Margareth S. Aritonang and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – As Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo tops various opinion polls on presidential candidates…

Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party is the most popular political party on social media, a survey has shown.

The online…

Ni Komang Erviani and Tassia Sipahutar, Denpasar, Bali – Large contingents of uniformed and plainclothes police officers were sent to guard…

A lawyer representing East Timor in its spying case against Australia says his office has been raided by the Australian Security Intelligence…

Clinton Fernandes – It is not hard to see why ASIO yesterday raided the office and home of a Canberra-based lawyer, Bernard Collaery, and the…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The Indonesian Military has denied reports it was involved in a deadly raid on a village on the eve of the 50th…

Tom Clarke – Indonesia isn't the only country in our region upset about Australia's spying. East Timor has accused Australia not just of spying on…

Tom O'Lincoln – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may just be posturing about Australian intelligence phone taps. But it wouldn't be…

Endy Bayuni, Jakarta – Brace yourself to see more discrimination and persecution of religious minorities in Indonesia, after the House of…

Lance Collins – The storm in a teacup sparked by the Snowden leaks and the heated response from Jakarta – when Tokyo, Hanoi, Dili and Beijing were…

Around 300 demonstrators from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) gathered in front of the Negara Grahadi building in the East Java provincial…

A coalition of activist groups has praised Indonesia for signing an international treaty on mercury emissions, but emphasized that the country has…

Marni Cordell – At least one person was killed and others injured when Indonesian police opened fire and beat activists during a demonstration in…

Protestors against Indonesian rule in West Papua have gathered outside New Zealand's parliament and raised the Morning Star flag.

The most senior commander in the OPM rebel force in Indonesia's Papua region is in Vanuatu to thank that country for its support for…

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar, Bali – Dozens of university students and members of non-governmental organizations rallied in front of the American…

Jakarta – Former speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Amien Rais facilitated a meeting between Muslim-based political…

Liam Fox, PNG – The governor of Port Moresby has raised the flag of the West Papuan independence movement, despite a request by Papua…

The Green Party is calling on the Government to cancel police and military ties with the Indonesian regime in West Papua on a day of international…

Marni Cordell – Three organisers of a pro-West Papua rally in Port Moresby have been taken into custody, with the governor of the Papua New…

Jayapura – The XVII/Cenderawasih Military Command (Kodam) chief Maj. Gen. Christian Zebua said Friday that both military and police…

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Sutarman said on Friday that members of the West Indonesia Mujahideen were responsible for the fatal attacks…

A day before the 48th anniversary of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), an outlawed militant separatist organization, a member of the group was killed…

Marni Cordell – The West Papuan activist Benny Wenda has said immigration officers in Papua New Guinea threatened to have him arrested along with…

Indonesia's National Police Chief General Sutarman says the country's police will take stern measures against those wanting to…

Rory Callinan – Six years ago, NSW magistrate Dorelle Pinch recommended that the killings of Australian journalists Brian Peters, 29, Malcolm…

David Robie, Dili – On 28 November 1975, Timor-Leste made its fateful unilateral declaration of independence. A week later, a paranoid Indonesian…

A week after Indonesia announced the suspension of military cooperation with Australia in the wake of allegations of spying by Canberra, Jakarta…

The West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) strongly condemns ongoing Indonesian security force violence targeting peaceful West Papuan demonstrators.…

Jayapura – A member of the Indonesian Military (TNI) assigned as a non-commissioned officer serving as Community Affairs (Babinsa)…

Reheated allegations that Australia bugged Timor-Leste's leaders during negotiations over resource revenues will reinforce perceptions that…

A new organization, the Federation of Women-headed Households and Unions that comprises around 20,000 members across 19 provinces, was established…

Jakarta – Members of religious minority groups have again spoken of the misery they have suffered for years due to what they claim is state-…

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Bayu Marhaenjati – Thousands of workers rallied outside City Hall on Thursday as they once again protested against the…

Paulina Quintao – Despite the outcry from the community for the government to ban cigarette advertising in public spaces, the Minister of Health…

Tri Artining Putri, Jakarta – Despite the rising tension, the Indonesian government decided to accept nine Hercules C-130 airplane…

Nadya Natahadibrata and Arya Dipa, Jakarta/Bandung – Wednesday's national strike by doctors protesting a Supreme Court ruling that sentenced three…

Jakarta – Dozens of students from various universities staged a rally in Bandung, West Java, on Thursday to express their…

This movement was established by the university students who are concerned about the serious crimes committed by the Indonesian soldiers from…

WPM apologises for the delay in posting due to the remote location of the WPM team, and the delays in finding independent witnesses to help in…

Jayapura, Papua – The National Police Chief General Sutarman has stated that the country's police will take stern measures against…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – National Police chief Gen. Sutarman emphasized he would take firm action against protesters who resort to "anarchy…

Michael Bachelard and Heath Aston – Prime Minister Tony Abbott's hopes for a quick resumption of co-operation with Indonesia appear dashed after…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party Lt. Gen. (ret.) Prabowo Subianto said Wednesday he would…

Joanne Wallis – In March 2013 Australia drew down the last members of the Australian Defence Force-led international forces that had been deployed…

Camelia Pasandaran – Two Ahmadiyah Muslim families left their homes in Jambi after members of a local Islamic boarding school offered the families…

Dan Harrison – A senior East Timorese minister has backed Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's call for a code of conduct on spying,…

A group of protesters staged a rally in front of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Wednesday, calling for the antigraft…

Unless the General Elections Commission (KPU) fixes a data entry problem on the final voter list and restores trust with the public, then millions…

Batam, Riau Islands – Noisy crowd of protesting workers are converging on the Hang Nadim cross road seeking to close access to the…