Vannessa Hearman – It has been a strange year for human rights under the Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, administration.

Ken Setiawan – Hopes were high when Joko Widodo or Jokowi, was elected.

Teri L. Caraway and Michele Ford – When Jokowi was running for the presidency, he promised that workers would prosper under his government.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government should consult with the House of Representative before imposing a fuel levy as such a levy had no legal basis and could even spark a political uproar, accor

National – The government has expressed its desire to file an appeal to a higher court following its loss at the Palembang District Court in relation to a forest fire case against PT Bu

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The country has become too dependent on its rich natural resources.

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Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – The economy went through another year of trials and tribulations in 2015, marking a continuation of the slowdown that has plagued the country for the past fe

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti has apologized for the police's failure to respond to complaints from members of the public.

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin is calling on Indonesians to celebrate New Year's Eve in a modest way by avoiding lavish parties or any activities that viola

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Yogyakarta) has said that Law No.

Padang – Terror and violence continue to stalk and threaten journalists operating in Sumatra, the Padang Press Legal Aid Institute (LBH) announced in its end-of-year report.

Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has revoked a decree that previously recognized the Golkar Party leadership as that which emanated from a national meeting (Munas) at Hotel M

Jakarta – Central Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr.

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has lost a Rp 7.8 trillion ($565 million) lawsuit brought against a pulp and paper company accused of setting fires that razed 20,000 hectares of lan

Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly has said that the government will issue a ministerial decree soon to recognize Aburizal Bakrie as Golkar Party chairman to follow u

Jakarta – A group of concerned scientists, researchers, environmentalists and agrarian activists launched a petition on Tuesday calling on the government to take aggressive action to st

Jakarta – The Golkar Party looks to be distancing itself from its beleaguered stalwart Setya Novanto, with one politician predicting that it would be hard for the House of Representativ

Adam Harvey, Indonesia – A terror financing investigation has uncovered about $500,000 in Australian cash sent to Indonesia to arm and train extremists and support their families.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has reduced the sentence for disgraced Democratic Party lawmaker Angelina Sondakh and the amount of restitution from the harsher s

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Entering its third year, the national health insurance (JKN) continues to be plagued with financial woes.

National – The government has been urged to carry out comprehensive revision of the Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law by removing the pasal karet (catchall articles), pa

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and two of the country's former presidents – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and BJ Habibie – attended the opening ceremony of a new Corruption Eradica

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will strive to boost Indonesia's corruption perception index (CPI) level, which has indicated stagnant progress in

Business – While failing to meet the target set out in the state budget, the government in 2015 collected more taxes than ever before.

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has yet to receive official resignation letters from Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo and Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister

listasia Anggun Wijaya, thejakartapost.com – The Legal Aid Center for the Press (LBH Pers) has issued a second warning letter to PT Idea Karya Indonesia – the holding company of the def

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has reiterated its commitment to remain outside the government camp following President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's plan to implement another Cab

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – The government will have to revoke a freeze on operating permits for more than 900,000 hectares of industrial forest or the local pulp and paper industry will lo

Jakarta – Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Minister Marwan Jafar has asked Saudi Arabia to aid development in Indonesia's remote villages, to help improve welfare in t

Ganug Nugroho Adi and Ruslan Sangadji, Boyolali, Central Java/Palu – With the government set to increase the allocation of dana desa (village fund) in the upcoming year, President Joko

Jakarta – Due to a lack of public transportation, commuters are forced to rely heavily on private vehicles for day-to-day transportation between residences outside Jakarta and workplace

Jakarta – The South Jakarta administration will continue in its ambition to reshape the Ciliwung River even though the project necessitates the eviction of residents and the destruction

Jakarta – Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) revealed on Sunday that the number of police injured in 2015 had increased almost 40 percent, stating that the police had been injured in brawls,

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – After years dodging bullets from those who wanted to see it fall, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has finally been brought to its knees.

Jakarta – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) has said that the majority of suspicious transactions this year were not followed up by law enforcement instituti

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has denied the claim that he has promised to allocate two ministerial posts for the National Mandate Party (PAN) in exchange for the party's sup

Jakarta – Civil society groups are looking to challenge Article 158 of Law No.

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – As the members of the Gereja Kristen Indonesia (GKI) Taman Yasmin church in Bogor and the Batak Protestant Church (HKBP) Filadelfia from Bekasi were assembled

Jakarta – Graft defendant Otto Cornelius (OC) Kaligis said that he was relieved to learn that outgoing Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioner Johan Budi and former commiss

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The influence of the Islamic State (IS) in Indonesia has become more apparent along with the rapid increase of radicalization within society since IS d

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) said that the state had misused laws on the freedom of expression and the liberty of associa

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Jakarta – Unable to celebrate at their own premises, hundreds of members of two sealed church buildings in West Java have held their Christmas service in Jakarta for the fourth time.

Jakarta – Antigraft activists have slammed the Golkar Party for naming disgraced legislator Setya Novanto the head of its powerful House caucus, saying it reflects the bloc's lack of co

Palu – Cases of violence against women had not declined in Palu, Central Sulawesi, in the past seven years, mostly as a result of economic problems, an official said on Tuesday.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's timber legality system has not been able to stop pulp and paper giants from using illegally sourced timber, as the system is filled with loopho

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Andi Zulkarnaen Mallarangeng a suspect in the high-profile graft case centering on the construction of the Hambalang spor

Indonesia has announced it is punishing more than 20 companies for starting deadly forest fires that killed 19 people.

Jakarta – A child protection advocacy group has recorded nearly 3,000 reports of child abuse throughout the year, of which almost 60 percent were sexual assault and abuse cases.