The tough response of the Indonesian armed forces to the Third Papuan People's congress has strengthened calls for freedom. New Matilda's West…

Badrus Sholeh – Aceh is due to hold its elections for governor in December, an event that underscores the significant contribution democracy has…

Banjir Ambarita, Ezra Sihite & Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – Police have set a deadline of today for thousands of striking workers at Freeport-…

Maire Leadbeater – It was not in the headlines, but our neighbourhood has had its own "Arab Spring". The Melanesian people of Indonesian-…

Banjir Ambarita – The separatist group that claimed responsibility for the shooting death of a subdistrict police chief in Papua has…

Jakarta – Human rights watchdog Imparsial has criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for his slow response to the Papua conflict,…

Elisabeth Oktofani – In a nation plagued by seeds of disintegration – as hard-line radicals spread intolerance and separatist clashes dominate…

Yanto Soegiarto – Once again, Timika's Rimba Hotel was the site of a negotiation between Freeport workers and the mining company's management on…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has reported payments of security funds by PT Freeport Indonesia to the police from…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of people from traditional communities in North Sumatra rallied at the governor's office in Medan on Monday,…

Maumere – Hundreds of people, including dozens of Catholic priests in Maumere diocese, rallied in front of the Sikka Legislative…

Jakarta – The government intends to retain the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) authority, in the midst of a House of Representatives…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has quashed Paskah Suzetta's hopes of walking out of prison on parole.

The former…

Jakarta – Police officers who accept gifts are breaking the law and can be prosecuted for corruption, according to a legal expert.

Yenti…

Despite widely held grievances against corruption, a growing culture of violence and rising intolerance, the vast majority of Indonesians are…

Mangadar Situmorang, Bandung – The number of casualties related to two inseparable incidents in Papua is likely to increase. Media reports…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The bashing of an unarmed student protestor by presidential guards has been decried by civil society organizations that…

Renewed demonstrations are being held in Jayapura today demanding Indonesia take formal and legal responsibility for ongoing human…

Jayapura – Renewed demonstrations are being held in Jayapura today demanding Indonesia take formal and legal responsibility for ongoing human…

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – The government is sending the deputy minister for mineral resources to Papua with orders to get the Freeport mine…

A 10-year-old girl with a tumor was been refused treatment at two hospitals simply because her family is poor.

Yani, daughter of…

The union representing striking Freeport Indonesia mine workers in Timika, Papua, is claiming that a number of police armored vehicles and heavy…

Rizky Amelia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The recent admission by the National Police chief that the police were receiving money from Freeport…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The congregation of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) was again confronted by Muslim hard-liners…

The Asian Development Bank has clarified that its data showed poverty in Indonesia was in fact decreasing, and not on the rise, as a local…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Several worker and employer association groups say they will file a judicial review request of the recently enacted…

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – The 2104 presidential election will likely see a duel between general-turned-businessman Prabowo Subianto and Golkar…

Armando Siahaan – The calendar says it's November 2011. But in a nation where the addiction to political drama rivals a fat kid's craving for…

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has expressed confidence that his popularity will surge to 50 percent by the end of…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) revealed on Sunday that the public is disappointed with the performances of young…

David Fogarty, Singapore – A two-year ban on new licenses to clear peatlands and primary forests in Indonesia risks being undermined by the small…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has demanded that the government change its security…

Jakarta – Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) has urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to investigate reported millions of US…

Jakarta – As violence escalates in Papua, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is ready to deploy his special team on Papua, established on Sept. 20…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has set a minimum target of winning 25 percent of the total votes in the 2014 legislative elections…

Banjir Ambarita – Two journalists in Manokwari, West Papua, reported the district attorney to the police on Friday for sending them death threats…

Unknown assailants fired shots at two police trucks that were traveling near Freeport McMoRan's gold and copper mine in Timika, Papua…

Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – The national antigraft body has unveiled a new online service it says will allow citizens to report on corruption…

Jakarta – Former state secretary under former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, Bondan Gunawan, says he believes the daily allowances that PT…

Agus Triyono & Banjir Ambarita – Rights activists announced on Friday that an investigation has led them to believe that police have involved…

Yuli Krisna – Presidential guards were once again found wanting after the second security breach this week allowed a student protester to rush…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – At 8:20 p.m. on the last day that the long-awaited social security bill could be passed into law,…

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo on Friday admitted that his institution had accepted money from PT Freeport to each…

Farouk Arnaz – The police admitted on Friday what much of the country has long known that they accepted millions of dollars from Freeport…

Human Rights Watch has called for the president to establish an independent investigation into the deaths of protesters and the…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Nani Afrida, Jakarta/Jayapura – Economic development that is supposed to help lift Papua from protracted poverty is at risk…

Jakarta – Pay talks between Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold and a union representing striking workers at its Indonesia mine are deadlocked…

Yohanes Sulaiman – On Monday, Nyoman Minta became Indonesia's most famous gardener after he managed to bypass three security perimeters and walk…

A New Zealand opposition MP wants Kiwi police to leave the Indonesian province of Papua. They are there to train their local counterparts in the…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Golkar Party chief Aburizal Bakrie warned the international community against intervening in Papua,…