Ian Morse – The people of East Timor (also known as Timor-Leste) join the world in mourning the death of international diplomat Kofi Annan who…

New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters says his country recognizes West Papua as a part of Indonesia.

He made this comment…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has denied allegations that the party had received money connected with a graft case in a coal-powered…

Jakarta – Nickel miner Laman Mining is suspected of illegal bauxite mining operations, disrupting orangutan habitat in West Kalimantan's Tulak…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is advising the Bandung city administration to refrain from continuing a plan to…

A West Papua support group in New Zealand is calling on Pacific leaders to support Vanautu's push for the Indonesian region to be…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has received a cassation appeal filed by the government against a Palangkaraya High Court…

Fanny Potkin, Jakarta – Athletes competing in the Asian Games in Indonesia have been banned from consuming alcohol in their…

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) are praised as the two most trusted…

Adinda Normala, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo may import 2 million tons of rice this year, falling short of fulfilling his 2014…

Rosie Perper – Indonesian political actors are paying social media influencers to spread propaganda ahead of the country's 2019 elections, in a…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has pledged to tackle Indonesia's widening current account deficit, which is seen to reach…

The Supreme Court dealt a major blow to access to justice in late May when it ruled that paralegals are no longer permitted to provide direct…

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) spokesman Guntur Romli said the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)…

Jakarta – The Mimika Police in Papua have arrested AY, a worker at gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia, for making a video that police…

Last week, Meiliana, an Indonesian woman of Chinese descent, was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for blasphemy for allegedly complaining about…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – A 15-year-old rape victim who was convicted of abortion can walk free after the Jambi High Court acquitted her of all charges…

Fiji's Opposition Leader Ro Teimumu Kepa has called on the government of Fiji to "stop its betrayal" of the people of West Papua.

She said…

Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry sealed land owned by five holders of plantation concessions in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan over the…

Panca Nugraha and Aman Rochman, Mataram/Malang – As the emergency response period for recent earthquakes in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) comes…

David Lipson – A month ago this Wednesday, the Indonesian Island of Lombok was struck by the first of a series of devastating earthquakes, and…

Fadli and Rizal Harahap, Batam/Pekanbaru – The target of a 95 percent coverage rate for the second stage of the measles-rubella (MR) vaccination…

On Saturday 25th August at 12:20, Polish tourist Jakob Fabian was arrested by the Indonesian military at the Napua military post in…

A congratulatory letter has been sent to Vanuatu Prime Minister, Charlot Salwai and to Vanuatu's special envoy on decolonisation for West Papua,…

Jakarta – Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita said on Monday that the government had reaffirmed its plan to import 2 million tons of rice this year…

Jakarta – The #2019ChangePresident campaign once again made waves as planned events in Pekanbaru, Riau, and Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday were…

Jane Joshua – Since her appointment as the Special Envoy on Decolonization of West Papua to the Pacific Island States, Lora Lini spoke exclusively…

Jakarta – Moody's investor service has estimated that the Indonesian government will likely narrow the fiscal deficit in the 2019 state budget,…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Recent days have seen an outpouring of support for Meiliana, a Chinese-Indonesian woman of the Buddhist faith…

Sheany, Jakarta – Indonesian civil society organizations have denounced the imprisonment of a Buddhist woman who was found guilty of blasphemy…

Indonesia's Ministry of Religious Affairs has issued a circular on azan or the Islamic call to prayer, with guidelines on when and how it ought to…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed Golkar Party politician Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita as the new…

Democratic Party Deputy Secretary Genral Andi Arief has been propelled into the political spotlight ever since he accused former Jakarta Vice…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-043-2018

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the…

Christie Stefanie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says that he respect the verdict handed down by the Medan District Court against…

Sheany, Jakarta – More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition against a court decision sentencing an Indonesian woman of Chinese…

Gas station attendants don't exactly have the best working conditions even on a good day, but one attendant in Tanjung Morawa, North Sumatra,…

Elisabeth Jackson – A new regulation that makes it easier for the Indonesian government to contract social organisations to deliver services…

Jakarta – The East Jakarta Prosecutor's Office in Jatinegara struggled to handle the sudden spike in traffic violators on Thursday, most of whom…

Ed Davies, Jakarta – A top Indonesian anti-corruption investigator plans to release the findings of his own probe into an acid attack that…

Evi Mariani and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya paid a visit to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo at…

Jakarta – The police have said four people had died in the past month because of forest fires in West Kalimantan.

West…

Apriadi Gunawan and Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The blasphemy conviction of Meiliana, a Buddhist resident of Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra,…

The Medan District Court on Tuesday sentenced a 44-year-old woman named Meiliana to 18 months in prison for insulting Islam in violation of…

Karina M. Tehusijarana and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – The blasphemy conviction of Meiliana, a 44-year-old ethnic Chinese Buddhist resident…

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The Anti-Discrimination Struggle Movement (GANDI) is the latest rights group to condemn the blasphemy conviction…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Member of the Gerindra central board (DPP) Habiburokhman said that presidential candidate Prabowo…

Kuala Lumpur – Indonesia's rupiah has regained the crown of being Asia's most volatile currency.

Concern about the nation's widening current…

Indonesia is deploying 450 military personnel to Papua in a bid to crackdown on drug smuggling on the Papua New Guinea border.

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Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) and the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) have opposed a government plan…