Fahrizal Syam, Makassar – Thousands of workers from various different trade unions in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar held a rally to commemorate Labour Day at the flyover on Jl.

Taufik Ismail, Jakarta – Thousand of protesting workers who commemorated May Day on Monday May 1 held a theatrical action in front of the State Palace in which they placed a giant puppet inside an

Prima Gumilang, Jakarta – The Internationale was sung at the close of a commemoration of International Labour Day or May Day in Jakarta.

Nafiysul Qodar, Jakarta – Demonstrating workers from a number of different labour alliances held huge rallies in several parts of Jakarta on Sunday May 1.

Andrian Salam Wiyono – A commemoration of International Labour Day or May Day was also held in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung where journalists from various different trade unions demo

Puji Sukiswanti, Denpasar – Hundreds of workers from the United Balinese Labour Alliance (ABBB) held a rally to commemorate International Labour Day which falls on May 1.

Banda Aceh – Scores of workers from the Aceh Labour Alliance (ABA) in Indonesia's northern most province of Aceh commemorated May Day by calling on the governor to set the provincial minimum wage (

Workers' rights NGO Migrant Care says Indonesian workers are still facing restrictions in expressing their opposition to the vulnerability and oppression they face in their workplaces.

Indonesia is pushing to ban new palm oil operations after last year's haze-belching forest fires were partly blamed on the industry's expansion, but producers are warning the move could hit the eco

Mark Skulley – Former East Timor leader Xanana Gusmao is a softly-spoken man, but is firm when it comes to talking about Australian prime ministers, past and present.

Tom Allard – Australia's bid for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council is under threat due to its refusal to negotiate directly with East Timor over the disputed maritime boundary, the

Yohanes Seo, Kupang – Indonesia and Timor Leste signed a memorandum of understanding covering cooperation on preventing HIV infection in both countries.

Sydney (The Australian/Pacific Media Watch) – Timor-Leste Prime Minister Rui de Araujo has lashed out at Western critics, saying their nations had "acquiesced" to the 24 years of Indonesian occupat

The Australia West Papua Association today condemned the arrest of 41 KNPB (National Committee of West Papua) activists in Jayapura yesterday.

Thousands of hotspots have been detected by the government this year, an early warning sign of the rampant forest fires which have in the past caused massive losses in Sumatra and Kalimantan.

Under a democratic political system, people's aspirations are supposed to be channeled through government – in Indonesia's case, through the House of Representatives.

Corry Elyda – Saying that walking in Jakarta is a pernicious activity is not an exaggeration considering the poor condition of sidewalks or the lack of them in the capital.

Sarina Locke – Australia's longest-running agricultural aid project is coming to an end, having lifted East Timor's farmers from the ashes of the militia's destruction 16 years ago.

Venidora Oliveira – With oil production in Kitan and Bayu-Undan is in steep decline, there are calls for the Timorese government to boost state revenue by developing other sectors.

Prima Wirayani and Stefani Ribka – Indonesia's economy may recover more slowly than expected as the expansion of the manufacturing industry, which the government hopes will propel growth amid low p

Jayapura, Jubi/BenarNews – Papuans reacted coolly to the central government's plans to resolve alleged human rights violations in Papua, saying that they doubted that the victims would be involved.

Jane Joshua and Len Garae, Port Vila – The Melanesian Spearhead Group Special Leaders Summit scheduled to be held in the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila next week has been postponed to a date yet to b

Several Pacific leaders are headed for London to participate in the International Parliamentarians for West Papua meeting at Westminster.

Ayomi Amindoni – The government has unveiled a 12th economic stimulus policy package containing 10 points aiming to facilitate starting small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Jakarta – The House of Representatives ended its current assembly period with a plenary session on Friday (29/04), as it goes into recess until May 17 without having passed a single bill.

Erika Anindita Dewi – The Golkar Party's central executive board (DPP) has outlined several rules ahead of the party's extraordinary national congress (Munaslub), which will be held in Bali in May.

The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) reported the State Secretary to the Central Information Commission (KIP) Thursday following the former's rejection to disclose t

The government is spending too much on logistics in prisons due to its repressive judicial system, experts say.

The government's plan to build more prisons will not solve overcapacity problems because the main cause of overcrowding is Indonesia's harsh judicial system, experts have said.

Lita Aruperes – Fifty fish-processing companies in Bitung, North Sulawesi, have sent thousands of workers home following the implementation of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministerial Decrees No.

About 17,000 security officers will be deployed to secure the commemoration of International Labor Day, or May Day, this coming Sunday, the same day when residents of Jakarta and its neighboring ci

Ayomi Amindoni – Bank Indonesia (BI) has called for structural reforms in the industrial sector to increase the competitiveness of local companies and strengthen downstream business activity.

Jewel Topsfield, Karuni Rompies and Tom Allard – A groundbreaking new penal code that would allow for prisoners on death row in Indonesia to have their sentences commuted to a jail term could be pa

Anton Hermansyah – Rating agency Moody's has given a warning about Indonesian corporate debt, which relies heavily on foreign sources, while choosing not to downgrade the sovereign rating of the co

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Health in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO) has established a national taskforce to help combat the rise in antimicrobial resistance.

Elly Burhaini Faizal – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's efforts to start a reconciliation process around the tragedy of 1965 demands both domestic and international recognition and support, a right

Stephen Wright & Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta – The Indonesian government's decision to investigate anti-communist massacres in 1965 is being met with wariness by rights groups, some of which are r

Mitra Tarigan, Antara, Jakarta – Chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Imdadun Rahmat has urged the government to immediately bring two gross human rights violations in P

More than 50% of Timorese children aged five and under suffer from malnutrition, according to 2013 data released by the Ministry of Health.

Caleb Gorton – East Timor's first president Xanana Gusmao has labelled Australia's maritime border dispute with Timor-Leste as "immoral" and claims it breaks international law.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani – The House of Representatives has almost achieved its mission to push the government to apply lower requirements for political parties for naming candidates in regional elect

Lita Aruperes and Ni Komang Erviani – Reclamation off Manado beach, North Sulawesi, has forced fishermen in Daseng Panglima, Sario district, to switch occupations as they find it increasingly diffi

Ni Komang Erviani – The Sabha Pandita (high priests) of the Indonesian Hindu Religious Council (PHDI) have called on the government to review its decision over the controversial Benoa Bay reclamati

Activists rallied on Wednesday in protest against the 2016 World Tobacco (WT) Process and Machinery Asia event at JIExpo, Jakarta, in the wake of the finalization of a controversial tobacco bill th

Jayapura, Jubi – Coordinating Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan on Monday (25/4/2016) led a coordination meeting on alleged human rights violations in Papua and Pap

Ati Nurbaiti – A national symposium on the bloodshed of 1965 has brought together the persecuted, the persecutors and their respective families.

Brian Bennion – Timorese resistance fighter Mario Nicolau dos Reis spent 17 years as a political prisoner in an Indonesian jail before the Australian-led peacekeeping force came to the aid of his p

Fedina S. Sundaryani – Oil and gas companies are increasingly reluctant to keep exploring for new deposits as oil prices remain at an all-time low.

Haeril Halim – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says its investigation into the multitrillion-rupiah Jakarta Bay reclamation megaproject has confirmed that the project contravenes the la

Erika Anindita Dewi – The House of Representatives' Legislation Body (Baleg) has been quietly working to finalize the controversial tobacco bill that was already rejected by Health Ministry last De