Arthur Neslen – Brazil and Indonesia spent over 100 times more in subsidies to industries that cause deforestation than they received in…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has called on the South Jakarta District Court to rearrange schedules for six…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Hotman Siregar & Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The rift inside the Golkar Party reached a new height on Monday with the…

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) says it recognizes the Golkar Party faction led by Agung Laksono. The faction has recently been…

Ari Susanto, Yogyakarta – Prominent feminist and artist Dewi Candraningrum exhibited her visual artworks "Dokumen Rahim," or "Documents of a Womb…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – While a bill to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (KKR) for past human rights violations is among…

Hans David Tampubolon – Playwright Faiza Mardzoeki often takes inspiration and ideas from the books she reads to produce high quality plays.…

Brisbane (Free West Papua Campaign/Pacific Media Watch) – West Papuan leaders of the newly formed United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia has increased the price of subsidized gasoline again in line with its fixed-subsidy plan, but the price…

Carlos Roy Fajarta Barus & Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – About 200 laborers staged a protest at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta on…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Former news anchor Grace Natalie is working on the establishment of a new political party run entirely by…

Papua New Guinean prime minister Peter O'Neill has called on Indonesia to fulfil the promise of its former president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to…

Suherdjoko and Ruslan Sangadji, Semarang/Palu – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is insisting that the joint combat exercise in Poso, Central…

Jakarta – Conflict between the Golkar Party's two opposing factions has intensified as news of the Agung Laksono camp's plan to seize control of…

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The People's Democratic Party, or PRD, once accused by the military of having ties to the banned Communist Party of…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With the Health Ministry stepping up efforts to reduce tobacco use in the country, Social Affairs Minister Khofifah…

Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court has rejected the pretrial motion filed by Democratic Party lawmaker Sutan Bhatoegana, who challenged…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Supreme Court guaranteed on Friday that all justices would expedite hearings on case-review petitions filed by several…

Kennial Caroline Laia & Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Analysts have warned that the party of President Joko Widodo is committing political suicide…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) told a hearing at the Constitutional Court on Thursday that a mechanism used to…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Civil society organizations have criticized the National Police for their move to name former deputy law and human rights…

Hans Nicholas Jong and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The State Palace is being pushed in a corner to explain its decision to drop Comr. Gen. Budi…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Indonesian students are performing below their counterparts in other countries because their teachers are not…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A leader of the Free Papua Movement has not "surrendered" to the Indonesian military and remains committed to armed…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Police have officially issued a decree allowing female police officers to wear the Islamic headscarf…

Liam Fox – Papua New Guinea's government says a prominent West Papuan activist has been flown out of the country because he was travelling without…

Port Moresby (PNG Loop/Pacific Media Watch) – West Papua roving ambassador Benny Wenda says he came to Papua New Guinea to personally thank Prime…

UA: 72/15 Index: ASA 21/1312/2015 Indonesia

Four students have been tortured or otherwise ill-treated by police in Indonesia Papua…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Police have named former deputy law and human rights minister Denny Indrayana a suspect in a graft…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The Military Region Command (Kodam) VII/Wirabuna is stepping up monitoring and surveillance to prevent the Islamic…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A proposal for an inquiry into Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H. Laoly over an alleged "abuse of power"…

Jakarta – Indonesian poet Saut Situmorang was taken by three Jakarta Police officers from his Yogyakarta home to testify in a libel case, his…

Farouk Arnaz, Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Natasia Christy Wahyuni & Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta/Malang – Indonesia's counterterrorism agency has…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court held its first hearing on Monday of a petition challenging the decision to release…

Jayapura (ANTARA News) – Commander XVII/Cenderawasih Major General Fransen Siahaan asserted, Jakarta-Papua dialogue that aggressively championed…

Hans Nicholas Jong and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The current batch of lawmakers will likely fail to meet the House of Representatives'…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – A bomb explosion in a Jakarta shopping mall last month has been linked to members of the so-called Islamic State who…

West Papua leader Benny Wenda is still under the control of PNG Immigration and will be deported today at 1pm, back to England where he came from…

Yogyakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has blocked 70 websites with content linked to terrorism, including the Islamic State (IS…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Parties in the opposition Red-and-White Coalition, supported by the Aburizal Bakrie faction of the Golkar Party…

Erwin Cristianson, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Yustinus Paat & Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – The Red-White Coalition could be reduced to only two…

The aggressive implementation of neoliberal policies in Indonesia cannot be halted by a small handful of groups. At the moment moreover…

The Papuan Police Chief, Inspector General (Pol) Yotje Mende said that the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) should be banned, as it is not an…

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Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration for the first time in history has failed to secure approval from the City Council for a…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The candidacy of Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti as the new National Police chief may face challenges at the House of…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The Indonesian military has claimed a prominent leader of the pro-independence Free Papua Movement, or OPM, has turned…

There's an uneasy calm in Yahukimo regency of Indonesia's Papua province following an incident at a West Papuan fundraising event which left a…

Timika, Jubi/Antara – A legislator urged the Papua Police to thoroughly investigate the shooting case of a number of civilians in Paniai on…

Angela Macdonald-Smith – Japanese oil and gas producer Inpex Corporation has written down the value of its Kitan oil field in the Timor Sea after…