Jakarta – A number of writers and literacy activists have condemned the recent bans on leftist books ordered by the military in an apparent attempt to prevent a feared revival of communism.

Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu was in full battle mode when he spoke of a need to counter what he saw as "the rise of communism" to hundreds of retired generals and members of several

Jakarta – A seminar to counter the recent government-sponsored symposium on the 1965-66 anti-communist purge will be staged soon in Jakarta, leaders of anti-communist organizations in the city said

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Calls are mounting for the government to introduce sex education into schools nationwide with the legislature throwing its support behind the cause, as anger and frust

Jakarta – Pressure from intolerant people and the sealing-off of Ahmadis' Annur mosque in Bukit Duri, South Jakarta, by the local administration last year, have not discouraged the mosque's members

Surabaya – The second-largest city in Indonesia, Surabaya, has approved a bylaw that bans the production, distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages.

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John Martinas – The harassment, beating and jailing of independence protesters by Indonesian authorities in Papua continues, while Australia turns a blind eye.

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has denied allegations made in a Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) 2015 report on the House's secretariat general, that some lawmakers' work vis

Paulina Quintao – A Ministry of Agriculture program offering free field plowing to farmers has been labeled as useless due to the lack of food production.

Paulina Quintao – The government has been criticized for failing to properly control communities building permanent homes on state-owned land and for issuing warning notifications too late.

Benny Wenda – A historic step on the road to freedom for West Papua took place in London last week.

The chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Manasseh Sogavare, says the regional body is pushing for an urgent intervention by the United Nations in West Papua.

The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu say they will support the United Liberation Movement for West Papua's bid for full membership to the Melanesian Spearhead Group at the organisation's upcoming summit

Jakarta – Students from Trisakti University in Jakarta have held a peaceful rally in commemoration of the 1998 shootings, urging the government to settle the unresolved case soon.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has admitted that military (TNI) and police officers have overreacted to his order to uphold the law against any efforts to spread communist

Jakarta, Indonesia – The government sponsored national symposium on 1965 was held in April although reverberations over the forum, which for the first time brought together victims and perpetrators

Jakarta – Retired Indonesian military (TNI) officers are planning to organise an anti-PKI (Indonesian Communist Party) symposium on July 2.

Jakarta – The owners of books related to communism have been asked to hand them over the government.

Jakarta – Activists are decrying the increasing involvement of the military in Indonesian public affairs, which they say is accompanied by rampant human rights violations and attempts to prevent a

Jakarta – Logos bearing the hammer and sickle, recognized as a communist symbol worldwide, have suddenly become popular in Indonesia.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government, spurred by a recent sexual abuse case, will submit a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on sexual violence against children that contains harsher punishmen

Jakarta – Traditional market sellers and buyers may find the latest statistics intriguing, with prices of many food commodities on the rise despite recent data showing that consumer prices have def

A church leader from Indonesia's Papua region who is in New Zealand raising awareness about conditions in his homeland says West Papua is a global humanitarian issue.

Jakarta – A panel holding an ethics hearing on the case of two Densus 88 counterterrorism squad members involved in the arrest of terror suspect Siyono has ruled that the agents only breached proce

Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry has told the Jakarta city administration to prevent developing companies from continuing their land reclamation work, while the ministry carries out

Jakarta – The number of drug convicts keeps rising despite the implementation of the death penalty, showing that capital punishment is not that effective in fighting drug-related crime, activists h

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Commuters will have to revise their strategies to get to and from Jakarta during the week as the city administration is set to fully revoke the three-in-one traffic policy nex

Benny Wenda – Earlier this year, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held its extraordinary summit in Jakarta with the theme "Independence is the right of all nations".

Jakarta – People are afraid of communism because they do not understand it and just accept the single narrative of history provided by the government over the past 50 years, an expert has said in t

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – For train commuters in Greater Jakarta, dozens of makeshift huts and tiny houses huddled along the railway are a common sight.

Paulina Quintao – There are concerns that the country's farmers are losing their passion for agricultural work and that production is now in serious decline.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The government should exclude mining permit (IUP) holders as potential beneficiaries of a planned tax amnesty, NGOs have demanded, arguing that hundreds of them had evad

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has opened its new office in Wamena, Indonesia.

Jakarta – Corruption and judicial watchdogs joined forces on Tuesday (10/05) to admonish the Supreme Court for judicial corruption which has engulfed the body and its subaltern courts with at least

Padre James Bhagwan – Last week I ended my column drawing a correlation between the writing of JW Burton, Totaram Sandhya and CF Andrews on the indenture system and the recent report of the Catholi

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – The Golkar Party's ethics committee will organize a hearing on Thursday to investigate the alleged bribery of regional party officials by a chairman candidate.

Jakarta – The upcoming election of new members to the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) should be used to elect more credible commissioners who are able to impose tougher punishment against

Paulina Quintao– Ongoing drought conditions are to blame for food shortages and crop failures this year, particularly maize, according to the Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), Ma

Venidora Oliveira – Timor-Leste's National Parliament has approved a law limiting the power of the President to grant clemency to those convicted of corruption.

Venidora Oliveira – Members of the national police force (PNTL) are receiving training to help them better protect and recognize the presence of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) commun

Paulina Quintao – The increase in domestic violence cases has been linked to rising levels of polygamy and infidelity in the country.

Jakarta – Jakarta citizens care more about track records and programs offered by candidates in the upcoming gubernatorial election than sectarian or racial issues, researchers find.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Two fingers on Lim Jit Wee's right hand are ugly stumps; a legacy, he says, of the torture that led to him falsely implicating a man he had never met in a crime punishabl

Jakarta – More than 50 years after the 1965 anti-communist purge, Indonesia has seen a reemergence of communist symbolism and debate through social media, pushing authorities to take serious action

Jakarta – Amnesty International on Wednesday (11/05) slammed Indonesia's plans to execute death-row inmates, following recent reports of inmates being moved to Nusakambangan prison, where prisoners

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The Movie Censorship Agency (LSF) has admitted to being confused about censoring content on US-based streaming movie provider Netflix, because of a legal basis of obsole

Ligia J. Giay – A recent article by Sade Bimantara on how Papua is "already free and its rights protected" reeks of what it means to be privileged in Indonesia.

Dieqy Hasbi Widhana – Following the 1965 International People's Tribunal (IPT65) in The Hague and the National Symposium on the 1966 Tragedy in Jakarta, there has been widespread arrests of people