Wataru Suzuki, Jakarta – Clarks and Gap are among the fashion retailers counting their last days in Southeast Asia's largest economy.

The U.…

Winda A. Charmila, Jakarta – The Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency reported that more than 11,000 residents in three regions have been affected…

Luke Hunt – ASEAN aspirant Timor-Leste is being democratically tested today, with new elections slated after the minority government formed just…

Many in Indonesia have been concerned about a conservative new revision to the country's criminal code (RKUHP) that's currently under discussion…

Jun Suzuki, Jakarta – Indonesia's gross domestic product grew 5.07% in 2017, falling short of the government's 5.2% target, as President Joko…

Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has expressed its appreciation to the UN High…

Denpasar – It is estimated that economic disruption will result in the loss of between 45-50 million jobs in Indonesia in the near future.

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Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The government has issued a regulation obliging Indonesian researchers to report on their research results to the home…

Indonesia's government representatives say the deadly measles outbreak in Papua province has been brought under control.

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Winda A. Charmila, Jakarta – Residents of Kapuk Poglar in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, staged a rally in front of City Hall on Tuesday to demand that…

Andreas Harsono – Last week, Indonesian authorities arrested a BBC correspondent for tweets she made while reporting from Papua. The journalist,…

After the BBC's Indonesia editor was expelled from the country's easternmost Papua region last weekend over a tweet, Reporters Without Borders (…

AWPA hopes the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretary General, Dame Meg Taylor who is in Canberra this week will raise the human rights situation…

Jakarta – The special committee of inquiry on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has dropped its recommendation on the formation of a…

Siktus Harson, Kupang – For nearly two decades, life has never been a celebration for Maria Pereira. Since she fled her home in Timor-Leste due to…

Jakarta – Senior Adjunct Commissioner Ahmad Untung Surianata alias Untung Sangaji, Chief of the North Aceh District Police Department, feels that…

Chaula Anindya and Satrio Dwicahyo – Shortly after his inauguration as the new commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), Air Chief…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has reported a second straight annual decline in the country's deforestation rate, but…

The executive of the Vanuatu based United Liberation Movement of West Papua says it is confident the Prime Minister of Papua New…

Jakarta – Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, Usman Hamid, said that the expulsion of BBC journalists and contributors who were…

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Indonesian paramilitary police fatally shot a woman in what they said was a clash with stone-throwing villagers in the…

Jakarta – Democracy moves in a mysterious way. As a form of government it is always in flux, with some countries making a transition from…

Timor-Leste (East Timor) and Australia are due to sign the new maritime border treaty between the two countries on 6 March, but the model of…

Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry revoked on Monday 32 regulations, whether in the form of ministerial…

Indonesian police said Sunday they would press ahead with an investigation into officers accused of publicly shaming transgender people in…

Jakarta – Indonesia is campaigning for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for 2019-20, boasting its track record that…

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Mr. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
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Jeffrey Hutton – Amid Indonesia's latest bout of moral panic, that has seen its transgendered citizens rounded up by police and politicians…

Jakarta – Indonesian and Australian governments agreed to extend defense cooperation in The Perth Meeting Sub-Regional Defence…

Tiffanie Turnbull, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesian human rights advocacy groups are "hopeful, but not optimistic" that the United Nations Human…

Sheany, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights, or Komnas HAM, said on Friday (02/02) the current criminal code revisions being…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – A day after being named a graft suspect by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Jambi Governor Zumi Zola said on…

Tolerance seems to be moving backwards in Indonesia as the Health Ministry on Friday said it is about to publish a medical guide where it has…

Sheany, Jakarta – The national human rights body said it would be better to address extraordinary crimes, such as crimes against humanity and war…

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has criticized the government for banning three BBC Indonesia journalists from reporting…

Adam Harvey – An Australian journalist has been expelled from the Indonesian province of Papua after her tweets angered the military.

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Jakarta – A foreign journalist covering the health crisis in Asmat, Papua, was forced to leave the region after the Indonesian Military (TNI)…

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Thursday that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo intended to privatize…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament looks set to pass a new criminal code that will outlaw gay sex and sex outside marriage. The move…

Dames Alexander Sinaga, Jakarta – The Ministry of Environment and Forestry on Thursday (01/02) urged local governments, companies and communities…

Jakarta – The Depok Heritage Community in West Java staged a rally on Friday, to demand President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo turn the 300-year-old Rumah…

President Joko Widodo was a guest of honor at a celebration of the 68th anniversary of Universitas Indonesia (UI) this morning, but the event will…

Rusdy Nurdiansyah, Depok – The Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) is paying serious attention to efforts to combat the spread of deviant sexual…

Jakarta – The electronic ID card (e-KTP) graft case defendant Setya Novanto does not plan to publically expose the names of individuals who…

So, you may remember a story from earlier this week about a church charity event in Yogyakarta that was shut down on Sunday by Islamic hardliner…

Jakarta – River water in Jakarta may put people's health at risk if consumed, as 96 percent of the water is severely polluted, the National…

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Indonesian military (TNI) and police on the involvement of the TNI in police duties such as…

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Military chief Air Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto on Thursday (01/02) said a devastating measles outbreak that…

Jayapura, Jubi – Special Autonomy (Otsus) Papua will be ended in 2021, but one of the mandates of Special Autonomy Law, namely the formation of…

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Muslims in conservative Aceh province are protesting against an investigation into local police who rounded up and…