Dyah Ayu Pitaloka & Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Malang/Balikpapan – The hard-line group Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid, or JAT, appears to be crumbling…

Luh De Suriyani, Denpasar – Customary villages, members and leaders of communities have been called on to stage major protests against the planned…

Ina Parlina and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Supporters of the losing presidential ticket Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa threatened to besiege the…

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – A legal pressure group said on Friday that it had made a police complaint against four polling organizations on the…

Erwin Sihombing & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Indonesia's election commission is demanding the Constitutional Court to reject the legal challenge…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Experts and women's activists praised on Friday the government's move to issue Government Regulation No. 61/2014 on…

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The city government plans to do away with civil servants' official cars in favor of a monthly transportation…

Jakarta – The Aceh provincial administration has called on the central government to immediately finish the deliberation of crucial regulations as…

Copper mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia aims to complete 7.5 percent of its smelter development in the coming months, although the company has…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – A new government regulation, which will come into effect next week, will allow drug users in the country to be sent to…

Jayapura – Police in Papua and the French Embassy in Jakarta confirmed on Friday the arrest and detention of two French journalists in Papua.

Jakarta – A preliminary finding by a compliance audit conducted by a government-sanctioned team has uncovered several irregularities involving…

UA: 199/14 Index: ASA 21/020/2014. Indonesia Date: 8 August 2014

On 8 August two Papuan students, including a child, were arbitrarily…

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Indonesia's patriarchal society has hindered victims of sexual assaults in getting justice as members of the legal…

Arnold Belau, Papuan, Jayapura – Two members of the Manokwari district West Papua National Committee (KNPB), Robert Helemaken (17) and Oni Weya (…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has led his Democratic party in a political about-face, withdrawing support previously given by party…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his die-hard supporters have vowed to fight until the last drop of…

Jakarta – Award-winning human rights advocate Yan Christian Warinussy has suggested the establishment of a ministry to focus specifically on Papua…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Baha'i Society thanked the government on Thursday for officially recognizing the monotheistic faith as a religion, after…

Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Roughly a month after Indonesians across the archipelago elected a new president, defeated candidate Prabowo Subianto, who…

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – A number of business associations have called on the government to entirely scrap the fuel subsidy, instead of limiting…

Carlos Paath, Erwin Sihombing & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court is expected to reject a lawsuit filed by losing presidential…

Freeport-McMoRan Inc's Indonesia unit will complete on Thursday loading for its first copper concentrate export shipment since new mining rules…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – With the government's subsidy on fuel expected to reach Rp 246 trillion ($21 billion) this year, up from an…

The Free West Papua Campaign says a political prisoner Victor Yeimo has been released from jail in Indonesia after serving more than a…

The Vanuatu Prime Minister says a West Papua conference in Port Vila this month will provide a platform for delegates to decide…

Jakarta – The highest authority of Muslim clerics in Indonesia has issued a fatwa against what a leading Indonesian news website has…

Erwida Maulia & Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The team of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto says it will dispatch thousands of…

Martinha Gusmao – The Schools Meals Program has not run for four months as the budget for the program has not been transferred.

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Indonesia has caught up with the rest of the world in responding to the threat following the declaration of the new Islamic State (IS) last month…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – President-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's commitment to non-transactional politics is being put to the test as he…

Ezra Sihite & Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Jakarta – The Communication and Information Ministry has blocked access to websites about…

Jakarta – Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto testified before Indonesia's final electoral court of appeal on Wednesday, telling judges…

Rizky Amelia, Jakarta – Advocacy group Migrant Care estimated that every day between 400 to 500 Indonesian migrant workers are extorted by…

Dewanti A. Wardhani and Sita Dewi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Street Vendor Association (APKLI) has criticized the Jakarta administration's decision…

Lawmakers supporting Prabowo Subianto have launched a political move to discredit the election result submitted by the General Elections…

Yuliasri Perdani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government on Monday announced a ban on support for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL…

Jakarta – Political experts said that complaints filed with the Election Organization Ethics Council (DKPP) by a number of parties supporting the…

SP/Robertus Wardi, Jakarta – Despite being a member of a rival coalition, the Democratic Party said it will not support calls to block president-…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade balance continued to record a deficit in the first half of this year (H1), driven by a significant…

Venidora Oliveira – Member of Parliament Eladio Faculto has expressed concern over the government's failure to stop the falsification of veterans…

Phelim Kine – Australia's stake in East Timor's media freedom is rooted in that country's hillside town of Balibo. It was there on October 16,…

Paulina Quintao – Member of Parliament Deputy Eladio Faculto has recommended the government focus its attention on children's issues, particularly…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is preparing follow-up measures after it conducted impromptu inspections last month in order…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The legal team of Gerindra Party presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto is trying to call into question the official…

Jayapura – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has called for a full investigation into violence in…

Auckland (Pacific Media Watch) – Indonesia's ban on foreign journalists, torture and sexual assault by the military, and the New Zealand…

Jakarta – Three organizations linked to the Golkar Party are planning to hold a national meeting in an initial move to rally for an…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As the hearing on an election dispute at the Constitutional Court filed by the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa ticket is…

Jakarta – Supporters of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto on Monday locked the entrance gate of the General Election Commission (KPU…