Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has expressed a commitment to resolve a number of past human rights violations by the end of this year.

Evi Mariani and Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Hendrik Thee has been fuming for months about what is happening in front of his house on Jl.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Indonesian Army will further strengthen military posts in the Indonesian regions bordering other countries with the objective of developing infrastructure and

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Pers) has said that freedom of the press declined last year and would most likely continue to as there were still a numbe

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – More squatters and people occupying state land will be forced to abandon their homes this year as the city administration intends to bulldoze their houses to ma

Manado – The hot mudflow from a drilling site of Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) Lahendong, a subsidiary of state-owned gas and oil company Pertamina, in Tondangow subdistrict, Tomohon, North Sul

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Indonesian NGOs have condemned the Malaysian government's decision to deport human rights activist Mugiyanto Sipin as he attempted to enter the country to attend an event organized by the Bersih 2.

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Residents of Tanggulangin, Sidoarjo, East Java, have protested without avail against planned gas drilling by Lapindo Brantas Inc., a company affiliated with the family

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says it has received an instruction from Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan to drop min

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – The government is hoping to see more investors become involved in developing industrial zones following the issuance of a new regulation.

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo, East Java – Oil and gas company PT Lapindo Brantas, controlled by the family of businessman and Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie, plans to redrill a gas well near t

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The camp of Aburizal Bakrie has consolidated its power over the Golkar Party by approving a shake-up of the party's faction at the House of Representatives, removing members b

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has stepped up its campaign to encourage marijuana farmers to give up their work and start growing more sustainable crops.

Liza Yosephine, National – Indonesian human rights activist Mugiyanto Sipin was detained by Malaysian immigration officials at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at noon on Thursday and was immedia

Jakarta – The Indonesian Coalition to End Child Marriage (Koalisi 18+) has urged the government to issue a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) to stop child marriage to save the future of

Jakarta – Jakarta State University (UNJ) Student Executive Board (BEM) head Ronny Setiawan was expelled from the university due to remarks he made on social media platform Twitter about the univers

Jakarta – A number of minority groups have joined Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country's largest Muslim organization, to launch a nationwide, grassroots movement aimed at combating extremism.

Kupang – The number of underprivileged people in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) as of September 2015 stood at 1,160,530, a rise of 22.58 percent compared to the corresponding period in 2014.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia's accident-plagued aviation industry has more airlines with the lowest safety ranking than any other country in the world according to an annual survey.

Lita Aruperes, Archipelago – Extensive sand and gravel quarrying (classified as "Galian C") is threatening the environment and public health in Tomohon city in North Sulawesi, residents and an envi

Lita Aruperes, Manado – Residents in Leilem village, Minahasa regency, North Sulawesi, have expressed serious concern as a hot mudflow at the PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) Lahendong explorat

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) was the worst-performing government institution last year, according to a report issued by the Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Companies in land-use conflicts have turned increasingly hostile towards local communities, a year-end report from the Agrarian Reform Consortium (KPA) found.

Brendan Nicholson – John Sanderson well remembers trudging through the jungle in northern Cambodia in 1993 with a young Indonesian battalion commander trying to find feared Khmer Rouge fighters.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to uphold human rights and democratic values in line with economic growth, stres

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – A Jakarta-based nongovernmental organization is urging the government to prioritize human rights and not focus merely on economic development.

Jakarta – The government is preparing to appeal a Palembang District Court verdict declaring that the operations of pulp producer PT Bumi Mekar Hijau (PT BMH) did not cause any environmental damage

Tika Primandari, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has asked Attorney General M.

Arya Dipa, Apriadi Gunawan and Panca Nugraha, Bandung/Medan – Due to the increase in staple food prices, the number of underprivileged people, especially in urban areas, has increased, especially i

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is seeking permission from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to summon former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto in its investigation into an

Jakarta – The National Police and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have agreed to form a quick response unit to handle graft cases in the regions.

Ina Parlina and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The government decided on Monday to postpone a plan to impose a levy on sales of fossil-based fuels amid growing controversy over the idea.

Jakarta – The number of Indonesians living in poverty continued to be on the rise as of last September, as weakening economic growth curbed income opportunities among the country's most underprivil

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – The West Sumatra provincial administration has expressed optimism that it can complete a plan to hand over the management of 500,000 hectares of protected forests to

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – The state budget deficit in 2015 was far wider than had been estimated, the latest Finance Ministry data show, after numerous state income components fell short of their

Arya Dipa, Bandung – West Java Police have expressed pessimism over the battle to effectively contain the distribution of oplosan (bootleg liquor) within its jurisdiction due to the absence of a re

Semarang – Batang Regent Yoyok Riyo Sudibyo has issued a circular calling on civil servants, military and police officers, schools, Islamic boarding schools and private companies in the regency of

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Golkar Party leadership under Aburizal Bakrie has called on the Law and Human Rights Ministry to issue a decree to recognize the party's new leadership structure followi

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has named Jakarta the province with the highest rate of criminal cases involving children, both as victims and perpetrator

Jakarta – Safety and security concerns will remain top challenges for Indonesian airlines in 2016 after several accidents were recorded last year despite the government's ambitious plan to improve

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Amid a long-standing controversy surrounding polygamy in Indonesia, a group promoting the polygamous lifestyle has announced a plan to file a judicial review against a number o

Jakarta – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah predicts a rough year ahead for the opposition bloc, the Red-White Coalition, with his own party starting to show signs of support for

Jakarta – The members of the opposition parties grouped in the Red-and-White Coalition (KMP) are no longer solid, following the wish of the National Mandate Party (PAN) to join the ruling coalition

Jakarta – A member of the House of Representatives has criticized the National Police's counterterrorism squad, Densus 88, which on Friday wrongly arrested two men on suspicion of terrorism in Sura

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Transportation agency head Andri Yansyah revealed his vexation over the lack of coordination between the city administration and the central government in handling giant tran

Jakarta – Historian and social activist Hilmar Farid has been sworn in as the new culture director general at the Culture and Education Ministry on Thursday.

Jakarta – Fishing industry players have urged the government to address supply chain issues in the distribution of fresh fish to the local fish processing industry.

Jakarta – Seven regional top cops have been replaced in a major shake-up of Indonesia's police ranks at the end of 2015, according to a Dec.