Marni Cordell – A group of Australian and West Papuan activists will set sail from Cairns on Saturday for the Indonesian territory of West Papua,…

Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Rieke Diah Pitaloka has criticised President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY…

Jakarta – The National Police reported that at least 686 people had died in traffic accidents during the annual Idul Fitri exodus as…

On August 15th 2013, we opened a new office in The Hague, Netherlands. Scores of people attended this historical day, another very important step…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Human rights activists have called for a total ban on handgun possesion for civilians and a…

Bambang Muryanto, Bantul, Yogyakarta – The team of lawyers representing five of the defendants in the case of the prison attack that killed four…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) has called on the government to recall its Ambassador to Egypt, Nurfaizi Suwandi, as a form of…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) highlighted four key issues that require the nation's attention in his state speech to…

Demonstrations proceeded peacefully in several main centres of West Papua yesterday marking the region's incorporation into Indonesia despite a…

Ezra Sihite – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sought on Friday to defend Indonesia against accusations that the republic was descending into…

The spokesman of the Chief of Police in Papua, Commissioner I Gede Sumerta Jaya, said that the security situation in Papua remained calm…

Sherr Rinn – Between 2010-12 there was an awakening of the Indonesian labour movement that can be seen in the writings of people such as Danial…

Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party has begun selecting its candidates for the 2014 presidential election, but analysts doubt that the process…

Andreas Harsono – The plight of the Al-Mujahadah Foundation madrassa in southern Aceh illustrates the perils of rising religious intolerance for…

Hans Nicholas Jong and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party (PD) was quick to deny on Wednesday allegations it was linked…

Amahl S. Azwar, Jakarta – The arrest of upstream oil and gas regulator SKKMigas head, Rudi Rubiandini, late on Tuesday was another blow to oil and…

Senior officials have sought to play down suggestions that the Golkar Party will re-evaluate its decision to name its chairman, Aburizal Bakrie,…

A recent report by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) alleges "gross human rights violations" by the Indonesian Military during…

Jenny Denton – A group of Australian Aboriginal, non-Indigenous and West Papuan activists will set sail from Cairns for West Papua on Saturday, on…

Bogor – The momentum in the lead up to Indonesia's 68th Independence Day was used by scores of Papuan students to demand freedom and…

Arie Sunaryo – The Surakarta district police have seized two large banners depicting symbols of the Morning Star flag belonging to Papuan students…

Joel Magarey – Australian and West Papuan activists are set to sail to the disputed Indonesian territory of West Papua without permission.

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Yogyakarta – "Self-determination, the Democratic Solution for the Papuan People", shouted West Papuan students protesting the New York Agreement…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said on Tuesday that the purpose of the…

Farouk Arnaz – A ranking member of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) was charged on Tuesday with leading an early morning attack on…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Farouk Arnaz – The government's reluctance to act against a hard-line Islamic group following its third violent…

The investigation into the gruesome murder of Franceisca Yofi took a dramatic turn on Tuesday as allegations of a failed love affair with a…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Former National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) chief Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo fumbled through explaining the origin…

Claims by the Australian government that its new policy of sending asylum seekers arriving by boat to Papua New Guinea or Nauru is a success have…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government awarded Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana medals on Tuesday, the highest civilian honor after the Bintang…

Ezra Sihite – Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi said he did not believe recent reports that Shia Muslims in Sampang district, East Java, were…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta Police have been handed a new avenue of investigation in the murder of journalist Fuad Muhammad "…

Jakarta – A 17-year-old boy accused of stealing a motorcycle in Toboali, South Bangka, has claimed that five police investigators gave him…

Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – A deadly lava flow at the weekend that killed five people and sent hundreds fleeing illustrates the formidable…

Jakarta – Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian has announced a plan to conduct a flag-hoisting ceremony on Papua highest peak…

East Timor's Oil Fund totalled US$13.6 billion at the end of June, which was a rise of US$796 million against the first quarter of the…

Ezra Sihite & Novy Lumanauw – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has sought to quell growing support for Papuan self-determination among…

Police in Indonesia's Papua region have reportedly banned a number of protests and cultural parades planned to protest against the…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The police in Lamongan, East Java, arrested 42 Islam Defenders Front (FPI) members and confiscated weapons after they…

Dessy Aswim – A backlash is building against Muslim TV clerics who aren't afraid to use their religion to garner business investors or demand…

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Hotman Siregar – Only by boosting economic opportunities outside Jakarta can the annual influx of people into the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Erwin Sihombing – Anti-corruption activists and human rights groups are threatening to sue President Susilo Bambang…

A number of peaceful protests and cultural parades, planned to protest the signing of the New York Agreement on the 15 August 1962 have been…

Jakarta – The National Police intends to crack down on the illegal possession of firearms nationwide to prevent the illegal…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – With the East Java gubernatorial election approaching, the nation's Shia community has expressed concern that…

Camelia Pasandaran – Many Shiite Muslims returning to Madura for Idul Fitri last week were given an ultimatum that forced them to convert to…

National – The Election Organizers Ethics Council (DKPP) has fired 95 members of the Regional General Election Commissions (KPUD)…

Camelia Pasandaran – As millions of Muslims flocked to mosques across Indonesia on the morning of Idul Fitri last Thursday, a small group braved…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has again come under fire for allegedly supporting the forced…

Jakarta – A clash erupted between Lamongan Islam Defenders Front (FPI) members and local residents in Lamongan regency, East Java,…