Pekanbaru – Hundreds of people attacked security officers and employees of forestry firm PT Rimba Lazuardi in the Peranap district, Indragiri Hulu regency, in Riau on Wednesday, burning down the co

Haeril Halim and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – As over one third of the House of Representatives membership have remained reluctant to report their wealth to the Corruption Eradication Commissio

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) located in Cikini, Central Jakarta, has long been a safe haven for artists and activists to express themselves.

Flori Geong, Wamena, Indonesia – When nurse Geno Wetipo first visited Samenage in Indonesia's Papua province in December 2013, she recalled seeing thin-limbed children with distended bellies.

Jakarta – Police have put a stop to a same-sex wedding ceremony between two local men from Kepil, Wonosobo regency, Central Java.

Corry Elyda and Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Despite threats and a venue change, the screening of the documentary film entitled Pulau Buru Tanah Air Beta continued on and received an abundance of support

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that the poverty level has increased on account of slow economic growth and food-price increases.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Women's groups requested on Wednesday that the House of Representatives refrain from implementing a total ban on alcoholic drinks, arguing that such a ban would go

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Fearing tougher competition, lawmakers have rallied to increase the minimum support requirements for independent candidates to run in local elections.

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Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Indonesia's exports to Japan and China, the country's traditional main markets, recorded positive growth in February from the month before, but accumulatively still record

Ayomi Amindoni, Business – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has predicted a trade surplus recorded in the first two months of 2016 to continue in March, although slightly decreased as a result o

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The National Nuclear Energy Agency (Batan) has encouraged the government to provide more funding and ease regulatory processes for the construction of the country's first nuc

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The limited reshuffle at the National Police headquarters on Monday has immediately attracted the attention of members of the country's political and security circles, as i

Ina Parlina and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – In another attempt to ease doing business in the country, the government is looking to trim more of the environmental and building permits currently requ

Jamison Liang & IA – More than a decade of homophobic local bylaws has seen a marginalised community made more vulnerable.

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 West Papuan National Liberation Army, or WPNLA, has claimed responsibility for a shooting attack in Punck district, Papua, on Tuesday (15/03) at a construction site of the government'

Jakarta – Signs of the rise or reemergence of communism in Indonesia termed New Style Communism (Komunisme Gaya Baru, KGB) is apparent in a variety of different forms.

Andreas Harsono – Johan Teterisa went from school teacher to political prisoner on June 29, 2007.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Newly inaugurated National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) chief Ins. Gen.

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Farida Susanty, Jakarta – Private port operators have lauded the government's recent decision to extend the time for them to prepare for a concession for operating bigger terminals, previously only

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The government has tried to meet public demand by proposing the amendment of several draconian articles in the 2008 Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) La

Jakarta – The Democratic Party has started to prepare its ultimate member and founder, former first lady Kristiani Herrawati, popularly known as Ani Yudhoyono, to run in the 2019 presidential elect

Ross Peake – The lawyer at the heart of the East Timor bugging case has accused the former Labor government of planting listening devices in his Canberra office.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has suggested that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo appoint a special envoy to prepare a dialogue aimed at pursuing peace in the easternmost regi

Tom Allard – The Australian Secret Intelligence Service provided the security advice that denied one of its former spies a passport to travel to a tribunal hearing at The Hague on the grounds he co

Jakarta – Ulemas in the West Aceh regency say there is no place for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the area and are threatening to cane those committing such activities as

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has revealed that Indonesia's democratic credentials remained on the same level between 2009 and 2014, with three pr

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia has appealed to Australia to accept more refugees stranded in Indonesia ahead of a regional forum to combat people smuggling in Bali next week.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The central government has instructed local governments to intensify their peatland restoration programs, but has not allocated funds from the state budget, leaving them

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on lawmakers to find a solution to migrant workers who were disenfranchised in the Dec. 9, 2015 regional elections.

Venidora Oliveira – Twenty-nine political parties have registered with the National Commission for Election (CNE) to take part in the 2017 national elections.

Venidora Oliveira – Human Rights and Justice Ombudsman (PDHJ) Silverio Pinto said the organization plans to revise its internal laws as several positions and systems need to be improved and updated

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – An investigation carried out by a watchdog has confirmed that budget inflexibility has caused low prosecution rates in prosecutors' offices.

Jakarta – Mounting public debate over lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) protections, some of which is based on unclear arguments, has highlighted Indonesian people's poor understanding

Venidora Oliveira – The Prime Minister (PM) Dr.

Haeril Halim, National – The Central Jakarta District Court is scheduled on Monday to start the trial of two human rights campaigners who had been arrested during a labor protest in front of the St

Kupang – Residents of Kolhua subdistrict of Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, have rejected the municipality's plan to develop a dam worth Rp 285 billion (US$20 million), saying that the project would ev

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Indigenous rights activists have called on the government to immediately complete the drafting of a long-awaited indigenous people's rights protection (PPHMA) bill to preve

Jakarta – Mass media must put more focus on issues pertaining to minority groups to help them voice their aspirations.

Kusumasari Ayuningtyas and Apriadi Gunawan, Klaten, Central Java/Medan – Relatives of an alleged terrorist who died in police custody said on Sunday that they would file a report to the National Co

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has stepped up efforts to develop Papua and is asking the military and the police to adopt a soft approach there.

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Environmental activists have found indications that police and military personnel have been involved in illegal gold mining in the Lore Lindu National Park (TNLL) in the Pos

Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry says it received only 1,347 working contract termination files in the first two months of 2016, a 10th of the number of workers labor unions claimed were laid off in

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is yet to decide on whether it will execute drug traffickers this year, but has said it will focus more on improving the economy for the next seven to eight mont

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Clayton Lane, the new CEO of the Institute of Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), asked a basic question of the audience during a discussion on the future of urban

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The rupiah closed 72 points stronger against the US dollar, leaving its 13,000 level to hit 12,980 at Friday's close.

Lisa: New Zealand has committed peacekeepers to Timor Leste for 13 years and lost five soldiers there.