Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Lapindo mudflow disaster is widely seen as an Achilles' heel that could destroy Golkar Party chairman Aburizal…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Experts and a civil society group have urged the Indonesian government to conduct a more comprehensive probe into the…

Senior high schools students in the capital should no longer have to pay state school fees as the Jakarta administration has decided to disburse…

Jakarta – When Hari Suwandi's 25-day trek from Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java to Jakarta, wrapped up on July 8, many considered it as a triumph of…

Ezra Sihite – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence has reported House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso…

Jakarta – Victims of human rights violations and their relatives have denounced Deputy House Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso for making negative…

Bahri Kurniawan, Jakarta – Commemorating 16 years since the attack on the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) headquarters on July 27, 1996, banners…

Anita Rachman & Ezra Sihite – A Sidoarjo mud volcano victim's tearful request for forgiveness from Aburizal Bakrie comes as a slap in the face…

A. Lin Neumann – We hear a lot about the greatness that is just around the corner for Indonesia, and much of it rings true. There is a palpable…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Veteran lawmaker of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Izedrik Emir Moeis was named a suspect in a graft…

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – A preliminary report on Indonesia's mineral exports for the month of June shows at least three commodities were…

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The government has temporarily scrapped taxes on soybean imports to make more affordable. Soaring prices have made…

West Papua National Coalition for Liberation
Secretariat, c/o: WPPRO, P.O. Box 1571, Port Vila
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Phone: + 678 7740808…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to follow-up on the findings of the…

Bandung – An official with the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) has urged police to take legal action against celebrities Luna Maya and Cut Tari…

Markus Junianto, Rangga Prakoso & Viriya Paramita – Human rights activists on Wednesday lambasted remarks made by House of Representatives…

East Java's Sidoarjo Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) chapter has labelled firecrackers haram (forbidden) for Muslims during Ramadhan,…

Jakarta – Sumardi, 44, a Karawang resident says the days when Karawang villagers repeatedly found bodies from the penembakan misterius (mysterious…

Jakarta – The government says that it expects to recruit 20,000 to 25,000 more police officers, half of whom will be trained later this year.

Rangga Prakoso – The chairman of the Public Prosecution Commission said on Tuesday that he would question Attorney General Basrief Arief about why…

It's official. The mass killings that took place across Indonesia between 1965 and 1966 really happened, according to a new report by the National…

Police arrested 165 tribesmen from the village of Kwamki Lama in Mimika, Papua, on Wednesday, after yet another outbreak of violence between…

Laurencius Simanjuntak – Founded on July 22, 1996, or when Suharto's New Order regime was still savage and cruel, it was not an easy time for the…

Rangga Praksoso, Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Despite a landmark ruling from the National Commission on Human Rights on Monday…

Ismira Lutfia – For the first time on Tuesday, a government agency confirmed what many people believe: that the mysterious petrus killings of the…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) announced on Tuesday that the summary execution-style killings between 1982 and…

Rangga Prakosa – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the attorney general to follow up on the National Commission on Human Rights'…

Jakarta – Rival political parties have said that they are not concerned about reports that their lawmakers in the House of Representatives have…

Surabaya – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has called on the police to launch a probe into the apparent…

Ronna Nirmala – The country's child protection agency has received an average of 100 complaints each month related to violations of children's…

Olivia Rondonuwu – Indonesia's mosques are trying to sound their best for the Ramadan fasting month, splashing out on high quality loudspeakers to…

Yoga Rusmana & Fitri Wulandari – A shortage of electricity in Indonesia may hamper President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to ban all raw-…

The Tourism Ministry has announced plans to award Indonesian parks for their clean public toilets, which officials hope will make Indonesia a more…

Ronna Nirmala – The National Commission on Human Rights has called the orgy of violence that shook the country in 1965 following a failed coup…

Ulma Haryanto & Jonathan Vit – As a capital city and seat of government, Jakarta attracts frequent protests, for better or for worse.

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Jakarta – The presidential ambitions of United Development Party (PPP) chairman Suryadharma Ali encountered a major stumbling block as a number of…

Laurencius Simanjuntak – Founded on July 22, 1996, or when Suharto's New Order regime was still savage and cruel, it was not an easy time for the…

Kamana Shrestha – In a tiny alleyway, the sound of laughter fills the air. Then you see them: a trail of children running behind a tall Dutch man…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is looking into suspicious transactions involving the bank accounts of 10…

Rizky Amelia – The trial of graft suspect Miranda Goeltom opened on Tuesday with the prosecution alleging that the University of Indonesia…

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – None of the political parties that failed to secure spots in the runoff for Jakarta's gubernatorial election have…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The number of acts of violence against children, particularly cases of sexual assault, in North Sumatra has increased by…

Bandung – Two and a half years since homemade sex videos with his celebrity girlfriends became one of the biggest controversies in the…

Rangga Prakoso & Heru Andriyanto – With pop star Nazril "Ariel" Irham's release on parole after serving two years of his three-and-a-half-year…

Tito Summa Siahaan – Freeport Indonesia has agreed to raise its royalty payment to the government, according to a statement from a top economic…

Jalalludin NGOko – The political party Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) recently announced its 314-strong leadership structure. Gerindra is…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's call for his ministers to resign their posts if they are preoccupied with…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The United Development Party (PPP) is seriously considering naming former Vice President Jusuf Kalla as its…

Farouk Arnaz – A document released by the police's elite counterterrorism force, Densus 88, alleges that two suspected would-be suicide bombers…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has declared in its findings on Monday that the systematic…