Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa says he supports journalists and non-government organisations having greater access to the country's Papua and West Papua provinces.

SP/Yeremia Sukoyo – Presidential aspirant Prabowo Subianto topped the list on a survey of electable candidates released by the National Survey Institute (LSN) on Tuesday, beating out ri

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has endorsed the decision by the East Java administration to relocate 235 Shiites from Sampang, Madura Island, to Sidaoarj

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has finally relented to intense pressure on the rupiah by allowing it to trade above the psychological threshold of 10,000 per US doll

Jakarta – Labour observer Professor Dr.

Damiana Ningsih & Agustiyanti – Business leaders are protesting a proposal from labor unions that have called for a 50 percent increase in monthly wages for 2014, saying the demand

The organisation calling itself the executive government of the Federal Republic of West Papua has sent a letter to the Pacific Islands Forum seeking membership in the regional organisa

Mettu Badii, Semarang – Scores of students and young people from the group National Papua Solidarity (NAPAS) held a candlelit vigil in front of the Diponegoro University campus in the C

The National Director for Workplace Inspections Aniceto Leto Soro said they would give fines to individuals and employers who give hard, physical work to minors under 18 years old, beca

Yogyakarta – Hundreds of demonstrators from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held a peaceful action and free speech forum today, Monday July 15.

Jayapura – The Papua branch of the Indonesian Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) has said foreign journalists have found difficulties in getting permit to perform their journalistic

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Sidoarjo, East Java – For the first time in his life, Jawi, 42, a Shiite who was evicted from his hometown in Bluuran village in Sampang regency, Madura, East Java

SP/Muhammad Hamzah, Banda Aceh – Police were investigating last night after an East Aceh legislator's car was found to have been shot at by an unknown party in the early hours of Sunday

Jakarta – Ourvoice Indonesia, an NGO that promotes the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities, will discuss advocacy strategies with the Press Legal Ins

The Laclubar Health Centre Chief Armelinda da C.

Vento Saudale, Novi Lumanauw & Fana F.S.

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – Javanese bulls, also known as Bos Javanicus, are on the brink of extinction, according to a study by a government environmental group.

Dessy Sagita – A Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker was under fire on Monday for advocating that HIV-positive patients were undeserving of free medication because they needed to be

Jakarta – AIDS organizations were incensed over a statement by Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker Wirianingsih, which surfaced over the weekend, that AIDS patients should not be co

Simon Santow: Last week, the ABC's stand-in PNG (Papua New Guinea) correspondent Liam Cochrane made a trip to the far north-west of Papua New Guinea to meet a rebel commander of the Fre

Finalia Kodrati, Arie Dwi Budiawati – Papua National Solidarity (NAPAS) is demanding that the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and the Attorney General's Office fully resol

Erwida Maulia – Tired faces and lackluster expressions: a sidewalk on Jalan Gatot Subroto, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday afternoon.

Slamet Susanto, Bantul – The temporary direct cash assistance (BLSM) for poor people in Bantul regency, Yogyakarta, may have been inappropriately distributed as more than 25,000, 30 per

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – This week the UN scrutinized Indonesia for the first time regarding its reports on civil and political rights, eight years after we ratified the international co

Ina Parlina and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – The government said on Saturday it would evaluate a 2012 government regulation on remissions believed to have triggered a prison riot in Medan

Satria Sambijantoro and Rendi A.

Michael Bachelard – The towns in Indonesia where most asylum seekers hide out as they wait for passage to Australia have rebelled against their unwelcome guests and are trying to evict

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – In a graft case related to the purchase of traffic equipment, witnesses have testified on the flow of funds to defendant and former high-ranking police officia

Jakarta – Terror fugitive Santoso's recent video, posted on YouTube on Sunday, illustrates the contemporary methods used by terrorist cells to employ cyberspace – and social networking

Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto, Bantul – Seven of the eight witnesses in the trial of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) members accused of killing four detainees at a penitentia

Dessy Aswim – The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, a self-regulating industry body, has defended four out of five of its member companies accused of contributing to forest fires in S

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government is planning to allow alcoholic beverage producers to expand their output in a move to meet increasing domestic and overseas demand.

Larry Rohter – Early in "The Act of Killing", Joshua Oppenheimer's startling new documentary about mass murder and impunity in Indonesia, a death squad leader named Anwar Congo, dapper

Stephen Applebaum – This year's Berlin film festival hosted movies by well-known directors including Richard Linklater, Steven Soderbergh, Noah Baumbach, Michael Winterbottom and Ken Lo

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – An unidentified gunman shot a passing motorcycle taxi driver dead in the restive Papua district of Puncak Jaya on Friday, police said

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Traffic along the Cikampek toll road was disrupted for three hours on Thursday when some 300 farmers staged a rally at the 44 kilometer point, West Telukjambe distr

Bambang Muryanto, Bantul, Yogyakarta – Witnesses in the case of the 12 members of the Army's Special Force (Kopassus) charged with killing four detainees at a Sleman prison were not at

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Police have handed down a lenient punishment to Comr.

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – The National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has detected strong indications of human rights violations behind the settlement of Ahm

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali, in response to criticism from local and foreign institutions that say the country turns a blind eye to religious perse

Jakarta – Several members of the House of Representatives have launched an attack against Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) for releasing a report that they deemed libelous.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – The IV/Diponegoro Military Command (Kodam) chief spokesman denied on Wednesday an allegation that the military was intimidating journalists and activists monitori

Erwin Sihombing – The antigraft body said on Wednesday that the Bank Century bailout scandal was not a case of corruption, but the abuse of power.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Rizky Amelia – A Democratic Party executive has corroborated allegations that Anas Urbaningrum, the deposed chairman, handed out bribes to party delegates

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government will flood the market with imported basic-food commodities to help push down prices and ease inflationary pressure during the consumption-heavy

Michael Bachelard – Australia's most wanted people smuggler has been set free by an Indonesian court and granted his wish to return home to Afghanistan.

Jakarta – The Custom Institute of Amungme Tribe (Lemasa) in Papua has called on the central government to involve customary communities in the renegotiation process for the PT Freeport

Dessy Aswim – Indonesia's school children are paying the price for entrenched official corruption, with inadequate schools and teaching hindering learning, activists say.

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Indonesia is facing the double burden of malnutrition that refers to the coexistence of both undernutrition and overnutrition affecting its children's hea

Bayu Marhaenjati – Jakarta Police denied on Thursday intimidating an alleged rape victim, while the woman's lawyer claimed she was urged by police to withdraw the accusation.