Paulina Quintao - Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Combating the HIV/AIDS Timor-Leste (KNKS-TL) Daniel Marcal said HIV was a significant threat for the country's human resources i

Jakarta – Human rights group Wahid Foundation – named after Indonesia's fourth president Abdurrahman Wahid – said on Friday (12/05) that religious interpretations and expressions should not be like

Jakarta – Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, or HTI, the local chapter of an international movement that aims at establishing a caliphate comprising all Muslim countries, cannot be considered "a missionary o

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Environmental group Sawit Watch is urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to fulfill his pledge to declare a moratorium on the issuance of new permits for oil palm planta

Jakarta – The leader of a powerful Indonesian Islamist organisation that led the push to jail Jakarta's Christian governor has laid out plans for a new, racially charged campaign targeting economic

David Robie, Yogyakarta – A vision for a progressive activists, writers and researchers retreat in the lush outskirts of Indonesia's most cultural city, Yogyakarta, is close to becoming reality.

Kyle Knight – His neighbors had been watching him for weeks. Twenty-year-old Muhammad (a pseudonym) rented a room in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province.

Binoy Kampmark – "The result of all of this, besides the abuse of law, is that people may be afraid to exert their rights to be critical of Muslims who use religion to justify inexcusable actions."

Jakarta – US Ambassador Joseph Donovan called on government and religious leaders across the archipelago on Wednesday (10/05) to speak out against intolerance.

Jakarta – The United Nations Human Rights Council has called on the Indonesian government to revise Article 156a of the Criminal Code on religious defamation, following this week's guilty verdict i

Jakarta – Three of the panel of five judges who presided in Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's blasphemy trial in the North Jakarta District Court, have been promoted.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Massive infrastructure developments in Papua during President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration should be appreciated by those in the province, but more ne

MPs from four New Zealand political parties have signed a declaration by the International Parliamentarians for West Papua.

Kendall Hutt, Auckland – A lifelong campaigner for a free and independent West Papua has issued a stark warning to New Zealand politicians as he visits the country this week.

International support for West Papuan self-determination cause is growing, according to a Papuan independence leader.

Hundreds of people have attended an event in Indonesia's Papua province to show support for the embattled outgoing governor of Jakarta.

Sharia prosecutors in Indonesia's Aceh province say two men on trial for gay sex should each be punished with 80 lashes, in another blow to the country's moderate image after a top Christian offici

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Worried about the government's move to ban it, hard-line Islamic organization Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) leaders met lawmakers at the House of Representatives on

East Timor's first president to be elected as a member of a political party, Lu-Olo, is expected to renew his country's push for a maritime boundary halfway between Timor and Australia, according t

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The Jakarta-based Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) has slammed a recent court ruling that sentenced non-active Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama to two yea

Jakarta – International and local support for imprisoned Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has reached a fever pitch as demonstrators across the archipelago and beyond continue to marc

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The police arrested six people for attempting to disrupt a peaceful rally held by Yogyakartans in support of non-active Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama

Jakarta – The North Jakarta District Court's guilty verdict against Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama on Tuesday (09/05) is not a victory of Islam over minority groups in the country, but rather a setb

Jakarta – International rights organizations are urging Indonesia to review its blasphemy law following the sentencing of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama to two years in prison for b

Andreas Harsono – The Jakarta court that sentenced governor Basuki "Ahok" Purnama to two years' imprisonment for blasphemy against Islam has sent a chilling message to non-Muslims in Indonesia.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) has urged the government to ensure that no individual or group of individuals can influence court rulings, as the PGI believes

Jakarta – Supporters of non-active Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and acting governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat flocked to City Hall on Wednesday morning with a choir led by renowned co

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – The jailing of Jakarta's Christian governor on blasphemy charges has sparked outrage from his supporters in Indonesia, rights organisations and the EU.

Jakarta – Following the guilty ruling in non-active Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's blasphemy case, questions linger over the fate of similar cases implicating the top officials of

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – While the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has openly criticized the court ruling against Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, other political parties that

Jakarta – Jakartans have started an initiative to be guarantors for the release of non-active Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama from detention.

Jakarta – The European Union delegation to Indonesia called on the government on Tuesday (09/05) to continue its "long-standing tradition of tolerance and pluralism," following the sentencing of in

Jakarta (AFP) – Indonesia is facing renewed calls to repeal its controversial blasphemy law after the jailing of Jakarta's Christian governor, with critics pointing to a sharp increase in its use t

Sidney Jones – Two back-to-back decisions have left Indonesia more religiously polarised than ever. One was politically inept, the second deeply unjust.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo visited on Wednesday Mama-Mama Market in Papua, a market he promised to build during his visit in 2014 soon after he was elected president.

The jailing of Jakarta's Christian governor for two years for blasphemy is a shocking and harsh ruling in a case that should never have been brought.

Veronica Koman – The need for press freedom in West Papua has never been more urgent: surging numbers at demonstrations over the past year have been met with thousands of unlawful arrests of peacef

Nethy Darma Somba, Jayapura – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called on the public to respect the North Jakarta District Court's ruling that handed down a two-year imprisonment sentence to Jakar

Jakarta – The Indonesian Christian Students Movement (GMKI) has said it disagrees with the government's move to disband the hard-line Islamist group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), saying it would n

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has asked people to respect the verdict in Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's blasphemy case.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Rights groups have urged the government to respect the legal procedures stipulated in the 2013 Mass Organizations Law following its announcement to ban hard-line Is

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Constitutional law experts have said the government's move to ban the hard-line Islamic Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) group did not follow proper legal procedures.

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – In a shock verdict the Christian Governor of Jakarta has been jailed for two years for blaspheming against Islam despite the prosecution requesting onl

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The North Jakarta District Court's decision to sentence Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama to two years' imprisonment is irregular because the sentence is longer than th

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The defense lawyer of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has said the North Jakarta District Court's decision to sentence Ahok to two years in priso

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government has emphasized that its move to ban the hard-line Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) group does not mean it is against all religious groups.

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Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The guilty verdict against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama resulted in more than 1,000 of his detractors celebrating his two-year prison sentence for blasphe

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Semarang, Central Java – Hundreds of people grouped under the Prophet Muhammad Family's Lovers Association protested a book launch at the Surakarta State Islamic Institute (IAIN)

Ken Setiawan – Last week, Indonesia had its human rights record reviewed for the third time at the United Nations Human Rights Council, through the Universal Periodic Review process.