Indra Budiari and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno is in the hot seat after human rights activists and family mem

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua Police chief Insp. Gen.

Ina Parlina and Indra Harsaputra, Jakarta/Sidoarjo – The government is pushing PT Lapindo Brantas to complete payment of a remaining Rp 781 billion (US$63.4 million) in compensation to

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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo plans to attend a Christmas celebration in Papua on Dec. 27.

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is urging President Joko Widodo to build a palace in Papua, so that he can be closer to the people and sooth

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto, the chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, made an appearance at the Golkar Party congress in Bali on Thursday,

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Desy Nurhayati, Nusa Dua, Bali – With little resistance from his party opponents Aburizal Bakrie easily won by acclamation the leadership of the Golkar Party for a second term on Wednes

For the public, the message that emerged from the peaceful, uninterrupted Golkar Party national congress in Bali over the last few days was crystal clear: The party has confirmed its bi

Fiki Ariyanti, Jakarta – Forbes magazine has again released a list of the richest people in the world, including from Indonesia.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno said on Thursday that on Saturday they would sink three foreign vessels fishing

Jakarta – Nearly half of all the bodies of water in South Kalimantan is at risk of being contaminated by waste from coal mines, claims a report released by Greenpeace on Wednesday.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Activists have lambasted the Environmental Performance Rating Program (PROPER), in which the Environment and Forestry Ministry awards firms for their compl

Ainur Rohmah and Arya Dipa, Semarang/Bandung – Thousands of disabled persons celebrated 2014 International Disability Day at Temanggung regency square in Central Java on Wednesday.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The situation in Ilaga, the capital of Puncak regency in Papua, remained tense following the deaths of two Papua Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) members

Vanuatu's former prime minister, Barak Sope, says the people of his country are convinced that West Papua will one day gain its independence from Indonesia.

Auckland (Pacific Media Watch) – The editor of the independent West Papua Media news service monitoring the two Indonesian-ruled provinces has called for more vigilance and better train

Jakarta – Papua's Puncak Jaya regency was again the scene of a shooting on Wednesday, with two police officers shot dead by an unidentified armed group.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Human rights watch dog Imparsial reaffirmed its stance against the death penalty, citing a report that five convicts will be executed by the end of this year whil

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen.

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Ari Susanto, Solo – The family of the girl who says she was drugged and raped by Pakubuwono XIII, the king of Solo in Central Java, named him in a report to police for the first time on

Michael Bachelard – After almost five months in custody, two teachers at the prestigious international school in Jakarta have been charged with multiple counts of rape against three for

Amy McQuire – Planned celebrations to mark the brief independence of West Papua will go ahead in Melbourne today, despite pressure from Indonesia. Amy McQuire reports.

Jakarta – The Golkar Party's re-election of Aburizal Bakrie for another five-year term as chairman appears to have dashed any hopes the ruling coalition of President Joko Widodo had of

Jakarta – Countries like Indonesia "need to adopt radical anti-corruption measures in favor of their people," Transparency International warned in the latest edition of its Corruption P

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Another judicial review challenging the Marriage Law at the Constitutional Court (MK) has created a debate on the minimum age for women to marry.

When the dust settles from the Golkar Party's national congress in Bali to pick a new leader, it will be the opposition Red-White coalition, or KMP, that emerges the real winner of the

Jakarta – Aburizal Bakrie stands on the verge of winning a second term at the helm of Indonesia's most storied political party – an achievement made possible through the subversion of t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Novi Setuningsih, Bali/Jakarta – Jusuf Kalla has warned the Golkar Party that the public will take a dim view of its leadership election being conducted i

Jakarta – Supporters of Romahurmuziy, the newly elected chairman of the United Development Party (PPP), stormed the party's headquarters in Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday in an ef

Kennial Caroline Laia, Siak, Riau – A parched landscape marred by the remnants of fire that swept through here – burnt branches and half-cut blackened trees amid dried grass – frames th

West Papuan delegates are converging on Vanuatu's capital to try and form a unified bid to get West Papua membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

Mere Naleba – The Pacific Network on Globalisation yesterday organised a vigil remembering the people of West Papua while creating awareness of the organisation's "We Bleed Black and Re

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry is considering a proposal to cut the work hours of women civil servants by two hours per day to give them more

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Suherdjoko and Ainur Rohmah, Kudus/Semarang – World AIDS Day, which fell on Dec.

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – The trial of two Jakarta International School teachers on child sex allegations has begun with the reading of indictments, but the South Jakarta courtroom w

Bagus BT Saragih and Ni Komang Erviani, Bali/Jakarta – As an engineered plan to ensure that incumbent Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie secured a second term became apparent on the

The early release of Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, the murderer of prominent human rights advocate Munir Said Thalib, indicates that Indonesia under President Joko Widodo begins a losi

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Despite criticism from human rights activists, the government has defended its recent decision to release Pollycarpus Budihari Prijanto, the convicted murder

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Jakarta – Members of the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) "inaugurated" their choice for Jakarta governor, Fahrurozzi, during their latest protest outside the Jakarta City Council

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In a bid to curb rampant sexual violence in the country, the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is pushing for lawmakers to i

Paulina Quintao – Deputy Human Rights Ombudsman Silverio Baptista Pinto has appealed to all people to respect the rights of those suffering from mental illnesses.

Carlos Roy Fajarta Barus, Jakarta – A group opposed to Basuki Tjahja Purnama as Jakarta governor marched in the capital's streets on Monday, bringing traffic to a standstill on a stretc

Vanuatu's former Prime Minister, Edward Natapei, says he hopes a united political force for West Papua will be formed as a result of a conference being held in Port Vila this week.

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has announced Indonesia's migrant workers identification card program will be scrapped due to numerous cases of alleged extortion.

Yeremia Sukoyo & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Nusa Dua, Bali – Using his control of the party's 33 provincial branches, Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie managed to shut down his o