Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully will not meet a West Papuan freedom fighter who was refused a public forum at Parliament.

He…

Jakarta – The government has no right to ban Indonesian women from working abroad but rather it must protect them against any work risk wherever…

SP/Carlos Paath & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives has threatened to take over the country's main human rights body…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Rizky Amelia – Twelve beef import companies, including Indoguna Utama, teamed up to evade tax payments and use the…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Religious intolerance continues to cast its dark shadow over the country as two churches in Makassar, South Sulawesi,…

Mikael Niman – A Christian congregation in Bekasi district has become the latest in West Java province to face opposition from local hard-line…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – After more than four years, the government is pushing for the establishment of an ad hoc human rights tribunal…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Stakeholders of the social security scheme are at odds over the amount of insurance premium contributions they…

Hans Nicholas Jong and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta/Manado – As the Indonesian media celebrated National Press Day over the weekend, calls mounted…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie says President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took over the ruling party not…

Markus J. Sihaloho, Carlos Paath, Anastasia W. Riesardhy, & Erwin Cristianson – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's decision to take over the…

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – A survey conducted by Pantau Foundation in 2012 reveals that religious intolerance among Indonesian journalists…

As Indonesia and other countries with Chinese diasporas welcome the Year of the Snake, some Islamic leaders have ignited a religious row by…

Farouk Arnaz – Police are investigating a Sunday morning arson attempt on a church in Makassar, South Sulawesi, after three people…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Democratic Party chief patron Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday took over leadership of the ruling party, which has been…

Hans Nicholas Jong and Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Despite a variety of incriminating testimony, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief AM Hendropriyono has admitted to handing over three suspected…

Palu, Central Sulawesi – The chief of the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT), Ansyaad Mbai, said terrorists were seeking to…

Michael Bachelard – AIDS was slow to arrive in the remote central highlands of the Indonesian province of Papua. It was not until 1996 that eight…

Jakarta – Human rights activists have slammed the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) for deciding to shorten the commission's…

Ezra Sihite – Following up on a presidential instruction issued last month on the handling of domestic security disturbances, a minister said on…

Zubaidah Nazeer – Some Muslim women in Indonesia are stepping up to a more active role in radicalism as the country's terror cells regroup, with…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – On his last day as deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, newly appointed Prosperous Justice Party (PKS…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The House of Representatives said it would question the National Intelligence Agency (BIN…

On February 6, 2013, Timor-Leste's Parliament gave general approval to the proposed 2013 State Budget. Forty MPs from the Coalition voted in favor…

Hayley Davis – Academics have called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to resolve agrarian conflicts and prevent indigenous land rights being…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – As the campaign season kicked off on Thursday, ahead of the upcoming West Java gubernatorial election, the five candidate…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) wants the government to revise Law No. 1/1974 on marriage, which…

Jayapura – The Indonesian Navy is to enhance the monitoring on maritime defense by establish Navy Primary Base in Papua region.

Jakarta – Members of veteran rock band Slank have turned to the Constitutional Court (MK) to exercise their constitutional rights after the police…

Several thousand workers from across Greater Jakarta gathered at various locations in the middle of the city on Wednesday demanding the government…

ID/Agusyanti, Dessy Sagita – Hundreds of companies will be exempt from paying their employees the new minimum wage to prevent bankruptcy, the…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) and the Supreme Court are at loggerheads over whether Judge Muhammad Daming Sunusi, who…

SP/Robertus Wardi – Joko Widodo may only have been sworn in as governor of Jakarta last October, but a new survey suggests he could aim even…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Some lawmakers are criticizing Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for cherry-picking its battles following…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) has urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to commence investigations into…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) says it will soon launch a probe to determine the reasons behind…

Jakarta – Activist Ratna Sarumpaet has asked the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to check the tax returns of President Susilo…

Jakarta – Education Minister Mohammad Nuh failed to answer a National Commission on Human Rights' (Komnas HAM) summons on Wednesday…

Tunggadewi Matangkilang – Speed bumps should be declared forbidden under Islamic law according a cleric at the Samarinda chapter of the Indonesian…

A junior high school teacher in the Pangkep district of South Sulawesi has been reported to police by the local district chief for insulting him…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Democratic Party chief patron President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is relying on party chairman Anas Urbaningrum…

Bagus BT Saragih and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should do more than just make claims in responding to reports of…

Hundreds of residents planted banana trees in the potholes along Jl. Raya Serang in Tangerang regency on Tuesday to protest to the…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Some people in West Java consider vote-buying in gubernatorial elections to be the norm.

The Indonesia Survey Circle's…

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – Hundreds of becak (pedicab) drivers in Semarang staged a rally in front of the mayor's office on Tuesday in protest…

Fadli, Batam – Around 300 residents of Batam, Riau Islands, have rallied to shut down the Tanjung Kasam steam-powered electricity plant (PLTU)…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-018-2013

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received the information…

Jakarta saw another bout of heavy rains and attendant flooding on Wednesday afternoon, with reports of multiple main thoroughfares rendered…

Mimin Dwi Hartono, Jakarta – Draft national security bills have been deliberated by the House of Representatives for a long time. However, they…