Jakarta – A group of journalist will hold a rally at the Democratic Party (PD) central executive board office in Rawamangun, East…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has revealed that the Indonesian Military and the…

Jakarta – Human rights activists have urged the government to better control and monitor its military (TNI) to prevent torture against civilians…

Gabrielle Dunlevy, Brisbane – Climate change is worsening the hunger problem in Indonesia's West Timor province, which is already rivalling Africa…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The second round presidential debate looked for a while more like a two-man show instead of three, with two candidates…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-066-2009

Dear friends,

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

Ferry Irwanto & Camelia Pasandaran – After a listless first debate more than a week ago, presidential candidates on Thursday gave a much…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesia's controversial special forces, which are trained by Australia, have been accused of new human rights…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Human Rights Watch has urged Australia to cut ties with Indonesia's feared special forces group Kopassus after new evidence…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Continued proliferation of administrative regions in Indonesia may no longer be economically sustainable, as it…

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police, which has long been the target of widespread allegations of human rights abuses, on Thursday issued a new set…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Reuters – The military struck back bitterly on Thursday against accusations that members of elite special forces…

In light of the latest Human Rights Watch report with accusations that members of elite special forces, Kopassus, had acted with…

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Preparations for the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Indonesia and New Zealand under the ASEAN framework have been…

Anita Rachman – The government has suspended sending more maids and other informal sector workers to Malaysia until the two countries meet to…

The three vice presidential candidates debated national identity live on television last Tuesday. Interestingly, the forum was structured in such…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-065-2009

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to inform you that a…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Febriamy Hutapea – The campaign team for Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono's…

Dili – The government of East Timor says it plans to establish a national park to protect a bounty of dolphins and whales – some of them…

Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – Members of Indonesia's elite military special forces, Kopassus, have acted with legal impunity in Papua to detain,…

Adam Gartrell – A new report calls on Australia to cut off ties with Indonesia's feared special forces group Kopassus over new evidence it is…

Farouk Arnaz – A hit-and-run ambush on a group of elite Mobile Brigade police officers has left one officer dead in the latest violence to hit…

Melbourne – Five Australians made an emotional return after a nine-month ordeal in which they were detained by Indonesian authorities for flying…

An Indonesian mother-of-two has been cleared of defamation charges after emails she wrote about poor treatment at a local hospital appeared on…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Amir Tejo – An activist claimed on Wednesday that the majority of Chinese-Indonesians believed Prabowo Subianto,…

Nurfika Osman – Activists for women's rights intend to hit each presidential candidate with a list of demands related to gender discrimination…

Nurfika Osman – The increase in the number of women in the House of Representatives for the 2009-14 term to 17.68 percent of all lawmakers does…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) has found in its latest study that even though the popularity of President Susilo…

Frank Jordans, Geneva – East Timor's president said Wednesday that venture partners in a vast underwater oil and gas field would be better served…

Training will go in one ear and out the other if the government does not make it clear to Kopassus that it will have zero tolerance for abuses…

AHRC-STM-148-2009

On June 25, 2009 Indonesia's new police regulations will come into effect, just one day before the UN International…

The victories of local parties in last April's provincial and district elections in Aceh are further confirmation of the success of the peace…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – Smoke from forest and land fires has again blanketed most parts of Riau province, disrupting flight schedules and…

Jakarta – Indonesia is investigating the shooting of a teenager at a military post on the Papua border, but dismissed allegations of police abuse…

Jakarta – Thirteen-year-old Isak Pesakot, a Papuan resident who was reportedly shot by an Indonesian Military (TNI) soldier near the…

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Dozens of delman (traditional buggies) staged a protest in front of the City Hall on Wednesday, demanding…

Stephen Coates, Jakarta – Indonesian police commonly beat and torture people in custody and offer better treatment in exchange for money and sex,…

Adam Gartrell – Indonesian police routinely bash and torture criminal suspects and demand money and sex in exchange for better treatment, a new…

Jakarta – Indonesians are in a better legal position to file a law suit against state and private institutions if they fail to provide adequate…

Jakarta – Research into the nation's television viewing habits has revealed most people regard news and talk show programs to be the best in terms…

Pandu Anugrah, Analyst – The term macet, meaning traffic gridlock or deadlock, is synonymous with Jakarta.

This, however, should come as no…

Amir Tejo & Ismira Lutfia, Surabaya – In a rarely seen community backlash against Muslim radicals, residents in a Surabaya neighborhood took a…

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran – Despite attempts to spur more lively discussions and avoid a repeat of the snoozer that marked last week's…

Jakarta – Fifteen days ahead of the presidential election, millions of voters are still yet to be registered on the electoral roll (DPT),…

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has handed down a verdict confirming election fraud did take place in South Sulawesi and ruled in favor of the…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia could expect a significant jump in investment, in particular coming from overseas, as foreign investors have…

The Indonesian police carry out widespread abuse with impunity against criminal suspects and poor and marginalized communities, according to a new…

Camelia Pasandaran – The number of people watching television news programs and political talk shows has jumped in the past three months,…

Katrin Figge – Wati is 23 years old and already a mother of five. She carries her youngest child in her arms, a 5-month-old girl who has a slight…

AWPA (Sydney) has written to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders who are meeting in Cairns in August, urging them to discus the deteriorating…