from Saudi authorities prior to the execution of a mentally ill Indonesian…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The West Java Police have urged the public to participate in securing a series of events during the 60th anniversary of the…

No one seemed to know, or care, very much about Siti Zaenab when she was still alive. But when this Indonesian migrant worker was put to death on…

Liam Gammon – If it achieved nothing else, last week's PDI-P party congress managed to confuse a lot of tourists. The sleepy beach resort of Sanur…

The chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Victor Tutugoro, says a special summit is planned for May 21st to examine the membership bid of…

The Commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force is looking into an unauthorised excursion of Indonesian soldiers into the country last week.…

Jayapura, Jubi – Nearly 1,600 people in 16 districts in Papua are suffering from leprosy, said Ary Pongtiku, a consultant of Leprosy and…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A total of 2,500 members of the National Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) are ready to help secure Jakarta and Bandung…

Jakarta – Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency, or BNN, has requested the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology block a website…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia has achieved only half of the global target for early childhood education, while its rate of primary school…

The numbers are in and they're not pretty. In its 2015 Education for All global monitoring report, the United Nations education agency, or Unesco…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Following the rejection of two other pretrial motions, former Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) chairman Hadi Poernomo withdrew…

Two Islamic parties in Indonesia have proposed legislation that would ban all consumption of alcoholic drinks and bring jail terms of up to two…

Rendi A. Witular and Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – A priority bill initiated by the House of Representatives has proposed banning all consumption of…

Jakarta – Amnesty International has welcomed naming of a street in The Hague after the slain Indonesian human rights defender Munir Said Thalib,…

West Papua must be given full membership at the Melanesian Spearhead Group, says the Pacific Freedom Forum.

"The people of West Papua have…

An announcement by Indonesia's Human Rights Commission that it will recommend a pro-justicia inquiry into killings of four students in Papua last…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The National Coalition of People with Disabilities has called on the House of Representatives to revise the current draft…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Anti-corruption activists have said the recent budget spat between Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and the…

Jakarta – A faction of Indonesia's oldest political party affiliated with the opposition claims the rift tearing it apart is being engineered by…

Jakarta – Kereta Commuter Line (KCJ), subsidiary of Indonesia's state-run railway company Kereta Api Indonesia, is offering half-price multi-trip…

Hendra Pasuhuk – A seminar by the International People's Tribunal (IPT1965) titled "Indonesia's 1965 Massacre: Unveiling The Truth, Demanding…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – An Indonesian law reform organisation has called for a moratorium on executions after a study of 42 death sentences…

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has slammed the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for releasing a police officer who allegedly…

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Observers have questioned the future quality of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, after its national…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Sanur, Bali – In the wake of its three-day national congress, which led to the unanimous reelection of party chairperson…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Dutch government's decision to name a street after the late human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib could…

Paulina Quintao – The President of Women Parliamentarian Group Timor-Leste (GMPTL) MP Josefa Alvares Pereira Soares urges the VI Constitutional…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) finally put former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali behind bars…

PDI-P rank and file, Sanur, Bali – Her unrivalled authority over the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) having been reaffirmed at the…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has urged the Indonesian Military (TNI) to allow…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Sanur, Bali – The national congress of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) on Thursday officially…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) cleared National Police chief nominee Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti of all criminal charges…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police have indicated they will go after Corruption Eradication Commission…

Balqis Jamaludin, Kuala Lumpur – Timor Leste is ready to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) anytime, says Ambassador to…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Sanur, Bali – Anxiety coursed through members of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) elite on Friday, the…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has struck a deal with the Religious Affairs Ministry for a joint campaign to strop…

Index: ASA 21/1423/2015

Amnesty International welcomes the announcement by Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) that it…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police have charged two Golkar Party politicians for document forgery in relation to an ongoing rift tearing…

Fedina S. Sundaryani and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The National Police are maintaining they are the only law enforcement agency that has the…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – South Jakarta District Court judge Tatik Hadiyanti overturned on Wednesday a pretrial petition filed by former religious…

Amy McQuire – There is a silent genocide in his homeland of West Papua, independence leader Benny Wenda says, but it is slowly becoming difficult…

Bradford Theonomi – Outspoken pressure group, Malaita Ma'asina Forum (MMF) has strongly urged the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government…

Jayapura, Jubi – At least 150 students and youths rallied in front of the National Human Rights Commission Papua Representative Office on Tuesday…

New video footage showing the bloody aftermath of the 'Paniai massacre' in West Papua…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has warned against the threat of terrorists and extreme groups, saying the military would crack down on…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) issued a report on Tuesday demanding the government issue better laws on tolerance…