Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) released its year-end report, announcing that the majority of human rights violations in 2014

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) plans to start opening branches across the archipelago next year in order to improve its supervision of regional governments, one o

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Experts and activists have urged the Indonesian government to disclose documents related to the nationwide mass-killing incidents that took place from 1965 t

Venidora Oliveira – Non-government organization (NGO) Haburas asks the government to explain why it is not doing more to promote local products and ecotourism across the country.

Warren Doull – The recent massacre in Paniai, Papua has moved Indonesia further away from a 'Papua Solution.' Five protesters were killed when a combined force of Indonesian police and

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has dissolved 10 non-structural institutions as part of his effort to slim down the structure of his administration, according to the Cabinet Se

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Despite its pledge to support the government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on direct regional elections, the opposition Red-and-White Coalition has indi

Jakarta – Indonesia's new communications minister has taken on the mantle of his conservative predecessor by vowing to block access to all pornographic content on the Internet, based on

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Following internal fissures within member parties of the Red-and-White Coalition and growing support for direct elections, the parties are now eyeing becomin

Jakarta – A number of civil society groups have warned the nation about the dangers of criminalizing the press, saying the practice could be used by the state as a tool to silence perso

Jakarta – The congregation of an illegally sealed-off church in Bogor have called on President Joko Widodo and the city's mayor, Bima Arya Sugiarto, to keep their campaign promises to r

Jakarta – Indonesia's disaster-management agency said on Saturday at least 11 people were confirmed dead with more than 100 still missing following a landslide in Banjarnegara, Central

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo must form a fact-finding team to investigate a bloody police crackdown on protesters in Paniai district, Papua, that saw five people killed, a

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In a rare occasion that has signaled the government's shift from religious conservatism, a top official has said religions may have been used by men to jus

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The country's Democracy Index (DI) increased this year due to a boost in public political participation as well as the peaceful ending to the political bat

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – A recent survey conducted by the European Union (EU) and the Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry has revealed that Indonesia's elementary ed

Jakarta – The Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) has condemned the fact that police have charged The Jakarta Post's editor-in-chief Meidyatama Suryodiningrat with blasphemy over a c

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Jakarta – Secretary-general of the Presidium of the Papua Council (PDP) Thaha Alhamid said Christmas would serve as a good opportunity for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to discuss and

In the weeks after the inauguration of President Joko Widodo, representatives of the GKI Yasmin church in Bogor expressed their hopes that finally, after years of being shut out of thei

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – New government policy, which overhauls the controversial 2013 school curriculum, has drawn criticism from education stakeholders, claiming Indonesia's e

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Kennial Caroline Laia & Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The Democratic Party's ambiguous stance in Indonesian politics came as no surprise to political experts, who said the decision has pr

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Amid growing fear from civil society groups over the determination of Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu to restore the military's sociopolitical role of the past

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla affirmed on Wednesday that although the government planned to buy the assets of PT Minarak Lapindo Jaya, the company should still pay compensation t

Nethy Darma Somba and Hasyim Widhiarto, Papua/Jakarta – Human rights activists have demanded that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo form an independent team to probe a shooting in Paniai,

Jakarta – The director general of the International Labor Organisation (ILO) Guy Ryder is convinced that labour issues in Indonesia can be resolved by the government, employees and comp

Fedina Sundaryani and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – Hundreds of thousands of laborers across the country joined street rallies on Wednesday, demanding reviews of minimum wages.

Jakarta – In 2012, the award-winning documentary "The Act of Killing" drew back the veil on the darkest chapter of Indonesia's history, and now, says director Joshua Oppenheimer, there'

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Suherdjoko and Arya Dipa, Semarang/Bandung – Victims and activists across the country commemorated Human Rights Day, which falls on Dec.

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Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Defense Ministry is proposing to make patriotism a subject in schools in a bid to revive nationalism among students.

Bandung – Papuan students from the group Solidarity for Papua (SUP) held a protest action at the governor's office in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung on Wednesday December 1

Yogyakarta – Scores of Papuan students held a demonstration at the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) traffic circle in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Tuesday afternoon, December 9.

Arie Sunaryo – The Indonesian military (TNI) and police (Polri) must be held accountable for the violence that has been occurring in Papua.

Andreas Gerry Tuwo, Jakarta – It turns out that the demonstrations currently taking place at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta are not just being held by labour orga

Surabaya – Scores of Papuan students in East Java provincial capital of Surabaya held a protest action on Wednesday December 10 to express their concern over the clash between civilians

Michael Bachelard – Police and military brass in Indonesia have begun distancing themselves from blame for the shooting deaths of five young West Papuan civilians in the highlands regio

Venidora Oliveira – Member of Parliament Estanislau da Silva has criticized the government for its failure to attract major investors to Timor-Leste.

Paulina Quintao – Seventeen children are currently living with their mothers at Women's Forum Communication Timor-Leste emergency accommodation, says the organization's shelter home co-

Abu Pane, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla (JK) has insisted that the government will not apologies for past cases of human rights violations.

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo reiterated on Tuesday that he is committed to resolving past human rights cases.

Yogyakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo grants clemency for Eva Susanti Bande, a human rights activist that has been jailed for defending farmers in Luwuk, South Sulawesi.

Admin MS, Jakarta – Commemorating International Human Rights Day, peaceful actions were held in several Indonesian cities calling on the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo

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Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – The new government's plan to bolster the country's defense spending to almost triple its current budget by 2019 has received support from international relation

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Even though his Golkar Party chairmanship was yet to be legalized, Agung Laksono and his men occupied the party's headquarters in a show of force before the