Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono issued on Thursday night government regulations in lieu of…

It all started with a prayer and a bit of jazz. On the morning of April 25, some 20 South Moluccan nationalists gathered in Maluku province's…

Jakarta – Indigenous peoples across Indonesia have high hopes that the new government will award them the management of customary forests.

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The Aceh parliament has passed a Shari'a bylaw that would criminalize, among…

The Free West Papua Campaign is delighted to announce that for the second year in a row, Free West Papua Campaign founder Benny Wenda has been…

In Indonesia, people have always been forced to vote for figures they do not exactly know as their representatives. It is the political parties…

Jakarta – Hundreds of protesters from Indonesia's most notorious hard-line Islamic group assaulted police with rocks and weapons including a sword…

Jakarta – Gerindra Party deputy chairman Edhy Prabowo has expressed disappointment over criticism by Abraham Samad, the chairman of the Corruption…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – As president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is set to announce his Cabinet this month, speculations are rife over who…

Jakarta – Indonesia's central government and the Aceh provincial government should take steps to repeal two new Islamic bylaws that violate rights…

Hasyim Widhiarto and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Overnight, Golkar Party lawmaker and newly inaugurated House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A House of Representatives plenary session failed late on Wednesday to select its leaders…

Anang Zakaria, Yogyakarta – Ten non-government organisations (NGOs) and student groups in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta are demanding the…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesian president-elect Joko Widodo faces a hostile parliament and an uphill battle to govern after parties loyal…

Minsk (BelTA) – Belarus and East Timor have established diplomatic relations. The relevant joint communique was signed at the…

Amy McQuire – The Abbott government has backed a motion calling on Indonesia to dismantle its media ban in West Papua, home to widespread…

Palembang – Hundreds of Transmusi bus employees assembled at the Palembang Mayor's Office to demand the municipality give them four…

Fadli, Batam – The Indonesia Metal Workers Federation (FSPMI) in Batam, Riau Islands, will hold a rally on Thursday to demand an almost 50 percent…

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Thousands of Indonesians demanding higher minimum wages for workers in the formal sector staged rallies across Jakarta…

The National Commission on Violence against Women is pushing for the annulment of the new Criminal Code bylaw passed last week in Aceh, as the…

Ina Parlina, Hasyim Widhiarto and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The configuration of party coalitions in the House of Representatives will decide…

Indonesia's incoming president should treat Aceh's abusive new bylaws as an opportunity to demonstrate a commitment to human rights, and have them…

Jakarta – Human rights activists have called on president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and vice president-elect Jusuf Kalla to crack down on rising…

Raja Humuntar, Jakarta – People simply call him Tatang. He is no public servant, but for decades now Tatang has had his own space at the office of…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali is facing rough days ahead as the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK…

Bandarlampung – Dozens of senior high school and university students as well as members of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (…

Jakarta – The incoming government is optimistic that the country's growing inequality can be narrowed despite its target to achieve economic…

Michael Bachelard – The Abbott government has risked insulting Indonesia again by calling explicitly for more openness in its most sensitive…

Jakarta – Workers at Freeport-McMoRan's Indonesian unit are blocking access to the mine site, union and company officials said on Wednesday, to…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Workers from US-based mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia (FI) have again blockaded road access to the mine site in…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – At the end of its five-year term on Tuesday, the House of Representatives failed to reach its ambitious…

Banda Aceh – Four men accused of gambling will be lined up in the courtyard of a Banda Aceh mosque and lashed with a cane after…

Leila S. Chudori's novel Pulang is an important addition to a growing literature examining the events of 1965-66 and its aftermath

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Neil Chatterjee, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto, a former special forces army commander, lost the battle for Indonesia's presidency, both at ballot…

Diatyka Widya Permata Yasih and Andi Rahman Alamsyah – Young people appear to be heavily reliant on social media to engage in Indonesia's…

Anne Maria, Batam – The momentum of a friendly gathering with Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) general chairperson Sofyan Wanandi at the…

Edited transcript of Herb Feith Annual Memorial Lecture 2014, Melbourne, 20 August 2014

Sidney Jones – Three conflicts which the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – With two recent laws passed that might work against the effectiveness of his…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Lawmakers at the House of Representatives ended their tenure Tuesday leaving a string of appalling legacies, with the…

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Experts warn that the newly passed regional elections (Pilkada) bill, which mandates indirect local elections,…

Jakarta – President elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the Indonesian people not to forget the G30S/PKI (30 September Movement/…

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – After the controversial passage of the Regional Elections (Pilkada) Law, another challenge…

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) said on Wednesday that Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to issue an emergency presidential decree to…

Ary Hermawan, Tucson, Arizona – It is ironic that at a time when it has been hailed as politically mature, reformasi is facing its own death at…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) attempt to secure the House speaker post has collapsed with the Constitutional…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for failing to prevent the…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) plenary meeting on Monday maintained an internal regulation that makes it…

Jess Melvin, Melbourne – Joshua Oppenheimer's latest film is truly shocking. If The Act of Killing was a wild fever dream, The Look of Silence is…

Rendra Saputra, R. Jihad Akbar – Army chief of staff (Kasad) General Gatot Nurmantyo says that communist ideas are continuing to grow in the…

Kennial Caroline Laia, Yogyakarta – The group of women greeted each other warmly at the house in Yogyakarta that Sunday afternoon. They exchanged…