Wellington – The governments of New Zealand and Timor-Leste on Wednesday signed a defense agreement to enable smoother cooperation between their…

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Hong Kong/Padang, Indonesia – To mark the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Asian Legal…

The many years of lobby by the Independence movement the OPM, a job now carried on by West Papua National Coalition for Liberation (WPNCL) has…

More rigorous oversight of development projects is needed to improve aid effectiveness in Timor-Leste, according to the consensus reached…

Fikri Zaki Muhammadi, Jakarta – Prosecutors on Monday demanded a six-month prison term for former gang lord Hercules Rozario Marshal despite the…

The European Union plans to donate 20.5 million euros to Timor-Leste (East Timor) to repair and maintain roads in three districts of…

Dili – Timor-Leste needs to do more at the national and district levels to boost disaster preparedness, especially in rural areas, say experts.…

Fundasaun Mahein has raised questions about the process of purchasing guns for the PNTL from Indonesia last year.

The organization Fundasaun…

Today is the third day of the Development Partners Meeting in Timor-Leste. ANTI notes that the agenda for the Development Partners Meeting did not…

The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation says the decision by the Melanesian Spearhead Group to retain its application for MSG…

Jakarta – Mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia will resume operations in its open-pit with government permission after being idle for more than a…

Novianti Setuningsih – The scope of the beef import quota scandal that dragged down former Prosperous Justice Party chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq…

Jakarta – Despite the recent increase of fuel prices and inflation on the horizon, the Employers Association (Apindo) indicated there will be no…

Carlos Paath – The fact the country's biggest Islamic party remains in the ruling coalition despite its opposition to a fuel price hike signals…

Jakarta – Former Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq went on trial on Monday for his part in the imported beef bribery…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & SP/Carlos Paath – The House of Representatives decided to postpone the passage of the highly-debated mass…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment, or Walhi, objects to the House of Representative's plan to ratify the mass organization bill…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Rights groups agreed to file a judicial review to the Constitutional Court, if the House of Representatives…

Prodita Sabarini – Rahmat Sulaiman, information and documentation manager with the Community Mapping Network (JKPP), sat facing his laptop at his…

On May 16, the Constitutional Court issued a ruling favoring the country's indigenous peoples. It stated that customary forests were not state…

Prodita Sabarini – The government is signaling the possible restitution of customary forests to indigenous communities after the Constitutional…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Witness and Victims Protection Agency (LPSK) has said that the latest developments in the trials of 12 of the…

Indonesia is locking up hundreds of child asylum-seekers and migrants in squalid detention centers where they are sometimes assaulted, Human…

Jakarta – Indonesia detains and neglects migrant and asylum-seeking children, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Each year,…

Novianti Setuningsih – With poverty rates still high across the nation, a budget analysis and advocacy group has reported that government…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Rights activists have called on the New York-based interfaith organization the Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF)…

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Indigenous communities will be erecting placards in their customary forests, stating that they do not belong to the…

The Melanesian Spearhead Group says it "fully supports" the right of West Papuans to self determination.

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According to a recent survey conducted by the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI), nearly 80 percent of Indonesian citizens oppose the government's…

Jakarta – The Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) accused the National Police of using brute force, including by hiring local thugs to harass…

Andi Hajramurni and Apriadi Gunawan, Makassar/Medan – The disbursement of the temporary direct cash assistance (BLSM) to low-income households…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – All signs point to a less than rosy outlook for Indonesia, as weaker purchasing power is poised to drag down…

Eoin Blackwell, Papua New Guinea – Papua New Guinea's opposition has launched a broadside against Prime Minister Peter O'Neill over his government…

Issues of decolonisation and self-determination took centre stage at the just-completed 19th Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders Summit in New…

Jakarta – Not only are political parties nominating more female candidates for the 2014 legislative election but some are placing 10 at the top of…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Quick count results show only some 57 percent of voters in Bandung turned up to vote in the mayoral election as Ridwan Kamil…

Presidential Regulation (Perpres) 40 of 2013, a new order issued by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to "Build Roads to Faciltate the Expansion…

Andreas Harsono, Jakarta – In 2012, Indonesia reached a milestone. For the first time in recent history, the number of unaccompanied children…

Rizal Harahap and Nurfika Osman, Pekanbaru – Preliminary investigations have singled out eight plantation companies owned by Malaysian investors…

Bayu Marhaenjati – Students across the capital rallied and closed down some streets following the government's announcement of a hike in the price…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Indonesia and neighboring Timor Leste have agreed to enhance what they deemed "good relations", as well as shoring up…

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – Up to 20 percent of Indonesian migrant workers have fallen victim to human trafficking, a figure that suggests that…

Jakarta – Fires on Indonesia's Sumatra, which have cloaked Singapore in record-breaking smog, are raging on palm oil plantations owned by…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) fears intimidation of witnesses at the trials of 12 of the…

Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy & Agustiyanti – Payments for the poor designed to compensate for the impact of the fuel price rise will undermine…

Diska Putri Pamungkas – Greater cooperation between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia may be on the horizon following a three-day visit by Prime…

Ina Parlina and Slamet Susanto, Jakarta/Yogyakarta – The first trial in the Cebongan Penitentiary murder case at Yogyakarta Military Court was…

The leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group have signed off on a communique at the end of their meeting, raising issues of alleged human rights…

Efforts to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in the Indonesian provinces of Papua, which has among the country's highest rates of infection, and West…

Hipolitus Yolisandy Ringgi Wangge & Agustinus Kambuaya – The Free Papua Movement (Organisasi Papua Merdeka or OPM) has opened an office in the…