The organisation calling itself the executive government of the Federal Republic of West Papua has sent a letter to the Pacific…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Sidoarjo, East Java – For the first time in his life, Jawi, 42, a Shiite who was evicted from his hometown in Bluuran…

Vento Saudale, Novi Lumanauw & Fana F.S. Putra – Prices for certain kinds of food have doubled five days into the Ramadan fasting month,…

Mettu Badii, Semarang – Scores of students and young people from the group National Papua Solidarity (NAPAS) held a candlelit vigil in front of…

Yogyakarta – Hundreds of demonstrators from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held a peaceful action and…

The West Papuan Freedom Flotilla sets out on the first leg of its epic journey from Lake Eyre to the warm waters of Merauke, West Papua on July 16…

Erwida Maulia – Tired faces and lackluster expressions: a sidewalk on Jalan Gatot Subroto, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday afternoon. It was the…

Slamet Susanto, Bantul – The temporary direct cash assistance (BLSM) for poor people in Bantul regency, Yogyakarta, may have been inappropriately…

Finalia Kodrati, Arie Dwi Budiawati – Papua National Solidarity (NAPAS) is demanding that the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and…

Ina Parlina and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – The government said on Saturday it would evaluate a 2012 government regulation on remissions believed…

Simon Santow: Last week, the ABC's stand-in PNG (Papua New Guinea) correspondent Liam Cochrane made a trip to the far north-west of Papua New…

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – This week the UN scrutinized Indonesia for the first time regarding its reports on civil and political rights, eight years…

Michael Bachelard – The towns in Indonesia where most asylum seekers hide out as they wait for passage to Australia have rebelled against their…

Dessy Aswim – The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, a self-regulating industry body, has defended four out of five of its member companies…

Satria Sambijantoro and Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The central bank suggested on Friday that the economy "must grow below 6 percent" to avoid…

Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto, Bantul – Seven of the eight witnesses in the trial of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) members accused of…

Jakarta – Terror fugitive Santoso's recent video, posted on YouTube on Sunday, illustrates the contemporary methods used by terrorist cells to…

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – In a graft case related to the purchase of traffic equipment, witnesses have testified on the flow of funds to defendant…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – An unidentified gunman shot a passing motorcycle taxi driver dead in the restive Papua district of Puncak Jaya on…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government is planning to allow alcoholic beverage producers to expand their output in a move to meet increasing…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Police have handed down a lenient punishment to Comr. Albert Dedi, a detective from the police's special…

Bambang Muryanto, Bantul, Yogyakarta – Witnesses in the case of the 12 members of the Army's Special Force (Kopassus) charged with killing four…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Traffic along the Cikampek toll road was disrupted for three hours on Thursday when some 300 farmers staged a rally at the 44…

Larry Rohter – Early in "The Act of Killing", Joshua Oppenheimer's startling new documentary about mass murder and impunity in Indonesia, a death…

Stephen Applebaum – This year's Berlin film festival hosted movies by well-known directors including Richard Linklater, Steven Soderbergh, Noah…

Carlos Paath – The government has hailed the passage of new legislation that it says will tackle the chronic shortage of doctors serving Indonesia…

Jakarta – Several members of the House of Representatives have launched an attack against Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) for releasing a report…

Erwin Sihombing – The antigraft body said on Wednesday that the Bank Century bailout scandal was not a case of corruption, but the abuse of power…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Rizky Amelia – A Democratic Party executive has corroborated allegations that Anas Urbaningrum, the deposed…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali, in response to criticism from local and foreign institutions that say the…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – The National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has detected strong indications of human rights…

Michael Bachelard – Australia's most wanted people smuggler has been set free by an Indonesian court and granted his wish to return home to…

Index: ASA 21/024/2013

Amnesty International urges the Indonesian authorities to immediately revise the Law on Mass Organizations (…

[Joint Press Release by Franciscans International, Human Rights and Peace for Papua (ICP), Imparsial, KontraS, Tapol and the West Papua Network…

Dessy Aswim – Indonesia's school children are paying the price for entrenched official corruption, with inadequate schools and teaching hindering…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Indonesia is facing the double burden of malnutrition that refers to the coexistence of both undernutrition and…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The IV/Diponegoro Military Command (Kodam) chief spokesman denied on Wednesday an allegation that the military was…

Yohanna Ririhena, Geneva – Members of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) said they would treat reports of Indonesia's human rights…

Jakarta – The Custom Institute of Amungme Tribe (Lemasa) in Papua has called on the central government to involve customary communities in the…

Bayu Marhaenjati – Jakarta Police denied on Thursday intimidating an alleged rape victim, while the woman's lawyer claimed she was urged by police…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government will flood the market with imported basic-food commodities to help push down prices and ease inflationary…

Dessy Aswim – Pramono Edhie Wibowo has been a Democratic Party member for less than two weeks and already the former Army chief of staff is being…

Clayton Bennett – East Timor will open a consulate in Darwin. East Timorese President Taur Matan Ruak made the announcement to Chief Minister Adam…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives passed a key bill on Tuesday aimed at empowering the country's largely impoverished…

Yohanna Ririhena, Geneva – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) and representatives of Indonesia's NGOs are gathering in Geneva…

Josef Benedict, Geneva – This week, the eyes of the international human rights community – and in particular those of the diplomats working at the…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – While almost everybody else is welcoming Ramadhan with happiness and smiles, for 116…

Diska Putri Pamungkas & Dessy Aswim – Indonesia is a long way from achieving the openness and tolerance of the United States and Europe toward…

Muslims across Indonesia began celebrating the holy month of Ramadan Wednesday, with hard-liners vowing to raid "sinful" bars and police…

Anggi M. Lubis, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that will provide protection for farmers in the form of more…