Nazish Dholakia and Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu – In recent years, Indonesia's forests have been razed at an astonishing rate to make way for oil palm…

Nivell Rayda, Pekanbaru, Riau – Mdm Sri Ruayati posted a note on at the front door of her tiny home sitting at the end of a small dirt road in…

Nadira Irdiana, Jakarta – In Indonesia, one out of nine girls marry before their 18th birthday. It's a statistic that puts Indonesia in the top…

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – The head of a government team tasked with drafting the new criminal code said on Friday he would complete his job to end…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – Member of the Prosperity and Justice Party (PKS) fraction Nasir Djamil, expressed his disagreement following President…

Halida Bunga, Jakarta – Commissioner of the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Choirul Anam, requested President Joko "Jokowi"…

Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) Climate Justice Campaign Manager Yuyun Harmono, warned that the land and…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah insisted that the new Criminal Code Draft Bill (…

Beritasatu TV & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Fire still blazes on a protected forest on the slope of Mount Slamet in Brebes, Central Java, on…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly dismissed allegations that the government had sought to weaken the…

Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) Chairperson Asfinawati has questioned why President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo did not intervene in…

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia, the country's central bank, continues its dovish monetary stance by cutting its benchmark interest rate by a further 25…

Alana Mazzoni and Alison Bevege – Australians have already started cancelling their holidays to Bali over fears they could be arrested ahead of…

Erin Cook – Never does Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) move as quickly as when it's covering itself. With just days left in the DPR's…

Paolo Fossati, Jakarta – After raising the minimum age for women to marry, the next step to be taken in Indonesia is a law on gender equality and…

Nur Hadi, Jakarta – The East Java Regional Police have named Veronica Koman as a suspect for provoking and distributing false information about…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The draft revisions of Law No. 12/1995 on correctional facilities or RUU PAS will soon be passed albeit several articles…

Indonesia's much criticized draft revisions to the Criminal Code (RKUHP) will not be passed by the House of Parliament (DPR) next week, as it was…

The Australian government updated its official travel advice to its citizens living or visiting Indonesia today, warning them about the expected…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Indonesia's president, Joko Widodo, has ordered his government to postpone the ratification of a deeply controversial…

James Massola and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has asked Parliament to delay passing draconian new laws that would…

Tasha Wibawa – The Federal Government has updated its travel advice for Indonesia, warning tourists they could be jailed for having sex outside…

Emma Connors – The Indonesian government has urged foreigners to read the fine print in proposed legislative changes that appear to enable…

Jakarta – Amid mounting criticisms rejecting the controversial revisions of the Criminal Code, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called for the…

Abdul Aziz, Jakarta – Foreign investors owned 45.83 percent of Indonesian government securities as of Tuesday, the highest in history, according…

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Indonesia Consumers Foundation (YLKI) head Tulus Abadi opined the government is not seriously controlling the consumption…

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Papuan students studying in Jakarta have urged their fellow Papuans to return to their places of study across Indonesia…

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia has condemned a press statement issued by five independent United Nations Human Rights Council special…

Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said eighty percent of the land destroyed by forest fires in Indonesia this year will be…

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – East Java Police have officially put Veronica Koman, an Indonesian human rights lawyer and outspoken supporter of Papua…

Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Students from universities around the Greater Jakarta Area and Bandung plans to hold another protest at the House of…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's move to postpone the…

Carlos K.Y. Paath, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed Manpower Minister Hanif Dhakiri to act as youth and sports minister,…

Indonesia's government says it's working with the office of the UN Human Rights Commissioner to arrange access to West Papua.

The…

Jakarta (Antara) – Papua is an inseparable part of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI), Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu…

Seven civilians have been injured during a shootout with rebels in West Papua, Indonesia's military says.

But a Papuan pro-…

Jakarta – A toddler and teenager were among three people killed in a gunfight between security forces and independence-seeking rebels in…

Nicola Smith – Indonesia is poised to update its penal code to impose jail terms or steep fines on anyone having consensual sex outside of…

Helen Regan and Masrur Jamaluddin – Indonesia is set to pass a highly controversial new penal code that would criminalize consensual sex outside…

Jakarta – Indonesia will prioritizes imports of buffalo meat, rice and raw sugar from India after the South Asian country adjusted crude palm oil…

Sydney – The 2 billion AUD (1.4 billion USD) Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) is negotiating with…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo received Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi's resignation on Thursday, a day after the national antigraft…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Humanitarian Senior Advocacy Manager of Save the Children Indonesia, Rinsan Lumban Tobing, said the future of…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Constitutional law expert Refly Harun said the existence of an article about insulting the president/vice…

Halida Bunga, Jakarta – The anti-corruption civil society coalition announced that it plans to meet the Indonesian representatives to…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police (Polri) announced that it has named PT Bumi Hijau Lestari and one of its board…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta (Koran Tempo) – The government together with the House of Representatives (DPR) has completed revisions on the law…

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry said that PT Lapindo Brantas Inc. and PT Minarak Lapindo Jaya have not paid off their…

Febriana Firdaus, Jakarta – Indonesia's West Papua region has been mired in civil unrest since the middle of August, following police detentions…

Hotman Siregar & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, has asked for a month-long transition period to review…