Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A study by Jakarta-based Setara Institute confirmed mounting doubts over President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's…

A spokesperson for the newly-formed United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Benny Wenda, says its creation is one of the West Papua…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papuan Provincial Police deployed an investigating team to Enarotali, Paniai, Papua, on Monday to carry out an…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Five civilians were shot and killed and 21 others were injured on Monday when security personnel dispersed a crowd…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has approved a nearly 30 percent increase in the operating budget for the National Police next year…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The government officially suspended the implementation of the much-criticized 2013 national curriculum, ordering…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – After spending more than Rp 6 trillion (US$48.7 million) of taxpayers' money to help the Bakrie family resolve the…

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Following the recent release on parole of his convicted killer, the 2004 murder case of outspoken human rights defender…

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – The National Commission on Human Rights has honored slain human rights defender Munir Said Thalib with its…

Faiq Hidayat – The Defense Department will be reviving the Student University Paramilitary Regiment (Menwa) on all campuses throughout Indonesia.…

Michael Bachelard – A teacher accused of raping three pre-school aged boys has pleaded with a Jakarta court for the case against him to be thrown…

Hasyim Widhiarto and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Efforts to reinstate the direct elections of regional heads received a lift Monday when…

Jakarta – When the late dictator Suharto wanted to undermine the political opposition to his iron-fisted rule, he did it from the inside, sowing…

Oktovianus Pogau, Jayapura – The most saddening Christmas gift for the Papuan people this December was the death of five civilians in Paniai…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to review a…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Despite potential chaos in the education system following his recent decision to drop the much-criticized 2013…

Jakarta – Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Anies Baswedan has vowed to increase the training of teachers following his…

Erwin Cristianson, Jakarta – The Golkar Party's leadership rift took a new turn late on Monday after disputed chairman Agung Laksono said his camp…

Five civilians were shot dead by a joint force of Indonesian Police and Military in Paniai, on Monday 8th December.

First reports in the…

Ricardo Hutahaean, Paniai – The situation in Paniai regency remains tense following a shooting by a joint unit of Indonesian military (TNI) and…

West Papua's bid to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group is one step closer, after delegates at a meeting in Vanuatu agreed to form an…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Four civilians were reportedly shot and killed by a joint police and military force in an incident at Karen Gobai…

Michael Bachelard – Five West Papuan people were shot dead and 12 others injured when Indonesian troops and police fired into a crowd of civilians…

Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – Six people were reportedly killed while several others remained in a critical condition after a group of police…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Police have pledged to crack down on violence against religious minorities.

Police spokesman…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Only two days after securing his reelection as Golkar Party chairman, Aburizal Bakrie now faces fresh challenges to…

The Government says it will not carry out its own inquiry into the killings of five journalists from Australia and New Zealand in Balibo, East…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Just a day after Aburizal Bakrie wound up a personally satisfying Golkar Party national congress, the Attorney General…

Bagus BT Saragih, Tarempa, Riau Islands – As the Indonesian Navy blew up three Vietnamese boats for illegally fishing in Indonesian waters on…

Jakarta – An NGO has asked the government to call off its plan to execute five people by the end of this year. The government has also been asked…

Sidoarjo – After eight years of uncertainty and not receiving full compensation for their properties engulfed in the Lapindo mudflow…

Ina Parlina and Indra Harsaputra, Jakarta/Sidoarjo – The government is pushing PT Lapindo Brantas to complete payment of a remaining Rp 781…

Jakarta – Democratic Party chairman and former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed his anger over Golkar Party chairman…

Indra Budiari and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno is in the hot seat…

SP/Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly attempted to defuse criticism of his decision to release the…

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Five death row prisoners in Indonesia have been moved to separate cells and are believed to be at…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives wrapped up its first session for 2014 without accomplishing anything as a result of…

Jakarta – A plenary session of the House of Representatives unanimously agreed on Friday to pass an amendment to the Legislative Institutions (MD3…

Robertus Wardhy & Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – The Democratic Party will attempt to join with Joko Widodo's coalition to fight to retain direct…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Questions over the new Indonesian president Joko Widodo's commitment to human rights have been raised after he signed off on…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Yotje Mende said he would provide three days for whomever was behind the recent…

Rofiqi Hasan, Denpasar – The International Partnership Mission to Indonesia, an international and regional organization working in the freedom of…

Following the controversial parole of a pilot convicted of murdering a leading human rights activist, Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H.…

Fiki Ariyanti, Jakarta – Forbes magazine has again released a list of the richest people in the world, including from Indonesia. There are 50…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto, the chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, made an appearance at the…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Staying true to its pledge to maintain direct elections, the Democratic Party maintains that it will stop…

For the public, the message that emerged from the peaceful, uninterrupted Golkar Party national congress in Bali over the last few days was…

Desy Nurhayati, Nusa Dua, Bali – With little resistance from his party opponents Aburizal Bakrie easily won by acclamation the leadership of the…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno said on Thursday that on Saturday they…

Jakarta – Nearly half of all the bodies of water in South Kalimantan is at risk of being contaminated by waste from coal mines, claims a report…