Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – West Papua journalist Victor Mambor claims he has faced intimidation and harassment for reporting on the internet…

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Passenger ship KM Santika Nusantara caught fire in waters off Masalembu Islands en route from Surabaya in East Java to…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan took part in dawn prayers during a commemoration of Indonesian independence and the 21st anniversary of…

Jakarta – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) emphatically opposes the Draft Law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence believing that it contains…

Farouk Arnaz & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police have charged 10 people with damaging public facilities in Timika in Papua and Manokwari in…

Febriana Firdaus, Jakarta, Indonesia – Several demonstrators have been injured and dozens detained as Indonesian authorities crack down on…

David Robie – Indonesia's harsh policies towards West Papua ought to be scrapped. Whatever happened to the brief window of enlightenment ushered…

Randy Mulyanto and Meaghan Tobin – Sceptics of East Timor's relations with China should know it is not a "new, fragile country" that can be…

Kristianto Galuwo, Papua – Thousands of students from the Faculty of Social and Political Science of the University of Cenderawasih closed the…

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Papuan students across the country have allegedly experienced 33 human rights violations since 2018, according to…

Papua New Guinea's Port Moresby Governor Powes Parkop has strongly called on the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo not to take…

Gemma Holliani Cahya and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – Papua is widely known for its poor telephone and internet network, and coupled with…

Jakarta – Protesters from the United People's Struggle (KPR) say that the planned revisions to Law Number 13/2003 on Labour will further burden…

Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Brawijaya Military Command (Kodam) V is examining its six personnel who are suspected to have thrown racist…

Iqbal Tawakal Lazuardi, Jakarta – West Java Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Trunoyudo announced that the policeman who gave liquor to a group of Papua…

Adi Marsiela, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has asked National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian to investigate acts of racism…

Fadli, Batam – The Tanjungpinang Police have named Bobby Jayanto, the chairman of NasDem Tanjungpinang branch in Riau as a suspect of a "racist"…

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Thousands of people protested the internet blocking policy implemented by Communication and Informatics Ministry in…

A catalogue of racist taunts aimed at a group of students have sparked violent protests in Indonesia's eastern region of Papua.

The area's…

Jakarta – Rights group and journalists slammed the Indonesian government's move to block internet access in its easternmost region of Papua on…

Indonesia, the world's top palm oil producer and consumer, is joining Malaysia in removing anti-palm oil products from grocery store shelves.…

Giora Eliraz – Amid of the hectic atmosphere of Indonesian politics preceding the elections of April 2019, eyes were almost exclusively focused…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Viral videos of soldiers and security officers racially abusing Papuan students have triggered a fresh wave of violence…

Eliza Mcphee – A shocking social media advertisement has promoted female genital mutilation for just AU$10 in Indonesia.

The ad was shared…

Jakarta – Indonesian police shot dead a member of a Papuan separatist group on Friday during an exchange of fire, a spokesman said, after violent…

The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has condemned what it calls institutional racism against West Papuans in Indonesia.

It has spoken…

Helen Davidson, and Kate Lamb in Jakarta – Indonesia's president, Joko Widodo, has said West Papua "has returned to normal" after clashes with…

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Pers) urges Communication and Informatics Ministry (Kominfo) to immediately…

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Following riots and demonstrations in Papua and West Papua, the internet has been blocked in Indonesia's eastern most provinces since Wednesday,…

Antara & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police exchanged fire with a group of gunmen at the Jibama market in Wamena in Papua's…

Farouk Arnaz & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The police's anti-terror unit Detachment 88 arrested two members of the Islamic State-affiliated…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced on Friday the names of 20 candidates for leadership posts who have passed the…

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Indonesia's resource-rich Papua region has seen a string of riots in several of its big cities this week, the biggest…

Along with thousands of Indonesians who have taken part in protests throughout the country this week condemning mistreatment and racial abuse…

Michael Andrew – The Indonesian media is contributing to resentment and racism toward Papuans, according to a human rights researcher and former…

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Chairman of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Indonesia, Abdul Manan, condemned the internet block applied in…

Muh Halwi, Jakarta – Police have moved and secured a number of asylum seekers from Sudan after a conflict raised during snacks distribution on…

Ika Karlina Idris – The Indonesian government has blocked internet access as they deployed security forces to its easternmost provinces following…

The fates of some 1,500 asylum seekers currently in limbo in West Jakarta may become even murkier by the end of the month after the Jakarta…

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to gift President…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police are hunting attackers who threw Molotov cocktails at the Golkar Party central executive board (DPP)…

Jakarta – A defendant accused of rioting during postelection protests in May has told a panel of judge at the Central Jakarta District Court that…

Jakarta – Mimika Police in Papua have named 34 people suspects for rioting in the town of Timika, where rallies protesting racism and violence…

Aulia Zita, Jakarta – Indigenous community of Raja Na Opat living in Sigapiton Village protested the development project of National Tourism…

Seto Wardhana, Jakarta – A string of protests condemning the recent racial abuse against Papuan students has spread nationwide, with Thursday…

Maikel Jefriando, Tabita Diela, Jakarta – Indonesia's central bank, hoping it can spur faster growth at home despite a global slowdown,…

The long-discussed plan to move Indonesia's capital away from Jakarta is getting more real by the month.

Following President Joko Widodo's…

Kate Lamb in Jakarta, and Ben Doherty – Indonesia has deployed more than 1,000 security personnel to West Papua and cut internet access, amid…

A lawyer at the centre of a diplomatically sensitive bugging scandal involving Australia and East Timor has returned to court.

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