Pizaro Gozali Idrus (Benar News) – Rights activists in Indonesia have welcomed Washington's sanctions of Chinese companies accused of illicit fishing and labor abuses, which according t

Stefanno Sulaiman, Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament is expected to pass a bill this week that will allow former politicians to head Bank Indonesia (BI), the central bank, and expand its

A planned auction to award exclusive license rights for more than 100 protected islands in eastern Indonesia was postponed until the end of January following protests from environmental

Jayapura, Jubi – Head of the Papua Office of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM Papua) Frits Ramandey said the Makassar Human Rights Court's decision to acquit the defe

Jayapura, Jubi – Head of the Papua Office of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM Papua) Frits Ramandey said violence against children allegedly committed by Indonesian Mili

Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has blasted a district head in the province of Riau for making verbal threats against the central government over dissatisfaction with the

Dion Bisara, Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The European Union Ambassador to Indonesia has expressed confidence that most palm oil companies in the country can meet the block's stricter

Sebastian Strangio – Indonesian police and soldiers have carried out at least 72 extrajudicial killings over the past year, in the context of a broader narrowing of the country's politi

An Indonesian court has acquitted a retired army officer in the fatal shooting of four teenagers in Papua in 2014, crushing hopes the military would be held accountable for alleged abus

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesia has moved to avoid a costly blowback from new laws criminalising sex outside marriage, insisting that visitors need not b

Manokwari, Jubi – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) will file an appeal against the verdict on the Bloody Paniai case tried at the Makassar Human Rights Court, which acquitted the sol

Gafur Abdullah – At the recent G20 summit in Bali, Indonesian President Joko Widodo brought world leaders to the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park, a former fish-farming site being converted

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The European Union said that it was currently looking into the details of the Criminal Code which had drawn mounting criticisms at home and abroad.

Resty Woro Yuniar – Environmentalists are outraged over an Indonesian firm's decision to auction off the rights to develop a group of pristine, uninhabited islands, amid concerns that p

Jakarta – Indonesia summoned a United Nations (UN) official on Monday after the organisation expressed concerns over threats to civil liberties posed by the newly-ratified revisions to

Dewa W, Kenzu, Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial government has issued Gubernatorial Decree No.

Robby Irfany Maqoma – Global research coalition Climate Action Tracker (CAT) categorises Indonesia's climate goals as "Critically Insufficient", which means they are far from enough to

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Head of the epidemiology and immunization surveillance unit at the Jakarta Health Agency, Ngabila Salama, appealed to people with comorbidities and the elde

Muhsin Sabilillah, Jakarta – The Labor Party has threatened massive demonstrations to protest against the Criminal Law Code Draft (RKUHP), said the party president Said Iqbal.

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) Governor Andi Widjajanto highlighted the responses of several representatives of foreign countries and certain in

Jakarta (Antara) – At least 600 joint personnel from the Indonesian Military (TNI), the National Police (Polri), and Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) were deployed to secure four demonst

BTV, Jakarta – The Cambodian Police have rescued 34 Indonesian nationals who were tricked into forced labor after they came to the country for "high-paid jobs", a Foreign Affairs Minist

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Jakarta – Each time the government rolls out a plan to import rice, the public reacts with resistance.

Tenggara Strategics, Jakarta – When President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo told his diehard supporters to vote for a candidate with "forehead wrinkles" and "white hair" in the 2024 presidential

Aloysius Efraim Leonard, Jakarta – With over 700,000 followers on TikTok, the Pandawara Group puts waste problems under the spotlight, inspiring others to care for the environmen

Amnesty International Indonesia and Amnesty International Australia have condemned the repression used against the people in West Papua when they were commemorating Human Rights Day yes

Kelsey Ables and Winda Charmila – Sotheby's auction of the exclusive licensed rights to the Widi Reserve, more than 100 environmentally protected islands that cover 25,000 acres in Indo

Jakarta – The acquittal by an Indonesian human rights court of a retired army officer from charges over the killing of four Papuan teens in 2014 was a sign of impunity, a representative

Jakarta (Antara) – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno said that he will coordinate with the National Police chief regarding the enforcement of Article 424 of the Crimina

Antara, Jakarta – The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) said the commemoration of Human Rights Day, on December 10, was a momentum to bolster the government's contribution to

Imaji Lasahido (Intern), Jakarta – In the closing of the 16 days of activism against gender violence in Indonesia since November 25, the campaign organizer arranged an event called "UNi

Septia Ryanthie, Jakarta – General Manager of state-run airport operator AP I Yani Ajat Hermawan said that at least 40 private jets landed at Adi Soemarmo Airport, Solo prior to the Ngu

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Jayapura – The commemoration of International Human Rights Day on December 10 was marked by protest actions across Papua.

Airlangga Pribadi Kusman – Just days before International Human Rights Day on 10 December, Indonesians were given a bitter pill to swallow.

Katharina Reny Lestari – Rights activists in Indonesia's Papua region have demanded a re-investigation into the 2014 Paniai shooting that killed four Christian students after a court ac

Darrelle Ng, Singapore – Indonesia's new laws criminalising premarital sex and cohabitation cannot be broadly enforced due to the sheer population size of the world's third largest demo

Boyke W, Kenzu, Jakarta – The government has officially enacted Law No. 29 of 2022 concerning Southwest Papua, making it the 38th province of Indonesia.

Jakarta – Ten workers were killed in West Sumatra after an explosion in a coal mine caused a collapse, a rescue agency official said Friday.

Jakarta – The United Nations has expressed concern over threats to civil liberties posed by Indonesia's new criminal code, warning the revised laws could result in the erosion of press

Fikri Harish, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has ratified a defense cooperation agreement (DCA) with Singapore, one of three agreements the two countries signed earlier this yea

Jakarta – For several years now, alarm bells have sounded globally on the decline of democracy.

Aliyyu Medyati L Imaji Lasahido, Jakarta – The Traffic Director (Dirlantas) of Metro Jaya Police, Chief Commissioner Latif Usman stated that he was not aware of the problem of illegal l

Heru Andriyanto, Semarang – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo stressed that the creation of the new national capital in East Kalimantan must be completed by whoever leads the governm

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Indonesian government on Saturday clarified a controversial article of the newly-enacted Criminal Code that bans sexual intercourse outside of marriage, s

Adrial Akbar – Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance Confederation (KASBI) Chairperson Nining Elitos is calling for outstanding cases of human rights violations in Indonesia to be fu

Jakarta – Several business sectors have not been able to avoid the wave of layoffs, especially the digital startup industry.

Daniel Ahmad, Jakarta – The United Nations (UN) on Thursday issued a statement lamenting the revised Indonesian legal framework known as the Criminal Code (KUHP), which appears to be in

Chris Barrett – The cover of Indonesian news daily Koran Tempo on Wednesday said it all.