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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – In a bid to improve its reputation for graft prosecution, the Attorney General's Office (AGO), once deemed the country's most corrupt institution, has establishe

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Hotman Siregar, Jakarta – Legal analysts have blasted Indonesia's home affairs minister for a seemingly politically motivated move to spare the Bogor district chief, who was convicted i

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Anti-graft activists have expressed their support for the Corruption Eradication Commission's plan to establish branches in several cities across Indone

Yogya – Papua students from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held a protest action to commemorate Trikora at the zero kilometre point intersection

Venidora Oliveira – The community of Cova in the sub-district of Balibo within Bobonara has not had electricity from the time of independence until the present day.

Ezra Sihite & Nuriy Azizah Susetyo, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo is questioning the commitment of his staff to protect Indonesia's maritime resources, ordering officials to be mo

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The plan to establish joint area defense commands (Kogabwilhan) among forces in the Indonesian Military (TNI) faces many challenges, experts say.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is slated to go to Papua to celebrate Christmas this year and also plans to meet local residents to hear their aspirations on vario

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua secretary-general says the Governors of West Papua and Papua provinces have no political power when it comes to facing Indonesia's governme

The chair of the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights has blamed police abuses in Papua province on the failure of the force to "adapt" to a democratic Indonesia.

The head of the newly formed United Liberation Movement for West Papua says the nature of Indonesia's deployment of security forces to the Papua region indicates it s a war zone.

Christian children in Indonesia's most easterly province are bearing the brunt of a multi-faceted Islamisation programme that is changing the character of the formerly Christian-majorit

Luke Buckmaster – Director Robert Connolly's 2009 expose Balibo is based on the true story of Australian journalists the Balibo Five, who were captured by Indonesian militia in the epon

Prosecutors demanded a panel of judges at the Bantul District Court to sentence Ervani Emy Handayani, 29, who stands accused of making defamatory comments on Facebook, to five months in

Ari Susanto, Yogyakarta – A screening of Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Look of Silence" documentary on Indonesia's communist purge of 1965-66 at Gadjah Mada University's School of Social an

Bambang Muryanto and Ainur Rohmah, Yogyakarta/Semarang – The Alliance of Independent Journalists' (AJI) Yogyakarta branch has postponed the screening of Joshua Oppenheimer's Senyap (Loc

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should commute the death sentences of five individuals scheduled for execution "as soon as possible" for violating drug trafficking laws, Human

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has revealed that its claim ratio is expected to pass 100 percent by the end of the year, a sign

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has confirmed that it is currently looking for evidence to charge former Jakarta governor and current Indonesian Amba

Ridho Hizbullah, Jakarta – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon has said he does not support the creation of local offices of the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK.

Jakarta – The Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) has signed a tripartite agreement with companies and migrant workers to push down costs tha

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge, Illinois – The deadly clashes between the police's mobile brigade (Brimob) and Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel have proliferated.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government is standing with the decision to issue two government regulations in lieu of law (Perppu) that will bring back a direct-election mechanism for loca

Armandina Moniz, Dili (Notisias Online/Pacific Media Watch) – Timor-Leste's Court of Appeal has once again delivered a judgment declaring the controversial Media Act unconstitutional.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said Tuesday that the recent fuel-price hikes were not likely to affect the current monthly minimum provincial wage that was set

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Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court declared on Tuesday that the trial in a child abuse case implicating two teachers of Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS) must co

Chris Arsenault, Rome – A drop in world palm oil prices is not expected to slow illegal logging in Indonesia's rainforests as companies continue to expand plantations, according to a ne

Jakarta – The national human rights agency has reaffirmed its support for the screening of "Senyap," or "The Look of Silence," throughout Indonesia, stating that this was a part of huma

A New Zealand human rights activist says there is blanket impunity for Indonesia's police and no one in a position of responsibility has ever been held to account for abuses in West Pap

Hasyim Widhiarto and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – In contrast to his very firm stance in handling the United Development Party (PPP) internal conflict, Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna

Joanna Mayhew – Despite their inaccessibility and lack of infrastructure, Indonesia's remote Papuan highlands have begun to feel the claws of development, leaving the area's youth at an

Jakarta – The government is determined to stimulate investment in import substitution, a move which it says is certain to reduce demand for US dollars as a result of the high dependency

Headlines – Despite Bank Indonesia's (BI) continuous pledge to guard currency stability, the rupiah nose dived to the weakest level in 16 years, bringing the specter of the 1998 Asian f

Johannes Nugroho – Vice President Jusuf Kalla told the media last week that an official apology by the government over past human rights abuses was unlikely.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) backed on Monday a move by the Constitutional Court (MK) to push President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo not to involve two top lawyers in a c

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A public opinion poll has found that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was deemed the most credible replacement for Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday indicted palm-oil businessman Gulat Manurung for graft in a bribery case surrounding the issuance of a land-conversion per

Sri Lestari Wahyuningroem, Canberra – In commemorating International Human Rights Day on Dec.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Following the public outcry over the recent release of Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, the convicted murderer of prominent rights campaigner Munir Said Thali

Jakarta – A recent landslide in Central Java that has left at least 39 people dead has highlighted Indonesia's vulnerability to fatal landslides, as well as the government's inability t

Paulina Quintao – National Member of Parliament MP Bendita Magno wants to know why midwives at the Fatubolu Health post in Hatulia sub-district, Ermera, are using candle light and mobil

Paulina Quintao – The Education Ministry's declaration that six districts are free from illiteracy is incorrect as it does not take into account adult illiteracy, says Timor-Leste Coali

Paulina Quintao – Analytical skills and critical thinking will be the focus of the new primary school curriculum to be introduced by the Education Ministry.

Dili – Timor-Leste's efforts to reduce the prevalence of domestic gender-based violence through criminalization and prosecution, already hampered by a general lack of trust in the forma

Paulina Quintao – Member of Parliament Antoninho Bianco has criticized the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE) for its failure to ensure people in rural areas have