Paulina Quintao – Former resistance member Olandina Caeiro has encouraged young women to involve themselves in politics in order to bring about…

Fiji's opposition parties have rallied behind the Free West Papua Movement in a move they hope will put pressure on authorities to act.

The…

The execution of six drug traffickers in Indonesia today, the first since President Joko Widodo took office, is a retrograde step for human rights…

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The Rp 12 billion Manggarai bus terminal in South Jakarta, hailed by then governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as a model for…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Ina Parlina and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The determination of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to turn down the appeals…

Jakarta – The Commission of Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) joined forces with human rights NGOs to oppose the execution of six…

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Narcotics detectives with Jakarta Police swooped on a West Jakarta Police sergeant in a hotel parking lot on Friday…

Ina Parlina and Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has survived his first political crisis as he withstood on Friday…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHR Committee) has demanded that the Indonesian government fulfill its…

Paulina Quintao – The bodies of many victims shot dead by the Indonesian military during the Santa Cruz massacre 23 years ago remain missing.

Satria Sambijantoro and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – Cuts in fuel prices, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and cement announced by the government on…

The supporting poles of the monorail project along Jl. HR Rasuna Said in South Jakarta and Jl. Asia Afrika in Central Jakarta have stood tall…

An exiled West Papuan independence leader says people from a remote village near the Freeport mine have fled into mountains for fear of the…

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said on Thursday that the media could uphold free speech while still respecting the…

Crowds gathered on Thursday at the offices of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to demand a thorough investigation into suspicious bank…

Until the very end, Joko Widodo insisted back in May to make Abraham Samad, chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission or KPK, his running…

Ina Parlina and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Angered by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision to nominate graft suspect Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan as…

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo risks repeating a 2009 standoff between Indonesia's highly regarded antigraft commission and the country's…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A string of meetings with members of his inner circle occupied President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo…

Bagus BT Saragih Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Irregularities surrounding the naming of Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan as a candidate for the role of…

Jakarta – Bowing to demands from graft suspect Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan, endorsed by the House of Representatives as the next National Police chief…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The country's airline industry may have grown fast over the past 15 years, but it has scored significantly lower on…

Jakarta – It probably began in late October, when Indonesia's newly elected seventh president, Joko Widodo, announced his cabinet lineup. Critics…

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Four months into his term, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his administration have still not made any serious…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has said it will doubt President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's anticorruption commitment if he goes…

The Australia West Papua Association says there was no improvement in the human rights situation in the region in 2014, despite some governments…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo broke silence on Wednesday on the Corruption Eradication…

Hasyim Widhiarto and Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Police is poised to block the installment of Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan as police…

Paulina Quintao – Research conducted by Marie Stopes International in the District of Dili and Viqueque has revealed that the dowry system limits…

It is a blunt fact that the public perceives the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre…

Paulina Quintao – Women in rural areas feel disenfranchised and disconnected from Timor-Leste's development process, according to the…

Paulina Quintao – Child abandonment cases are on the rise in Timor-Leste, according to Legal Assistance for Women and Children (ALFeLa) director…

Yohanna Ririhena, Jakarta – Indonesia, Timor Leste and Australia are ready to move forward with a trilateral initiative for sub-regional…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The police in Papua have arrested two civilians suspected of murdering two personnel from the South Sumatra Police'…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – North Sumatra Governor Gatot Pujo Nugroho swore in Hasban Ritonga on Wednesday as provincial secretary at the…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Two recently released studies predict that the government will be unable to achieve universal health coverage by…

Jakarta – The National Police Headquarters have set up a fact-finding team to investigate a shooting in Enarotali, Papua, during which four…

With the House of Representatives' legal affairs commission approving in acclamation Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan as the Indonesian police chief on…

Haeril Halim and Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) declared on Tuesday National Police chief hopeful…

Fana F.S. Putra & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Indonesia's House of Representatives insists it will go ahead with a confirmation…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Wednesday that the spreading of intimate photographs showing its…

Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman and murder convict Antasari Azhar says he isn't surprised that photographs of…

Hotman Siregar & Fana F.S. Putra, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's sole nominee for police chief, Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan, told legislators…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) will review leadership in the force on account of a high number of desertion cases last year…

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Moeldoko has said the country's military still needs foreign-made weapons.

"For weapons…

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Jakarta) has warned that if President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo presses on with his…

Helen Davidson – Indonesian authorities have conducted mass arrests and burned down the homes of West Papuan villagers in response to the deaths…

Our grave concerns over President Joko Widodo's nomination of Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan as Indonesia's police chief proved to have merit when on…

Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – The selection of a new leader to fill a vacancy at Indonesia's anti-graft agency has been delayed until December in…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesian police shot dead a man linked to one of the country's most dangerous terrorist fugitives in a crackdown in…