AWPA has written to the US Ambassador in Canberra (letter below) asking that the US Government investigate the killing of Petrus Ayamiseba to see…

Anita Rachman & Ezra Sihite – The ink is barely dry on the new Intelligence Law but already activists are preparing to contest its…

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) says the recent acquittal of Bekasi mayor Mochtar Muhammad was the 25th acquittal to be…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The nation's antigraft community raised a collective eyebrow at an ex-graft defendant being made a judge in corruption…

Jakarta – Members of two NGOs were involved in a clash on Wednesday, after negotiations failed in a demonstration over waste…

Agus Triyono – Two activists from ultranationalist youth group Bendera have been sentenced to seven months in prison for failing to prove their…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) criticized the speedy ratification of the Intelligence…

Rangga Prakoso – Antigraft watchdogs have expressed concern that the House of Representatives is dragging its feet on selecting four anti-…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Which one tells lies, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) or the police?

While the AGO publicly announced on…

Jakarta – A panel of judges at South Jakarta District Court has ruled in favor of Jusuf Supendi, one of the founders of the Prosperous…

Jakarta – An NGO has voiced protests over the recent House approval of the 2011 Law on Intelligence, which grants intelligence…

Fitri Bintang Timur, Singapore – When one comes across new legislation, they should ask: What does this bill regulate? For example, the Law on…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Dozens of NGOs grouped under the Coalition for Justice and Revelation of Truth (KKPK) welcomed the recent…

Andreas D. Arditya, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration said that it had issued a gubernatorial decree to restrict the issuing of mall…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – It was not too early for National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Gen. (ret.) Sutanto to throw a party two weeks ago…

The naming of the KPU chief and his fellows as suspects on charges of alleged forgery connected to the West Halmahera election was an…

Elly Burhaini Faizal – Quality education is the key to improving productivity during this era of high under-employment in the country, an ILO…

Jakarta – Issues concerning the Malaysia-Indonesia border in West Kalimantan which were played up by the Indonesian media, caused a group of…

Jakarta – The Judicial Commission plans to take legal action in response to the controversial acquittal of Bekasi Mayor Mochtar Muhammad by…

Jakarta – Bandung Corruption Court's acquittal of Bekasi Mayor Mochtar Muhammad had raised many eyebrows, including at the KPK, which is known to…

On Tuesday 11 October at 08am, the General Secretary and the National Organizer of General Workers' Union including 17 workers were arrested by…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Rampant religious intolerance in North Sumatra has brought the government's commitment to upholding religious freedom…

An industrial dispute at the world's biggest gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province, has turned ugly, after a striking worker was shot dead by…

Officials in Puncak Papua have started moving children out of the conflict-torn district as the situation there continues to deteriorate.

"…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The government will create an inter-ministry team to resolve long-standing salary and security problems involving…

On Tuesday, a group of farmers protested in front of the Trade Ministry in Jakarta against the arrival of imported potatoes that they…

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – A protest action by scores of students calling themselves the Democratic Concern Student Forum (FPMD) against the…

Jakarta – The enactment of the Intelligence Law by the House of Representatives (DPR) on Tuesday afternoon was greeted by protests by…

Jakarta – The government intends to implement a subsidized fuel restriction policy starting next year, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister…

Ulma Haryanto – A tribunal on Monday began hearing a request for intelligence documents that the widow of the late human rights defender Munir…

Jakarta – Thousands of Papuans rallied in front of the Papuan People's Assembly in Abepura, Jayapura, on Tuesday, demanding a…

Benny Wenda – As a child growing up in the remote highlands of West Papua, we often heard stories from the elders about how our ancestors' spirits…

The fresh unrest, which broke out on Monday morning at the mining site of Timika-based copper and gold company PT Freeport Indonesia in Papua and…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-204-2011

Dear friends,

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

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-202-2011

Dear friends,

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

Jakarta – Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday urged Indonesia to investigate the use of "deadly force" by police who shot dead one…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – The situation in the highland district of Puncak Papua remained tense on Monday as a housing complex for local…

Nethy Dharma Somba Rangga D. Fadhillah, Jakarta/Jayapura – A PT Freeport Indonesia worker named Petrus Ayamiseba was shot dead when the police…

Rendi A. Witular and Rangga D. Fadillah, Jakarta – The fatal shooting by police of a local worker of Freeport McMoran during a union protest on…

Banjir Ambarita, Farouk Arnaz & Ronna Nirmala, Jayapura – In an escalation of the long-running Freeport mine labor dispute, one man was shot…

Jakarta – Anti-capital punishment activists and experts have urged the abolition of the death penalty as it is believed to undermine…

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has proven itself to be a party of trouble makers by threatening to disclose a political…

Jakarta – The moderator of the World Council of Churches, Walter Altman, paid a visit to the embattled GKI Taman Yasmin congregation…

Vento Saudale & Ulma Haryanto – The controversy-plagued Yasmin church in Bogor has received a "final ultimatum" from local authorities seeking…

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali says that Islam in Indonesia has helped the country promote democracy and has had…

According to Communication and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring, a member of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS),…

Jakarta – Jakarta Park and Cemetery Agency chief Catharina Suryowati says her agency has faced problems in its efforts to close gas…

The political, economic, social and cultural situation, over which there has been great apprehension of late, has resulted in the public almost…

Peter Ker – Woodside Petroleum has opened the door on East Timor's biggest-ever resource project, with the company agreeing to revisit the concept…

Vento Saudale – Bogor public order officers violently dispersed worshipers outside the controversy-plagued GKI Yasmin church on Sunday.

"The…