Valdy Arief, Jakarta – Students from East Timor calling themselves the East Timor Students Association (Klibur Estudiante Timor Leste, Keustil) held a demonstration in front of the Australian Embas

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – While more people are literate in the country, the country still struggles to make reading a habit.

Cayla Dengate – Every day, more people lend their faces to a viral campaign against Australia.

Bastiaan Scherpen, Jakarta – Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Bert Koenders is in Indonesia this week to take part in the Bali Process ministerial conference, but he'll also be looking to cement ties

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – After years of being labeled heretical following an edict on Shia issued by the East Java branch of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) in 2012, the headquarters of the Islam

Jewel Topsfield, Bali – Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has issued a blunt warning that the failure of the key regional forum on people smuggling to address the refugee crisis in South-ea

Sara Everingham, East Timor – Thousands of people have protested outside the Australian embassy in Dili, calling for Australia to negotiate a permanent maritime boundary in the Timor Sea.

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – Indonesian Francais Indonesia (IFI), the French cultural center in Bandung, West Java, and a Bandung-based theater group, Mainteater, canceled the monolog theater pe

Tia Agnes, Jakarta – A monolog performance titled "Tan Malaka: I am a Red Haired Deer" should have been held by a theater group from the West Java provincial capital of Bandung at the Main Theater

Venidora Oliveira – The Director of the Human Rights Association (HAK), Manuel Monteiro, has criticized the judicial public defenders service, saying it is not functioning properly.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Believe it or not, Australians have finally been granted free entry to Indonesia for up to 30 days, after years of policy backflips.

Paulina Quintso – There are calls for the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS) to change the aged payment system as most recipients are unable to walk to collect their benefits.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia has attained significant improvement in terms of public nutrition, although challenges remain, with only nine cities and regencies recording no nutrition pro

Johnny Langenheim – The battle over a controversial land reclamation project in Bali is reaching crisis point, with an official decision due any day on an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) that

Jakarta – The International Labor Organization (ILO) has called on the business sector to offer employment opportunities and equal treatment to people with disabilities following the passing of a l

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Police fired warning shots after taxi drivers were attacked in ugly scenes during a massive protest against online ride-sharing services Uber and GrabT

Peter Theodosiou – For the second consecutive month, more than 10,000 East Timorese protested outside Australia's embassy in Dili, calling for a fairer deal on maritime boundaries and a carve-up of

Helen Davidson – Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the Australian embassy in Dili on Tuesday, accusing the Australian government of "illegally occupying" Timor Leste territory by refusing

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – More than 10,000 Timorese besieged the Australian embassy in Dili on Tuesday to protest Australia's refusal to negotiate with East Timor on a permanent sea boundary in th

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Indonesia and Australia have taken steps to enhance their relationship ahead of the Bali Process meeting.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Factions at the House of Representatives rejected on Monday a proposed sanction for political parties that fail to endorse candidates in local elections.

Jakarta – Poor knowledge about the history of Islam has led the public to adopt fanaticism and misguided beliefs, which then helps to maintain decades-long economic disparities in the country.

Maire Leadbeater – It is great to watch the Solomon Islands establishing itself as a champion of human rights for West Papua.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – In a fishing village located on the North Jakarta coast, Siti Haminah sits in front of her house gazing vacantly toward the early morning sea, an activity that she has enga

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Jakarta has spent more than Rp 11 trillion (US$847 million) on education in the last two years. New schools have been built, and existing ones renovated.

Hotli Simanjuntak and Ahmad Junaidi, Banda Aceh/Jakarta – Bieureun regency in Aceh has banned the employment of openly transgender people at beauty parlors, expressing concern about the influence o

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) launched on Sunday a website that the public can use to access information about past human rights violations.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Almost 19,000 mentally ill Indonesians are still being shackled or locked up in a confined place – sometimes for years – despite a 1977 ban on the practice, according to

Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) will close its legal aid service on Monday in order to attend the trial of two LBH Jakarta lawyers accused of disobeying police orders at a l

Jakarta – A legal and political expert has said ex-graft convicts and corruption suspects should not be allowed to run in local elections and if necessary, the government should revoke their politi

Paulina Quintso – The Coordinator of Timor-Leste Human Rights Association (HAK), Xisto do Santos, called on the Timor-Leste and Japanese governments to acknowledge sexual crimes committed by Japane

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Freedom of expression in the country is in jeopardy, rights groups have warned, as the nation witnessed numerous cases of criminalization over alleged defamation in the past

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – A member of the Papua Legislative Council (DPRD) from the Hanura Party, Yan Mandenas, said the noken voting system implemented in the Pegunungan Tengah mountai

Frank Brennan – When Malcolm Turnbull became prime minister six months ago, our Timorese neighbours thought there might be an opportunity to draw a line on the past and to kick start the negotiatio

Jewel Topsfield – Indonesia has stressed Australia is not a threat and it is grateful for Australia's communication over its massive military modernisation program over the next 20 years.

Tama Salim and Ganug Nugroho Adi, Jakarta/Surakarta – A misleading post by an infamous social media user has sparked outrage among family members and acquaintances of pro-democracy activist and poe

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Jakarta – Associacao Dos Combatentes Da Brigada Negra (ACBN), a humanitarian aid organization from Timor-Leste, has denied the allegations presented on a Path message about missing human rights and

Jakarta – Lawmakers want the Indonesian Military to play a broader role, beyond just international defense, and assist in the battle against terrorism and drugs, a House of Representatives member s

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The incoming Jakarta Police chief, Insp. Gen.

Jakarta – Indonesian Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu said on Thursday that armed rebels have no place in the country, including those attempting to free Papua from Indonesia, because allowing th

Solomon Islands has raised concern about human rights violations in the Indonesian Province of West Papua at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Jakarta – The government aims to settle past serious human rights violation cases by early May through reconcilition, or through a non judicial process, despite criticism by human rights groups and

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – A dearth of cinemas in Indonesia is among the obstacles to the flourishing of the country's movie industry, with the number of cinemas reaching only a fraction of the id

Ina Parlina and Nani Afrida, Jakarta – As a result of public demands that the truth behind decades-old cases of human rights abuse be revealed, the government has declared its readiness to resolve

Jakarta – After a recent rise in cases concerning freedom of expression throughout the country, the Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM) has called on the government to guarantee the

Jakarta – More than 23,000 people have signed an online petition launched on Change.org to reject tighter requirements being imposed on independent candidates running for office, like the popular g

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge & Djali Gafur – Far from bringing them closer together, Papua's integration into Indonesia in 1969 was a controversial and deeply flawed process that has driv

Jakarta – Women's NGO Solidaritas Perempuan (Women's Solidarity) has urged the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) to do more to protect Indonesian workers abroad and to include vocat

Jakarta – Dangdut singer Zaskia Gotik was reported to the Jakarta Police on Thursday for allegedly insulting Pancasila, the five principles of the national ideology, and Indonesia's Independence Da