Paulina Quintao – Women's organizations urge political parties from the VII constitutional government to put away party interests and uphold the…
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October 24, 2017
Bogor, West Java – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his patron, the chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Megawati…
Scott Malone, Boston – New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu is publicly calling on US President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican, to halt an…
Jakarta – Chief Security Minister Wiranto warned on Monday (23/10) against any "intervention" after the country enacts a stricter regulation on…
Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The Indonesian military chief Gatot Nurmantyo "chose not to travel" to the United States, according to the US…
Jakarta – According to a Committee for the Acceleration of Priority Infrastructure Delivery (KPPIP) estimate, the government will only be able to…
Jakarta – The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has asked Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to allow his official residence on…
Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has appointed Muhammad Sirajuddin "Din" Syamsuddin, the former Indonesian Ulema Council…
Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The government has delayed the establishment of the National Police's special anticorruption detachment because of the…
Denny Indrayana – Newly installed Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan sparked a fracas last week when he said in his inaugural speech that it was time…
Jakarta – Jakarta will be surrounded by more than 10 coal-fired power plants (PLTU) within a 100-kilometer radius, which could lead to premature…
October 23, 2017
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-177-2017
Dear Friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our…
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – The United States is refusing to divulge why it denied Indonesian military chief Gatot Nurmantyo…
Indra Budiari, Clark, Philippines – United States Defense Secretary James Mattis has apologized and has guaranteed there will be no repetition of…
Michael Leach – In 2015, not long after the formation of the unprecedented national unity government between Timor-Leste's two largest parties,…
Jakarta – Banners erected in South Jakarta protesting the United States' decision to bar Indonesian Armed Forcers (TNI) Commander Gen. Gatot…
Damien Kingsbury – Australia's agreement with Timor-Leste to settle a permanent maritime boundary in the Timor Sea may have hit a snag as Timor-…
Jakarta – Since Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno decided not to live at the official residence on Jl. Denpasar in Kuningan, South Jakarta, the…
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – First. Brig. Berry Pramana Putra, a member of the National Police's Mobile Brigade stationed in Timika,…
October 22, 2017
Jeffrey Hutton – At the Orion Plaza in the North Jakarta suburb of Glodok, Along Jenggot solders a connector onto a satellite dish cable. He has…
What is it like to be a nudist in a country that prizes modesty and where public nudity is strictly forbidden? Clara Rondonuwu of the BBC's…
Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia is demanding an explanation after its military chief Gatot Nurmantyo was refused entry into the United States…
The islands of Raja Ampat are set to be Indonesia's next tourism hotspot – but locals fear the government is failing both them and the environment…
Jakarta – Recently declassified United States Embassy archives documenting Indonesia's 1965 mass killings may not be included in legal proceedings…
Jakarta – Amnesty International has urged the government to use the information contained in recently declassified United States Embassy archives…
Governor Anies Baswedan
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October 21, 2017
Jakarta – A special service to observe the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation, set to take place in Yogyakarta on Friday…
Jakarta – Freeport Indonesia, a subsidiary of US mining giant Feeport-McMoRan, has confirmed that a shooting incident occurred near its mining…
Jakarta – House Speaker Setya Novanto skipped a court hearing related to the misappropriation of funds in the electronic identity cards project,…
Jakarta – Greater access by local communities to Indonesian forests marks progress in a push by the government for land reforms, officials said on…
Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Suspicion that gay rights is a "Western agenda" aimed at destroying Indonesian culture has helped fuel an unprecedented…
Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Among a trove of chilling declassified documents that reveal the US government's knowledge and support of a campaign of…
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto has once again skipped a summons to testify as a witness at Friday's…
Newly-released US government documents on mass killings in Indonesia in 1965 have provided new momentum for the authorities to reveal the truth…
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Unidentified perpetrators shot at two vehicles in a gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI)…
October 20, 2017
Tensions remain high in Tolikara in West Papua's Highlands amid ongoing election-related unrest.
Tolikara is one of a number of regencies in…
Jakarta – The business partner of Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno, Andreas Tjahjadi, who together with Sandiaga was reported to local…
Jess Melvin – There is much outrage in the United States that a foreign state might have attempted to influence its 2016 Presidential Election.…
Indonesia's foreign policy under President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has become more visible regionally and globally, contrary to popular assumptions…
Jakarta – Chief Security Minister Wiranto said the government does not have the capacity to interfere in the ongoing dispute between the…
Vedi Hadiz – The past year or so has seen conspicuous setbacks to Indonesian democracy's capacity to protect many social rights, including of some…
Vincent Bevins – A trove of newly declassified diplomatic cables reveals a surprising degree of American involvement in a brutal anti-communist…
Moh. Nadlir, Jakarta – The International People's Tribunal on 1965 (IPT 65) says that the information revealed in 39 documents on the mass…
Jakarta – Despite his high approval ratings, according to recent surveys, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo still needed a right running mate to…
Jakarta – The government is unlikely to meet its target of distributing 5 million land certificates this year as part of its land-reform program…
East Timor's new government has suffered a major setback after opposition parties vetoed its policy programme, a blow that could see the…
October 19, 2017
Max Walden – Newly declassified documents have reaffirmed that the United States government knew about and provided support for the killings of an…
Abraham Utama – The Indonesian Military (TNI) says that it will not changes its policies or views on the September 30 Movement (G30S) in 1965…
How a policy scare galvanized a small island's family planning sectorBy Kelli Rogers @kellierin19 October 2017
Bangkok – A restrictive…
John McBeth, Jakarta – As calculated as it may have been, newly-inaugurated Jakarta Governor Anies Baswaden has started off on just the wrong foot…




