Jakarta – Revealing explosive allegations of state officials involved in drug trafficking is not a criminal offense, observers have said after authorities filed reports against a leader of a human

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi' Widodo is facing pressure to come out against the "criminalizing" of a Jakarta-based human rights activist, after he revealed allegations of stated officials invol

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Rights activist Haris Azhar has requested the government's protection and commitment should the names of law enforcement personnel allegedly involved in executed c

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Activists of various NGOs have urged ASEAN governments to eliminate investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy grew at a stronger-than-expected rate of 5.18 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the second quarter, marking an increase from 4.92 percent recorded in the f

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Indonesians remain the third-most confident consumers in the world, behind those in India and the Philippines, a recent survey has revealed.

Helen Jarvis, a member of the seven-judge panel of the International People's Tribunal on 1965 Crimes Against Humanity in Indonesia (IPT), outlines findings that condemn the Indonesian state and it

Nursyahbani Katjasungkana, Jakarta – On July 20, a video of presiding judge Zak Yacoob reading out the major conclusions of the International People's Tribunal on the 1965 Crimes Against Humanity i

Hans Nicholas Jong and Arya Dipa, Jakarta, Bandung – After telling instant messaging applications to remove stickers featuring same-sex couples and blurring pictures of cleavages on television, the

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely dismayed by President Joko Widodo's decision to continue the execution of death row inmates.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Three women emerged out of their tents, and despite the scorching sun that day they ran toward a truck full of cardboard and scrap metal that was coming down from the main

Apriadi Gunawan – Hundreds of residents of Sari Rejo subdistrict in Medan, North Sumatra, blocked an access road to the Soewondo Airbase in Medan on Wednesday in protest against the Air Force's cla

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – As Jakarta's gubernatorial election approaches, numerous communities in the capital are starting to openly express their opposition to incumbent candidate Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaj

Nicholas Koumjian, Phnom Penh – The Jakarta Post reported last Friday that Gen.

Dover, N.H., United States – A man has admitted to his role in a conspiracy to illegally purchase guns in New Hampshire and Maine and smuggle them out of the country for use by the Indonesian Presi

Saskia E. Wieringa, Amsterdam – To this day victims and survivors of the mass killings and other crimes against humanity committed by the military and the militias associated with them after Oct.

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Until recently we rarely had kissing scenes on screen, and when we did blurred images have been used as a desperate attempt to protect public morality, which critics worry is currently heading for

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A legal attempt by a group of conservative academics to criminalize any sexual relations outside marriage has sparked concern about a serious breach of civil liberties

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – The Federal Court of Australia in Sydney on Wednesday accepted a class action lawsuit filed by Indonesian fishermen, who are demanding PTTEP Australasia p

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – As one of the country's most outspoken human rights defenders, Haris Azhar, has long been a gadfly to the nation's security apparatus.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has said its move to report rights activist Haris Azhar to the National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) aimed

Australia's top national security ministers will hold talks next week with a former military general accused of human rights abuses in East Timor, who has recently been returned to the Indonesian c

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Think before you tweet or post anything on social media.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The people of the Kendeng Mountains in the northern part of Central Java can now breathe a temporary sigh of relief following an order from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo tha

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's ambitious plan to develop various large-scale infrastructure projects across the archipelago over the next few years has provided opportuni

Why Jakarta must let the Melanesian Spearhead Group decide who is in and who is out, and what matters for Melanesian people.

Indonesia and the Melanesian Spearhead Group need the United Liberation Movement for West Papua.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With negative public sentiment toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) reaching an all-time high, the anti-LGBT movement in the country is seeking to crim

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The National Police, the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) and the Indonesian Military (TNI) have reported rights activist Haris Azhar to the National Police's Crimi

Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPI) declared its support on Tuesday for Rizal Ramli – former coordinating maritime affairs minister – in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial e

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto has stressed that the government would not consider abolishing the death penalty, and therefor

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Jakarta – House of Representatives deputy speaker Fadli Zon said on Monday that the government must explain the reasons behind its decision to execute only four of 14 death-row inmates scheduled fo

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Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – More than 13,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers will on Wednesday launch a class action in the Federal Court in Sydney against the company responsible for the worst oil spill

Jakarta – Following the execution of four drug convicts on early Friday, Muslim scholars and the leaders of the country's major Muslim organizations are divided over whether capital punishment is s

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – Hundreds of residents from several hamlets in West Kalimantan have fled their homes to avoid arrest over their alleged involvement in a conflict with an oil palm compan

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has rejected a recent plan by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration to abolish prison sentences for graft convicts, calling the plan

Corruption, drugs, extortion and bullying at penitentiaries are an open secret, and the chronic ills persist even as governments come and go.

Ni Komang Erviani, Nusa Dua, Bali – Indonesian Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu, Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein and Philippine National Defense Minister Delfin N Lorenzana ar

Jakarta – The Ministry of Education and Culture's Head of Language Development Agency, Dadang Sunendar, has said that 139 ethnic languages in Indonesia are at risk of falling out of use.

Haeril Halim and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Tanjung Balai – While social media has been influential in effecting positive changes in society, it can have the opposite effect, as witnessed by the comm

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is the minority group most disliked by Muslim people in Indonesia, according to a survey conducted by the I

Damien Kingsbury – Indonesia President Joko Widodo's recent announcement of his new cabinet line-up aroused two responses.

Bogor – Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar highlighted on Sunday the urgency of treating plastic waste, which is one of the country's major environmental problems.

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta/Nusa Dua – The government's widening budget deficit may have an adverse effect on the overall economy as public spending may have to be slashed as a result of declining reve

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Jakarta – The government said on Sunday the portion of women participating in legislative elections remained stagnant at 17 percent, lower than the 30 percent quota mandated by a law on elections.