Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo admitted that much work to be done by the government to uphold human rights.

"I realize there are…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has reported that half of the cases of violence in North Sumatra…

Jun Suzuki, Jakarta – After years of torrid growth, sales at retail establishments in Indonesia, especially department stores, are losing steam,…

Ahmad Syarifudin, Yogya – Hundreds of students held a protest action at the Pal Putih Monument in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on the…

Jakarta – Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto has officially begun his tenure as the Indonesian Military (TNI) commander, replacing Gen. Gatot…

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says that the drafting of budgets at both the ministries, state institutions and…

Ristu Hanafi, Sleman – Protesters and students from the Alliance against the Kulon Progo Airport have again demonstrated in front of the PT…

Jakarta – The National Police's antiterror squad, Densus 88, arrested a suspected terrorist in Surabaya, East Java, on Saturday morning.

The…

Prashanth Parameswaran – Last week, Singapore and Indonesia carried out a new exercise in counterterrorism, an area of growing concern for the two…

Roshni Kapur – The province of West Papua continues to be shrouded in secrecy from the rest of the world.

West Papua's struggle for…

As International Human Rights Day approaches (10 December), The Indonesian Minister of Defense Ryamizard Ryacudu called for West Papuan delegates…

Indonesia is in the midst of a diphtheria outbreak that has affected hundreds and killed dozens this year, with medical professionals saying anti-…

Jakarta – Finance Deputy Minister Mardiasmo has said the government would start setting aside revenues from the tobacco excise duty next year to…

The decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and eventually move the US Embassy to the heavily…

Indonesia's House Speaker Setya Novanto has dodged several corruption charges in the past, but it's starting to look like his luck has run out as…

David Sobolim, Jayapura – Scores of students from Solidarity Against Forgetting the Student Shootings Case in Paniai Regency have held a march…

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) and the government on Thursday signed a memorandum of…

Jakarta – Starting on Jan. 1, the government will stop providing services to mining companies that failed to pay their taxes for 2017, the Energy…

Jakarta – Hundreds of people staged a rally on Friday in front of the United States Embassy in Central Jakarta to protest US President Donald…

Anti-American protests have taken place in Muslim-majority Southeast Asian states of Indonesia and Malaysia against United States President Donald…

If there's a silver lining to former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's controversial imprisonment for blasphemy, it's that it has…

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander candidate Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto promised that the TNI will remain neutral in the upcoming…

Suffering for the East Timorese and great shame for Australia

The following statement was released by the Information Officer of the…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Constitutional Court (MK) chief justice Arief Hidayat has responded to allegations that he lobbied the House of…

Jakarta – Upstream director Syamsul Alam of state-owned energy firm Pertamina has called on the government to declare that the country is facing…

Jakarta – Starting Thursday, Jakarta's women and children will have a 112 hotline number to report abuse.

The hotline, which is managed by…

West Jakarta Mayor Anas Effendi now holds the incredible, potentially unassailable record of sleeping in front of four Jakarta governors.

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Sarah Yuniarni, Jakarta – Jakarta deputy governor Sandiaga Uno said on Wednesday (06/12) he wants to make it "painful" for Jakarta residents to…

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Jakarta will implement a one-fare public transportation system called OK Otrip next year in an attempt to encourage more…

Sheany, Jakarta – The new batch of commissioners at the National Commission on Human Rights, or Komnas HAM, must work hard to build a culture of…

I Wayan Juniartha, Denpasar – The first ever collective flagging campaign was undertaken on Wednesday to alert popular video sharing service…

A village in Tangerang Regency, just outside of Jakarta, has been accused of religious intolerance after a photo of a circular going around the…

The Jakarta Post reported two Ilyushin-76 strategic airlifters brought 81 personnel to Frans Kaisiepo Airport in Biak regency.

A Biak…

Shannon Power – A government crackdown on Indonesian LGBTI people has caused an increase in death threats against advocates and organizations…

A New Zealand parliament select committee has heard there is currently no pathway for West Papua to be put on the UN decolonisation list.

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Jakarta – Indonesian health authorities will launch an immunisation drive next week to contain a sharp rise in cases of diphtheria, which has…

Mongabay – Extensive deforestation in Sumatra has corralled the island's native tigers into fragmented habitats, only two of which contain a…

Alin Almanar, Jakarta – Defiant graft detainee Setya Novanto will soon stand trial as the House of Representatives speaker's case dossiers have…

Faisal Edroos – East Timor, one of the world's poorest countries, could still be an economic success story despite reports its main oil and gas…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-202-2017

Dear Friends,

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

Jakarta – The government is considering increasing the prices of subsidized fuel next year because of the rising global oil prices. Previously,…

Konradus Epa – Leaders of hard-line Islamic groups in Indonesia have called on Muslims to only vote for co-religionists in elections for public…

Prashanth Parameswaran – On Monday, the Indonesian government confirmed that Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had nominated the country's…

Jakarta – Military expert Mufti Makarim said the process to rotate 85 Indonesian Military (TNI) senior officers revealed in a letter dated Dec. 4…

Deforestation to make way for palm oil plantations is driving critically endangered Sumatran tigers towards extinction, researchers warned on…

Atin Prabandari, Dedi Dinarto, Irfan Ardhani and Putri Rakhmadhani Nur Rimbawati – The World AIDS Day on December 1 has been commemorated for 30…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Eighty-five high ranking Indonesian Military (TNI) officers are set to be rotated or promoted, a statement…

Jakarta – The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) has called on the House of Representatives to focus its attention on protecting human…

Jarryd de Haan – According to a press release published by Scoop, the Central committee of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (…

The new head of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Benny Wenda, says the organisation's agenda will not change.

Mr Wenda has…