Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Thursday decided against revising the controversial local election law following nationwide student protests accusing political

Recent findings highlight the ongoing use of treason charges to suppress peaceful activism in Papua, raising significant concerns over the infringement of fundamental human rights.

Another case of extrajudicial killing occurred in the town of Dekai, Yahukimo District, Papua Pegunungan Province, on 20 August 2024.

Some of the conflicts in Papua stem from illegal operations by companies that have failed to involve the customary land rights owners.

A video showing a police officer assaulting an evangelist during his demonstration (individual speech) in front of the Biak Numfor Resort Police Office has gone viral and has caused sig

Jakarta – The 828th Kamisan action on Thursday August 22 this afternoon thundered.

Jamal Abdun Nashr, Jakarta – Police deploy tear gas at protestors in the Governor's Office and Central Java Legislative Council (DPRD) in Semarang City on Thursday, August 22, 2024.

Hundreds of Indonesian Catholics who would otherwise miss out on an audience with Pope Francis in their country will join him in neighboring Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste thanks to s

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Habiburokhman, a lawmaker from the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), confirmed on Thursday that the House of Representatives will not challenge the re

Jakarta (Agencies) – Security forces fired water cannon outside the House of Representatives building in Jakarta on Thursday at protesters were demanding lawmakers drop their plan for a

Jakarta – The Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) and the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) have called on the public to consolidate and prepare for civil disobedience.

Pribadi Wicaksono (Contributor), Yogyakarta – Activists and students in Yogyakarta are ready to take to the streets in a protest action titled "Jogja Memanggil" (Yogyakarta is Calling)

Aisyah Amira Wakang, Jakarta – The Council of Professors of the University of Indonesia (DGB UI) has assessed that a constitutional crisis has arisen in the Republic of Indonesia after

Muh. Syaifullah, Yogyakarta – The Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta issued a statement regarding the ongoing political conflicts that disregard the current constitution.

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged and sees room for a cut opening up only in the fourth quarter, despite signals pointing to fas

Harry Pearl, Brisbane – Papua New Guinea's media council has condemned as "concerning" and "shameful" the exclusion of a BenarNews journalist from media events during a visit by Indones

Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) has dismissed Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and two other prominent figures amid escalating tension betwe

Thomas Rizal, Jakarta – Former Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan could be considered the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) candidate for the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial ele

Theresia Silalahi, Hendro D Situmorang, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia has garnered unanimous backing from delegates of all regional chapters of the Go

Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources announced on Tuesday plans to retire 13 coal-fired power plants due to their high carbon emissions.

Indonesia, West Papua – Every year, West Papuans come together to commemorate the2019 West Papua Uprising and the New York Agreement of 1962 signed by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government has set a goal to collect Rp 2,189.3 trillion (around $141 billion) in tax revenue next year.

Thomas Rizal, Jakarta – Ahmad Riza Patria of the Gerindra Party fully supports the Constitutional Court's recent decision to lower the threshold for regional elections, allowing individ

Syukri Rahmatullah, Rome – Addin Jauharudin, known as Gus Addin and Chairman of Gerakan Pemuda (GP) Ansor – the youth wing of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Islamic organizat

Syukri Rahmatullah, Jakarta – GP Ansor, the Islamic youth organization affiliated with Nahdlatul Ulama, recently met with Indonesian Ambassador to the Holy See Michael Trias Kuscahyanto

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Legislative Body (Baleg) has agreed to set the minimum age for gubernatorial and vice-gubernatorial candidates at 30 years, based

Mhd Rio Alpin Pulungan, Jakarta – The Labor Party's Economic Affairs Spokesperson, Gede Sandra, has spoken out that the Job Creation Law has negatively impacted workers' welfare, partic

Ida Rosdalina, Jakarta – Indonesia is the most religiously devout country among the 102 nations studied, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted between 2008 and 2023.

Advist Khoirunikmah, Jakarta – The Jakarta Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has received 300 reports of alleged ID misuse to support independent candidate pair Dharma Pongrekun-Ku

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of allowing regional election campaigns to take place on university campuses.

Asad Asnawi, Trenggalek/Yogyakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's second-largest Islamic organization faces a growing backlash following a decision to enter the coal mining industry, with mor

Jakarta – Acrocodile killed a woman bathing in a river in Maluku islands, police and locals said Wednesday, with villagers later recovering parts of her body from the slaughtered animal

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators on Tuesday grilled Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto as a witness in it

Syukri Rahmatullah, The Vatican – Pope Francis endorsed a declaration promoting religious tolerance on Wednesday by signing a document presented by a delegation of young Indonesian inte

Agnes Valentina Christa, Jakarta – The feud between the National Awakening Party (PKB) and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) intensified on Wednesday as PKB Chairman Muhaimin Iskandar declined to at

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has decided to keep its benchmark interest rate (BI Rate) at 6.25 percent, the deposit facility rate at 5.5 percent, and the lending f

Ken Setiawan – Earlier this month, senior officials of the Gerindra party, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad and Habiburokhman, met with several pro-democracy activists from the 1997/1998 period and th

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo recently issued Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) in Indonesia more than 1 million hectares (2.47 million acres) of la

Made Supriatma – The unprecedentedly long interim between Indonesia's election and the new government's inauguration has allowed the outgoing president and Parliament unusual leeway to

Chandra Asmara – Indonesia's Constitutional Court rejected a petition to change the minimum age limit for candidates in regional elections, putting itself at odds with the Supreme Court

Amy Sood – Indonesia's president-elect Prabowo Subianto is on the cusp of securing significant control over the nation's political landscape, raising concerns about the erosion of democ

Daniel Moss – Capital cities don't just happen. They develop slowly over decades, perhaps centuries, before resembling their creator's dream – if they ever do.

Yustinus Patris Paat, Antara, Jakarta – After officially assuming the role of Chairman of the Golkar Party, Bahlil Lahadalia is determined to lead Golkar to become the number one party

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – President-elect Prabowo Subianto promised "compromise and collaboration" while visiting Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, the latest sign of warming ties b

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – President-elect Prabowo Subianto has reaffirmed his promise to continue the development of the planned new capital Nusantara once he takes office.

Jakarta – In October last year the Constitutional Court, or Mahkamah Konstitusi in Indonesian, became a laughingstock, with netizens branding the once-respected judicial institution the

Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has revealed that most day care facilities in the country are unlicensed, taking cases in Depok, West Java, and Pekanbaru, Ri

Antara, Jakarta – The Jakarta Provincial Government has introduced a new regional regulation on domestic wastewater management, targeting the 5 percent of the city's population, roughly

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Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – Independent candidate Dharma Pongrekun has officially secured the necessary requirement to enter the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial race.