A human rights activist says New Zealand needs to rethink its policy towards West Papua in the wake of violent demonstrations and mass arrests over the weekend.

Supporters of West Papuan self determination gathered for the province's symbolic independence day over the weekend.

Paulina Quintao – The Vice Minister of Health, Bonifacio dos Reis, said the Ministry of Health (MoH) will continue to promote the global HIV/AIDS prevention method of ABC, Abstinence (A

Pasti Liberti, Jakarta – We'll just call him Teguh, who along with Hartoyo and his friends are active with Suara Kita (Our Voice, https://www.suarakita.org), an organisation fighting ag

Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has received reports about the involvement of children in a massive rally staged by Islamic groups around the National Monume

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of Muslims gathered in Medan, North Sumatra, on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the 2016 anti-Ahok rally as they followed in the footsteps of their

Dewi Nurita, Taufiq Siddiq and Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab repeatedly reminded participants of the 212 reunion rally that 2019 marks the ye

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Every Thursday for more than 560 weeks, Ms Maria Katarina Sumarsih, clad in black and holding a black umbrella, has stood in front of the presidential palace i

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Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government has insisted that its plan to liberalize the tobacco industry will trickle down positively in terms of job creation and export outputs d

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Monday that the country needed to develop its upstream industries to help reduce the manufacturing industry's dependence o

Jakarta – App-based ride-hailing company Grab Indonesia has announced a plan to expand in-app safety features and educate drivers about sexual harassment for the provision of a service

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has earned praise for issuing Gubernatorial Regulation No.

Jakarta – An Australian was among hundreds of pro-Papuan independence activists arrested across Indonesia at the weekend, police and rights groups said Monday (Dec 3).

Jakarta (Antara) – The East Java Police clarified that the Surabaya Police resort has not arrested 233 college Papuan students and civilians in Surabaya on Sunday, December 2.

Jakarta (Antara) – Papuan Students Alliance activist Alince Tekege said that the 233 students arrested in Surabaya had been sent home.

Jason Abel – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) in partnership with the Vanuatu West Papua Association and the South Moluccas association have joined in with West Pap

The Solomon Islands prime minister Rick Hou says his government wants nothing to do with West Papua.

Antara, Jakarta – Deputy Secretary General of the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) Tengku Zulkarnain called on younger generation who attended the 212 alumni reunion in Jakarta on Sunday t

Arnold Belau and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jayapura/Surabaya – More than 500 Papuans in several cities were arrested following rallies on Dec.

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has rebuffed claims that he and the government were not paying attention to the deforestation and

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Bogor municipality officially implemented on Dec. 1 a ban on single-use plastic bags at all modern stores.

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – The name of presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto was shouted repeatedly during a 212 Reunion action on December 2 at the National Monument (Monas) in Central J

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Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – Opponents of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has marked Dec.

Toyiban, Manokwari, W Papua – West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan has said the province was safe for investment, and thus, invited investors to invest in the area.

Hundreds of Papuan students faced off with counter-protesters in Indonesia's second largest city of Surabaya today in a rally calling for the Melanesian region's independence while pro-

Tony Firman – A protest action by the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya on December 1 demanding self-determination for West Papua has been at

Arnold Belau, Jayapura – As many as 96 activists from the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) in Ternate, North Maluku, were arrested after police forcibly broke up a rall

Jakarta – Police stopped hundreds of activists from the Indonesian Front for West Papua (FRI-WP), the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) and the Papuan Central Highlands Indonesian Student A

There have been mass arrests of people demonstrating in cities across Indonesia to mark the anniversary of a declaration of independence by West Papuans.

Jakarta and Surabaya – Around 300 members of the Papuan Students Alliance in Surabaya, East Java, staged a protest on Saturday, nearly clashing with a separate group that appeared to be

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Press Council has appointed nine new members to serve for the 2019-2022 period, consisting of journalists, representatives of press companies and pu

Andreas Harsono – Following your own religious beliefs shouldn't be a crime, but in Indonesia, new technologies are helping authorities identify and potentially prosecute religious mino

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has decided to heed the call of businesspeople to maintain restriction on foreign investments in several sectors out of

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) is claiming the media erroneously reported that the Lion Air jetliner that crashed into the Java Sea last

It's pretty much an open secret that the 212 mass protest on December 2, 2016, that saw hundreds of thousands of demonstrators demand the imprisonment of former Jakarta Governor Basuki

Jakarta – Police say it will be business as usual on Sunday, when Islamic groups are expected to gather again at Monas square in Gambir, Central Jakarta, exactly two years after a large

Sheany, Jakarta – It is nearly two years since thousands of protesters took to the streets of Central Jakarta to demand the arrest of then-Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama on blas

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Authorities in Jakarta are preparing for the worst when Islamic group 212 Rally Alumni is expected to gather at the National Monument (Monas) square in Centr

Jakarta – Residents on a string of coral-fringed islands off Jakarta's coast are battling a tidal wave of trash, with more than 40 tons of rubbish collected daily over the past week, an

Jakarta (Antara) – Researcher Lestari Nurhajati from London School of Public Relations (LSPR) Jakarta revealed online cigarette advertisements had significantly affected teenagers.

Padang, West Sumatra – An Indonesian city plans to slap its gay and transgendered residents with a one million rupiah ($70) fine for disturbing "public order", underscoring a marked ris

Bambang Muryanto and Kharishar Kahfi, Yogyakarta and Jakarta – Sunanto, the newly elected chairman of Pemuda Muhammadiyah, the youth wing of Muhammadiyah, the country's second largest M

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Jakarta – The Finance Ministry recorded that the foreign capital invested in the government's debt papers (SBN) broke this year's record on Nov.

Marisa Kuhlewein and Rachel Octaviani, Jakarta – They were the happiest days of her life. She was building memorable teenager moments until he broke her dreams.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Berkarya Party's central executive board [DPP] chairman Badaruddin Andi Picunang requested PDIP's Ahmad Basarah to clarify his statement that called form

This Sunday will mark exactly two years since the massive hardliner-led protest against former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama for his alleged blasphemy that took place o

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Bumpy runways, hair-raising safety lapses, remote airstrips with no navigation systems and a dire shortage of experienced captains and maintenance crews.