If the US Senate can issue a detailed report on US government responsibility for CIA torture nearly a decade ago, surely the Indonesian parliament…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Amid growing fear from civil society groups over the determination of Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu to restore the…

Kennial Caroline Laia & Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The Democratic Party's ambiguous stance in Indonesian politics came as no surprise to…

Bagus BT Saragih, Margareth S. Aritonang and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The endurance of the opposition Red-and-White Coalition's solidarity…

Jakarta – Secretary-general of the Presidium of the Papua Council (PDP) Thaha Alhamid said Christmas would serve as a good opportunity for…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jayapura/Jakarta – Church leaders in Papua have opposed President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's plan to…

In the weeks after the inauguration of President Joko Widodo, representatives of the GKI Yasmin church in Bogor expressed their hopes that finally…

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – New government policy, which overhauls the controversial 2013 school curriculum, has drawn criticism from…

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – A recent survey conducted by the European Union (EU) and the Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry has…

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today urged the US Senate to act quickly and pass Sen. Tom Udall's (D-NM) resolution calling on…

Jakarta – The director general of the International Labor Organisation (ILO) Guy Ryder is convinced that labour issues in Indonesia can be…

Fedina Sundaryani and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – Hundreds of thousands of laborers across the country joined street rallies on Wednesday,…

Jakarta – In 2012, the award-winning documentary "The Act of Killing" drew back the veil on the darkest chapter of Indonesia's history, and now,…

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla affirmed on Wednesday that although the government planned to buy the assets of PT Minarak…

Suherdjoko and Arya Dipa, Semarang/Bandung – Victims and activists across the country commemorated Human Rights Day, which falls on Dec. 10…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The government reiterated its commitment to fairly settling cases of past gross human…

Nethy Darma Somba and Hasyim Widhiarto, Papua/Jakarta – Human rights activists have demanded that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo form an…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Defense Ministry is proposing to make patriotism a subject in schools in a bid to revive nationalism among students.…

Margareth Aritonang and Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Lawmakers involved in approving the budget for the Defense Ministry's problematic purchase of…

Andreas Gerry Tuwo, Jakarta – It turns out that the demonstrations currently taking place at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta…

Bandung – Papuan students from the group Solidarity for Papua (SUP) held a protest action at the governor's office in the West Java provincial…

Ben Bohane – In a gathering of West Papuan leaders in Vanuatu last week, different factions of the independence movement united to form a new body…

Asvi Warman Adam, Kyoto, Japan – Before he was elected president, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo introduced his vision and mission statements and a…

Admin MS, Jakarta – Commemorating International Human Rights Day, peaceful actions were held in several Indonesian cities calling on the…

Venidora Oliveira – Member of Parliament Estanislau da Silva has criticized the government for its failure to attract major investors to Timor-…

Surabaya – Scores of Papuan students in East Java provincial capital of Surabaya held a protest action on Wednesday December 10 to express their…

Yogyakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo grants clemency for Eva Susanti Bande, a human rights activist that has been jailed for…

Arie Sunaryo – The Indonesian military (TNI) and police (Polri) must be held accountable for the violence that has been occurring in Papua.

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Jakarta – President Joko Widodo reiterated on Tuesday that he is committed to resolving past human rights cases.

Observers and activists met…

Yogyakarta – Scores of Papuan students held a demonstration at the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) traffic circle in the Central Java city of…

The Indonesian government needs to investigate why security forces found it necessary to fire into a crowd of peaceful protesters. – Phelim Kine,…

Abu Pane, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla (JK) has insisted that the government will not apologies for past cases of human rights…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Behind the great wall of confidentiality at the Defense Ministry concerning its spending of taxpayer money, a leaked…

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – Military officials in Malang have blocked public screenings of the documentary "The Look of Silence" by…

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – The new government's plan to bolster the country's defense spending to almost triple its current budget by 2019 has…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta/Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is upholding his plan to enforce the death penalty…

Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – The government plans to use a fixed subsidy in the sales of subsidized fuels beginning next year to ease uncertainty…

Kennial Caroline Laia, Ezra Sihite & Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – Monday's deadly shootings of unarmed protestors by security forces in Papua…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The public should not be too quick to place blame on the law enforcers allegedly involved in a recent deadly shooting…

Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Police chief on Wednesday denied police were behind a fatal shooting in Papua which killed at least…

Jakarta – The Indonesian authorities should prevent the use of excessive force, which has often led to fatalities, in dealing with civil protests…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has agreed to "follow up" Monday's shooting deaths of up to five civilians by…

Paulina Quintao – Seventeen children are currently living with their mothers at Women's Forum Communication Timor-Leste emergency accommodation,…

Michael Bachelard – Police and military brass in Indonesia have begun distancing themselves from blame for the shooting deaths of five young West…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Red-and-White Coalition (KMP), the opposition caucus in the House of Representatives, is coming together to…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Even though his Golkar Party chairmanship was yet to be legalized, Agung Laksono and his men occupied the party's…

Index: ASA 21/032/2014

Amnesty International is extremely concerned about reports that Indonesian security forces opened fire and…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie risks alienating supporters, experts say, after…

We can never solve a problem if we do not intend to solve it in the first place. That's what we feel about the government's intentions in Papua.…

Jakarta – Indonesia's National Police have launched an investigation following the fatal shooting of at least four teenagers at the hands of…