Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Maverick Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, or Ahok, as he is known, has never had a filter.

West Papua specialist Dr Cammi Webb-Gannon said the unprecedented level of discussion about West Papuan self-determination and human rights at the recent UN General Assembly reflected a new momentu

An academic specialising in West Papua says Pacific Islands peoples are taking the lead on issues of decolonisation within the region.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's development of Papua needs more emphasis on human rights, according to activists.

Journalists around the world are trying to get the prime minister of Timor-Leste (East Timor) to abandon a criminal complaint against two Timor-Post reporters who say he was involved in government

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is facing further turbulence following a power struggle between its commissions, for which House Speaker Ade Komarudin, a Golkar Party

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Jakarta – Hundreds of former members of controversial group Fajar Nusantara Movement (Gafatar) in Surakarta, Central Java, has demanded the government stop the discrimination aga

Venidora Oliveira – Minister of Defense Cirilio Cristovao said execution of the general state budget for the Defense Ministry reached 67% by mid-year.

Paulina Quintao – Although the Education Ministry has formally included sexual health as a subject in the national curriculum, this has not yet been implemented as teachers still felt uncomfortable

Semarang, Central Java – The immigration office in Central Java has deported 51 students who had come from Timor Leste but were found staying in violation of stay permit regulations.

Jayapura – Papua Police have arrested three people for alleged criminal activities and their involvement in a separatist organization, the Papua National Liberation Force (TPN), in Paniai.

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Paulina Quintao – Three-hundred women candidates in 12 municipalities, including Oecusse, have been confirmed for the upcoming suku (village) elections later this month.

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Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – A sign warning cables had snapped on a rickety suspension bridge connecting two islands off Bali was erected four days before it collapsed on Sunday night

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry is set to increase the capacity of penitentiaries nationwide by 5,000 by the end of the year in an effort to help ease overcrowding in

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With Indonesia facing land and forest fires every year that are mostly man-made disasters that have degraded the health of its citizens as well as that of its neighbor

Arya Dipa, Jakarta – Press freedom in the country is in relatively good shape, however, the independence of media organizations is threatened by growing interference by certain groups in society as

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The government will likely need to review its strategy in promoting its priority tourist destinations, as data shows that recent tourism investment mainly headed to just tw

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Religious figures have made a joint statement to call for peace and tolerance for the regional elections.

Jakarta – A massive demonstration against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama on Friday cost the agency around Rp 60 million (US$4,620) to restore a pocket park in front of City Hall acc

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – As the Jakarta gubernatorial election draws near, social media has increasingly turned into a hotspot for smear campaigns with internet users posting a large amount of inv

Jakarta – Human rights activists have slammed the president saying he has not fulfilled campaign promises of investigation past cases of rights abuses, rights leaders said on the two year anniversa

Fadli, Batam – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it will support whatever decision the Indonesian government takes concerning refugees and asylum seekers in Batam so lo

Jakarta – National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) called for the public and the media to focus on more important matters like transparency, flood mitigation and forced evictions, rather t

Jakarta – The Tangerang administration will demolish thousands of houses to make way for the construction of three runways at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.

Jakarta – The Supreme Court must be cautious in selecting the next ad hoc judges for corruption courts, as most applicants were mediocre or unqualified, antigraft watchdogs said.

Jakarta – The National Police will conduct internal reform in an effort to stamp out the practice of "illegal levies" that continues to plague the institution, a top police officer has said.

Jakarta – Government officials could face criminal charges if they are unable to find missing investigation files on the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, activists say.

Ruby Taylor – The request made by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) to Indonesia to formally respond to allegations of racial violence and discrimination against P

Around 10,000 security personnel from the National Police, the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the Community Protection Agency (linmas) will be deployed to guard the 2017 general elections in Papua.

Suva – The request made by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) to Indonesia to formally respond to allegations of racial violence and discrimination against Papuans

Hans Nicholas Jong and Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has begun searching for the whereabouts of a fact-finding team's report of the investigation into the murder o

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Indonesian Textile Association (API) has urged local players in the industry to regularly upgrade their production facilities to maintain the competitiveness of the country

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – With limited funding in hand, the government thinks it's time for philanthropists to assist in the Herculean task of developing a country of more than 250 million people, 1

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen.

Cianjur – Scores of workers employed at the beverage company PT Tirta Sukses Perkasa in Cianjur, West Java, are calling for an end to the involvement of the TNI (Indonesian military) in an industri

Jakarta – Amnesty International calls for the Indonesian government to revoke provisions of chemical castration and the death penalty as punishment for sex offenders following the recent endorsemen

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the two largest Islamic organizations in the country, have made it clear that they are neutral in the Jakarta gubernatorial election

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – Dozens of hectares of peatland in the Rangsang Timur district of Meranti Islands regency, Riau, are on fire despite the recent onset of the rainy season.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government's attempts to deny the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in the country with the world's largest Muslim population h

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Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has been trying to fast-track infrastructure and economic development in Papua over the last two years, but little has been achieved to pr

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Qatar has expressed its interest in looking into the development of military equipment manufactured by three Indonesian state-owned enterprises, namely PT Pindad, PT Dirga

Lauren Roberts, Rural Reporter – Territory mango farmers are flying to Timor in a desperate attempt to recruit workers ahead of a potential labour crisis.

China, Macau, Timor-Leste – Timor-Leste (East Timor) is expected to grant a license for fishing in its territorial waters to Chinese company Zhoushan Ningtai Ocean Fisheries Co., following the supp

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Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – A lawmaker from Democratic Party, Benny K.

Twelve years ago the prominent human rights defender Munir Said Thalib was assassinated aboard his flight to the Netherlands, with investigators blaming juice laced with arsenic.

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