Jakarta – Residents of Jl. Yunus 2 in North Sukabumi district, Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta, have complained about waste allegedly produced by a…
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September 11, 2017
Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker and Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto has been unable to fulfill the summons of the…
Jakarta – Indonesia's retail sales in July declined 3.3 percent from a year earlier, the first contraction in nearly six years, a central bank…
Jakarta – Parents of Tiara Deborah Simanjorang, an infant who died after reportedly being turned away by a West Jakarta hospital because of…
Andreas Harsono – "The life of a native Papuan is worth only an apology. This is the law in Indonesia."
That lament, posted on Facebook by…
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Dozens of people claiming to be residents of remote villages in Papua rallied at Cenderawasih University in…
Indonesian officials have been criticised for the manner of their condemnation of a West Papua protest during the Pacific Forum summit in Apia.…
Muhammad Abdus Syakur – The discourse about or proposal that the film on the September 30 Movement-Indonesian Communist Party (G30S/PKI) rebellion…
September 10, 2017
Jakarta – Jakarta Health Agency head Koesmedi Priharto has said that fewer than half of hospitals in Jakarta have partnered with the Healthcare…
Jakarta – Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat, Indonesia's largest listed hospital operator by market capitalization, came under the spotlight over the…
Paul Malone – The announcement by the Permanent Court of Arbitration last week that Australia and Timor Leste have reached an agreement on…
Jakarta – The National Police continue to dig deeper into the Saracen group, an online syndicate accused of creating and spreading hoax news and…
Jayapura, Jubi – The verdict of Deiyai shootings' trial by the Police Commission of Police's Code of Ethics (KKEPP) against nine members of the…
Nabire, Jubi – A high school student in Nabire suffered a head injury and bleeding, allegedly due to a rattan blow by one of the Nabire police's…
September 9, 2017
Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – A mass rally attended by around 3,000 people to show solidarity to Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar ran safely and…
Jakarta – Polygamy has long been a subject of controversy in Indonesia, so when online dating website-cum-application AyoPoligami was launched, it…
Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The Jambi Police have named five people as suspects during their investigation into seven land and forest fire cases, which…
Theresia Sufam, Bogor, West Java – Scientists from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences' (LIPI) Biology Research Center and the Army's Special…
Jakarta – Investigative journalist Dandhy Dwi Laksono has been reported by the youth wing of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P…
September 8, 2017
Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Around 5,000 motorcyclists, who previously planned to hold a protest against the city administration's policy to…
Jakarta – While the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is proceeding with an internal ethics inquiry into its police-affiliate investigation…
Jakarta – As the world's biggest exporter of palm oil, Indonesia plans to increase production to 42 million tons by 2020 to maintain its global…
Vaidehi Shah Friday – Environmental campaigners have found that The Australian and Courier Mail newspapers in regional Queensland are printed on…
Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – Indonesia's state budget deficit stood at Rp 224.35 trillion (US$16.9 billion) or 1.65 percent of the gross domestic…
Indonesia's Ambassador to Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand, Tantowi Yahya, says protesters supporting West Papua independence should have sought a…
Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – As activists howled over the government's lethargy in resolving the murder case of human rights activist Munir…
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Thousands of Muslims from various organizations, joining hands with the Care for Rohingya Action (APRO)…
September 7, 2017
Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry is planning to evaluate several tax incentives because of investors' low interest in tax…
Jakarta – Muslim protesters set fire to a Myanmar flag outside the Myanmar Embassy in Central Jakarta on Wednesday during a demonstration urging…
Joyetter Feagaimaali'i-Luamanu – A senior staff member of Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Franz Albert Joku, has rubbished the peaceful…
An Indonesian official says human rights abuses are no longer happening in West Papua like they used to.
Franzalbert Joku from the Ministry…
Jakarta – The creation of an independent fact-finding team is a crucial move that could help solve the case of the acid attack on Corruption…
Jakarta – Jakarta Police are set to question two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employees in the investigation of defamation allegedly…
Jakarta – The Jakarta Police arrested Alfian Tanjung, a former lecturer at Jakarta's Muhammadiyah University of Prof. Dr. Hamka (UHAMKA), on…
Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia has complained to the World Trade Organisation over a protectionist tariff imposed by Australia on paper…
Jakarta – The government has requested that gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia, a subsidiary of United States-based Freeport McMoRan.inc…
September 6, 2017
A Joint Statement by Asian Human Rights Commission, Amnesty International Indonesia, Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances, Asia…
Jakarta – Thousands of Muslims protested outside the Myanmar embassy in Central Jakarta on Wednesday demanding an end to violence against the…
Elizabeth Ah-Hi, Apia – The Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Dame Meg Taylor, has promised protesters that their voice…
West Papuan independence campaigners are to petition the United Nations in New York later this month with signatures of people inside the…
A small, but vocal, group of protesters gathered this morning outside the Sheraton Aggies Resort in Apia, venue of the 48th Pacific Islands Forum…
Demonstrators are staging another protest this afternoon outside the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Apia, in support of West Papuan independence…
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it's not interested in one-on-one dialogue with Indonesia's government.
Various Papuan…
Jakarta – Almost 13 years to the day since human rights activist Munir Said Thalib was poisoned with arsenic aboard a Garuda Indonesia flight…
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Four activists and watchdogs are set to file a judicial review request with the Constitutional Court on Wednesday…
Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police are set to reopen an investigation into a case of alleged blasphemy involving University…
Jon Afrizal, Jambi – While the number of hot spots in some areas across Sumatra is declining with the onset of the rainy season, land and forest…
Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Twelve women have been evicted from their home in the conservative Indonesian province of West Java amid renewed fears of…
Jakarta – A rights group is calling on the Indonesian government to immediately investigate a raid by police and village leaders that forced 12…
Jakarta – The Indonesian government should urgently investigate the September 2, 2017 police raid on the homes of 12 "suspected lesbians," Human…




