AWPA is urging the Foreign Minister to raise the matter of the deaths of the demonstrators and the crackdown on the peaceful rallies by the…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – An activist criticized former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. (ret.) Endriartono Sutarto on Wednesday for…

Bagus BT Saragih and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – A string of criminal acts committed by members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in the first four…

Indramayu – A peaceful International Labour Day action ended in chaos when members of the Pancasila Youth (PP) attacked protesters during a May…

Padre James Bhagwan – At next month's Melanesian Spearhead Group meeting in New Caledonia, leaders from Melanesia will be asked to respond to the…

Bagus BT Saragih and Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has prolonged the uncertainty over subsidized fuel, saying…

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of workers and students from a number of different organisations in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta…

Ina Parlina – A survey by the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) found that the majority of journalists in Jakarta are underpaid, a…

Jakarta – An unidentified group of people assaulted two journalists on Tuesday. The journalists were covering clashes between residents and police…

Arientha Primanita & Ethan Harfenist – Despite being touted as the Muslim world's largest democracy, a new survey released by the Pew Research…

Yuliasri Perdani and Ansyor Idrus, Jakarta/Palembang – The National Police say two senior generals have been sent to investigate the deadly clash…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Constitutional Court chief Akil Mochtar said on Tuesday there was no need to fret about Aceh's official flag, which…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Dozens of legislative candidates vying for the 81 seats in the Aceh provincial legislature in the 2014 general election…

Hundreds of workers at Freeport-McMoRan's Indonesian mine have gone on strike demanding better pay, the US firm said Wednesday, in the latest…

Biak – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is inviting native Papuan high school graduates to enlist as cadets in the military.

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Indonesian police and army units have conducted heavily armed security sweeps across Jayapura ahead of mass demonstrations to commemorate the 50th…

Banjir Ambarita & SP/Robert Isidorus, Jayapura & Sorong – The Indonesian government's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the…

Alex Rayfield – For many people around the world the first day in May is a time a celebration, a day to remember how ordinary people won the right…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Labor activists have applauded the government's decision to make May 1 a national holiday starting next year but…

Indonesian workers converged on Central Jakarta in Wednesday's massive May Day rally, halting public transportation and closing down major…

Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from the Labour Joint Secretariat (Sekber Buruh) held a protest action at the General…

Timika – Thousands of workers employed in the PT Freeport Indonesia mining concession area in Mimika regency, West Papua, commemorated May Day by…

Putra Prima Perdana, Bandung – Shouts of "Free Papua" resounded from a megaphone belonging to the Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) in the midst of a…

An International Labour Day (May Day) demonstration in Bogor, West Java, descended into chaos when police and military tried to prevent hundreds…

Mohamad Yusuf – Scores of women furnished with bamboo sticks held a sweeping action at the company PT Hangsai 3 in the Cakung Nusantara Bonded…

Imam Santoso, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from Jakarta and the nearby cities of Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, Karawang, Purwakarta, Serang…

Dhoni Setiawan, Jakarta – Thousands of labors from Welfare Labor Union Confederation (KSBSI) urged the government to meet their seven point demand…

[The following is a joint statement by the Yogyakarta Working People's Association-Political Organisation Congress (…

The Indonesian government has been accused of detaining more than 400 political prisoners from West Papua, despite official claims that every…

Ansyor Idrus, Palembang – Residents from Muara Rupit district, Musi Rawas regency in South Sumatra were continuing to block the Trans-Sumatra…

Farouk Arnaz – Four civilians were killed and 15 members of the police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) were injured after a demonstration in South…

ASEAN is currently studying Timor Leste's bid to become a member of the association, secretary-general Le Luong Minh said on Monday.…

Banda Aceh – As many as 1,231 legislative candidates from across Aceh will take a Koran recital test organized by the Aceh Independent…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The latest study from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Indonesia found that the local administration in…

Ezra Sihite & Robertus Wardi – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for increased autonomy for Papua province to address the host of…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Depok – Depok police have arrested a man identified as Purwandriono over a Rp 43.9 billion (U$4.51 million)…

Paulus Suryanta Ginting – May Day 2013 cannot be evaluated as just a one day mobilisation, a kind of ceremony or celebration. May Day 2013 must be…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The Health Ministry said Maluku, North Maluku, Papua and West Papua had the lowest rate of vaccination and births…

Ina Parlina and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – After weeks of preparation to limit private cars' use of subsidized fuel, President Susilo Bambang…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – A coalition of educators and antigraft activists have called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to sack his…

The recently created East Timor state oil company, Companhia Nacional de Petroleo de Timor-Leste (CNPTL) plans to start prospecting…

Another regional chapter of the country's highest Islamic authority has taken issue with the hosting of the Miss World pageant in Bogor later this…

National Papua Solidarity (NAPAS) condemns the Papuan police decision to ban the plan to organise public demonstration in Papua to commemorate the…

London – A new report by UK-based NGO, TAPOL, forcefully challenges the Indonesian government's repeated assertion that the country has "no…

UA: 109/13 Index: ASA 21/010/2013

Nine people are at risk of execution in Indonesia, as the state has resumed executions. According…

Jakarta – A new survey has found that chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subianto and chairman…

Robert Isidorus & Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Police in the restive province of Papua have arrested a man suspected of taking part in an…

SP/Carlos Paath – Increasing campaign costs could spur greater corruption after next year's elections as politicians try to recoup their money, an…

Ina Parlina – Political parties are reaping the benefit of incumbency, nominating almost all their currently serving lawmakers for reelection to…

Anggi M. Lubis and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – After years of luring domestic and overseas private investors to bid on government-run…