Arif Hulwan Muzayyin, Jakarta – Efforts by the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) and the Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) to set history straight with regard to the alleged September 30 Mov

Ray Jordan, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has no problem with the TNI (Indonesian military) and the public holding joint film screenings (nobar) of the film "The Treachery of the Septemb

Dwi Andayani, Noval Dwinuary Antoni, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) advocacy head Muhammad Isnur says that retired Major General Kivlan Zen and Presidium 313 member Rahmat Himran

Jakarta – Hundreds of anti-communists besieged the office of the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) on Sunday night, demanding that it dismiss a gathering inside the office.

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies – Fake news about Indonesia's omnipresent bogeyman – communism – has been blamed for riots in Central Jakarta that injured five police officers and damaged vehicl

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have taken into custody 22 people following a mob protest that turned violent in front of the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) early on Monday.

Krithika Varagur, Yogyakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's only Islamic school for transgender people closed with much drama in February 2016 after it came under fire by a local hardline Muslim group.

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The gathering of hundreds of protesters at the headquarters of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YLBHI), which eventually culminated in a clash between protesters

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – Several lawmakers are calling for a total ban on discussion pertaining to the 1965 communist purge to prevent friction in society following

Francis Chan, Jakarta – Police in Indonesia's West Java on Monday (Sept 18) foiled a plot to attack President Joko Widodo and his security detail, after they arrested a 31-year-old militant with fi

Jakarta – Students at an Islamic school that Indonesian authorities have linked to Islamic State returned home after villagers nearby demanded its closure, a school spokesman said on Sunday (17/09)

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Bambang Muryanto and Agnes Anya, Yogyakarta/Jakarta – Thirty pro-democracy groups in Yogyakarta have urged the National Police to take action against officers that broke up a public discussion on t

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – For Indonesian lawyer Lisa Hiariej, taking on the Australian government has been a bit like waiting for Godot.

Phelim Kine – The fear of communists is alive and well in Indonesia.

Nurkholis Hidayat – The past two days have seen paranoia about communism result in unprecedented attacks on one of the oldest and most influential civil society organisations in Indonesia, the Lega

Jakarta – Anyone who wants to live a healthy life may have to consider moving out of Jakarta, as the city continues to climb up the rankings for the world's worst air quality.

Wahyu Sabda Kuncahyo – The Islamic based Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) supports increasing public vigilance against latent communism which is being demonstrated by the public's interest in org

Jakarta – The Army has instructed its personnel to hold screenings of the propaganda film Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI (Betrayal of the Communists) on Sept. 30.

Francis Chan – The challenge to eradicate fake news is a tall order for the Indonesian authorities in a country where more than half of its 260 million population are Internet users.

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – Siti Musdah Mulia can't remember a time when she didn't wear a hijab. Now the Islamic cleric sees it as her duty to don the head covering while in public.

Arkhelaus W., Jakarta – Police have closed down a 1965 history seminar organised by the Forum 65 that was to be held at the Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) offices on the afternoon of Saturday S

Chitra Paramaesti, Jakarta – The Red-and-White Militia (LMP) have been making speeches without a permit and causing an uproar in front of the Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) offices in Central Jakarta.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Muhammad Syafii, the chairman of the House of Representatives committee on the deliberation of the 2003 Counterterrorism Law's draft revision, said that President

Bambang Muryanto, Jakarta – Amid growing sectarian and religious conflicts, the head of the presidential working unit on the implementation of the state ideology of Pancasila (UKP-PIP), Yudi Latif,

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Human rights activist Sri Lestari Wahyoeningroem believes that the Army (TNI AD) is overly worried hence its plan to hold joint screenings of the film "Pengkhianatan

Fabian Januarius Kuwado, Jakarta – Amnesty International regrets the police's closure of a seminar titled "Revealing Historical Truths 1965/1966" that was to be held at the Indonesian Legal Aid Fou

Selamat Saragih – Hundreds of activists who disagree with the banned Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) issue being raised again have taken part in a wave of protests at the Indonesian Legal Aid Foun

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Army (TNI AD) has ordered all of its officers to hold joint screenings of the film "The Treachery of the September 30 Movement/Indonesian Communist Pa

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – The 3rd Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) 2018 is to be held next May in the waters of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), and is expected to involve at least 42 wars

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Jakarta – Ibnu Mas'ud pesantren, or Islamic boarding school, near Bogor in West Java is facing closure as residents plan a protest on Sunday (17/09) to shut down the premise after rumors went aroun

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Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The latest hearing in a high-profile graft case implicating House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto adds to pressure on the Golkar Party chairman over his alleged

Jakarta – Following the death of 4-month-old Tiara Deborah Simanjorang, who was allegedly denied intensive medical treatment because her parents had been unable to make a down payment at the hospit

Laura Villadiego in Aceh Tamiang, Indonesia – Armed with a chainsaw and a copy of Indonesia's environmental laws, biologist Rudi Putra and his team of eco-warriors have been identifying and cutting

Jakarta – Democracy in Jakarta was on the decline in 2016, hitting its lowest point in the past seven years, the city's Central Statistics Agency (BPS) says.

Mong Palatino of Global Voices – Indonesian police in East Java are investigating a veteran journalist for comparing former President Megawati Sukarnoputri to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi in a Facebo

Bangkok – Indonesia's bustling capital, Jakarta, is sinking faster than any other city in the world.

John McBeth, Jakarta – With his popularity steadily rising, an unusual phenomenon in the middle of a presidential term and with a worryingly stagnant economy, little now appears to stand in the way

Syafiul Hadi, Jakarta – The director of commerce and operations at the state-owned State Film Production company (PFN) Elprisdat M.

Andreas Harsono – Indonesia's Attorney General's Office announced this week that it had rescinded a job notice that not only barred lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) applicants, but su

Joseph Patrick McCormick – The Indonesian Attorney General has rescinded a job notice which banned LGBT people.

Syofiardi Bachyul, Padang – The residents and regency administration of the Mentawai Islands have opposed the decision made by the central government and West Sumatra provincial administration to g

Hans Nicholas Jong – Under fire from watchdogs and consumers of its smartphones, Samsung said it would not pursue a joint venture with Korindo, itself the target of an NGO campaign for destroying r

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – A NasDem Party councilor in Tanjungjabung Barat regency in Jambi province has been detained on charges of inciting hostility toward Muslims after writing a Facebook post deemed

Jakarta – The implementation of e-payment systems at tollgates has met resistance from worker unions, as the system will affect some 20,000 workers, half of whom are in Jakarta, who stand to lose t

Jakarta/Kuala Lumpur – Facing a backlash in Europe over palm oil's environmental toll, the world's top producers are scrambling to find new markets and even striking unusual barter deals, such as e

Jakarta – A large chunk of protected forest in Padang Lawas district in North Sumatra, which has been illegally occupied and converted into large-scale commercial plantations by dozens of companies

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) said on Wednesday it had no intention to erode the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) power to prosecute graft convicts.