Fergus Jensen, Jakarta – Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc has resumed copper concentrate shipments from its mine in Grasberg, Indonesia, but…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – It took two trips to Brazil and the United States, at a total cost to the taxpayer of Rp 2.89 billion ($289,000), for…

According to several NGOs which are involved in the promotion of human rights in Papua, there has been no change in the human rights situation in…

Jakarta – Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker Budiman Sudjatmiko on Wednesday expressed concern over remarks uttered by Home…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Rizky Amelia – Where there's smoke, there's fire, as residents of Riau, Singapore and parts of Malaysia can attest…

Bambang Muryanto – The People's Coalition for Military Court Monitoring (KRPM) is to report the intimidation of activists monitoring the Cebongan…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – After 11 years of deliberation, the House of Representatives finally endorsed on Tuesday a bill on prevention…

Carlos Paath & Yeremia Sukoyo – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo says he intends to decline an invitation to take part in the Democratic Party's…

Stephanie Hendarta – Violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims on East Java's Madura Island and an attack on an Ahmadiyah community in West Java…

The Minister of Health Sergio da Costa Lobo said there are a lot of possibilities for private investment in the health sector, so they can better…

Gita Rossiana – The growth rate in lending by Indonesian banks fell in June as consumers delayed purchasing high-price items like cars or…

Jakarta – Issues surrounding Tanjung Priok Port's dwelling time are heating up, with logistics and forwarding firms accusing state-owned port…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) stepped up its drive against drug trafficking and rounded up police personnel and…

The Timor-Leste President Taur Matan Ruak has plans to introduce compulsory military service in the future for young people, but before this he…

Jakarta – The People's Coalition for Military Court Monitoring (KRPM) reported the intimidation of journalists covering the Cebongan…

Novianti Setuningsih – Politicians need to try something new to regain public trust ahead of next year's elections, it appears, with a new survey…

Jakarta – A rival faction within the People's Conscience Party (Hanura) called on the leadership of the party to withdraw its decision to nominate…

Disna Harvens – Having watched the offspring of former presidents Sukarno and Suharto seek high office, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is…

AI index: ASA 21/023/2013

The Indonesian authorities must tackle entrenched human rights problems, including persistent abuses by the…

Ali Akhmad, Jakarta – The Press Council says the ban on the first edition of Papua's Pelita Pelita Magazine is considered as an attempt to block…

The Parliament's passage of the civil organizations law (RUU Organisasi Kemasyarakatan or Ormas Law) on Tuesday 2 July 2013 represents the third…

Michael Sergel – Asylum seekers and West Papuans were prime time talking points on Australian television last week, as ABC hosted a ground-…

Mark Colvin: East Timor's president, Taur Matan Ruak, is on his first official visit to Australia since he won last year's election.

One of…

Dili – Greater efforts are now needed to tackle the many challenges women face in accessing health care in Timor-Leste, which has one of the…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has agreed to accept a draft bill proposed by the Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP…

Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) senior politician Sidarto Danusubroto has been inaugurated as speaker of the People's…

Yohanna Ririhena, Jakarta – A human rights group coalition has urged the Indonesian government to be more open in reporting the country's human…

Pandaya – There is something strange in the latest raucous, uninspiring commercials bombarding our brains on local TV channels: A host of…

Simon Santow: Indonesia has invited the foreign ministers of four Pacific Island countries to visit its two easternmost provinces – Papua and West…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's commitment to help develop Indonesia's easternmost region could instead lead to…

Jakarta – Christianto Wibisono from the Institute of Indonesia Presidency says three political dynasties retain a firm hold on current Indonesian…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Robertus Wardi & Anastasia Wienanti Resardhy – Presidential hopefuls without the backing of one of Indonesia's…

Jakarta – Domestic waste, at 80 percent, remains the top contributor to water pollution in Indonesia.

"Between water, air and land pollution…

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – A plan by the Social Affairs Ministry to close down 50 red-light districts across Indonesia has caused nervousness among…

Rizky Amelia – The chief patron of a scandal-ridden Islamic party, already implicated in a major graft case, now faces allegations of illegally…

Slamet Susanto and Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Deputy Law and Human Rights Minister Denny Indrayana called on the public to keep watching the…

According to a women's rights advocate, traditional justice carried out in Timor-Leste, especially in the districts, doesn't benefit women who are…

Martial arts gang have virtually taken control of the streets during the night in several parts of Dili and District locations, causing havoc and…

The East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin has over the last few years published several reports on cases of babies being abandoned by their mothers…

Dili – Timor Leste and Australia will go to a tribunal over a deal on sharing energy revenues after the half-island nation accused Canberra of…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has accepted a judicial review filed by hard-line group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), abolishing a…

Saturday the 6 July marks 15 years since the Indonesian security forces massacred scores of people in Biak, West Papua. The victims, included…

The bid by the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation, or WPNCL, to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group has reignited debate about who…

A citizens' tribunal is being held at the University of Sydney tomorrow to mark the 15th anniversary of the Biak massacre in West…

Australia's deputy opposition leader and foreign affairs spokeswoman, Julie Bishop, is in East Timor to meet with the country's prime…

Australia's Deputy Opposition Leader and Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Julie Bishop is in East Timor.

Ms Bishop is scheduled to meet the Prime…

This weekend marks the 15th anniversary of the Biak massacre in West Papua, when scores of West Papuans were wounded, arrested or…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's equity market is the most vulnerable to capital outflows in Southeast Asia, a US-based investment bank…

The East Timor police have provided training to village community police in two Districts – Cova Lima and Liquisa – that focused on…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A rescue team involving the military, police and volunteers is struggling through rain and rubble to search for bodies…