Imam Muzakir, Jakarta – The government will remove the requirement to secure construction permit for new buildings in an attempt to improve…

Erwin C Sihombing, Jakarta – The Jakarta Tax Office said Thursday that 20 Ferrari owners in the city have paid their luxury vehicle taxes, but…

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The United Nations Security Council passed through a resolution to extend its mission in Afghanistan, which was drafted by…

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia has been elected to serve as vice president of the 74th United Nations General Assembly for the…

By Max Lane

Executive summary

Jakarta – The Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP) will further increase discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people.

Pipit Maizier, Melbourne – Dozens of people stands in solidarity with West Papuans in front of the State Library Victoria on Saturday (14/09/2019…

Maire Leadbeater – It is somewhat of an irony that West Papua's recent uprising coincided with the twentieth anniversary of East Timor's vote on…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Indonesia is set to pass a new criminal code that could outlaw living together outside marriage, extramarital sex and…

Jakarta – The Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP) includes jail sentences for anyone who spreads communist, Marxist and Leninist teachings in public.…

Jakarta – The Papua Students Advocacy Team from the Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) has reported alleged ethical violations committed by the…

H. E. Joko Widodo
President of the Republic of Indonesia
Istana Merdeka
Jakarta Pusat 10110
Indonesia

18 September 2019

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Jakarta – The Indonesian parliament should substantially revise the proposed new criminal code to meet international human rights standards,…

Journalists covering the demonstration in front of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta, on Friday, September 13, were harassed…

Tasha Wibawa – Indonesian police are threatening to ask Interpol to issue a red notice for pro-Papuan activist Veronica Koman, who is believed to…

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy head Laode Muhammad Syarif is irked by Legal and Human Rights Minister…

James Massola and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesia has announced it will send 100 containers of contaminated plastic waste back to Australia…

Vanuatu and Solomon Islands have raised the issue of human rights abuses against West Papuans at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

The…

Over 2000 West Papuan university students have returned home from Indonesian cities since last month over safety fears.

Racist…

For at least a decade, national legislators have threatened to weaken the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). On 17 September, they finally…

Pacific Media Centre – Thousands of forest fires have been burning across Indonesian Borneo and Sumatra, disrupting air travel, closing schools…

Gayatri Suroyo and Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – Indonesia is facing a backlash over an online campaign backing palm oil at a time when forest…

Helen Regan – Dozens of people have been arrested over suspected involvement in massive forest fires in Indonesia, where thousands of hectares of…

Indonesia has selected the controversial coming-of-age drama Memories of My Body as its submission for the international feature film category at…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia's rapid passage of a revision to a law governing its anti-graft body has sparked concerns that President Joko…

Wilpret Siagian, Jayapura – West Papua National Committee (KNPB) Chairperson Agus Kossay was arrested by a joint team from the Papua regional…

The government and the House of Representatives (DPR) have agreed on a draft revision to a law governing corrections that would make it much…

Massive forest fires in Indonesia that have caused a toxic haze to spread as far as Singapore and peninsular Malaysia are also seriously…

Among the many, many concerns activists have about a draft revision to Indonesia's Criminal Code (RKUHP), which is set to be passed by the House…

President Joko Widodo – who has long faced accusations that he and his government are puppets serving the interests of foreign countries and…

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Laode Muhammad Syarif argues that the new KPK Law has far gone…

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Director of West Kalimantan's Environmental Forum (Walhi) Anton Wijaya asserted that land and forest fires are the…

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – WWF Indonesia said that the land and forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra were caused by among others, landowners…

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) is still calculating the number of losses caused by forest fires in…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Youth and Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi a suspect in a bribery case involving the…

Jakarta – The Trade Ministry will revise its newly implemented Ministerial Regulation No. 29/2019 regarding export and import of livestock and…

Andhika Prasetia, Pekanbaru – A state of emergency has been declared in Riau province due to the haze from forest and land fires (karhutla).…

A major revision to Indonesia's national criminal code (RKUHP) has been heavily criticized by activists who warn that the bill contains several…

Marni Cordell and Ben Doherty – The Australian government has refused to rule out handing over a Sydney-based lawyer who advocates for West…

James Massola and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – A coalition of environmental and human rights groups has accused the Indonesian government of being…

United Nations experts have urged Indonesia to protect the rights of lawyer Veronica Koman who advocates for West Papuan rights.

They also…

The House of Representatives (DPR) today ratified revisions to the law governing the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) that have been met…

Guteriano Neves – The 20th anniversary of the popular consultation that brought independence for Timor-Leste has been a time to celebrate the…

Peter McCawley – Bacharuddin Jusuf "BJ" Habibie, Indonesia's third president, died last week at age 83. Habibie was an unexpected president.

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday approved changes to a law governing the country's anti-…

Richard C. Paddock and Muktita Suhartono, Jakarta – Wildfires burned across Indonesian Borneo and Sumatra on Tuesday, producing thick clouds of…

Bernama – Indonesian environmental activists have criticised the government for its apparent lack of seriousness in tackling forest fires,…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Pers) director Ade Wahyudi affirmed that the cover illustration of Tempo…

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet) urged the House of Representatives (DPR) immediately postpone…

Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto said three planes for cloud seeding…