Bagus BT Saragih and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura/Jakarta – Armed groups were believed to have infiltrated cities and towns in Papua as calls for…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – National Intelligence Agency (BIN) Lt. Gen. Marciano Norman said on Friday law enforcement and military officers had…

Ezra Sihite, Ismira Lutfia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Retired Army general Prabowo Subianto has topped a list of likely presidential…

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan. The three officials charged with criminal negligence leading to the deadly collapse…

Erwida Maulia – Ten people were killed when the Indonesian Military (TNI) opened fire in an alleged retaliatory attack on a village in Wamena,…

Matt Brown, Jakarta and – At least a dozen people have been shot in a string of bloody incidents in Indonesia's Papua province.

While…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin is not the only person implicating party…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Rabby Pramudatama, Jayapura/Jakarta – Two civilians were killed in separate incidents in Papua in separate incidents on…

Arientha Primanita – The head of Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency has spoken of the need for a sweep of Jayapura for armed civilians…

Credible and trusted West Papua Media sources have provided video clips (below) that show the extent of destruction caused by the rampage of…

Information has been received from human rights sources on Yapen Island alleging that major security sweeps and blockades of villages home to non-…

The Indonesia Human Rights Committee is calling on the New Zealand Government to respond to the latest escalation of deadly violence and…

AWPA has written to the Australian Foreign Minister urging that he contact the Indonesian President asking the President to control the security…

Index: ASA 21/020/2012

The Indonesian authorities must ensure a prompt, independent and impartial investigation into reports of…

London – Today UK human rights campaigners called for an immediate ban on all arms sales to Indonesia, following Wednesday's brutal rampage by…

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of 42 prisoners and detainees by…

Will Sinclair – It was the kind of event that Lady Gaga would have surely supported. About 60 people squeezed into Kedai Tjikini in Central…

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – The top legislator in Tasikmalaya said on Wednesday that the headscarf requirement stipulated in the soon-to-be-enforced…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has issued a new regulation ensuring the legitimacy of 20 deputy ministers in his cabinet, after the…

Michael Bachelard – In 2007, young Australian entrepreneur Dorjee Sun began a mission to save the world. He criss-crossed the globe with a…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Bagus BT Saragih, Jayapura/Jakarta – Violence gripped Papua on Wednesday with a soldier killed and – in separate incidents…

Jakarta – A civil servant of the Cendrawasih Military Command XVII was shot to dead by an unknown assailant in the city of Jayapura,…

Jakarta – Another resident of Jayapura, Papua is dead and is suspected of having being shot and killed at 8:30 a.m. local time on Thursday, barely…

Jakarta – The Jayapura Police finally confirmed on Thursday afternoon that one of their members had killed a resident of Jayapura,…

Camelia Pasandaran & Banjir Ambarita – Violence continued to escalate in Papua on Thursday as gunmen shot a woman and a police officer in the…

Jakarta – Increasing religious intolerance as documented in a recent survey should be blamed on official indecisiveness in confronting hostile…

Ahmad Pathoni, Banda Aceh – Shops in Indonesia's Aceh province, where Islamic law is in force, will soon be banned from selling tight-fitting…

Human Rights Council
Twentieth session
Agenda Item 3
Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression

A…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government expects the trade surplus to plunge to one-fifth of last year's level as the worldwide economic downturn…

Ardi Mandiri – Less than a week after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono banned the use of subsidized fuel for government vehicles, public…

Jakarta – What traits should one have to become Indonesia's next president? A recent survey revealed that a presidential candidate who is decisive…

Ezra Sihite & Yuli Krisna – Shariah-inspired bylaws due to be enacted in the West Java city of Tasikmalaya have been condemned by Islamic…

Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan – A panel of judges sentenced three men responsible for the maintenance of the Kutai Kartanegara…

Yanto Soegiarto – Old documents reveal that on Aug. 4, 1965, Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, collapsed in his room at Merdeka Palace. An…

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Bayu Marhaenjati & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Officials and analysts criticized on Monday the recently enacted ban…

Jakarta – The head of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) says the council has always held that vasectomies and tubectomies were not…

Arientha Primanita – A new legal foundation has given the National Police Commission the teeth it needs to monitor the work of the police,…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The planned enactment of a bylaw on obligatory headscarves in Tasikmalaya municipality, West Java, has drawn criticism…

West Papua Media sources in Serui – Credible but unconfirmed reports have been received by West Papua Media reporting that a major operation is…

A bloody and brutal rampage by Indonesian security forces is currently underway in Wamena, in the Baliem Valley of West Papua, after two soldiers…

Jakarta – A new survey published on Tuesday has once again confirmed the widely held assumption that religious intolerance is rising in the…

Ezra Sihite, Ismira Lutfia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives again topped a list of corrupt institutions in a survey…

Ina Parlina and Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has ordered President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to reappoint 20 deputy…

Jakarta – Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) chief Prabowo Subianto and Golkar politician Jusuf Kalla topped a list of 12 hypothetical tickets…

Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono openly expressed his annoyance with guests who were talking while he was…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) blamed politics for the absence of a deterrent effect that should have resulted…

Jakarta – A lawmaker is criticizing local legislators in Tasikmalaya, West Java, for drafting a regulation that would require all…

Jakarta – Governments have no right to control the domain of morality and should not create and enforce laws that control the way people dress,…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Communal clashes and cyclical violence have long been an unfortunate feature in many areas of Central Sulawesi.…

Jakarta – Even though the Constitution guarantees freedom of expression, the nation needs tougher regulations to deal with religious hate speech…