Ed McWilliams – In a December 5, 2012 lecture at Stanford University's International Policy…

Dessy Sagita – Misperceptions about freedom of expression and gender equality have been blamed for the growing number of female smokers in…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Ramadhan Pohan, the deputy chairman of House Commission I that oversees defense issues, questioned the validity of…

Hayley Davis – Indonesia must do more to defend minority rights and free imprisoned activists to set an example for other consolidating…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Prostitutes and activists in Yogyakarta are calling on the government not to prosecute men who pay for sex to…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is seeking the Constitutional Court's (MK) support in the fight…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators' recommendation for an ad hoc human rights court to be set up to probe past rights violations will likely…

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – In what could be seen as a follow-up to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's new security…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-010-2013

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

A video depicting ill-treatment and excessive use of force by police officers has recently been released to the public. In the video, several men…

Some non-government and community groups in Vanuatu remain opposed to the Melanesia Spearhead Group's acceptance of Indonesia as an…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Tolikara Legislative Council member Husia Yosia Karoba was beaten to death by a mob at a polling station as Papuans…

Lisa Siregar – After the end of the New Order, Indonesian press became free from government control. Anyone can now run and publish their own news…

Jakarta – This year's Indonesian Military executive meeting (Rapim TNI), which takes place from Jan. 28 to 30, will embark on a new…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Concerned by the increasing number of communal conflicts throughout the country, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono issued…

Activists are condemning as repressive a draft bill on mass organizations currently under deliberation by the House of Representatives.

If…

Ricky Binihi – If the Melanesian Spearhead Group is the brainchild of the late Father Walter Lini then how appropriate it would be to grant West…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Rendi A. Witular, Jayapura, Papua – Papua's "mountain people" who reside in the alpine terrain of the isolated pegunungan…

Jakarta – Bickering between Bank Indonesia and some oil and gas companies has returned to the public domain when the bank's governor revealed that…

Torrential rains across Indonesia triggered a pair of fatal landslides in Sumatra and another one in Bogor on the weekend and prompted flood…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Around 200 members of the Banua Niho Keriso Protestan (BNKP) or the Nias Protestan Church in Bandung, West Java, were unable…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is under growing pressure to raise fuel prices and curb oil imports as currency risks persist and the window to…

Farouk Arnaz & Banjir Ambarita – While cold, hard cash is typically the preferred medium of exchange for kidnappers the world over, an armed…

Amid all the controversy on illegal wives and polygamy is the silent hope among some women – the hope for a spouse, one way or the other. "If…

Banjir Ambarita – Papua Armed Forces Chief Maj. Gen. Christian Zebua said on Monday that they have learned of plans to disrupt the provincial…

Spiritual leaders say that religious-based clashes in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, have highlighted the inability of the government to address…

Jakarta – Urban planners are urging the central government and the Jakarta administration to leave behind their old-fashioned ways to counter the…

Jakarta – Indonesia's army special forces (Kopassus) and Japan's self-defense forces army will continue to develop their cooperation to later even…

The Australia West Papua Association congratulates the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) on the official launching of its Silver…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & SP/Robertus Wardi – They can sing, dance, act and walk the runway, but the question on voters' minds is whether…

Fitri, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Advocates of ethnic and religious tolerance have demanded that police immediately bring to justice those…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives should be stripped of its power to select members of important state commissions…

Sulthoni Farras is a worker that became a victim of layoffs at a company in the capital city of Jakarta when the crisis hit in 1998. Despite this…

Banjir Ambarita & Camelia Pasandaran – Jayapura/Jakarta. Indonesian authorities have announced the surrender of more than 200 members of the…

A group that had crossed the Papuan border to join the Free Papua Movement (OPM) led by Daniel Kogoya in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have…

Jakarta – The National Police on Friday defended their plan to spend Rp 1.366 trillion (US$140 million) for a number of procurements including the…

Tito Summa Siahaan – Frustrated over the low realization of investment commitment in the exploration of oil and gas sector, the government will…

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Indonesian Logistics Association (ALI) has predicted that logistics costs in the country will increase by about 3 percent…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The NasDem Party's first national congress in Jakarta on Friday was filled with uplifting and encouraging remarks…

East Timor's former justice minister Lucia Lobato is in jail, after losing her last appeal against corruption charges. She was sentenced to five…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The Religious Affairs Ministry's office in Blitar, East Java, has finally recommended the closure of six Catholic…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – In what could be seen as a triumph of the online movement against misogyny, the House of Representatives on…

Ina Parlina and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono again called for religious tolerance in the country, a demand that…

Nurdin Hasan – Women's rights activists in Aceh have urged the chief of police in Simeulue district to show more seriousness in addressing a case…

Former Justice Minister Lucia Lobato has begun serving her five year prison sentence inside Gleno Prison.

Dili District Police officers…

The residence of the Minister of Finance, Emilia Pires, which is of luxurious architecture, clearly demonstrates discrimination between the…

James Balowski, in Jakarta – Ignoring outrage and mockery at home and overseas, a town in Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh is pressing…

Jakarta – The government officially started its campaign to strike off three zeros from the rupiah on Wednesday, with top officials expressing…

Nurfika Osman and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – As the government has withheld its approval for PT Pegadaian and PT Pos Indonesia to debut on the…

The National Police Commission has criticized law enforcers' recent naming of a woman as a suspect in a traffic accident in Banyumas, Central Java…