Timo Duile – In Western academia, it seems common sense that discrimination should have no place in society, including against LGBT (lesbian, gay…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, on Thursday's Summit for Democracy 2021 event that was held virtually, expressed…

Mirza Bagaskara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman received reports about suspected maladministration in the Covid-19 quarantine by a number of…

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has greenlighted all provinces to start inoculating children aged 6 to 11. The rule is…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Tempo Magazine was granted with the 2021 Press Council Award on Thursday, Dec. 9, as the print media which…

Joe Lo – On 25 November, a group of scientists, business people, civil servants and campaigners were gathered at a conference centre just south of…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in the international human rights day commemoration on Friday proclaimed that…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – President Joko Jokowi Widodo acknowledged public concerns about the limitation of the freedom of expression following the…

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Transjakarta Workers Union head Benny Malau rebutted allegations that Transjakarta's board of directors had a meeting…

Juwita Trisna Rahayu, Jakarta – Household incomes were 78.9 percent lower during the period from October to November 2020 in the first year of the…

Arnold Belau, Jayapura – Coinciding with the commemoration of International Human Rights Day on December 10, the Jayapura city Alliance of…

Jakarta – A student demonstration held near the Arjuna Wijaya Horse Statue in Central Jakarta has ended in chaos with three students being…

Syafiq Hasyim, Norshahril Saat – A member of the Council of Ulama Indonesia (MUI) was arrested recently for his involvement in Jemaah Islamiah.…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia has reached a new milestone in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic after the number of fully vaccinated…

Benny Mawel, Jayapura, Jubi – The Papuan Church Council on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, for the umpteenth time, asked President Joko "Jokowi"…

Hazara refugee Reza Akbari* is living a life in limbo. The 24-year-old hasn't been allowed to work, study or even drive during the eight years he'…

Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta – Child abuse in Indonesia has increased significantly over the last three years with many of the recorded cases…

Jakarta (New York Times) – A court in Indonesia has sentenced a militant to life in prison after finding him guilty of making bombs for a 2005…

Gili Trawangan, Indonesia – Chef Ilhani used to serve up Japanese cuisine to holidaymakers every night, now he makes just US$3 (S$4.09) a day…

Indonesia has achieved quite the feat in the battle against COVID-19 with more than 100 million of its population now fully vaccinated, thus…

Johnny Blades – A Polish man imprisoned by an Indonesian court in 2018 after visiting West Papua as a tourist remains languishing in a cell in…

Lumajang, East Java – The death toll from the eruption of Mount Semeru has risen to 39, authorities said Wednesday, as rescuers scrambled to…

Jakarta – Suciwati, the widow of assassinated human rights activists Munir Said Thalib, is continued to fight for justice for her husband. Today,…

Jakarta – Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (Safenet) Executive Director Damar Juniarto has revealed that digital attacks, primarily…

Mentari Dwi Gayati, Suharto, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Labor Unions (KSPI) has threatened to call a nationwide strike if the…

Tommy Ardiansyah, Curah Kobokan, East Java – At the foot of Indonesia's Mount Semeru, what is left of the houses along the main village road are…

Women's rights activists in Indonesia have declared a state of emergency over gender-based violence following the suicide of a woman who was…

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – A number of streets in Jakarta near the National Monument (Monas) heading to the City Hall and Merdeka Palace will…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – An Indonesian police officer is facing a jail sentence after being charged with forcing his girlfriend into having two…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Muhammad Asrul, a journalist in central Indonesia's South Sulawesi province who…

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – A legal advocacy group in Timor-Leste has called on people in the Catholic-majority country to show respect for the alleged…

Evan A. Laksmana – China has subjected Indonesia to maritime grey zone tactics in the South China Sea, much like how Beijing treats disputant…

Arjuna Pademme, Jayapura, Jubi – Lawmaker of the Papua Legislative Council's Commission for Political Administration, Law, and Human Rights…

Lucentezza Napitupulu, Mulia Nurhasan, John F McCarthy, Yusuf Bahtimi Samsudin, Amy Ickowitz – In June 2020, the Indonesian government responded…

What's more ironic than a self-proclaimed anti-racist ranting about the influx of foreigners?

That's the question on a lot of people's minds…

One of the leaders of an Islamic boarding school (pesantren) in Bandung, West Java is standing trial for allegedly raping at least 12…

Rahel Narda Chaterine, Jakarta – The Student Alliance is asking that all nine forms of sexual violence still be included in the Draft Law on…

Two university lecturers in Palembang, South Sumatra have gripped national headlines over allegations of sexual misconduct.

One of them, a…

Clara Maria Tjandra Dewi H., Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police's Traffic Directorate mobilized 400 personnel to regulate traffic flow in the capital…

Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) and the #CleanupIndonesia Movement Coalition held a theatrical action in front of the…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, on Wednesday officially inaugurated the Tebelian Airport located at the…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo outlined a number of solutions offered by the government for preventing floods in Sintang…

Amelia Rahima Sari, Jakarta – Indonesia is ranked 9th most powerful country out of the 26 countries, according to the Lowy Institute's…

Jakarta – Communications and Informatics Minister Johnny G. Plate announced over the weekend that more than 20 million teenagers in Indonesia have…

Jakarta – There is no need for more evidence showing that Indonesia desperately requires a tough and progressive law to eradicate the sexual…

Antara, Jakarta – Thousands of workers again planned to hold demonstrations tomorrow, December 8, to demand an increase in next year's provincial…

Curah Kobokan, East Java – The death toll from the eruption of Mount Semeru volcano rose to 34 on Tuesday, the national disaster agency said, as…

An Indonesian court has delivered a landmark victory for Indigenous rights in a case that pitted West Papuan activists against several palm oil…

Aisyah Llewellyn – Ben Husen, a journalist from Lhokseumawe in Indonesia's ultraconservative Aceh Province, has a secret. He has yet to be…

Jakarta – Indonesia will bring in a new levy for palm plantations within the next two years, the proceeds of which will be used to protect public…