Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (KASUM) has urged president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, once he…

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Following president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has thrown…

Yoseph Kelen, Kupang – Indonesian police have not charged a district chief for ordering the closure of an airport in East Nusa Tenggara province…

The elite's betrayal of reformasi is visible through its "structured, systematic and massive" efforts to pass a regional election bill that will…

Jakarta – Lawmaker Khatibul Umam Wiranu from the ruling Democratic Party said that his party proposed stopping the implementation of direct…

Bambang Muryanto, Sleman, Yogyakarta – Five witnesses in a religious violence case in Sleman regency, Yogyakarta, failed to show up at the Sleman…

Pribadi Wicaksono, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta Workers Alliance (ABY) has slammed the draft law on regional elections (RUU Pilkada) saying it will…

SP/Robertus Wardhy & SP/Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – As the House of Representatives prepares to pass a bill that would put an end to direct…

Novianti Setuningsih & Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – Indonesia's antigraft commission has denied approving the Justice Ministry's recent decision to…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – President-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is being urged to dissolve the current government's Special Unit of…

Mark Pearson, Brisbane (JournLaw/Pacific Media Watch) – Just as the Australian government proposes tougher national security powers for its…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities are seeking the maximum five-year jail sentence for a pair of French journalists arrested last…

Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – US Secretary of State John Kerry has called for the protection of all who work for peace, democracy, and human rights…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – On the 10th anniversary of the death of prominent human rights defender Munir Said Thalib,…

Jakarta – The bill that would eliminate direct elections of local leaders, which the House of Representatives is set to pass this week, would not…

Jakarta – A government survey has found that parents and other relatives are the most common perpetrators of physical violence against children.…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – President-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has thrown his support behind the effort to maintain direct elections for…

Andreas D. Arditya, Jakarta – If The Act of Killing brought Indonesian viewers the surreal and stomach-turning admissions of communist-purge…

Papang Hidayat, London – Today marks exactly 10 years since Indonesia lost one of its most courageous and compassionate voices – Munir Said Thalib…

Erwida Maulia & Yeremia Sukoyo, Jakarta – Hopes for a transparent and accountable government set up by President-elect Joko Widodo have been…

Pitan Daslani, Jakarta – Isran Noor, the head of East Kutai district in East Kalimantan and chairman of Indonesia's Association of Regional…

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – The 26-year-old man skillfully applies make-up all over his face – first a white base, then black to accentuate his eyes…

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – A decade since Munir Said Thalib's death, fellow activists recall his courage and passion for justice.

Munir,…

East Timor's former president Jose Ramos-Horta has downplayed frictions over Dili's spying row with Canberra and commended moves to seek an…

Manny Tsigas – Dr Ramos Horta has been recognised for his leading role in East Timor's independence movement, as well as helping maintain a strong…

Hans Nicholas Jong and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Red-and-White Coalition, led by losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, is fighting for…

The Secretary-General of the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation says the West Papuan cause has lost a good leader, following…

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang – Before he was assassinated 10 years ago, Munir Said Thalib was known as a fierce human rights defender, tirelessly…

Harriet Alexander – The architect of East Timor's independence movement has welcomed the decision by Australia and his country to postpone court…

Australia and East Timor have agreed to suspend the International Court of Justice hearing into their bitter spy row as they try to "resolve […

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Journalist organizations have expressed their regret over the persistence by some parties to settle media cases in court.…

Kennial Caroline Laia & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Five people filed a petition for a judicial review at the Constitutional Court on Thursday…

Jakarta – The Press Council urged the government to deport French journalists Thomas Charles Dandois and Louise Marie Valentine Burrot to their…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Members of the House of Representatives have made a new proposal demanding the payment of a monthly housing…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Doing business in Indonesia has become easier, but corruption remains the major impediment that drags on its economic…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police began an investigation on Friday of a sexual assault complaint made against Riau Governor Annas Maamun…

Sunday marks a decade since the death of human rights champion Munir Said Thalib, who was poisoned on a flight to Amsterdam in the Netherlands.…

Nivell Rayda & Raja Humuntar Panggabean, Jakarta – They were the last pictures of human rights defender Munir Said Thalib alive, taken late on…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – For the first time in eight years, five residents of Aceh's Pidie district on Friday were caned publicly for gambling,…

Amnesty International has called on the Indonesian government to stop attacking freedom of expression in Papua.

That comes after a number of…

Index: ASA 21/024/2014

Amnesty International urges President-elect Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to ensure that his plan to resolve past human…

Auckland (Pacific Media Watch/West Papua Media Alerts) – Indonesian intelligence officers are targeting West Papuan journalists and independence…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A criminologist who sits on the commission that supervises the National Police was threatened with defamation charges…

Jakarta – In response to the increasing levels of sexual harassment on public transportation, city-owned bus operator PT Transportasi…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Pressure for president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Gotong Royong coalition to exert influence on rival camps has been…

Hans Nicholas Jong and Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – President-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said that he would keep the current number of…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) plans to summon president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and vice…

Bagus BT Saragih and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Red-and-White Coalition of parties that supported the losing presidential ticket of Prabowo…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – United Development Party (PPP) secretary-general M. Romahurmuziy confirmed on Tuesday that the party's regional…

Apriadi Gunawan and Syamsul Huda M. Suhari, Jakarta/Medan/Gorontalo – The hurried implementation of the 2013 curriculum has created confusion…