Harry Pearl – Indonesia is battling a wave of fake news and online hate speech ahead of presidential elections in 2019, as a string of arrests…

The existence of the long banned Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) still remains a highly controversial political topic more than 50 years after…

John McBeth, Jakarta – If the difficult talks between the Indonesian government and American-owned Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold over the…

A member of the pro-independence West Papua National Committee has been given a ten-month jail sentence for treason by an Indonesian court.

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Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – Tubagus Hasanuddin and Anton Charliyan, the West Java governor and deputy governor candidates nominated by the…

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – Hundreds of Gerindra Party officials and members in West Java declared Wednesday their support for Prabowo…

Arkhelaus Wisnu Triyogo, Jakarta – Gerindra Party Deputy Secretary General Andre Rosiade said the support declaration of 34 Gerindra Regional…

Ihsan Dalimunthe, Jakarta – The spokesperson for the outlawed hardline Islamic group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), Ismail Yusanto, has confirmed…

Ihsanuddin, Serang – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has issued a strong warning against people who spread slander accusing him of being linked to…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Langkat Police in North Sumatra and journalists from online and printed media have announced their…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A man identified as N and a transgender person identified as M were arrested for allegedly being…

Vigilantism in the name of ultra-conservative morality continues unabated in Aceh, the only province of Indonesia given special autonomy to enact…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Graft-watchdog Jogja Corruption Watch (JCW) activist Baharuddin Kamba walked backwards on Wednesday to call on the…

Donald Rothwell – The 2018 Timor Sea Treaty signed in New York between Australia and Timor Leste on 6 March 2018 is a landmark agreement between…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A group of people reportedly burned prayer mats, carpet and sarongs from Fathurrahman Mosque in Jambidan village,…

If you have something bad to say about Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) or any of its members, you'd best say it extremely carefully. A…

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Sukoharjo, Central Java – Four activists and residents, in addition to the three previously, were arrested on Wednesday in…

Agus Setyadi, ace – The Aceh Islam Law Office (DSI) is debating the application of Qisas – retributive justice – for perpetrators of crimes such…

Mike Head – Acrimonious disputes are continuing between the governments of Australia and the tiny neighouring state of East Timor despite last…

Giacomo Tognini – The next two years could prove to be transformative for Melanesia, a region of Pacific islands spanning from Papua in the west…

A Lithuanian artist has carved a giant SOS message into an Indonesian palm oil plantation to draw attention to the damage done by deforestation…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Police in Indonesia believe they have uncovered a clandestine fake news operation designed to corrupt the political process…

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Gerindra Party regional leadership council (DPP) chairman Muhammad Taufik admitted Prabowo Subianto had lower…

Jakarta – The 212 rally alumni group has set up an independent committee that will select would-be-candidates for the 2019 presidential election…

Alan Boyd – Indonesia's long-held resentment over Australia's sprawling maritime claims along their ill-defined border have spilled into the…

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – House of Representatives Deputy Chairman Fahri Hamzah and Fadli Zon were reported to Jakarta Police on Monday, March 12,…

Simone Rensch – Timor-Leste spends the least amount of money on healthcare than any other country in the world, a new map has revealed.

The…

Jakarta – Around 300 workers from the Populist Democratic Trade Union (SEDAR) held a rally at the Toyota factory in Sunter, North Jakarta on…

Jakarta – Civil society group AURIGA Nusantara is calling on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo through an online petition to stop local officials…

Jose Belo, Dili – Timor-Leste's former president and prime minister Xanana Gusmao returned home in triumph on March 11 with a new maritime treaty…

Sheany, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women, or Komnas Perempuan, has called on the government to do more to protect women…

Last week, Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University (UIN) in Yogyakarta made headlines in Indonesia and around the world after the university's…

Meka Beresford – Police in Indonesia have raided the home of two women accused of being a "lesbian couple".

Neighbours of the women accused…

Laurence Barber – Indonesia's government is reportedly rounding up trans people in Jakarta and forcing them into 'rehabilitation' for the '…

Indonesia has some of the highest smoking rates in the world, with 3 out of every 4 Indonesian men being a regular tobacco user and over 200,000…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police has formed a special task force to scour the internet in the war against fake news and hoaxes.

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Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – The Indonesian Advocates Association (Peradi) in Surakarta, Central Java, has prepared 100 lawyers to…

Ahmad Rafiq, Karanganyar – Hutomo Mandala Putra alias Tommy Soeharto officially got the mandate as chairman of Berkarya Party on…

Jakarta – House of Representatives member Siti Hediati Herijadi, or Titiek Soeharto, the second daughter of late former president Soeharto, has…

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) senior researcher Siti Zuhro has warned the public to beware of non-…

Jakarta – Former president Soeharto's daughters, Siti Hediati Hariyadi, or Titiek Soeharto, and Siti Hutami Endang Adiningsih, or Mamiek Soeharto…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (UIN Sunan Kalijaga) in Yogyakarta decided to revoke a counseling program…

Jobpie Sugiharto, Jakarta – National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Deputy Sandrayanti Moniaga revealed several reasonings that have risen…

Ahmad Faiz, Ibnu Sani, Bogor – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) considers himself to be a democratic individual and denounces the…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has told his successor, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo…

Fadiyah, Jakarta – Former Secretary of the Solidarity Action Committee for Munir, Choirul Anam said that he is pleased that Pollycarpus Budihari…

Resty Woro Yuniar – When bicycle seller Willie Sebastian was offered a plot of land by the Indonesian government, little could he have known it…

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – Lingkar Madani (Lima) director Ray Rangkuti said that the most effective tool to win an election is to spread hoaxes…

A pair of Indonesian Islamic universities are pushing female students to ditch niqab face veils – with one threatening expulsion for non-…

All over the world, the rights of trans people – to be free from torture, inhumane or degrading treatment, the right to freedom of expression, a…