Jakarta – Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency, or BNN, has requested the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology block a website that has been selling marijuana brownies.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia has achieved only half of the global target for early childhood education, while its rate of primary school enrollment has dropped and the number of primary schoo

Jakarta – Amnesty International has welcomed naming of a street in The Hague after the slain Indonesian human rights defender Munir Said Thalib, the rights organization said in a press release.

Jakarta – Kereta Commuter Line (KCJ), subsidiary of Indonesia's state-run railway company Kereta Api Indonesia, is offering half-price multi-trip tickets for female passengers over the next two wee

Jakarta – A faction of Indonesia's oldest political party affiliated with the opposition claims the rift tearing it apart is being engineered by the pro-government coalition to tighten its control

Hendra Pasuhuk – A seminar by the International People's Tribunal (IPT1965) titled "Indonesia's 1965 Massacre: Unveiling The Truth, Demanding Justice" that was held in the Den Haag on April 10 on t

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – An Indonesian law reform organisation has called for a moratorium on executions after a study of 42 death sentences handed down between 2002 and 2013 found many of the co

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Anti-corruption activists have said the recent budget spat between Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and the City Council should provide both with a lesson on

West Papua must be given full membership at the Melanesian Spearhead Group, says the Pacific Freedom Forum.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The National Coalition of People with Disabilities has called on the House of Representatives to revise the current draft of a bill on disabled persons before deliberations

An announcement by Indonesia's Human Rights Commission that it will recommend a pro-justicia inquiry into killings of four students in Papua last year has been described as a good first step.

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Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has slammed the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for releasing a police officer who allegedly played the role of courier in a graft case implicatin

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Observers have questioned the future quality of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, after its national congress last week saw members deemed qualified sa

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Dutch government's decision to name a street after the late human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib could serve as a reminder that the Indonesian government has

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has urged the Indonesian Military (TNI) to allow victims of crimes or violations committed by soldiers to

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) finally put former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali behind bars after questioning him for eight straight hours on Frida

PDI-P rank and file, Sanur, Bali – Her unrivalled authority over the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) having been reaffirmed at the party's national congress in Bali, Megawati Soekar

Paulina Quintao – The President of Women Parliamentarian Group Timor-Leste (GMPTL) MP Josefa Alvares Pereira Soares urges the VI Constitutional Government to strengthen some existing laws to addres

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) cleared National Police chief nominee Comr. Gen.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has struck a deal with the Religious Affairs Ministry for a joint campaign to strop radicalism, including the spread of the Islamic State (IS) m

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police have indicated they will go after Corruption Eradication Commission investigators who declared a former police chief candi

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Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police have charged two Golkar Party politicians for document forgery in relation to an ongoing rift tearing apart the country's oldest political party.

Balqis Jamaludin, Kuala Lumpur – Timor Leste is ready to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) anytime, says Ambassador to Malaysia, Jose Antonio Amorim Dias.

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Amy McQuire – There is a silent genocide in his homeland of West Papua, independence leader Benny Wenda says, but it is slowly becoming difficult for the world to ignore.

Bradford Theonomi – Outspoken pressure group, Malaita Ma'asina Forum (MMF) has strongly urged the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government to make clear its stand on the West Papuan issue.

Jayapura, Jubi – At least 150 students and youths rallied in front of the National Human Rights Commission Papua Representative Office on Tuesday (7/4/2015) urging it to set up a team to investigat

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – South Jakarta District Court judge Tatik Hadiyanti overturned on Wednesday a pretrial petition filed by former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali.

Jakarta – The Anticorruption Society Coalition has called on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to take over the Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has warned against the threat of terrorists and extreme groups, saying the military would crack down on radical groups attempting to disturb security or viol

Jakarta – Rachmati Soekarnoputri, younger sister of former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, was officially sworn-in as deputy chairwoman of Prabowo Subianto's Gerindra Party.

Jakarta – Tycoons, former ministers, musicians and lawyers are among the newly announced lineup at the Great Indonesia Movement Party, or Gerindra, which recently reelected former presidential cand

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Former energy and mineral resources minister Jero Wacik became the seventh graft suspect to file a petition to the South Jakarta District Court to challenge a Corruption Era

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) issued a report on Tuesday demanding the government issue better laws on tolerance and properly enforce existing laws on religious dis

Jakarta – A mafia rules the country's fisheries sector, making it difficult to curb illegal fishing, says the Indonesian Traditional Fishermen Union (KNTI).

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Margareth S. Aritonang and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Satisfied with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's explanation of why he chose Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – Suspended police chief candidate Comr. Gen.

Jakarta – The construction of the headquarters of a new military command (Kodam) in West Papua is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year, Kodam XVII/Cenderawasih chief Maj. Gen.

Jakarta – A panel of judges at the Central Jakarta District Court sentenced on Monday two senior members of the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI), Novel Bamu'min and Shahabudin Anggawi, to seve

Nadya Natahadibrata and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – After a string of abrupt and confusing policy reversals six months into his term of office, the credibility of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in produ

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Rights activists representing several nongovernmental organizations slammed the government's recent move to block dozens of Islamic websites allegedly containing radical conte

Yustinus Paat & Robertus Wardi, Jakarta – At least three political parties will suffer in this year's regional election, analysts predicted on Sunday, with two engulfed in a prolonged power str

Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's popularity has taken a steep tumble following a slew of controversial policy initiatives, prompting a call for a cabinet reshuffle to boost his admin

Jayapura, Jubi – In commemorating the 12 anniversary of the Bloody Wamena Tragedy, the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence on Saturday (4/4/2015) urged the government to resolve

Arya Dipa, Bandung – A 47-year-old woman who was recently sentenced to five months imprisonment for pornographic chatting with her childhood friend in Bandung is appealing to the West Java High Cou

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