Karang Anyar, Central Java – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo visited former president Soeharto's tomb in Astana Giri Bangun,…

Ali Kotarumalos and Stephen Wright, Jakarta – An Indonesian militant linked to the Islamic State group smiled and raised one finger toward heaven…

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The latest press conference on free trade deal negotiations between Australia and Indonesia felt a lot like Groundhog…

Khoo Ying Hooi – Led by Mari Alkatiri, secretary-general of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin) for the second time…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – The Judicial Commission has warned judges to be careful when using social media because it has the…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesia's national police plan to get 15,000 more pistols to ensure officers are armed and are able to protect…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The tough stance taken by the government against drug dealers has taken a deadly turn that has seen a…

[The following opinion piece by Indonesian journalist and filmmaker Dandhy Laksono made headlines after he was reported to police under…

"[It's] a medium where the person or community you want to know about is usually communicating directly. It's their voice."

Though feminism…

Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – The Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy says that a film on the 1965 affair needs to be remade but…

Reja Hidayat – On the evening of Friday September 15 following evening prayers, retired Major General Kivlan Zen arrived at the headquarters of…

Jakarta – Women and the elderly are the ones suffering the most from the growing repression of survivors of the 1965 mass killings, the National…

Jakarta – Those who attacked the office of the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) in Central Jakarta in the wee hours of…

Arkhelaus W., Jakarta – Retired Major General Kivlan Zen admits to meeting with Anti-Communist Student and Youth Alliance (Aliansi Mahasiswa dan…

Jakarta – Jakarta Police have named seven people suspects for their alleged involvement in an anti-communism protest in front of the Foundation of…

Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly has urged the public to not be easily provoked by issues related to the now defunct…

Jakarta – New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Indonesian government to uphold justice for the victims of the…

Thomas Ora, Dili and Michael Sainsbury, Bangkok – Timor-Leste faces fresh political uncertainty after the youth focused Khunto Party pulled out of…

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies – Fake news about Indonesia's omnipresent bogeyman – communism – has been blamed for riots in Central Jakarta…

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The gathering of hundreds of protesters at the headquarters of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YLBHI), which…

Jakarta – Hundreds of anti-communists besieged the office of the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) on Sunday night,…

Dwi Andayani, Noval Dwinuary Antoni, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) advocacy head Muhammad Isnur says that retired Major…

Ray Jordan, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has no problem with the TNI (Indonesian military) and the public holding joint film…

Jakarta – Students at an Islamic school that Indonesian authorities have linked to Islamic State returned home after villagers nearby demanded its…

Arif Hulwan Muzayyin, Jakarta – Efforts by the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) and the Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) to set history…

Dwi Andayani, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) and the Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) believe there is a link between…

Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace chairperson Hendardi believes that efforts to uncover the…

Francis Chan, Jakarta – Police in Indonesia's West Java on Monday (Sept 18) foiled a plot to attack President Joko Widodo and his security detail…

Krithika Varagur, Yogyakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's only Islamic school for transgender people closed with much drama in February 2016 after it…

Guteriano Neves – After almost two months of intense political theater among the Timorese political elites, the new government was finally sworn…

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – Several lawmakers are calling for a total ban on discussion pertaining to the 1965…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The mob attack on the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) is a reminder of the need to…

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have taken into custody 22 people following a mob protest that turned violent in front of the Foundation of the…

Bambang Muryanto and Agnes Anya, Yogyakarta/Jakarta – Thirty pro-democracy groups in Yogyakarta have urged the National Police to take action…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – For Indonesian lawyer Lisa Hiariej, taking on the Australian government has been a bit like waiting for Godot.

It is…

One of the founders of the West Papuan independence movement, Nicolaas Jouwe, has died in Jakarta at the age of 93.

Jouwe was a member of…

The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation says its decolonisation aspirations are focussed on action at the United Nations.

The…

Phelim Kine – The fear of communists is alive and well in Indonesia.

On Monday a violent mob of hundreds of "anti-communists" attacked the…

Nurkholis Hidayat – The past two days have seen paranoia about communism result in unprecedented attacks on one of the oldest and most influential…

Jakarta – Anyone who wants to live a healthy life may have to consider moving out of Jakarta, as the city continues to climb up the rankings for…

Jakarta – The Army has instructed its personnel to hold screenings of the propaganda film Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI (Betrayal of the Communists) on…

Francis Chan – The challenge to eradicate fake news is a tall order for the Indonesian authorities in a country where more than half of its 260…

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – Siti Musdah Mulia can't remember a time when she didn't wear a hijab. Now the Islamic cleric sees it as her duty to…

Wahyu Sabda Kuncahyo – The Islamic based Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) supports increasing public vigilance against latent communism which is…

Arkhelaus W., Jakarta – Police have closed down a 1965 history seminar organised by the Forum 65 that was to be held at the Jakarta Legal Aid…

Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – The Red-and-White Militia (LMP) have been making speeches without a permit and causing an uproar in front of the…

Fabian Januarius Kuwado, Jakarta – Amnesty International regrets the police's closure of a seminar titled "Revealing Historical Truths 1965/1966"…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Muhammad Syafii, the chairman of the House of Representatives committee on the deliberation of the 2003…

Bambang Muryanto, Jakarta – Amid growing sectarian and religious conflicts, the head of the presidential working unit on the implementation of the…

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Human rights activist Sri Lestari Wahyoeningroem believes that the Army (TNI AD) is overly worried hence its plan…