Instead of focusing on improving public transportation, the Jakarta administration has finally decided to go ahead with its plan to construct six…

Jakarta – Outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono delivered the final state of the nation address of his 10-year tenure on Friday, thanking…

Index: ASA 21/021/2014

Joint statement by Amnesty International and the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (…

Shannon Gillies, Dili – After decades of Indonesian occupation, East Timor is touted as a success story for the United Nations.

But 15 years…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Among those to whom President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono awarded the Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana medal on Wednesday, the…

Jakarta – An executive of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said on Wednesday that no leaders of political parties in its…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Election Organizers Ethics Council (DKPP) grilled members of the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Wednesday…

The Chairman of the Vanuatu-based West Papua Unification Committee says they won't defer to Indonesia on the issue of West Papuan self…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The improper implementation of policy and lack of attention to security-related problems in Papua are said to be…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – The detention of two French journalists in the Indonesian province of West Papua has taken a dangerous new turn, with…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has left another ticking time-bomb for his successor when he signed a government regulation on reproductive…

Herman Genie & Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – A new government regulation placing a 40-day restriction for rape victims and women with serious medical…

In the months leading up to the new government administration, does Indonesia hope to improve the management of its religion-and-state affairs? Of…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Terrorist convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir is set to lose his long-held position as the region's spiritual leader of a…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – A group of hard-line clerics have called on Muslims in Indonesia not to support the Islamic State of Iraq and the…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders on Tuesday lambasted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for insisting on…

Novi Setu, Jakarta – Leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) insist that commissioner Busyro Muqoddas does not need to be replaced…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Dozens of activists are urging president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to resolve various human rights abuse cases,…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The panel of justices at the Constitutional Court grilled on Tuesday members of the General Elections Commission (…

Jakarta – An Indonesian atheist was lawfully jailed for two-and-a-half years after being accused of blaspheming Islam, the Supreme…

The Vanuatu-based West Papua Unification Committee has postponed this month's planned West Papua conference to early October.

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Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Authorities in Jayapura, Papua, continue to investigate two French journalists who were arrested on Aug. 6, for…

Jakarta – North Sumatra Governor Gatot Pujo Nugroho has come under fire over an allegation of polygamy, with pictures circulating of the…

The fate of two French journalists detained by Indonesian police for almost a week in the restive region of Papua remains uncertain.

Thomas…

Sophie McNeill – Doctors and healthcare workers in East Timor are battling to save people from diseases that most Australians may think have been…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) appeared strong during a hearing at the Constitutional Court on Monday, with…

Sophie McNeill – Doctors say a worsening health crisis in East Timor is causing hundreds of preventable deaths, including those of many children…

Vanuatu's Prime Minister Joe Natuman has reconfirmed his government's support for West Papuan independence aspirations to Indonesia's…

Jakarta – The Setara Institute announced on Monday that this year's elections had reduced the number of violations against religious minorities,…

Jakarta – In spite of Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's plans to equip the city's Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has thanked visiting US senator John McCain for his country's support to help modernize the…

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – After a long delay, the 2012 Juvenile Justice System Law has been implemented in the South Jakarta SMA 3 high…

A West Papua advocacy group is urging New Zealand and other Pacific nations to lobby Indonesian authorities for the immediate release…

AWPA has written to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop concerning recent troubling events in West Papua. AWPA is urging the Foreign Minister to raise…

Makassar – Hundreds of residents from Harapan and Pasi-Pasi villages in East Luwu regency, South Sulawesi, have staged a protest against nickel…

Jakarta – Indonesian Army spokesman Gen. M. Fuad Basya said that in six months the Army and the National Police lost at least 40…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Jayapura Police have taken 21 civilians into custody for their alleged involvement with the separatist Free…

Jakarta – Papua Police said they arrested 21 alleged members of the Free Papua Organization (OPM) as they intercepted a convoy of new recruits for…

Dina Manafe, Jakarta – The number of violations of religious freedom in Indonesia has decreased dramatically in the first half of the year, a…

Jakarta – A group of artists from the Indonesian Arts Coalition has criticized a draft bill on culture that is currently being legislated by the…

Vita A.D. Busyra, Jakarta – The giant sea wall project in North Jakarta, expected to break ground in September, has received mixed reaction from…

Stephen Sherlock – A huge sigh of relief that Prabowo was (just) defeated and that Indonesia will not be led by relic of the New Order, a…

Haeril Halim and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The transition team established by president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo insisted on Sunday that…

Reporters Without Borders deplores the detention of French journalists Thomas Dandois and Valentine Bourrat in the Indonesian province of Papua (…

Jayapura – Amid growing public disillusionment with the statesmanship of the losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, one of his trusted…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Three women in Aceh charged with consorting with non-related males could face three to nine lashes of the cane…

Ina Parlina and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Experts have urged losing presidential ticket Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa to step up their legal…

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has reportedly sacked the party's deputy chairman, Agung Laksono. Among factors touted as main…

Rita A. Widiadana, Sanur – The Indonesian government, through the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN), signed a memorandum of…

Jakarta – Human rights activists have questioned the decision of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to appoint former National Intelligence…