Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Agung Laksono has ordered Education Minister Mohammad Nuh to strongly reject and stop South Sumatra's…

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Chief of the Indonesian Police, Gen. Timur Pradopo.

Gen. Timur Pradopo…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Army chief of staff Gen. Moeldoko, the sole candidate for the top post at the Indonesian Military (TNI), said on…

Observers claim that the fairness of an ongoing court martial of a group of elite soldiers who gunned down four detainees in a police jail in…

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Balikpapan – A reduction in land devoted to agricultural use is to blame for Indonesia's increasing imports of staple…

Lenny Tristia Tambun – The Jakarta administration says it will not bow to pressure from a group of South Jakarta residents requesting the…

Farouk Arnaz & Camelia Pasandaran – A hard-line Islamic group notorious for its violent raids and vigilantism has filed a complaint with the…

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's elite anti-terrorism squad arrested eight more suspected militants, including a former convicted terrorist, in…

Rendi A. Witular and Tassia Sipatuhar, Jakarta – As the alarm rings out over the worsening of key economic indicators, the government will be…

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – Several elementary school students in Denpasar were left suffering the pain and trauma of a tear gas attack on…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Aris Cahyadi – Legislators vetting Gen. Moeldoko, the Army chief of staff and sole candidate for military commander…

Sita W. Dewi and Fikri Zaki Muhammadi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Labor Forum demanded on Tuesday that the city administration increase the provincial…

Dedicated activists and Indigenous elders of the Freedom Flotilla reaffirmed their commitment to travel to West Papua, and sent messages of…

David Wroe and Paddy Doulman – Indonesia still faces significant terrorism threats despite the dismantling of major Jihadist networks after the…

Jakarta – A coalition of education-focused NGOs have strongly rejected a plan by the Prabumulih municipality administration in South…

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – The Surabaya city administration's plan to close down the Klakah Rejo red light district in the western suburbs has raised…

Jakarta – The Australian government does not have the authority to stop its citizen from sailing out of Australian ports as long as it is legal.…

Bagus BT Saragih and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta, Jayapura – Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Tuesday he believed authorities in Papua…

Ansyor Idrus and Margareth Aritonang, Palembang/Jakarta – A plan to conduct virginity tests on female students entering high school in the town of…

Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika has revoked a controversial decree that granted a license to a private company to develop Benoa Bay into a…

Security sectory monitoring NGO, Fundasaun Mahein says that "the recent increase in violence and crime in Timor-Leste reflects a growing effort by…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-111-2013

Dear friends,

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

Sita W. Dewi and Fikri Zaki Muhammadi, Jakarta – Up to 60 companies on Pulogadung Industrial Estate (KBN) in East Jakarta dismissed at least 1,200…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party is facing another huge blow to its electability in the wake of the SKKMigas graft scandal…

Alsadad Rudi, Jakarta – The Cross-Factory Labour Forum (FBLP) disputes the claim that four South Korean companies have left Jakarta. The companies…

Camelia Pasandaran – A plan by the Education Agency of Prabumulih, South Sumatra, to include virginity tests as part of its high school admission…

Raras Cahyafitri and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesian stocks traded in the red zone on Monday as equity assets were dumped, while the rupiah…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Hundreds rallied at the II-11 Yogyakarta Military Court on Monday in support of 12 Army's Special Forces (Kopassus…

Surabaya, West Java – The Indonesian Marine Corps and the United States Marine Corps (USMC) have carried out a joint exercise at the Baluran…

A group of Australian and West Papuan activists have set sail on a Freedom Flotilla bound for the Indonesian territory of West Papua.

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Phelim Kine – In early June, the Indonesian government erected a 16-foot gleaming white statue of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, on…

Marni Cordell – The Indonesian government has said it hopes it will not be necessary to use lethal force against a boatload of activists planning…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – The intolerance issue came closer to home on Monday with a petition from some residents of Lenteng Agung subdistrict in…

Last week the Indonesian President made a speech which touched on West Papua, but did not mention peaceful dialogue. Imprisoned West Papuan leader…

Benjamin Soloway – A flotilla carrying approximately 50 West Papuan and indigenous Australian protestors bound for the Indonesian territories of…

The Dili District Police Commander Pedro Belo said the police will carry out stronger operations in neighbourhoods that are at risk of conflict…

Slamet Susanto and Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Slain journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin alias Udin, who was murdered 17 years ago allegedly…

Pallavi Gummalam – Indonesia has a large talent pool, but when it comes to a qualified workforce, this is where the country is lacking because of…

Carlos Paath, Ponorogo – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo has been enlisted by his party to campaign for its candidate in the upcoming East Java…

SP/Edi Hardum – Jakarta Govenor Joko Widodo is the most talked-about Indonesian political figure on social media, according to a new study by…

Novianti Setuningsih, Ezra Sihite, Rizky Amelia, Robertus Wardi & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indications are growing stronger that senior…

Bagus BT Saragih and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Reports over a plan by West Papuan activists from Australia to illegally sail to Indonesian territory…

Farouk Arnaz – Anti-terrorism police arrested a member of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) on Sunday in connection with last week's…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military has been ordered to be prepared to intercept the journey of two boats carrying pro-West Papua…

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – As Indonesia's global reputation as a model for Muslim democracy deteriorates due to rising…

Jakarta – While the country celebrates Independence Day, the Oikoumene Churches Forum in Papua called on the central government to organize a…

Jerry Omona, Jakarta – General Coordinator of the Free Papua Organization (OPM), Lambertus Pekikir on behalf of the OPM members wished Indonesia a…

Peter Alford and Brendan Nicholson – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has appealed to friendly countries to prevent political…

Indonesian authorities have warned Australian activists on a "freedom flotilla" to avoid entering West Papua or risk being arrested.

In his…

Jakarta – Rights activists in Yogyakarta have urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to instruct the police to get to the bottom of the murder…