Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has suspended once again the endorsement of the social security providers (BPJS) bill…

Jayapura – A member of the Provincial Legislative Assembly of Papua, the DPRP, had called for the Chief of Police in Papua and Commander of the…

Jakarta – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the recent shooting incidents in Papua were categorized as a public security threat and…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Yogyakarta – Limited access to contraceptives has put millions of young girls at risk of unsafe abortions in Asia-Pacific…

Ronna Nirmala – Two men on trial for selling iPads without Indonesian-language manuals were acquitted of all charges by a panel of…

Rizky Amelia – Cirus Sinaga, the former prosecutor accused of bribery and impeding the corruption investigation of disgraced taxman…

Yanto Soegiarto – Unless it makes concessions both to Indonesian workers and the government, Freeport is done for. And if the government isn't…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – Armed violence in restive Papua claimed another victim on Monday when two men gunned down a police officer in…

Brisbane's Catholic Justice and Peace Commission urged the Australian Government to take a stronger stand on killings and violence by Indonesian…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Human rights groups said on Monday that there were "strong indications" that security forces committed rights abuses…

Ronna Nirmala & Anita Rachman – Twelve people have been killed in the past two weeks in restive Papua province, but an analyst suggests that…

Ronna Nirmala & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Banten's incumbent governor has been returned to office with the help of a former TV star,…

Budi Hernawan, Canberra – On Oct. 10, in chaotic circumstances, the police of Timika opened fire and shot dead an employee of PT Freeport…

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – After seven years in power, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono still has much work to do in law enforcement and economic…

The tumult and violent labor strike against the Indonesian subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. in Papua over the past few weeks…

AWPA is calling on the CHOGM leaders (who will meet in Perth) to condemn the brutal crackdown on the West Papuan people.

In a bid to make…

Rizky Amelia – Earlier this month President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono "declared war" on excessive state spending, but a budget watchdog said on…

Jakarta – A recent global pledge to ban exports of toxic waste has not stemmed the flow of outdated electronic products to Indonesia, activists…

Sujadi Siswo, Jakarta – Women in Indonesia are staking their claim in the country's developing economy, 13 years after the world's fourth most…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Weak government policies on population growth through family planning programs have accounted for the uncontrolled…

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today urged the Indonesian Government to take urgent steps to address the grievances of the Papuan people…

Jakarta – Police said the man who shot to death the chief of the Mulia district police in Papua earlier on Monday belongs to a…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government does not intend to intensify security precautions in Papua following the recent fatal incidents…

The Free Papua Organization (OPM) denies police allegations that the separatist group was responsible for the murder of Mulia Police…

Mathieu Rabechault, Nusa Dua, Bali – US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his Indonesian counterpart on Sunday will discuss the two countries'…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Police and military officers acted appropriately in the way that they dispersed the third Papuan People's…

Made Arya Kencana, Banjir Ambarita & Ulma Haryanto, Nusa Dua, Bali – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro has explained away last weeks deadly…

The US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta says Washington will continue to develop military ties with Indonesia but keep a watchful eye on…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The National Police announced that six Papuans had been charged with treason and were indicted following the third Papuan…

Tom Allard – Indonesia's human rights commission has urged Jakarta to address grievances of indigenous West Papuans as it announced an extensive…

The violence in West Papua this week is deeply worrying – and raises uncomfortable foreign policy questions for the Australian government, writes…

Richard Chauvel – Last Wednesday the Papuan People's Congress was closed down by the violent intervention of Indonesian police and military.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) says that the ouster of former National lice chief Gen. (ret.) Sutanto as National…

Another survey, this time by the Indonesian Voice Network (JCI), concluded that the public approval rating of the performance of…

Ismira Lutfia – Hundreds of women marched from the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to the State Palace on Sunday to call for the government to…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), an NGO focussing on human rights issues, says the…

Banjir Ambarita – A member of the US House of Representatives on Saturday sent a letter to the Indonesian ambassador to the United States asking…

Oktovianus Pogau, Jayapura, Papua – Anxiety was apparent among the participants of the Third Papuan People's Congress on Wednesday as they marched…

Agus Triyono, Banjir Ambarita & Elisabeth Oktofani – The violent crackdown on a pro-independence rally earlier this week that left six people…

Jakarta – Human rights defenders and analysts have again raised their concerns over what they see as "excessive security measures" in the restive…

East Timor is mulling an investment firm based on Singapore's Temasek Holdings to invest part of the country's billions of dollars in petroleum…

Jakarta – A group of NGOs advocating agricultural issues are calling on the Agriculture Ministry to revoke its new regulation that allows…

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – The government will implement what it calls a "gender-responsive budget" in 27 ministries and institutions and 10 pilot…

Dessy Sagita – The Health Ministry has spoken out against criticism by women's rights activists and health experts of a ministerial guideline on…

Fitri, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched a mammoth tourism project in Lombok on Friday that critics…

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that he has sent a letter to Ambassador Dr. Dino Patti Djalal of Indonesia raising…

The Third Papuan Congress was held from 17 October and attended by Papuans from across the territory of Papua. After facing difficulties regarding…

At least 10 lawyers have offered to provide legal aid to six suspects recently accused of treason in relation to a deadly police crackdown in…

Apriadi Gunawan, Rizal Harahap and Arya Dipa, Medan/Pekanbaru/Bandung – Students from across the country took to the streets on Thursday to…

Jakarta – The Occupy Jakarta movement inspired by Occupy Wall Street in New York continues to reverberate with no end in sight in the midst of the…