Shannon Power, Aceh – the only province in Indonesia to rule with Islamic Sharia Law – has furthered its clampdown on the LGBTI community, this…

Muhammad Genantan Saputra – Protesters calling themselves the Civil Society Alliance Against the Draft Criminal Code held a rally at the front…

Damien Kingsbury, Jakarta, Jubi/Crikey – West Papua has shown once again that freedom of speech is only for those who follow the rules.

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Jakarta – Armed separatists shot dead an Indonesian soldier on Monday during a gunfight at a market place in the remote easternmost province of…

Sarah Yuniarni, Jakarta – A recent string of accidents in major construction projects in Indonesia has raised concerns of lax safety standards as…

Tess Newton Cain – The last time the leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) got together was in 2016, for a special leaders summit held…

Jakarta – Some 60 protesters from the Nation Unity Community packed the front yard of City Hall on Monday demanding Jakarta Governor…

Gibran Maulana Ibrahim, Jakarta – This afternoon the House of Representatives (DPR) enacted revisions to the Legislative Institutions Law (UU MD3…

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has stressed the importance of upholding religious freedom as guaranteed under…

Lindsay Murdoch – East Timor could receive up to 80 per cent of revenue from the $50 billion Greater Sunrise oil and gas field in the Timor Sea…

Yogyakarta – An unidentified man has reportedly attacked churchgoers using a one-meter sword at St. Lidwina church in Sleman regency, Yogyakarta,…

The Muhammadiyah Youth Greater Aceh regional board (PDPM) in cooperation with the Indonesian National Youth Committee (KNPI) held a seminar on the…

Padang (Antara) – Press Council chairman Yosep Adi Prasetyo claimed that Indonesia holds world's highest number of mass media with 47,…

Jakarta – Indonesia's overcrowded prisons are ill-equipped to deal with militant inmates, hampering efforts to prevent the spread of violent…

Ramadani Saputra, Jakarta – The Indonesian Asian Games Organizing Committee (INASGOC) has called attention to the biggest problem observed during…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – It is easy to go to jail in Indonesia. If you say anything wrong about someone's religion, you could go to jail. If you…

Vincent Bevins, Jakarta – Prodded by religious conservatives, Indonesia is moving toward outlawing gay sex – and even sex outside marriage – in a…

Adinda Normala, Jakarta – Japan Credit Rating Agency, or JCR, has upgraded Indonesia's sovereign debt to "BBB with a stable outlook," a notch…

Greater Aceh regent Mawardi Ali has again issued a circular. This time the regional government has banned beauty salons from being run by or…

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Foreign researchers can no longer freely enter museums run by the Indonesian Military (TNI) without permission from…

Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno has called on the flood-affected residents of Bidara Cina in East Jakarta to hand over their lands…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration is set to continue the river restoration program this year by relocating residents living along the banks of…

Devandy Ario Putro – LGBTI people have always existed in Indonesian culture and society – long before the genesis of the nation itself.

The…

Kanupriya Kapoor, Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Zulfikar Fahd, an openly gay man, says he flew from Indonesia to Canada late last month and…

Meka Beresford – An Indonesian MP has said that he believes LGBTQ+ people should be sentenced to death or a life in prison for their acts.

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Konradus Epa – Indonesia has persuaded Google to pull 73 applications and shut down 169 websites related to the country's LBGT community.

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The Turnbull Government will be watching with interest and angst for a soon-to-be-released book which sheds light on an extraordinary chapter of…

Aisyah Llewellyn – Indonesia is currently gripped by news about plans to revise the country's criminal code (RKUHP). This could see draconian new…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court rejected on Thursday a petition to invalidate the House of Representatives' right to…

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has said Indonesia needs to boost its exports as the country's foreign debt continues to increase…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAU-001-2018

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

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors have indicted Fredrich Yunadi, a former attorney of graft defendant…

Kyle Knight – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein is urging Indonesia's government to scrap clauses in a new…

Jakarta – Hundreds of residents of Kapuk Poglar in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, staged a rally on Thursday to protest a plan to evict them from their…

Amanda Hodge – The UN Human Rights chief has urged Indonesia not to go "backwards on human rights" by introducing laws banning sex outside…

The deputy house speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR), Fadli Zon, has been an adamant critic of President Joko Widodo's…

The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner says his office has been invited by Indonesia's government to visit Papua region, or West Papua.

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply appreciates the visit to the Republic of Indonesia of Mr. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the UN High…

Sheany, Jakarta – The United Nations human rights chief said on Wednesday (07/02) that the proposed revisions to the Indonesian criminal code are…

Sheany, Jakarta – The United Nations high commissioner for human rights said on Wednesday (07/02) that he will send a mission to Indonesia's…

Krithika Varagur, Jakarta – Twin crises of measles and malnutrition have recently afflicted Indonesia's easternmost province, Papua, inciting…

Authorities in Indonesia have issued four new palm oil permits in its Papua provinces despite a moratorium on palm oil expansion…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Zeid Ra'ad al-…

Indonesia must clamp down on rising intolerance against the LGBT community, the UN human rights chief warned Wednesday, as the persecuted minority…

Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday criticised proposals in Indonesia's parliament to criminalize gay…

Prayudha, Makassar – Rezki Ameliyah, known by her friends as Melia, has had to swallow a bitter pill. Melia along with her friend and fellow…

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo voided late on Tuesday a much-maligned regulation aimed at screening research projects…

Jakarta – The notification about the cancellation of a meeting to approve the draft of the Criminal Code (KUHP) on Thursday last week came quite…

Depok – The Depok city Indonesian Underground Social Movement (GMBI) has held a rally in front of the Depok Regional House of Representatives (…

Back in September 2015, when he was inaugurated as the head of Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN), Budi Waseso said that rehabilitation…