Amanda Hodge – Indonesia has asked Australia to caution its Pacific Island neighbours against interfering in the West Papua issue and to urge them to withdraw support for West Papuan membership of

Leader of the Australian West Papua Association (Sydney) (AWPA), Joe Collins, has spoken out against reports that Jakarta has requested Australia to pass on a message to the Solomon Islands to refr

The Dutch royals were welcomed to Canberra by a little half-Dutch girl, a protester for West Papua, and a slew of Australians with Dutch heritage.

Grasberg mine in the Indonesian province has been a source of untold wealth for its owners, but local communities say it has brought poverty and oppression

Nethy Dharma Somba Jayapura – The Papuan People's Assembly (MRP), an institution formed as part of the implementation of the 2001 Law on Special Autonomy for Papua, will focus on the rescue of Papu

Jakarta – An Indonesian minister's suggestion that doors should be removed from college dormitories to prevent promiscuity has been greeted with outrage and befuddlement.

Jakarta – US Marine Corps and Indonesian Air Force personnel attended on Tuesday the opening ceremony of the 10-day Cope West joint training exercise held by the two militaries in Manado, North Sul

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Jakarta's newly appointed acting governor, "Soni" Sumarsono, has confirmed he will continue the Jakarta Bay reclamation projects, including the controversial islet G.

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – The nation has refreshed calls for a resolution to the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir Said Thalib aboard a Garuda Indonesia flight in September 2004, sad

News that the Indonesian government is upping the ante against supporters of West Papua comes as no surprise, a well-placed senior government source said.

Sidney Jones – If anyone wonders why Indonesia has been ineffective in curbing extremism, the anti-Ahok campaign provides an object lesson.

Jakarta – The newly revised Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law could limit people's rights to freedom of expression because many provisions in the law expanded the government's role

Jakarta – South Korean investors have begun complaining of irregularities they face in running their operations in Indonesia, amid the government's efforts to improve the business climate.

Jakarta – Although Indonesia is blessed with a demographic bonus, meaning that productive-aged people outnumber children and the elderly, many young graduates are having difficulties finding jobs b

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is expected to raise a discussion on pollution in the Timor Sea during his meeting with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm T

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The country's two largest Muslim organizations have stated that they do not support a rally slated for Friday, which is expected to draw hundreds o

Haeril Halim and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The mood was jovial.

Jakarta – Garda Pemuda, the youth wing of the National Democrat party, or NasDem, has thrown its support behind measures to ensure a mass protest held on Friday (04/11) takes place safely and peace

Top Indonesian politicians including President Joko Widodo and opposition leader Prabowo Subianto have called for calm ahead of Friday's planned mass protest against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok"

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The Terrorism Law is on the brink of an overhaul as lawmakers continue to revise all aspects of counterterrorism.

Agnes Anya and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Thousands of police and military personnel are being prepared to confront any possible outbreak of violence when a fresh demonstration, set to involve thousan

Jakarta – Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. M.

A member of the provincial parliament in Indonesia's West Papua province has called for an investigation into last Thursday's deadly shootings in Manokwari.

Jayapura – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will investigate further the death of a civilian, Onesimus Rumayom, during a rally outside a police office in Manokwari, West Papua,

There are questions over the effectiveness of a push by Indonesia to have Australia lean on Pacific countries to not talk about West Papua.

Indonesia's Defence Minister has urged Australia to rebuke Pacific Island states who raise issues relating to West Papua in global fora.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Leaders of Ahmadiyah Muslim communities from Indonesia and Malaysia are complaining about the absence of state protection for their followers in the two countries.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The South Sulawesi Police have said they would not tolerate any acts of violence and vandalism in the province and would therefore charge the students responsible for bu

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In her crusade to protect the country from promiscuity and homosexuality, which she considers a "disease", Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa has suggest

Jakarta – President Jokowi "Jokowi" Widodo visited the Gerindra, or Great Indonesia Movement, Party chairman Prabowo Subianto at his mansion in Bogor, West Java, for a meeting on Monday (31/10).

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Australia and Indonesia are considering joint patrols in the highly sensitive South China Sea amid escalating tensions in the region over the hotly-contested waters.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – With lawmakers having only around six or seven months to pass the election bill into law, questions have been raised over their ability to produce a quality law tha

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The campaign period for the Jakarta gubernatorial race kicked off Friday with a joint declaration by human rights activists and leading Muslim figures to promote an electio

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The upcoming deliberations over an election bill could become an existential battle for smaller parties, with major parties, again, pushing for a higher electoral t

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The credibility of the nation's human rights body is on the line following allegations its commissioners have engaged in corruption.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia is the second-worst place in the Asia Pacific region for people suffering from mental illness, according to a recent report.

Jakarta – Indonesia's sixth president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been given a new house in the elite area of Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, an official said on Friday.

Jakarta – A daughter of founding president Sukarno, Sukmawati Soekarnoputri, has reported Islam Defenders Front (FPI) chairman Habib Rizieq Shihab to the police for allegedly insulting the state id

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Local spouses of foreigners can now purchase a plot of land or a building without having to create a prenuptial agreement separating the ownership of their property, a 4

Venidora Oliveira – The Judicial Reform Commission has been criticized for working too slowly and failing to make any significant progress.

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Indonesia and Australia are set to continue strengthening the security ties they have developed in various areas, an official has said.

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court declared on Thursday that several provisions within the 2014 Plantation Law were conditionally unconstitutional, as they did not provide legal certainty to farmer

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government's task force against illegal levies for public services has received more than 2,000 reports in just a week since commencing its work.

Jakarta – An article in the newly revised Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law, which establishes a right for electronic information deemed no longer relevant to be deleted, will poten

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Health in collaboration with international agencies is developing guidelines for health personnel to help provide better assistance to victims of gender-based viol

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has finally passed into law the controversial amendments of the 2008 Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law, regarded by many as a th

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the biggest Islamic party in Indonesia, says a plan to bestow the country's longest-serving president, Soeharto, with the title of national hero, neede

Jakarta – Using the momentum of Youth Pledge Day on Friday October 28, the Student Struggle Center for National Liberation (Pembebasan) held commemorations to mark the historic day in Jakarta and o

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Without a consensus at present over whether to use a judicial or a non-judicial measure to address past human rights violations, social inclusion appears to be the most

Aditya Mardiastuti, Nusa Dua – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu has emphasised that the sovereignty of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI) cannot be challenged.