Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyadi Indrawati has admitted that the Directorate General of Taxation has not been able to optimally collect…

Jakarta – A key witness in the major graft investigation into the national electronic ID (e-ID) project had sought protection from the Witness and…

Indonesia's government is keeping quiet on the progress of negotiations with the global mining giant Freeport, over its gold and copper mine in…

Jakarta – Indonesia plans to lower taxes on domestic sedan sales in a bid to promote the country, the biggest car market in Southeast Asia, as a…

Jakarta – A Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutor told the Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday that graft defendant Andi Narogong, who…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-116-2017

14 August 2017

Dear Friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received…

Jakarta – Garbage collectors in Depok, West Java, launched a strike on Monday to demand a better payment scheme. They refused to operate and…

Adhitya Himawan and Nikolaus Tolen – Max Lane, the author of the new book "Indonesia is not Present on this Earth of Mankind" (Indonesia Tidak…

Sebastian Strangio, Kemusuk, Indonesia – Indonesia's former dictator looms in bronze over the entrance to the small museum set amid the palm trees…

Jakarta – Jakarta Police investigators have apprehended Tri Sutrisno, 25, an English teacher at a private senior high school in Kelapa Gading,…

Jakarta – Indonesia's anti-corruption commission yesterday said the death of a witness in a graft investigation implicating dozens of politicians…

Tuban (East Java) – Indonesia has urged officials to stand up to mob pressure after Muslim and nationalist protesters called for a 30m-tall statue…

Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has issued Ministerial Decree No. 47/2017 on the mechanisms of investment return in upstream…

Jessica Damiana, Jakarta – Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua hosted its first independent film festival this week, showing documentaries…

Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – For the umpteenth time fires have burned our forests and peatland, posing threats not only to people in the…

Jakarta – Some 1,700 luxury cars in Jakarta are not taxed, a city official has claimed.

Jakarta Tax Agency head Edi Sumantri said that the…

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – There are growing concerns in Indonesia the equivalent of a presidential decree used to ban hard-line Islamists could…

Jakarta – IndustriALL Global Union, a federation of labor unions, said the Indonesian unit of copper miner Freeport McMoRan and metal smelter…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has called on businesses to help ease the chaotic traffic in the capital by providing shuttle buses for…

Jakarta – The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has reopened access to the website version of encrypted messaging service…

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – It is estimated that 1,235 villages in 266 districts in Central Java will face water shortages as a…

Jakarta – The government is accelerating efforts to bring down Indonesia's Gini ratio to 0.370 by 2019, from the current ratio of 0.393.

The…

Ryan Kilpatrick – The managers of a temple in Tuban, a town in the Indonesian province of East Java, appear to have sidestepped a showdown with…

A new party in East Timor's parliament has tapped into rising disenfranchisement among the youth and anxiety over the country's economic survival…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has confirmed that businessman Johannes Marliem, a key witness in the multi-million e-ID…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Ninety-five disability rights groups across Indonesia have rejected the government's plan to issue only one…

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – Fifty asylum seekers, mostly from Afghanistan and Somalia, have been camping on the basketball court of the Jakarta…

Adam Henry – Archival documents show the British Government – like Australia and the U.S. – actively assisted Indonesia cover up crimes against…

Damien Kingsbury – Although unlikely to be formalized before 22 August, the shape of Timor-Leste's next government is starting to become clear. It…

The Indonesian government has again rejected claims that rights to the freedom of expression and assembly are restricted in Papua region.

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New Zealand's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee has dismissed a call for the government to make a stand and address the ongoing human…

Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has said that his ministry is coordinating with the police and regional administrations to disband…

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The police have stepped up their vigilance following reports of possible terror threats by the Islamic State (IS…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya, East Java – The recent demand of a group pushing for the demolition of a statue of war god Kongco Kwan Sing Tee…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) recorded 115 cases of physical abuse allegedly committed by police…

Phelim Kine – Today, Jakarta's police chief said that when dealing with suspected drug dealers, "sending them to God" would take priority over…

Andreas Harsono – The Indonesian government has been doing something remarkable over the past year with its political prisoners in Papua and West…

Jakarta – The government has promised to keep inflation low during the rest of the year so that consumer spending, the main driver of the country'…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) rejected on Tuesday claims by House of Representatives deputy speaker Fahri Hamzah that KPK…

Nithin Coca – They're unavoidable in much of the country. New billboards are popping up all over Indonesia, aimed at a young, increasingly…

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo reiterated his message on Wednesday that he would not go down the authoritarian path as the country's…

Eveline Danubrata and Stefanno Reinard, Jakarta – Indonesian security companies have seen a surge in demand for guards to protect palm oil…

Jakarta – The State Palace has dropped a controversial plan to assign embattled House of Representatives Setya Novanto to read out the declaration…

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors plan to appeal the Jakarta Corruption Court's guilty verdict of Irman and Sugiharto…

Michael Leach – East Timorese politics remain in a post-election limbo as the parties elected to parliament just over a fortnight ago negotiate to…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Rainfall has helped with firefighting efforts in the forests and plantations of Kalimantan and Sumatra, but new…

Jakarta – The Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Ministry is set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National…

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama will not testify as a witness in a court hearing…

Jakarta – Responding to criticism that many of his recent policies had an authoritarian bent, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that he has…

Aman Rochman, Malang, East Java – Buawi, 39, a farmer from Baturetno village in SiNGOsari district, Malang regency, East Java, died after she was…