Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The National Police have declared a war against hate speech on social media by arresting two people in Jakarta and Banten for posting racist messages on the web relate

Apriadi Gunawan, Tanjung Balai – The Tanjung Balai Police will proceed with the legal prosecution against two suspects, Budi Herianto and Rifai Zuharisyah, who allegedly incited racial unrest in th

Jakarta – Legal experts are calling on the government to give protection to prominent human rights activist Haris Azhar in light of a recent report filed against him after he claimed that top offic

Helen Jarvis, a member of the seven-judge panel of the International People's Tribunal on 1965 Crimes Against Humanity in Indonesia (IPT), outlines findings that condemn the Indonesian state and it

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Rights activist Haris Azhar has requested the government's protection and commitment should the names of law enforcement personnel allegedly involved in executed c

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi' Widodo is facing pressure to come out against the "criminalizing" of a Jakarta-based human rights activist, after he revealed allegations of stated officials invol

Jakarta – Revealing explosive allegations of state officials involved in drug trafficking is not a criminal offense, observers have said after authorities filed reports against a leader of a human

Nursyahbani Katjasungkana, Jakarta – On July 20, a video of presiding judge Zak Yacoob reading out the major conclusions of the International People's Tribunal on the 1965 Crimes Against Humanity i

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Aatai John – Member of Parliament (MP) for West Makira Constituency acknowledges the consistent support shown by the solidarity group in the country for ULMWP's (United Liberation Movement for West

Jayapura, Jubi – Papuan students in Yogyakarta were reportedly attacked by a group of people while Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was scheduled to meet Yogyakarta Sultan Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X on

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – Forty-seven people, including children, stayed the night in the National Commission on Human Rights office in Pontianak in West Kalimantan on Thursday because they were

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Hans Nicholas Jong and Arya Dipa, Jakarta, Bandung – After telling instant messaging applications to remove stickers featuring same-sex couples and blurring pictures of cleavages on television, the

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Trade Minister Steven Ciobo must have exhaled at a press conference on Tuesday morning when he heard his Indonesian counterpart utter the golden words: "There is no chang

Samantha Hawley – A rice noodle snack with a drawing of a bikini-clad torso on the packaging and the slogan "squeeze me" is proving too revealing for Indonesian authorities, who fear the snack is "

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has urged mosque managers to use loudspeakers accordingly in the wake of the anti-Chinese riot in Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra.

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Indonesians remain the third-most confident consumers in the world, behind those in India and the Philippines, a recent survey has revealed.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy grew at a stronger-than-expected rate of 5.18 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the second quarter, marking an increase from 4.92 percent recorded in the f

Prima Wirayani, Farida Susanty and Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – While announcing a second round of cuts to this year's state budget, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, installed as finance minister only a week ago

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Activists of various NGOs have urged ASEAN governments to eliminate investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Three women emerged out of their tents, and despite the scorching sun that day they ran toward a truck full of cardboard and scrap metal that was coming down from the main

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – As Jakarta's gubernatorial election approaches, numerous communities in the capital are starting to openly express their opposition to incumbent candidate Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaj

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – The Federal Court of Australia in Sydney on Wednesday accepted a class action lawsuit filed by Indonesian fishermen, who are demanding PTTEP Australasia p

Dover, N.H., United States – A man has admitted to his role in a conspiracy to illegally purchase guns in New Hampshire and Maine and smuggle them out of the country for use by the Indonesian Presi

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Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – As one of the country's most outspoken human rights defenders, Haris Azhar, has long been a gadfly to the nation's security apparatus.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has said its move to report rights activist Haris Azhar to the National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) aimed

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Think before you tweet or post anything on social media.

Apriadi Gunawan – Hundreds of residents of Sari Rejo subdistrict in Medan, North Sumatra, blocked an access road to the Soewondo Airbase in Medan on Wednesday in protest against the Air Force's cla

Australia's top national security ministers will hold talks next week with a former military general accused of human rights abuses in East Timor, who has recently been returned to the Indonesian c

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A legal attempt by a group of conservative academics to criminalize any sexual relations outside marriage has sparked concern about a serious breach of civil liberties

Until recently we rarely had kissing scenes on screen, and when we did blurred images have been used as a desperate attempt to protect public morality, which critics worry is currently heading for

Nicholas Koumjian, Phnom Penh – The Jakarta Post reported last Friday that Gen.

Saskia E. Wieringa, Amsterdam – To this day victims and survivors of the mass killings and other crimes against humanity committed by the military and the militias associated with them after Oct.

The Tongan Prime Minister is calling on Pacific leaders to unite on a call for United Nations intervention in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The people of the Kendeng Mountains in the northern part of Central Java can now breathe a temporary sigh of relief following an order from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo tha

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With negative public sentiment toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) reaching an all-time high, the anti-LGBT movement in the country is seeking to crim

Why Jakarta must let the Melanesian Spearhead Group decide who is in and who is out, and what matters for Melanesian people.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The National Police, the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) and the Indonesian Military (TNI) have reported rights activist Haris Azhar to the National Police's Crimi

Indonesia and the Melanesian Spearhead Group need the United Liberation Movement for West Papua.

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's ambitious plan to develop various large-scale infrastructure projects across the archipelago over the next few years has provided opportuni

Quratul-Ain Bandial, Bandar Seri Begawan – Timor Leste is keen to reap the potential benefits of tariff-free trade once it joins the ASEAN bloc, said the country's commerce, industry and environmen

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Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto has stressed that the government would not consider abolishing the death penalty, and therefor

Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPI) declared its support on Tuesday for Rizal Ramli – former coordinating maritime affairs minister – in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial e

Ni Komang Erviani, Nusa Dua, Bali – Indonesian Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu, Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein and Philippine National Defense Minister Delfin N Lorenzana ar

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – Hundreds of residents from several hamlets in West Kalimantan have fled their homes to avoid arrest over their alleged involvement in a conflict with an oil palm compan

Corruption, drugs, extortion and bullying at penitentiaries are an open secret, and the chronic ills persist even as governments come and go.

Jakarta – House of Representatives deputy speaker Fadli Zon said on Monday that the government must explain the reasons behind its decision to execute only four of 14 death-row inmates scheduled fo