Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie risks alienating supporters, experts say, after unilaterally reversing his party's earlier s

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We can never solve a problem if we do not intend to solve it in the first place. That's what we feel about the government's intentions in Papua.

Asvi Warman Adam, Kyoto, Japan – Before he was elected president, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo introduced his vision and mission statements and a supporting nine-priority agenda, Nawacita.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Ezra Sihite & Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – Monday's deadly shootings of unarmed protestors by security forces in Papua that killed as many as five teenagers, ha

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The public should not be too quick to place blame on the law enforcers allegedly involved in a recent deadly shooting in Papua as the incident might have bee

Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Police chief on Wednesday denied police were behind a fatal shooting in Papua which killed at least four people and injured more than 20.

Jakarta – The Indonesian authorities should prevent the use of excessive force, which has often led to fatalities, in dealing with civil protests in Papua, a New York-based human rights

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has agreed to "follow up" Monday's shooting deaths of up to five civilians by security forces in the restive West Papua reg

Ben Bohane – In a gathering of West Papuan leaders in Vanuatu last week, different factions of the independence movement united to form a new body called the United Liberation Movement

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – Military officials in Malang have blocked public screenings of the documentary "The Look of Silence" by award-winning filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer

Michael Bachelard – A teacher accused of raping three pre-school aged boys has pleaded with a Jakarta court for the case against him to be thrown out.

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Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – After spending more than Rp 6 trillion (US$48.7 million) of taxpayers' money to help the Bakrie family resolve the Lapindo mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East

Jakarta – When the late dictator Suharto wanted to undermine the political opposition to his iron-fisted rule, he did it from the inside, sowing seeds of discontent that fractured any s

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Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – The National Commission on Human Rights has honored slain human rights defender Munir Said Thalib with its inaugural award, 10 years after his mur

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Following the recent release on parole of his convicted killer, the 2004 murder case of outspoken human rights defender Munir Said Thalib needs to be reopened,

Faiq Hidayat – The Defense Department will be reviving the Student University Paramilitary Regiment (Menwa) on all campuses throughout Indonesia.

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has approved a nearly 30 percent increase in the operating budget for the National Police next year, to Rp 51.6 trillion ($4.2 billion), wi

Jakarta – Indonesia's National Police have launched an investigation following the fatal shooting of at least four teenagers at the hands of security forces in Papua.

A spokesperson for the newly-formed United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Benny Wenda, says its creation is one of the West Papua independence movement's most significant steps in

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papuan Provincial Police deployed an investigating team to Enarotali, Paniai, Papua, on Monday to carry out an investigation into the deaths of five P

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Five civilians were shot and killed and 21 others were injured on Monday when security personnel dispersed a crowd that was gathering and dancing at the K

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The government officially suspended the implementation of the much-criticized 2013 national curriculum, ordering schools in the country to return to the 2006

Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – Six people were reportedly killed while several others remained in a critical condition after a group of police officers and soldiers allegedly opened fire on

Oktovianus Pogau, Jayapura – The most saddening Christmas gift for the Papuan people this December was the death of five civilians in Paniai regency, Papua, who were shot dead by a join

Michael Bachelard – Five West Papuan people were shot dead and 12 others injured when Indonesian troops and police fired into a crowd of civilians in the highlands region of Paniai on M

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Four civilians were reportedly shot and killed by a joint police and military force in an incident at Karen Gobai Square in Madi district, Paniai regency,

West Papua's bid to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group is one step closer, after delegates at a meeting in Vanuatu agreed to form an umbrella organisation to represent their interests.

Ricardo Hutahaean, Paniai – The situation in Paniai regency remains tense following a shooting by a joint unit of Indonesian military (TNI) and police (Polri) on Monday December 8.

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Jakarta – Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Anies Baswedan has vowed to increase the training of teachers following his decision to scrap the 2013 national curricu

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Despite potential chaos in the education system following his recent decision to drop the much-criticized 2013 national curriculum, Culture and Elementary an

Erwin Cristianson, Jakarta – The Golkar Party's leadership rift took a new turn late on Monday after disputed chairman Agung Laksono said his camp planned to file a lawsuit against a ri

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Police have pledged to crack down on violence against religious minorities.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Only two days after securing his reelection as Golkar Party chairman, Aburizal Bakrie now faces fresh challenges to his leadership after a breakaway faction

The Government says it will not carry out its own inquiry into the killings of five journalists from Australia and New Zealand in Balibo, East Timor, just before the 1975 invasion by In

Sidoarjo – After eight years of uncertainty and not receiving full compensation for their properties engulfed in the Lapindo mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, hundreds of displaced victim

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Just a day after Aburizal Bakrie wound up a personally satisfying Golkar Party national congress, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) arrested a senior membe

Jakarta – An NGO has asked the government to call off its plan to execute five people by the end of this year.

Bagus BT Saragih, Tarempa, Riau Islands – As the Indonesian Navy blew up three Vietnamese boats for illegally fishing in Indonesian waters on Friday, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Mini

Rofiqi Hasan, Denpasar – The International Partnership Mission to Indonesia, an international and regional organization working in the freedom of expression, urged the government of Ind

Following the controversial parole of a pilot convicted of murdering a leading human rights activist, Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H.

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Questions over the new Indonesian president Joko Widodo's commitment to human rights have been raised after he signed off on the execution of five inmates on death

Robertus Wardhy & Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – The Democratic Party will attempt to join with Joko Widodo's coalition to fight to retain direct elections for regional representatives, p

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Jakarta – Democratic Party chairman and former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed his anger over Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie's declaration that Golkar

SP/Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly attempted to defuse criticism of his decision to release the murderer of human rights activist Muni

Jakarta – A plenary session of the House of Representatives unanimously agreed on Friday to pass an amendment to the Legislative Institutions (MD3) Law, ending a two-month legislative s