Mikael Niman & Camelia Pasandaran, Bekasi – The Bekasi district court on Thursday sentenced a man who threatened a Batak Protestant…

National – Two T-50i training fighter jets ordered by the Defense Ministry from the Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) arrived at Iswahyudi Air…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Despite initial demands for the law to be changed, the House of Representatives looks set on keeping the 2009…

The 15 of September is International Day of Democracy. The UN General Assembly, in a resolution in 2007 encouraged Governments to strengthen…

Monique Ross – Activists on a flotilla which left Australia last month have completed their mission to present water and ashes to leaders of…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – One Freedom Flotilla protest vessel has completed its ceremonial mission, meeting activists from West Papua in secret…

Marni Cordell – West Papuan political leaders who met a boatload of Australian and West Papuan activists across the Indonesian sea border could…

Evading the Indonesian navy, two tiny boats met near the Australia-Indonesia border to ceremonially reconnect the indigenous peoples of Australia…

An Australian boat carrying pro-independence activists to Indonesian Papua will be turned around, the head of the military in the province's port…

Ezequiel Freitas – Member of National Parliament Mateus de Jesus says the $115 minimum salary for workers is not enough to cover basic…

Venidora Oliveira – The General Commander of the PNTL threatened to dismiss any police officers still involved in martial arts groups.

Third…

Eni plans to spend up to $230 million on offshore drilling in the Timor Sea over the next 18 months, according to the managing director of its…

Bastiaan Scherpen – Almost 67 years after thousands of Indonesian men were summarily executed in South Sulawesi as part of a ruthless campaign to…

Anushka Shahjahan – Indonesian men were among the most likely to admit to rape – up to 16.6 percent in some places – according to a UN study of…

A new survey on the popularity and electability of political parties in the country showed that more and more people were losing faith in Islamic…

A new survey on potential candidates for the 2014 presidential election has once again affirmed Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo's strategic position…

Rizky Amelia – The country's antigraft body has urged the leadership of the House of Representatives to keep a close eye on the…

The flotilla making its way from Australia towards Papua is expected to cross Indonesia's marine border today.

Organisers of the "Freedom…

The fallout over pointed questions about the government's inability to tackle illegal logging in a protected forest has continued with a…

Jakarta – Environmental activists have submitted a class-action lawsuit against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over the claim he has failed to…

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang – Demand for underage domestic workers is high in Malang, East Java because they can be paid less than adults, and…

Anushka Shahjahan – Successful economic development in recent years has failed to lift the livelihoods of children in Indonesia, participants in a…

Ezequiel Freitas – The US Ambassador to Timor-Leste Judith R. Fergin says there is a big risk of organized crime, money laundering and financial…

Jakarta – Journalists from Indonesia and Timor Leste are expected to help forge partnership between the former foes, according to a bilateral…

Jakarta – Deputy National Police chief Comr. Gen. Oegroseno said on Tuesday that his force was ready to follow up information from the…

James Balowski – Human rights groups have condemned a US government decision to go ahead with the sale of eight Apache attack helicopters to…

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform (KMSRSK) is calling for reform to military justice to be accelerated. The call…

Joe Magarey – Activists of the "Freedom Flotilla" left Thursday Island yesterday bound for disputed waters off West Papua and a probable ocean…

SP/Novianti Setuningsih & Dyah Ayu Pitaloka – The government's poor management of commodities has caused loopholes that have resulted in the…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-118-2013

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Business groups have demanded the government to put local interests as their top priority when it revises the negative…

Tony Abbott has backed away from his pledge to visit Indonesia in his first week in office, but the promise stands to make it his first overseas…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Anti-Corruption Study Center (PUKAT) at Gadjah Mada University revealed on Monday that Indonesia has lost Rp 3.…

"Yogyakarta's military judges sent a long overdue message that soldiers shouldn't expect to get off easy for serious crimes against civilians. But…

Anushka Shahjahan – The national government has been tackling child poverty and improving social protection for citizens via several programs, but…

Indonesia's forestry minister has accused Hollywood star Harrison Ford of subjecting him to a rude interview on climate change that left him "…

Bagus BT Saragih and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Despite a groundswell of support for popular Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi' Widodo, the Indonesian…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Two top Democratic Party (PD) executives declared their support for former Indonesian Army chief Gen. (ret) Pramono…

Jakarta – A survey has shown that First Lady Ani Yudhoyono tops the list of the most untrustworthy potential candidates in the 2014…

Indonesia's agriculture industry has seen growing productivity over the past decade despite a decline in the number of workers, a national census…

Jakarta – The Health Minister will reevaluate its policy of requiring high school students to record the shape and size of their genitalia for…

Michael Bachelard – The "Freedom Flotilla" of Australian protesters set sail from far north Queensland on Monday bound for the province of West…

Rebecca Lake, Nusa Dua, Bali – Indonesian delegates have come away with new approaches to women's economic empowerment after first-day discussions…

One small yacht, the Pog, has set sail west from Thursday Island towards West Papua. Her crew, a dedicated group of six from Australia, New…

Bali – The 63rd edition of the Miss World pageant opened Sunday after protests by Muslim hardliners confined the event to Indonesia's…

On Election Day, West Papuan activists spread a message of hope and freedom in Melbourne to raise awareness of the Freedom Flotilla, writes Jenny…

The jailed leader of the self-proclaimed republic of West Papua Fokorus Yaboisembut has written to the Australian Prime Minister-elect…

Desy Nurhayati, Nusa Dua – Increasing protest from hard-line groups over the 2013 Miss World beauty pageant – which is slated to be held in Bali…

Jakarta – The Alliance to Save the Indonesian Embassy in Germany has criticized the government for proposing former Jakarta governor…

Today in Papua New Guineas capital, the Melanesian Unified Front for West Papuan Self-Determination, or WUF, is to host a public forum…