The head of the newly formed United Liberation Movement for West Papua says the nature of Indonesia's deployment of security forces to…

The chair of the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights has blamed police abuses in Papua province on the failure of the force to "adapt"…

Ari Susanto, Yogyakarta – A screening of Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Look of Silence" documentary on Indonesia's communist purge of 1965-66 at…

Prosecutors demanded a panel of judges at the Bantul District Court to sentence Ervani Emy Handayani, 29, who stands accused of making defamatory…

Bambang Muryanto and Ainur Rohmah, Yogyakarta/Semarang – The Alliance of Independent Journalists' (AJI) Yogyakarta branch has postponed the…

Jakarta – The Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) has signed a tripartite agreement with companies and…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court declared on Tuesday that the trial in a child abuse case implicating two teachers of…

"President Widodo should join the global tide toward abolishing the death penalty rather than approving multiple executions. Indonesia should…

Jakarta – The national human rights agency has reaffirmed its support for the screening of "Senyap," or "The Look of Silence," throughout…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government is standing with the decision to issue two government regulations in lieu of law (Perppu) that will bring…

Armandina Moniz, Dili (Notisias Online/Pacific Media Watch) – Timor-Leste's Court of Appeal has once again delivered a judgment…

Hasyim Widhiarto and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – In contrast to his very firm stance in handling the United Development Party (PPP) internal conflict…

A New Zealand human rights activist says there is blanket impunity for Indonesia's police and no one in a position of responsibility…

Chris Arsenault, Rome – A drop in world palm oil prices is not expected to slow illegal logging in Indonesia's rainforests as companies continue…

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge, Illinois – The deadly clashes between the police's mobile brigade (Brimob) and Indonesian Military (TNI)…

Fana F.S. Putra, Novianti Setuningsih & Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's national antigraft agency lost one of its deputy chairmen on…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said Tuesday that the recent fuel-price hikes were not likely to affect the…

Johannes Nugroho – Vice President Jusuf Kalla told the media last week that an official apology by the government over past human rights abuses…

Joanna Mayhew – Despite their inaccessibility and lack of infrastructure, Indonesia's remote Papuan highlands have begun to feel the claws of…

Sri Lestari Wahyuningroem, Canberra – In commemorating International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo opened his speech…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Following the public outcry over the recent release of Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, the convicted murderer of…

Jakarta – The government is determined to stimulate investment in import substitution, a move which it says is certain to reduce demand for US…

Headlines – Despite Bank Indonesia's (BI) continuous pledge to guard currency stability, the rupiah nose dived to the weakest level in 16 years,…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) backed on Monday a move by the Constitutional Court (MK) to push President Joko "Jokowi"…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday indicted palm-oil businessman Gulat Manurung for graft in a bribery case…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A public opinion poll has found that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was deemed the most credible replacement for…

AWPA has written to the Australian Foreign Minister urging her to raise concerns about the recent killings in West Papua.

Joe Collins of…

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) is concerned that recent events in Timor-Leste weaken the country's hard-won constitutional…

Paulina Quintao – National Member of Parliament MP Bendita Magno wants to know why midwives at the Fatubolu Health post in Hatulia sub-district,…

Paulina Quintao – The Education Ministry's declaration that six districts are free from illiteracy is incorrect as it does not take into account…

Paulina Quintao – Analytical skills and critical thinking will be the focus of the new primary school curriculum to be introduced by the Education…

Dili – Timor-Leste's efforts to reduce the prevalence of domestic gender-based violence through criminalization and prosecution, already hampered…

Paulina Quintao – Member of Parliament Antoninho Bianco has criticized the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE)…

Venidora Oliveira – Non-government organization (NGO) Haburas asks the government to explain why it is not doing more to promote local products…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) released its year-end report, announcing that the…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) plans to start opening branches across the archipelago next year in order to improve its…

Jakarta – A recent landslide in Central Java that has left at least 39 people dead has highlighted Indonesia's vulnerability to fatal landslides,…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has dissolved 10 non-structural institutions as part of his effort to slim down the structure…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Experts and activists have urged the Indonesian government to disclose documents related to the nationwide mass-…

Warren Doull – The recent massacre in Paniai, Papua has moved Indonesia further away from a 'Papua Solution.' Five protesters were killed when a…

Jakarta – Indonesia's new communications minister has taken on the mantle of his conservative predecessor by vowing to block access to all…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Despite its pledge to support the government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on direct regional elections, the…

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo must form a fact-finding team to investigate a bloody police crackdown on protesters in Paniai district…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In a rare occasion that has signaled the government's shift from religious conservatism, a top official has said…

Jakarta – A number of civil society groups have warned the nation about the dangers of criminalizing the press, saying the practice could be used…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The country's Democracy Index (DI) increased this year due to a boost in public political participation as well as…

Jakarta – Indonesia's disaster-management agency said on Saturday at least 11 people were confirmed dead with more than 100 still…

Jakarta – The congregation of an illegally sealed-off church in Bogor have called on President Joko Widodo and the city's mayor, Bima Arya…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Following internal fissures within member parties of the Red-and-White Coalition and growing support for direct…

Jakarta – The Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) has condemned the fact that police have charged The Jakarta Post's editor-in-chief Meidyatama…