Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) may have come out at the top in the last two general elections…
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Antara, Jakarta – Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) Bintang Puspayoga affirmed that the government will tighten the…
Jakarta – Environmentalists have criticised Indonesia and Malaysia's pledge to fight "discrimination" against palm oil, saying it puts the…
January 14, 2023
Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – Anti-graft czar Firli Bahuri on Saturday slammed disgraced Papua Governor Lukas Enembe as the bad apple in the…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The South Jakarta Police have adopted community policing to increase interactive relations with community members by…
Jakarta – The government's plan to discontinue commuter line (KRL) subsidies for middle-high income earners is flawed for a number of reasons.…
Nabiyla Risfa Izzati – Just weeks ago, Indonesia's government changed its controversial Job Creation Law – better known as the Omnibus Law – into…
Jakarta – Indonesia has deployed a warship to its North Natuna Sea to monitor a Chinese coast guard vessel that has been active in a resource-rich…
Jakarta – Thousands of workers held rallies in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Saturday, urging parliament to reject a presidential decree that…
Jakarta – Holding company Astra Group controlled 55 percent of Indonesia's overall car wholesales in 2022 which topped 1 million and returned to…
January 13, 2023
[The following is an abridged translation of a statement by the United Socialists (Perserikatan Sosialis, PS) in response to Indonesian President…
Len Garae – The Executive Committee of the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association (VFWPA) has approached the Vanuatu Association of Non-Government…
Yamin Kogoya – Following months of legal limbo and a health crisis, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was arrested this week by the country's Corruption…
More than half of councilors who had seats in the Jambi Province Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD Jambi) during the 2014…
Rebecca Root, Bangkok – Ita Nadia is an Indonesian activist who lost her uncle, aunt and a nephew in the mass killings of 1965-66. Her husband,…
Jakarta – The government has finally admitted that many of the nation's past tragedies amounted to gross human rights violations, and President…
Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno has said the ministry will adjust the country's foreign tourism…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Archipelagic Indonesia should upgrade thousands of its old vessels, and also open up new shipping routes for export…
L Imaji Lasahido, Jakarta – Car sales in Indonesia have increased as the economic condition improved after the Covid-19 outbreak subsided.
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Ihsan Reliubun, Jakarta – The East Jakarta Government evicted 52 residents living in the proposed land for the sodetan or water canal project of…
Iwan Kurniawan, Jakarta – Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) head Dwikorita Karnawati forecasted that January 2023…
Jakarta – Maria Katarina Sumarsih, the mother of one of the victims of the Semanggi I incident, Bernardinus Realino Norma Irmawan or Wawan, says…
Fitria Chusna Farisa, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Central Leadership Board (DPP) Chairperson Puan Maharani is well…
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, welcomed on Friday the Indonesian President's statement of regret earlier this week, for serious rights…
Dian Erika Nugraheny, Jakarta – Human rights activists have cast doubts on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's pledge to settle 12 cases of gross…
January 12, 2023
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo teased on Wednesday that he could back Star and Crescent Party (PBB) chairman Yusril Ihza Mahendra if the…
Jakarta – Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, has denied rumors that he is planning to run for Jakarta…
Jakarta – Indonesia's new criminal code puts at risk the basic rights of millions of people in the country, Human Rights Watch said today in its…
Jakarta – In her year-opening press conference on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi talked in detail about the country's diplomatic…
London – Tesla Inc is nearing a preliminary deal to build production facilities in Indonesia with a capacity of one million units, …
Tonggo Simangunsong, Silima Pungga-Pungga – Villagers in North Sumatra have accused the Indonesian government of putting their lives at risk by…
Fadhil Haidar Sulaeman, Jakarta – The government is seeking to diversify its export destinations for coal and palm oil this year amid fears of…
BTV, Jakarta – The Home Affairs Ministry on Thursday appointed Papua provincial government secretary Ridwan Rumasukun to fill in the post vacated…
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Many Indonesians will not hesitate to spend their yearly bonus, locally known as tunjangan hari raya or THR, this…
Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo, in his speech at the 50th PDIP anniversary on Tuesday, for the umpteenth time, asserted the government's…
Daniel A. Fajri, Jakarta – Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi welcomed a visit by her Timor Leste counterpart Adaljiza Magno in…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday found businessman Benny Tjokrosaputro guilty in a stock manipulation case involving a state…
Antara, Tangerang – Indonesian prosecutors on Thursday demanded capital punishment for a man accused of drug trafficking and illegal possession of…
Jakarta – A victim of the 1965 gross human rights violations, Bedjo Untung, is urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to revoke all legislation…
On behalf of the ULMWP Executive, I call for the immediate and unconditional release of Papua Governor Lukas Enembe. Enembe's arrest by the…
Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia insists that the only way to prevent human rights violations from happening again is by…
Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Police announced nine areas prone to riots following the arrest of Papua Governor Lukas Enembe by the Corruption…
Jayapura, Jubi – As many as 19 people were detained by the police for attacking security forces in front of the Mobile Brigade Headquarters and…
January 11, 2023
Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – President Joko Widodo says he deeply regrets gross human rights violations committed in…
Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition, which is made up of 55 different organisations, has issued an ultimatum to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo…
Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Law Enforcement and Human Rights Coalition said that the perpetrators of the shooting of nine civilians in Mappi…
Jayapura, Jubi – Following the shooting of a caravan-type Ikaros plane with call sign PK-HVV by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) on…
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Rebecca Tan – Indonesian President Joko Widodo acknowledged Wednesday a series of human rights violations that took place in the country over the…
Dio Suhenda and Nur Janti, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested one of Papua's most popular and controversial…




