Ina Parlina and Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that Indonesia would hold the presidential election and legislative election concurrently starting in

Gorontalo – Around 80 employees of Grand Q Hotel in Gorontalo staged a rally on Wednesday, protesting alleged union-busting moves made by the company, which recently suspended the hotel

Semarang – Restraint is being urged after members of Barisan Ansor Serbaguna (Banser), the youth wing of Nahdlatul Ulama, the country's largest Islamic organization, attacked an Islam D

Daniel Hurst – Timor-Leste has told the international court of justice it rejects the "careless and outrageous" suggestion it was encouraging the violation of Australian laws about inte

Tom Allard – The Australian government has admitted it wants to block a former spy turned whistleblower from giving evidence to an international tribunal where East Timor is challenging

Kate Lamb – At the international court of justice in The Hague this week, the tiny half-island nation of Timor-Leste has accused Australia of violating its sovereignty in a souring batt

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Leaders of the Golkar Party and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) held a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, sparking speculation of a possible alliance betwe

Hariet Conron – At the launch of its 2014 World Report on Wednesday, Human Rights Watch called on the government to lift the ban on foreign journalists entering the volatile provinces o

Nicole Jade Millane & Harriet Conron – The Indonesian government continues to waver in its response to violence and discrimination against minorities, despite the president's claim

Josua Gantan – It could have been a historical moment for Indonesia. On Jan.

Marni Cordell – Five West Papuan men are facing 15 years or more in jail for raising the banned morning star flag, while a sixth man has been deemed unfit to face trial after being beat

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A witness testified at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday that disgraced former Constitutional Court chief justice Akil Mochtar's price for issuing favorab

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's statement saying that Australia would continue to stop the boats carrying asylum seekers was a defiant stance against

Bandung – The Bandung District Court sentenced on Tuesday two board members of the Indramayu United Farmers (STI) to one-and-a-half years in prison each for instigating a riot after a d

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is being urged to negotiate with East Timor to establish permanent maritime boundaries with Australia's northern neighbour, determining clear ownership of val

The country's biggest Islamic party has come out in defense of a legislator accused of exploiting the flooding in Jakarta to get a head start on campaigning for the legislative election

Paulina Quintao – The Asian Federation for Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) composed by Nepal, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, South Korea, El Salvador and Timor-Leste, urge the Timo

The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation believes a visit by a Melanesian Spearhead Group delegation to Papua last week would have been revealing, despite no meetings with civil

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's commitment to increasing its value-added exports has proven to be a vast boon to the economy, with the country set to see at least Rp 180 tril

A member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group says it is not possible to accept the application of a West Papuan group into the MSG because it's not the only organisation that represents W

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Tom Allard – Australia has accused East Timor of making "frankly, offensive" remarks before the International Court of Justice about Attorney-General George Brandis, as its lawyers sugg

Dina Manafe & Robertus Wardi – More than 500 lives are lost each year as the toll from floods and landslides continues increasing each year, official figures show.

Nana Rukmana and Suherdjoko, Cirebon/semarang – Around 3,500 hectares of agricultural land in 10 districts across Cirebon regency in West Java are at risk of crop failure following torr

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Jakarta – Indonesian women and religious minorities have faced heightened discrimination as a result of the government's failure to enforce human rights protections in 2013, Human Right

Bridie Jabour and Katharine Murphy – The Australian navy has been accused of burning asylum seekers during a towback to Indonesia.

Kennial Caroline Laia – When renowned poet Sitok Srengenge was accused last November of sexually assaulting and impregnating a 22-year-old student at the University of Indonesia, the lo

The director general of the Melanesian Spearhead Group has confirmed a special Leaders meeting will be held in Vanuatu next month.

Muhammad Al Azhari – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed a presidential regulation providing legal cover for the distribution and control of alcoholic beverages in Indonesia, repl

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Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – An executive of the United Development Party (PPP) has said that the outcry over the nomination of controversial actress Angel Lelga as a legislative candida

Tom Allard – East Timor has called on the International Court of Justice to deliver a "clear, firm and severe" condemnation of Australia for using ASIO agents to raid the office of its

Mary Gearin – Australia has rejected East Timor's arguments that it has the right to demand the return of materials seized in an ASIO raid last year.

Markus Makur, Labuan Bajo – Dozens of women who are part of the West Manggarai Independent Women's Alliance (APIR) in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) staged a rally on Monday, urging West Mang

Tito Summa Siahaan – Investment in Indonesia reached a record high in 2013, exceeding the government's own target but the pace of growth is likely to slow down this year amid a tighter

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Daniel Hurst – Australia's "illegal" seizure of documents from a Canberra-based lawyer acting for Timor-Leste falls short of the high standards expected of a nation with considerable in

Amsterdam – East Timor demanded on Monday that Australia return seized documents relating to the two countries' negotiations over oil and gas reserves thought to be worth tens of billio

Tom Allard – Attorney-General George Brandis has given an extraordinary undertaking not to read highly sensitive documents seized by ASIO agents in a raid on East Timor's lawyer last ye

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The climate agency has rejected statements by Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo saying that the flooding in Jakarta had been caused by natural factors such as high

Jakarta – The European Parliament's hearing on human rights in Papua, Indonesia, is an important opportunity to raise concerns and press for improvements in the area's grave human right

Australia on Saturday vowed there would be no further intrusions into Indonesian waters during its military-led crackdown on people-smuggling boats, after Jakarta demanded operations be

Marni Cordell – Despite earlier pledging support for West Papuan independence, Pacific leaders bloc agrees not to interfere in Indonesia's affairs

Jakarta – Political analyst from the University of Indonesia Hamdi Muluk slammed the decision by the Islamic-based United Development Party (PPP) to nominate B-movie actress and swimsui

Jakarta – Political analyst Boni Hargens said that the reason Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri had not endorsed Jakarta Governor Joko "

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – Theoretically – and supposedly practically – it is only a matter of simple data collection and management.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) warned that 2014 could be an "emergency" year for rights violations.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – As the country grapples to cope with the affects of multiple natural disasters, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been busy defending himself and members of

Hong Kong – Thousands of domestic helpers took to the streets of Hong Kong Sunday to demand justice for an Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her employers, the second such rally in