Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid is calling for an investigation into the accident…

Sorong, Jubi – Moi Indigenous youth blocked several government offices in Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua Province, on Monday (14/9/2026), as a…

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto once again reshuffled his cabinet on Monday, September 14, 2026, replacing Finance…

Max Lane – As a lecturer at the University of Sydney in 2008, I taught a course, "An Introduction to Asia." Its perspective was historical, and…

Agencies, Jakarta – More than 600 rescuers were searching for 129 people still missing after a passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea on the…

Ni Komang Erviani, Jakarta – An Australian arrested for a public act of indecency, identified only as BA, was deported to Brisbane, Australia, on…

Martin Bagya Kertiyasa, Theressia Silalahi, Jakarta – Newly appointed Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara said President Prabowo Subianto has…

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – Spreading forest and peatland fires in Indonesia have caused people to fall sick, as haze from hundreds of thousands of…

Alfy Ifthikhar – More than 300 delegates from Indonesia and across the Asia-Pacific region gathered at The Westin Resort Nusa Dua in Bali on…

Yerica Lai, Jakarta – The next presidential election may still be three years away, but several potential contenders have already begun making…

Jayapura, Jubi – Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says 109 people have been killed or injured in violence and armed…

Alfy Ifthikhar – Indonesia's Climate Change Management Bill, known as the RUU Pengendalian Perubahan Iklim (PPI), has been suspended at the…

Antara, Makassar – The South Sulawesi provincial government has introduced an odd-even license plate system for purchases of subsidized Pertalite…

Andrew Mathieson – Melanesian leaders are stepping up pressure on Jakarta to facilitate a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visit…

President Prabowo Subianto attended the 2026 BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, on September 12-13 with a message of resilience, sustainability and…

Lee Jay – Oppression in West Papua continues, decade after decade, while the international community repeatedly demonstrates the limits of its…

Antara, Jakarta – A landslide occurred at an illegal gold mining site in Dongi Dongi Village, Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, on Friday, September…

Mochammad Iqbal Maulud – Students from various universities affiliated with the West Java chapter of the All-Indonesia Student Executive Board (…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesian stocks declined for a second straight week, with the benchmark index and market capitalization falling…

What is the point of building food security if the way to achieve it makes a region increasingly vulnerable to disaster? The question has become…

Jayapura, Jubi – Violence will not solve the problems facing Papua, Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Papua office has…

Basten Gokkon – Indonesia's critically endangered Javan rhinos appear to be safe despite an ongoing eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau near their…

Jayanty Nada Shofa & Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – High maintenance costs and a shoestring budget have made Indonesia's fight against…

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) met with Presidential Chief of Staff Dudung Abdurachman at…

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Liberation Army's (TPNPB) Ndugama-Derakma regional command has claimed responsibility for a shooting that…

Almost all institutions established as part of the mandate of the 1998 Reformasi Movement have strayed from their original ideals. The…

Anwar Siswadi, Jakarta – Over one hundred students from several universities in Bandung took to the streets to stage the #Indonesia Gawat Darurat…

On 9 September 2026, an unidentified person threw a glass bottle containing an unknown liquid and an apparent wick into the compound of the Papua…

Dini Suciatiningrum, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia strongly condemns the military education and training (diklat) program policy for…

Jayapura, Jubi – A coalition of legal and human rights groups in Papua has called on Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to order the National…

On 28 July 2026, police officers apprehended approximately 31 members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) near the Old Market traffic…

On 1 September 2026, security forces carried out an operation in the Kali Biru residential area around the former Election Commission Office (KPU…

Banjarmasin, Indonesia – Siti Sarah slept in fits and starts through August as the fires broke out around her village and surrounding peatlands.…

Jayapura – The Papua Law Enforcement and Human Rights Coalition (KPHHP) is urged the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, to…

Andriana Wirrotama – I took public transportation for granted when I lived in the United States, where I spent around seven years from high school…

Jamal Abdun Nashr, Jakarta – The Pati regency administration in Central Java has declared a suspected food poisoning case involving Indonesia's…

Radhiyya Indra and Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Simultaneous volcano eruptions and a string of other disasters have put the government's mitigation…

On 17 August 2026, a series of violent incidents in Pasir Putih Village, Jila District, Mimika Regency, Central Papua Province, reportedly…

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Police have been urged to investigate an alleged Molotov cocktail attack on the Papua office of Indonesia's National…

Andi F. Tanrigau – Indonesia has abundant tropical forests, mangrove ecosystems, and biomass resources, including agricultural and forestry…

On 15 August 2026, Indonesian police and military personnel forcibly dispersed demonstrations organised by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB…

An unidentified man hurled a Molotov cocktail at the regional office of Indonesia's top rights body in restive Papua, the latest of a series of…

Merauke, Jubi – A 38-year-old man from Merauke Regency in South Papua, who was allegedly assaulted by police officers, has died after receiving…

Indah Handayani, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to strengthen its ability to keep businesses and critical economic networks running during disasters as…

A civilian identified as BP, was reportedly shot dead by an off-duty police officer on 2 August 2026 at the Raffles Residence 3 housing estate,…

Andrew Mathieson – Indonesian forces have killed four West Papuan independence fighters inside the most volatile area of the disputed Indigenous…

Muhammad Ihsan Syahreza, Panji Satrio, Medan, N – Sumatra. Several students in Karo regency, North Sumatra, are still receiving medical treatment…

Ki Ageng Begawan Reksa – On the afternoon of Tuesday September 1, hundreds of students organised under the Gajah Mada University (UGM) Student…

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has signed a joint agreement between three ministries to integrate the licensing systems for…

Banjarmasin, Indonesia – As a strengthening El Nino fuels wildfires across much of Indonesia, NGO and government conservationists are at…