Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The government is trying to calm the debt market, reassuring it that it has sufficient funds at its disposal to pay…

A group of Australian activists say threats of force by Indonesia have not hindered their determination to make it to Papua's shores…

Jakarta – Army General Moeldoko said modernization of the military equipment will come first in his agenda as a new Indonesian military chief.…

Carey L Biron, Washington – US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced on Monday that Washington is going forward with a controversial sale of…

Indonesia will buy eight Apache attack helicopters off the United States, it was announced on Monday, as US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met…

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's most influential Islamic groups is urging the government to cancel the Miss World pageant scheduled…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A joint investigation team has recommended that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono take over and directly lead a…

A group of Australian activists says it has been granted authority to enter Indonesia's Papua province by local people who have a…

Satria Sambijantoro and Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – Local financial markets remained bearish with stocks, bonds and currency markets all down on…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Despite repeated calls for its disbandment, the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) celebrated its…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua General Elections Commission (KPUD) confirmed that 662 legislative candidates will contest 56 seats at…

The Democratic Party this weekend sent out invitations to public figures to take part in its convention to pick a presidential candidate.

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Scores of non-violent activists from the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) were arrested across Papua over the last two weeks, when Indonesian…

The United States will sell the Indonesian army eight Apache attack helicopters in a deal worth $500 million, including radar, training and…

Farouk Arnaz & Shesar Andriawan – Thousands of members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front paraded through the streets of Jakarta on…

Index: ASA 21/029/2013

The Indonesian government must take immediate steps to ensure the safe, voluntary and dignified return of a…

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and the West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) today condemned the US government's decision to approve…

Anushka Shahjahan – Displaced Shia residents from the trouble-plagued East Java island of Madura must be allowed to return home safely,…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Several Shariah police officers were injured in the early hours of Monday morning after more than a hundred youths…

Gopal Ratnam & Berni Moestafa – The US agreed to sell a fleet of Apache attack helicopters to the Indonesian Army in a transaction valued at…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The ailing Democratic Party kick started on Saturday a preliminary examination to shortlist candidates for the 2014…

In a risky and symbolic act of defiance, unidentified West Papuan pro-independence activists raised the banned symbol of West Papuan liberation,…

Sherr Rinn – During July and August, the Indonesian government firmed up its resistance to any further large increases in the minimum wage.…

Jakarta – The new head of Lenteng Agung subdistrict in South Jakarta, Susan Jasmine Zulkifli, 43, whose replacement on sectarian grounds was…

An activist from the Indonesian province of West Papua says Indonesia is lying and not honouring its promise to the leaders of the…

Farouk Arnaz & Shesar Andriawan – Thousands of members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) paraded through the streets of Jakarta…

The country's far-right religious authority, Indonesian Ulema Council, is voicing their support for Rizieq Syihab, chief of the Islamic Defenders…

Bekasi – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) held its 3rd National Conference (Munas) at the Wisma Haji building in Bekasi, West Java, between…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The package of economic measures announced by the government on Friday to overcome the growing current account deficit…

Nadia Bulkin – The Act of Killing, a new documentary on Indonesia's anti-Communist mass killings, is making the rounds globally and earning praise…

Jakarta – Three wives of imprisoned terror suspects filed a report on Friday with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) claiming…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) said on Friday it would investigate the controversial Supreme Court ruling that exonerated a…

Despite claims published by Indonesian website merdeka.com that the Freedom Flotilla is not proceeding, Freedom Flotilla co-founders, Jacob…

Jason MacLeod – Tineke Rumkabu handed me a bright yellow piece of A4 paper, double-sided, and folded in half. The official looking invitation was…

Brian Robins – Woodside's decision to opt for an offshore solution to develop the Browse Basin gasfield off north-west of Australia threatens to…

Indonesia's top Islamic authority lashed out Friday at the country's decision to host the Miss World beauty pageant next month, saying that women…

Rights groups have lashed out at the government for not doing enough to end discrimination against women, warning that women and girls face a…

Phelim Kine – It's degrading, discriminatory, not to mention junk science – so why does the notion of "virginity tests" keep rearing its ugly head…

Wahyu Sudoyo & Tito Summa Siahaan – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plans to revise the negative list of investment among other policies he…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Golkar Party is becoming increasingly polarized over the nomination of chairman Aburizal Bakrie as the party's…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-113-2013

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

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – Agriculture Minister Suswono has admitted that he discussed Indonesia's beef shortages with the former Prosperous…

Loro Horta – Following the July 2012 elections Timor-Leste formed one of the largest governments in the region made up of 57 cabinet members. This…

Jakarta – As of mid-August this year the number of discriminative regulations has risen two-fold, from 154 in 2009 to 342. Of these 334 are…

Jakarta – All police units in Papua have been warned of a possible unauthorized visit by foreign ships carrying activists campaigning for a free…

Jayapura – The second Deputy Chairperson of the MRP, Engelberta has urged leading politicians in Papua to show respect for indigenous Papuans in…

Daniel Drageset, Auckland – Aboriginal elder Kevin Buzzacott, who is on board the West Papua Freedom Flotilla, says media attention is "very…

Supplying electricity to the whole of Timor-Leste (East Timor) was almost achieved Tuesday with the inauguration of the Betano power…

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Activists are demanding the police solve the 17-year-old case of murdered Yogyakarta journalist Fuad Muhammad…

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang – An official with a municipal religious affairs agency has been arrested for possession of methamphetamine, police in…