Pekanbaru – Hundreds of people attacked security officers and employees of forestry firm PT Rimba Lazuardi in the Peranap district, Indragiri Hulu regency, in Riau on Wednesday, burning down the co

Jakarta – Women's NGO Solidaritas Perempuan (Women's Solidarity) has urged the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) to do more to protect Indonesian workers abroad and to include vocat

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The incoming Jakarta Police chief, Insp. Gen.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – A dearth of cinemas in Indonesia is among the obstacles to the flourishing of the country's movie industry, with the number of cinemas reaching only a fraction of the id

Ina Parlina and Nani Afrida, Jakarta – As a result of public demands that the truth behind decades-old cases of human rights abuse be revealed, the government has declared its readiness to resolve

Jakarta – The government aims to settle past serious human rights violation cases by early May through reconcilition, or through a non judicial process, despite criticism by human rights groups and

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Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) located in Cikini, Central Jakarta, has long been a safe haven for artists and activists to express themselves.

Corry Elyda and Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Despite threats and a venue change, the screening of the documentary film entitled Pulau Buru Tanah Air Beta continued on and received an abundance of support

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that the poverty level has increased on account of slow economic growth and food-price increases.

Jakarta – Police have put a stop to a same-sex wedding ceremony between two local men from Kepil, Wonosobo regency, Central Java.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Fearing tougher competition, lawmakers have rallied to increase the minimum support requirements for independent candidates to run in local elections.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Women's groups requested on Wednesday that the House of Representatives refrain from implementing a total ban on alcoholic drinks, arguing that such a ban would go

Andreas Harsono – Johan Teterisa went from school teacher to political prisoner on June 29, 2007.

Jakarta – Signs of the rise or reemergence of communism in Indonesia termed New Style Communism (Komunisme Gaya Baru, KGB) is apparent in a variety of different forms.

Jamison Liang & IA – More than a decade of homophobic local bylaws has seen a marginalised community made more vulnerable.

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The limited reshuffle at the National Police headquarters on Monday has immediately attracted the attention of members of the country's political and security circles, as i

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Indonesia's exports to Japan and China, the country's traditional main markets, recorded positive growth in February from the month before, but accumulatively still record

Ayomi Amindoni, Business – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has predicted a trade surplus recorded in the first two months of 2016 to continue in March, although slightly decreased as a result o

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The National Nuclear Energy Agency (Batan) has encouraged the government to provide more funding and ease regulatory processes for the construction of the country's first nuc

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Newly inaugurated National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) chief Ins. Gen.

Ina Parlina and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – In another attempt to ease doing business in the country, the government is looking to trim more of the environmental and building permits currently requ

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Farida Susanty, Jakarta – Private port operators have lauded the government's recent decision to extend the time for them to prepare for a concession for operating bigger terminals, previously only

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The government has tried to meet public demand by proposing the amendment of several draconian articles in the 2008 Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) La

Jakarta – The Democratic Party has started to prepare its ultimate member and founder, former first lady Kristiani Herrawati, popularly known as Ani Yudhoyono, to run in the 2019 presidential elect

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has revealed that Indonesia's democratic credentials remained on the same level between 2009 and 2014, with three pr

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Indigenous rights activists have called on the government to immediately complete the drafting of a long-awaited indigenous people's rights protection (PPHMA) bill to preve

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The central government has instructed local governments to intensify their peatland restoration programs, but has not allocated funds from the state budget, leaving them

Kupang – Residents of Kolhua subdistrict of Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, have rejected the municipality's plan to develop a dam worth Rp 285 billion (US$20 million), saying that the project would ev

Jakarta – Mass media must put more focus on issues pertaining to minority groups to help them voice their aspirations.

Haeril Halim, National – The Central Jakarta District Court is scheduled on Monday to start the trial of two human rights campaigners who had been arrested during a labor protest in front of the St

Kusumasari Ayuningtyas and Apriadi Gunawan, Klaten, Central Java/Medan – Relatives of an alleged terrorist who died in police custody said on Sunday that they would file a report to the National Co

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia has appealed to Australia to accept more refugees stranded in Indonesia ahead of a regional forum to combat people smuggling in Bali next week.

Jakarta – Mounting public debate over lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) protections, some of which is based on unclear arguments, has highlighted Indonesian people's poor understanding

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called on lawmakers to find a solution to migrant workers who were disenfranchised in the Dec. 9, 2015 regional elections.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – An investigation carried out by a watchdog has confirmed that budget inflexibility has caused low prosecution rates in prosecutors' offices.

Jakarta – The Indonesian government is yet to decide on whether it will execute drug traffickers this year, but has said it will focus more on improving the economy for the next seven to eight mont

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The rupiah closed 72 points stronger against the US dollar, leaving its 13,000 level to hit 12,980 at Friday's close.

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Environmental activists have found indications that police and military personnel have been involved in illegal gold mining in the Lore Lindu National Park (TNLL) in the Pos

Arif Gunawan S., Jakarta – Indonesia is the second-least literate nation in the world in a list of 61 measurable countries, besting only Botswana, according to new research that ranks the five Nord

Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry says it received only 1,347 working contract termination files in the first two months of 2016, a 10th of the number of workers labor unions claimed were laid off in

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Clayton Lane, the new CEO of the Institute of Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), asked a basic question of the audience during a discussion on the future of urban

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government, through the National Archive Agency (ANRI), should try harder to obtain an authentic document of the March 11 Indonesian Presidential Executive Order (Superse

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesia is eyeing to take over the role of its neighboring countries as Southeast Asia's main logistics hub as the country launched on Thursday its first-ever bonded l

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The tug of war for influence in Indonesian politics has heated up with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) expressing discontent with the latest dev

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – A group of citizens in Riau have filed a lawsuit against the central government with the Pekanbaru District Court, demanding serious action be taken against the forest an

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – A lawsuit challenging a Jakarta gubernatorial permit for the construction of artificial islets F, I and K off the city's northern coast kicked off at the Jakarta State Admi

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Despite slow progress on the construction of new smelters due to weak commodity markets, the government insists it will not relax rules that prohibit the export of raw m

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Human rights watchdogs have voiced their objections to what they claim as efforts by security authorities to sacrifice civil liberties in the name of national secu