In 1976, the Australian ambassador to Indonesia wrote that, in deciding whether to support the right of the Timorese people to self-determination or to instead accede to Indonesia's ann

Jakarta – Violence against women has been dramatically on the rise in Jakarta and its surrounding areas, and most cases have involved the victims' inner circle or those close to them.

Jakarta – A survey by Cirus Surveyors Group has revealed that Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will claim victory in the 2014 presidential election with any running mate.

Sasmito Madrim, Jakarta – Hundreds of people demonstrated in the vicinity of the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta to commemorate International Women's Day today on Satu

Ivan Aditya, Yogya – Scores of demonstrators from the Central Java and Yogyakarta Province Advocacy Circle for Women (Link-AP) held an action to commemorate International Women's Day (I

Headlines – After offering free haj pilgrimage packages, motorcycles and Kijang vans to civil servants regularly attending afternoon mass prayers at the municipal mosque, Bengkulu Mayor

Susan – In 1974, with the prospect of an Indonesian annexation of Timor on the horizon, Australia faced an important question: would Australia receive more favorable access to the gas a

Agus Setyadi, Banda Aceh – As many as 355 cases of violence against women occurred in 2013, one hundred and forty-three of which were cases of sexual violence.

Edzan Rahardjo, Yogyakarta – The elections will be held soon on April 9.

When the doorbell rang about 9.30am at 5 Brockman Street, Narrabundah, in suburban Canberra, Chloe Preston was starting her day at work as a legal clerk.

Jakarta – With the April 9 legislative election rapidly approaching, a recently conducted survey has revealed that many people are still unaware of the election.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Supreme Court (MA) said on Friday that the recent Constitutional Court (MK) ruling that a convict can now file a case review an unlimited number of times woul

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Susan – In 1974, with the prospect of an Indonesian annexation of Timor on the horizon, Australia faced an important question: would Australia receive more favorable access to the gas a

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) called on the government to better protect women, arguing that gender-based violence had be

As global media focus on Crimea's forthcoming referendum on whether to join Russia, we remember another 'Act of Free Choice' in West Papua in 1969 – which set off 45 years of military o

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Environmental damage and deforestation will continue to blight the country as policymakers are blind to – and refrain from including – environmental pledges in

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Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has demanded that two soldiers implicated in the murder of a family of four in North Sum

Jakarta – All convicts in the country, including former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Antasari Azhar – who was found guilty of orchestrating a high-profile murder whe

Cillian Nolan, Jakarta – A draft law for reworking Papua's special autonomy contains potentially far-reaching proposals that need broader debate – within Papua, between Papua and Jakart

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Vanuatu's prime minister has addressed the United Nations, urging a resolution to investigate allegations of human rights violations in Papua.

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – In what appears to be the court proceedings of the country's biggest corruption case, former Bank Indonesia (BI) deputy governor Budi Mulya is being indicted on

Ezequiel Freitas – Member of National Parliament (MP) Paulino Monteiro said the use of Indonesian to teach, which is particularly prevalent in private higher education institutions, dis

After criticism over New Zealand's police training programme in Indonesia's remote Papua province, the foreign minister says he will take reports of police violence seriously.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – From the homeless to street vendors trying to eke out a living, Jakarta's pedestrians have long learned to share their sidewalks, and with the increasi

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Poor law enforcement and a failed political transformation by former militants involved in the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) are responsible for several

Mong Palatino – To allegedly protect the rights of media practitioners, the government of East Timor is proposing a media law that is now being deliberated in the parliament.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – A recent string of attacks against legislative candidates and political parties' headquarters in Aceh may be a form of dissatisfaction toward efforts to

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Michael Bachelard – Schapelle Corby locked herself in the toilet for an entire day and was still on "heavy medication" her brother-in-law has revealed on Wednesday as he begged the medi

Jayapura – Using the right of reply, Indonesian Ambassador to the United Nations Indonesia's rejected the statement of Prime Minister of Vanuatu.

Mette Bjerregaard – The Act of Killing may have lost out on this year's Oscar for best documentary, but it has instigated a spectacular change within Indonesian society.

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has indicated that the city's water provision, handled by two private firms PT Aetra Air Jakarta and PT PAM L

Deti Mega Purnama & Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has announced the city of Jakarta and Governor Joko Widodo as the most progressive pr

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge, Evanston, Illinois – Why are populist figures in Indonesia being challenged to operate in a corrupt political system?

Ina Parlina, National – Two judges from a lower court in Jambi, one of whom is a religious court judge, were dismissed on Tuesday by a joint ethics panel, which found that the judges ha

Ezra Sihite, Novy Lumanauw & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The move to put together a new presidential security detail, or Paspampres, to guard the family of a former presiden

Jakarta – Indonesia's top Islamic clerical body has issued a religious fatwa against the illegal hunting and trade in endangered animals in the country, which the World Wildlife Fund ha

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Lindsay Murdoch – Jose Belo was shackled, hung upside down, electrocuted, beaten, burnt and jailed for three years in the mid-1990s because of his resistance to Indonesia's brutal occup

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Associations and experts have warned the public of dubious surveys ahead of the 2014 elections.

Ivan Aditya, Sleman – A group of students calling themselves the Yogyakarta Indonesian Student Union (SMI) held a theatrical action opposing the 2014 elections at the Sunan Kalijaga Isl

PMC news desk – Vanuatu Prime Minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil has condemned the international community's "neglect" of the voices of the Papuan people in protest over the repression by

Kanupriya Kapoor, Blitar, East Java – As Indonesia gears up for twin elections this year, the pivotal figure is a woman in her late sixties who has been trounced all three times that sh

Frans Sudiarsis, Headlines – The 2014 legislative election will see around 200,000 candidates competing for 20,257 seats at the Regional and Provincial Legislative Councils (DPRD), the

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Many residents in Papua are still living in poverty although the government has disbursed Rp 57 trillion (US$4.9 billion) in special autonomy, or Otsus, f

Jakarta – The government has agreed to a proposal on the establishment of an agency tasked with managing the haj fund independently from the Religious Affairs Ministry in order to give