Jakarta (New York Times) – Tunggal Pawestri says she will never forget being groped on a public bus while travelling to her high school in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, when she was 14.

Ahmad Syarifudin, Yogya – Hundreds of students held a protest action at the Pal Putih Monument in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on the afternoon of Sunday December 10 to commemorate Internati

Antara, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo admitted that much work to be done by the government to uphold human rights.

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has reported that half of the cases of violence in North Sumatra this year involved members of the National Police and

Jakarta – Thousands of Indonesian Muslims protested Sunday in Jakarta against US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in the latest global show of solidarity

Jakarta – Indonesia is looking to impose import duties on intangible goods, such as electronic books and software, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says that the drafting of budgets at both the ministries, state institutions and regional bodies focus more on supporting activities rath

Jakarta – The National Police's antiterror squad, Densus 88, arrested a suspected terrorist in Surabaya, East Java, on Saturday morning.

Ristu Hanafi, Sleman – Protesters and students from the Alliance against the Kulon Progo Airport have again demonstrated in front of the PT Angkasa Pura (AP I) offices in the Central Java city of Y

Jakarta – Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto has officially begun his tenure as the Indonesian Military (TNI) commander, replacing Gen.

Jakarta – Starting on Jan.

Indonesia is in the midst of a diphtheria outbreak that has affected hundreds and killed dozens this year, with medical professionals saying anti-vaxxers played a crucial part in the spread of the

Jakarta – Finance Deputy Minister Mardiasmo has said the government would start setting aside revenues from the tobacco excise duty next year to fund the Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS

The decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and eventually move the US Embassy to the heavily disputed city has had major political ramifications throu

Anti-American protests have taken place in Muslim-majority Southeast Asian states of Indonesia and Malaysia against United States President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the cap

Indonesia's House Speaker Setya Novanto has dodged several corruption charges in the past, but it's starting to look like his luck has run out as he's set to soon face trial for corruption without

Jakarta – Hundreds of people staged a rally on Friday in front of the United States Embassy in Central Jakarta to protest US President Donald Trump's controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem a

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) and the government on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate businesspeople in becoming m

Prashanth Parameswaran – Last week, Singapore and Indonesia carried out a new exercise in counterterrorism, an area of growing concern for the two sides.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Constitutional Court (MK) chief justice Arief Hidayat has responded to allegations that he lobbied the House of Representatives to secure a second tenure as justic

Jakarta – Upstream director Syamsul Alam of state-owned energy firm Pertamina has called on the government to declare that the country is facing an energy crisis, as it is now a net oil importer an

Sarah Yuniarni, Jakarta – Jakarta deputy governor Sandiaga Uno said on Wednesday (06/12) he wants to make it "painful" for Jakarta residents to bring their own vehicles into the city once the first

If there's a silver lining to former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's controversial imprisonment for blasphemy, it's that it has served as a wake up call to the reality that fundame

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Jakarta will implement a one-fare public transportation system called OK Otrip next year in an attempt to encourage more people to use public transportation.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander candidate Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto promised that the TNI will remain neutral in the upcoming 2019 Elections.

West Jakarta Mayor Anas Effendi now holds the incredible, potentially unassailable record of sleeping in front of four Jakarta governors.

Sheany, Jakarta – The new batch of commissioners at the National Commission on Human Rights, or Komnas HAM, must work hard to build a culture of human rights in Indonesia, Robertus Robet of Amnesty

I Wayan Juniartha, Denpasar – The first ever collective flagging campaign was undertaken on Wednesday to alert popular video sharing service YouTube on what the Balinese have deemed an offensive in

Jakarta – Starting Thursday, Jakarta's women and children will have a 112 hotline number to report abuse.

Mongabay – Extensive deforestation in Sumatra has corralled the island's native tigers into fragmented habitats, only two of which contain a sufficiently robust population of the nearly extinct big

Jakarta – Indonesian health authorities will launch an immunisation drive next week to contain a sharp rise in cases of diphtheria, which has killed at least 32 people, including many children, in

Shannon Power – A government crackdown on Indonesian LGBTI people has caused an increase in death threats against advocates and organizations working with the LGBTI community.

A village in Tangerang Regency, just outside of Jakarta, has been accused of religious intolerance after a photo of a circular going around the village containing strict regulations on the religiou

Alin Almanar, Jakarta – Defiant graft detainee Setya Novanto will soon stand trial as the House of Representatives speaker's case dossiers have officially been declared complete, an antigraft spoke

Atin Prabandari, Dedi Dinarto, Irfan Ardhani and Putri Rakhmadhani Nur Rimbawati – The World AIDS Day on December 1 has been commemorated for 30 years, yet the children who suffer from HIV/AIDS in

Deforestation to make way for palm oil plantations is driving critically endangered Sumatran tigers towards extinction, researchers warned on Tuesday.

Jakarta – The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) has called on the House of Representatives to focus its attention on protecting human rights and reducing excessive criminalization during

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Eighty-five high ranking Indonesian Military (TNI) officers are set to be rotated or promoted, a statement released on Tuesday by the TNI headquarters has confirme

Jakarta – Military expert Mufti Makarim said the process to rotate 85 Indonesian Military (TNI) senior officers revealed in a letter dated Dec. 4 might have started several months ago.

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Jakarta – The government is considering increasing the prices of subsidized fuel next year because of the rising global oil prices.

Konradus Epa – Leaders of hard-line Islamic groups in Indonesia have called on Muslims to only vote for co-religionists in elections for public office.

Prashanth Parameswaran – On Monday, the Indonesian government confirmed that Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had nominated the country's air force chief, Hadi Tjahjanto, as its next milit

Istman MP, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has revealed the reason to nominate Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto for the Armed Forces (TNI) chief.

Istman Musaharun Pramadiba, Bogor – Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Commander Gatot Nurmantyo said that the atmosphere of the upcoming general election will be a particular challenge for his potentia

Karlis Salna and Haslinda Amin – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said government reforms to boost the economy are starting to pay off, enabling it to embark on the biggest infrastructure plan in t

Ihsan Ali Fauzi – When the news finally came that former State Secretary Djohan Effendi had died in Geelong on 17 November, few who knew him were surprised.

After Governor Anies Baswedan overturned the ban on Monas (National Monument) being used for religious and political events and allowed the 212 anti-Ahok "grand reunion" to take place over the week

Amal Ganesha, Jakarta – The Greater Jakarta Transportation Body, or BPTJ, an agency under the Ministry of Transportation that oversees transit issues in and around the capital, has prepared a compr

Sheany, Jakarta – With its official launch in the country set for Thursday (07/12), Amnesty International Indonesia emphasized the need for the government to step up focus on human rights issues an