Ryan Griffiths – West Papuans have it much harder than Scots or Catalans. In West Papua it is illegal to fly the independence flag.

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Jakarta – The government is making a stringent effort to simplify the process for investors to obtain tax allowances and tax holidays, assuring…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has lauded President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's move to reduce the…

Jakarta – The Indonesian economy faces tough global challenges with the rupiah exchange rate weakening, says an economic team from publicly listed…

Jakarta – Foreign investors have been withdrawing capital from the Indonesian market since early this year in anticipation of an increase in the…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – An anticorruption activist in Toba Samosir regency, North Sumatra, was beaten by unidentified assailants…

Phelim Kine – Indonesian President Joko Widodo last week tweeted his support for International Women's Day by declaring that "building Indonesia,…

Jakarta – A district head in Tangerang regency, Banten, identified only as AK, 48, has been arrested for allegedly extorting money…

Jakarta – Hendardi, the chairman of the SETARA Institute, an NGO focused on advocacy and research on democracy and human rights, has condemned an…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – To celebrate this year's International Women's Day, female rights advocacy groups joined with the Yogyakarta Women'…

The Indonesian Government doesn't put a lot of energy into protecting animal welfare, with constant reports about the horrific conditions at local…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The Jambi District Court sentenced Trisna Utami, an obstetric gynecology specialist, to one year in jail for performing an…

Michael Leach – When Timor-Leste terminated the CMATS treaty with Australia early last year, it overturned its fifty-year moratorium on boundary…

Mike Bruce – In 2005, Australian businessman Ian Melrose spent $3.5 million of his own money to support Timor-Leste's fight with Australia over…

At long last Australia has done something like the right thing by East Timor in the dispute over the maritime boundary the countries share. But it…

Today, Thursday March 8, is commemorated as International Women's Day (IWD). IWD action coordinator Jumisih said that the women's should not be…

Anom Prihantoro, Jakarta – International Women's Day (IWD), which was commemorated in Jakarta on Thursday, demanded equality for women in all…

Eva Safitri, Jakarta – Women activists from a number of different organisations commemorated International Women's Day (IWD) with demands for…

Sheany, Jakarta – The number of reported cases of violence against women increased by 25 percent last year, according to an annual report by the…

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta – Drivers working for Go-Car, a service under PT Gojek Indonesia, have been on strike since Wednesday,…

Rizki Halim, Yogya – Dozens of women held a rally at the Zero Kilometre point in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta to commemorate International…

"The Commission instead opted for the easiest way out, which is a shame as in my perception it reveals a lack of impartiality on your behalf!" –…

Qadri Prartiwi, Jayapura – Commemorating International Women's Day (IWD), women activists and organisations in West Papua took to the streets in…

Hanif Mustafa, Bandar Lampung – International Women's Day (IWD) in the North Sumatra city of Bandar Lampung was commemorated in a…

Elise Dwi Ratnasari, Jakarta – There were still traces left over from the rain earlier in the morning. Although it was cloudy, it still felt hot…

Peter Milne – Woodside's Sunrise LNG project remains stalled as East Timor slams negotiations to agree on a development concept and dismisses…

Almost one thousand women workers from the IndustriALL Indonesia Council Women's Committee commemorated International Women's Day (IWD) on the…

Lia Wanadriani Santosa, Jakarta – Women from the Social Coalition for Disabled People (KMPD) are calling on the public to stop the practice of…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Dozens of women and several men marched in Jayapura, Papua, to show their support for the fight against gender-…

Indonesia's government collected US$756 million in revenue from the Freeport gold and copper mine in Papua province last year.

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Though traffic police officers soliciting bribes is hardly a new thing in Indonesia, public outrage over the practice spiked recently after a…

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors have indicted Bimanesh Sutarjo, a doctor working at private…

James Massola, Jakarta – The Turnbull government has pushed back at Indonesia, saying it was unnecessary to renegotiate the maritime boundary…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Social Agency has classified waria, or transgender women, as people with social dysfunctional traits, which has led to many…

Viva democracy and equality!

March 8, 2018, is exactly 118 years since the Women's Conference in Denmark which set March 8 as International…

The first few years of President Joko Widodo's administration saw the government pass sweeping new laws that made it much more difficult for…

Yesterday, a video showing a traffic cop soliciting a bribe from a motorcyclist who was about to get ticketed for carrying excessive baggage went…

Priska Sari Pratiwi, Jakarta – The issue of the alleged revival of the Indonesian Communism Party (PKI) has again reared its head with President…

Bagus Saragih, Jakarta – A string of fatal accidents is threatening to derail Indonesia's relentless infrastructure drive ahead of the Asian Games…

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) has said it is investigating alleged abuses in the…

Jakarta – Five Indonesians made the list of 2,208 billionaires from 72 countries and territories worldwide released by Forbes on Tuesday.

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Jakarta – An Indonesian state Islamic university faced criticism from Muslim groups and activists on Wednesday after it banned female students…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Members of several Muslim organizations descended on Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (UIN) in Yogyakarta to…

Shannon Power – A group of vigilantes raided the home of two men who they alleged were gay. They then turned them over to police in Indonesia.…

Jakarta – A West Jakarta official has admitted to ignoring the requests of a mother who sought the release of her arrested transgender daughter…

Jakarta – Indonesia has blocked microblogging site Tumblr after complaints about pornographic content on hundreds of accounts, the communications…

Tsarina Maharani, Jakarta – Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, convicted of the murder of renowned human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, has joined…

Muhyiddin, Jakarta – Activist and writer Taufik Ismail says that although the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) no longer exists in Indonesia it is…

As the only province in Indonesia that is allowed to enact explicitly sharia-based laws, Aceh criminalizes everything from selling alcohol to…

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