Jayapura – Renewed demonstrations are being held in Jayapura today demanding Indonesia take formal and legal responsibility for ongoing human rights abuses in West Papua, most recently

Rizky Amelia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The recent admission by the National Police chief that the police were receiving money from Freeport Indonesia has prompted everyone from l

The union representing striking Freeport Indonesia mine workers in Timika, Papua, is claiming that a number of police armored vehicles and heavy loaders were on their way to break up th

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – The government is sending the deputy minister for mineral resources to Papua with orders to get the Freeport mine operating again before dealing with the demand

Jakarta – As violence escalates in Papua, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is ready to deploy his special team on Papua, established on Sept. 20, according to an aide on Saturday.

Jakarta – Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) has urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to investigate reported millions of US dollars of grants from gold and copper miner PT Freep

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has demanded that the government change its security approach in dealing with Papua, and initiate dialogue

Jakarta – The Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) revealed on Sunday that the public is disappointed with the performances of young politicians, showing its latest survey result that only 24

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has expressed confidence that his popularity will surge to 50 percent by the end of the month as Golkar has agreed to fully support him i

David Fogarty, Singapore – A two-year ban on new licenses to clear peatlands and primary forests in Indonesia risks being undermined by the small area protected by the scheme and a host

Yuli Krisna – Presidential guards were once again found wanting after the second security breach this week allowed a student protester to rush toward Vice President Boediono.

Jakarta – Former state secretary under former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, Bondan Gunawan, says he believes the daily allowances that PT Freeport Indonesia gives to the police

Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – The national antigraft body has unveiled a new online service it says will allow citizens to report on corruption allegations without fear of retribution.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has set a minimum target of winning 25 percent of the total votes in the 2014 legislative elections to pave the way for party chairman Abu

Banjir Ambarita – Two journalists in Manokwari, West Papua, reported the district attorney to the police on Friday for sending them death threats by text message, a charge the accused d

Unknown assailants fired shots at two police trucks that were traveling near Freeport McMoRan's gold and copper mine in Timika, Papua, on Saturday.

Agus Triyono & Banjir Ambarita – Rights activists announced on Friday that an investigation has led them to believe that police have involved themselves too deeply in labor disputes

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – At 8:20 p.m.

Human Rights Watch has called for the president to establish an independent investigation into the deaths of protesters and the ongoing violence in Papua.

Jakarta – Hundreds of workers from Jakarta Labor Forum, a grouping of several labor associations, staged a protest in front of governor's office in the capital on Friday.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Senior local Golkar Party leaders issued a statement on Thursday backing chairman Aburizal "Ical" Bakrie as the party's next presidential candidate – three y

Dion Bisara – After a long delay, the House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that will create a new superbody to supervise the country's financial sector, including banking

Yohanes Sulaiman – On Monday, Nyoman Minta became Indonesia's most famous gardener after he managed to bypass three security perimeters and walk within five meters of President Susilo B

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police Chief said on Friday that tens of million of dollars funneled to his institution by mining giant Freeport Indonesia were disbursed as "meal money" and

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Golkar Party chief Aburizal Bakrie warned the international community against intervening in Papua, saying the issue was part of Indonesia's domestic affai

A New Zealand opposition MP wants Kiwi police to leave the Indonesian province of Papua. They are there to train their local counterparts in the principles of community policing.

Nethy Dharma Somba and Nani Afrida, Jakarta/Jayapura – Economic development that is supposed to help lift Papua from protracted poverty is at risk of a falloff as businesses become jitt

Jakarta – Leaders of the House of Representatives have pledged to start its future plenary sessions on schedule even if the sessions fail to meet quorum, as a response to lawmakers' lac

Farouk Arnaz – The police admitted on Friday what much of the country has long known that they accepted millions of dollars from Freeport Indonesia to provide security for the miners op

Jakarta – Pay talks between Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold and a union representing striking workers at its Indonesia mine are deadlocked after a week of negotiations, the union sai

Depok, West Java – Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Greg Moriarty is of the opinion that the conflict in Papua is a bid challenge for the Government of Indonesia in overcoming it.

International pressure is mounting for Indonesia to address growing unrest and violence in its Papua region.

Maumere – A group of students staged a hunger strike in front of the Maumere Legislative Council's building in East Nusa Tenggara on Thursday, protesting alleged embezzlement of social

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Hundreds of students from universities and NGOs in Makassar, South Sulawesi, commemorated Youth Pledge Day on Friday by conducting demonstrations.

A number of UNCEN student organisations along with the KNPB, the National Committee for West Papua, have announced the establishment of a movement to oppose Freeport.

Indonesia's Presidential Guard tackled and appeared to punch and kick a student on Friday as he attempted to protest against the government's increasingly dismal record fighting against

Ulma Haryanto & Anita Rachman – A new survey by the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center paints a more dire picture of the state of corruption in Indonesia than indicated by previous studies.

Anita Rachman & Ulma Haryanto – That nine in 10 Indonesians believe corruption remains widespread across the government may seem outlandish, but a Finance Ministry official who spok

Anita Rachman & Dessy Sagita – For the thousands of workers who trooped to Jakarta on Friday to demand the House of Representatives pass the social security scheme bill into law, th

Jakarta – A corruption watchdog has suggested lawmakers' recent moves to revise the 2002 Law on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) were attempts to remove the commission's spec

Indonesia's legal system is the "weakest link" in the nation's fight against terrorism, analysts said after a court slashed the jail term of the country's slipperiest terror convict.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Legislators threw staunch criticism at the government on Thursday, accusing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of turning a blind eye to escalating violenc

The convener of the New Zealand parliamentary support group for West Papua says the government should review its role training Indonesian police in community policing in Papua region.

Arya Dipa and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The Free Papua Movement (OPM) denied that the organization was behind the killing of Mulia Police chief Adj. Comr.

Netty Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Following the eruption of violence in Papua over the past two months that has claimed eight lives, Pater Neles Tebay, rector of the Fajar Timur School of

Six people have died in shootings after the West Papuan Independent Movement declared independence, which Indonesia describes as an act of treason.

Arientha Primanita – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has largely avoided responding to claims of a heavy-handed security crackdown in Papua following the deadly dispersal of a pro-in

Banjir Ambarita, Dessy Sagita & Ezra Sihite, Jayapura – A pro-independence Papuan group has claimed responsibility for the killing of the Mulia subdistrict police chief earlier this

Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission III overseeing legal affairs has postponed the deliberation of a revision of the 2002 Corruption Eradication Law to next year.