Erwida Maulia – Ten people were killed when the Indonesian Military (TNI) opened fire in an alleged retaliatory attack on a village in Wamena, Papua, on Thursday, a human rights activis

Matt Brown, Jakarta and – At least a dozen people have been shot in a string of bloody incidents in Indonesia's Papua province.

Nethy Dharma Somba and Rabby Pramudatama, Jayapura/Jakarta – Two civilians were killed in separate incidents in Papua in separate incidents on Wednesday and Thursday involving Indonesia

Arientha Primanita – The head of Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency has spoken of the need for a sweep of Jayapura for armed civilians following heightened violence in the capital of

Credible and trusted West Papua Media sources have provided video clips (below) that show the extent of destruction caused by the rampage of soldiers from the Indonesian Army (TNI) Batt

Information has been received from human rights sources on Yapen Island alleging that major security sweeps and blockades of villages home to non-violent political activists are causing

Will Sinclair – It was the kind of event that Lady Gaga would have surely supported.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has issued a new regulation ensuring the legitimacy of 20 deputy ministers in his cabinet, after the Constitutional Court declared earlier this week t

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – The top legislator in Tasikmalaya said on Wednesday that the headscarf requirement stipulated in the soon-to-be-enforced shariah-inspired bylaws in the West Java

Jakarta – What traits should one have to become Indonesia's next president?

Jakarta – Increasing religious intolerance as documented in a recent survey should be blamed on official indecisiveness in confronting hostile radical groups, an activist has said.

Ahmad Pathoni, Banda Aceh – Shops in Indonesia's Aceh province, where Islamic law is in force, will soon be banned from selling tight-fitting clothes, an official said on Thursday.

Nethy Dharma Somba and Bagus BT Saragih, Jayapura/Jakarta – Violence gripped Papua on Wednesday with a soldier killed and – in separate incidents – two people injured by gunshots.

Jakarta – A civil servant of the Cendrawasih Military Command XVII was shot to dead by an unknown assailant in the city of Jayapura, Papua, on Wednesday night.

Jakarta – Another resident of Jayapura, Papua is dead and is suspected of having being shot and killed at 8:30 a.m.

Jakarta – The Jayapura Police finally confirmed on Thursday afternoon that one of their members had killed a resident of Jayapura, Papua earlier this morning after previously denying th

Camelia Pasandaran & Banjir Ambarita – Violence continued to escalate in Papua on Thursday as gunmen shot a woman and a police officer in the latest incidents of separate shootings

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government expects the trade surplus to plunge to one-fifth of last year's level as the worldwide economic downturn will likely continue to hurt the countr

Ardi Mandiri – Less than a week after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono banned the use of subsidized fuel for government vehicles, public officials in Depok announced plans to change v

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Bayu Marhaenjati & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Officials and analysts criticized on Monday the recently enacted ban on state-owned vehicles using subsidized

Yanto Soegiarto – Old documents reveal that on Aug. 4, 1965, Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, collapsed in his room at Merdeka Palace.

Arientha Primanita – A new legal foundation has given the National Police Commission the teeth it needs to monitor the work of the police, officials said on Monday at the inauguration o

Jakarta – The head of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) says the council has always held that vasectomies and tubectomies were not allowed under Islamic law.

Ina Parlina and Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has ordered President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to reappoint 20 deputy ministers following a challenge from the Na

Ezra Sihite, Ismira Lutfia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives again topped a list of corrupt institutions in a survey conducted by the Soegeng Sarjadi Syndica

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The planned enactment of a bylaw on obligatory headscarves in Tasikmalaya municipality, West Java, has drawn criticism from activists and a lawmaker but a ha

Ezra Sihite & Yuli Krisna – Shariah-inspired bylaws due to be enacted in the West Java city of Tasikmalaya have been condemned by Islamic leaders, locals and politicians, with one e

Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan – A panel of judges sentenced three men responsible for the maintenance of the Kutai Kartanegara bridge to one year in jail after the span collapsed l

Jakarta – A new survey published on Tuesday has once again confirmed the widely held assumption that religious intolerance is rising in the country.

Jakarta – Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) chief Prabowo Subianto and Golkar politician Jusuf Kalla topped a list of 12 hypothetical tickets for the 2014 presidential election, a sur

A bloody and brutal rampage by Indonesian security forces is currently underway in Wamena, in the Baliem Valley of West Papua, after two soldiers were killed for running down a small bo

West Papua Media sources in Serui – Credible but unconfirmed reports have been received by West Papua Media reporting that a major operation is currently being carried out by a combined

Jakarta – A lawmaker is criticizing local legislators in Tasikmalaya, West Java, for drafting a regulation that would require all Muslim women, including visitors, to wear headscarves.

Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono openly expressed his annoyance with guests who were talking while he was delivering a speech on World Environment Day in Jakarta

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Communal clashes and cyclical violence have long been an unfortunate feature in many areas of Central Sulawesi.

Workers at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.'s Grasberg mine in Indonesia threatened to return to strike as tensions grow following the dismissal of three union members this month

Jakarta – Representatives of the University of Indonesia's student executive body (BEM UI) rallied at a train station near their campus in Depok, West Java, to protest the alleged misma

Jakarta – Governments have no right to control the domain of morality and should not create and enforce laws that control the way people dress, according to a researcher at human rights

Rizky Amelia – The number of torture cases involving state officials continues to rise and has left 10 people dead in four months, according to a study by the Institute for Policy Resea

Ulma Haryanto & Anita Rachman – In November 2011, the House of Representatives ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, four years after the country bec

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) blamed politics for the absence of a deterrent effect that should have resulted from the sentencing of state-owned ent

Jakarta – Even though the Constitution guarantees freedom of expression, the nation needs tougher regulations to deal with religious hate speech that might lead to violence, rights acti

The human rights activist, Sebby Sambom has declared that the Indonesian government has armed a group of civilian personnel in Papua which have been armed in order to carry out actions

Forty-seven Afghan asylum seekers were arrested by police in Sukabumi, West Java, on Sunday as they allegedly attempted to sail to Australia's Christmas Island, police told the Antara n

Jakarta – A human rights group alleged over the weekend that the National Police made widespread use of torture in their detention centers to extract information from detainees.

Kafil Yamin, Indramayu – Another month of plying his becak in the capital city and Sarjo will be coming back to this West Java district to harvest the rice ripening on his 1,400 square

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung, West Java – Tasikmalaya, West Java, will soon require all Muslim women, residents and visitors alike, to wear veils to enforce its sharia ordinance.

Jakarta – A recent study from one of Indonesia's rights watchdogs shows that Christians face the most religious rights violations.

Arientha Primanita – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto said on Monday that he would pray for Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) chief Rizieq Shiha