Jakarta – The national human rights agency has reaffirmed its support for the screening of "Senyap," or "The Look of Silence," throughout Indonesia, stating that this was a part of huma

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge, Illinois – The deadly clashes between the police's mobile brigade (Brimob) and Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel have proliferated.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court declared on Tuesday that the trial in a child abuse case implicating two teachers of Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS) must co

Jakarta – The Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) has signed a tripartite agreement with companies and migrant workers to push down costs tha

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said Tuesday that the recent fuel-price hikes were not likely to affect the current monthly minimum provincial wage that was set

"President Widodo should join the global tide toward abolishing the death penalty rather than approving multiple executions.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government is standing with the decision to issue two government regulations in lieu of law (Perppu) that will bring back a direct-election mechanism for loca

Hasyim Widhiarto and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – In contrast to his very firm stance in handling the United Development Party (PPP) internal conflict, Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna

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Chris Arsenault, Rome – A drop in world palm oil prices is not expected to slow illegal logging in Indonesia's rainforests as companies continue to expand plantations, according to a ne

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) backed on Monday a move by the Constitutional Court (MK) to push President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo not to involve two top lawyers in a c

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Following the public outcry over the recent release of Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, the convicted murderer of prominent rights campaigner Munir Said Thali

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A public opinion poll has found that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was deemed the most credible replacement for Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI

Joanna Mayhew – Despite their inaccessibility and lack of infrastructure, Indonesia's remote Papuan highlands have begun to feel the claws of development, leaving the area's youth at an

Headlines – Despite Bank Indonesia's (BI) continuous pledge to guard currency stability, the rupiah nose dived to the weakest level in 16 years, bringing the specter of the 1998 Asian f

Jakarta – The government is determined to stimulate investment in import substitution, a move which it says is certain to reduce demand for US dollars as a result of the high dependency

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday indicted palm-oil businessman Gulat Manurung for graft in a bribery case surrounding the issuance of a land-conversion per

Johannes Nugroho – Vice President Jusuf Kalla told the media last week that an official apology by the government over past human rights abuses was unlikely.

Sri Lestari Wahyuningroem, Canberra – In commemorating International Human Rights Day on Dec.

Jakarta – A recent landslide in Central Java that has left at least 39 people dead has highlighted Indonesia's vulnerability to fatal landslides, as well as the government's inability t

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Experts and activists have urged the Indonesian government to disclose documents related to the nationwide mass-killing incidents that took place from 1965 t

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) released its year-end report, announcing that the majority of human rights violations in 2014

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) plans to start opening branches across the archipelago next year in order to improve its supervision of regional governments, one o

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has dissolved 10 non-structural institutions as part of his effort to slim down the structure of his administration, according to the Cabinet Se

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Despite its pledge to support the government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on direct regional elections, the opposition Red-and-White Coalition has indi

Jakarta – Indonesia's new communications minister has taken on the mantle of his conservative predecessor by vowing to block access to all pornographic content on the Internet, based on

Jakarta – A number of civil society groups have warned the nation about the dangers of criminalizing the press, saying the practice could be used by the state as a tool to silence perso

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The country's Democracy Index (DI) increased this year due to a boost in public political participation as well as the peaceful ending to the political bat

Jakarta – The congregation of an illegally sealed-off church in Bogor have called on President Joko Widodo and the city's mayor, Bima Arya Sugiarto, to keep their campaign promises to r

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Following internal fissures within member parties of the Red-and-White Coalition and growing support for direct elections, the parties are now eyeing becomin

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In a rare occasion that has signaled the government's shift from religious conservatism, a top official has said religions may have been used by men to jus

Jakarta – Indonesia's disaster-management agency said on Saturday at least 11 people were confirmed dead with more than 100 still missing following a landslide in Banjarnegara, Central

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Amid growing fear from civil society groups over the determination of Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu to restore the military's sociopolitical role of the past

Kennial Caroline Laia & Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The Democratic Party's ambiguous stance in Indonesian politics came as no surprise to political experts, who said the decision has pr

If the US Senate can issue a detailed report on US government responsibility for CIA torture nearly a decade ago, surely the Indonesian parliament can do the same for one of the 20th ce

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Indra Budiari, Jakarta – A recent survey conducted by the European Union (EU) and the Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry has revealed that Indonesia's elementary ed

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – New government policy, which overhauls the controversial 2013 school curriculum, has drawn criticism from education stakeholders, claiming Indonesia's e

Jakarta – The Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) has condemned the fact that police have charged The Jakarta Post's editor-in-chief Meidyatama Suryodiningrat with blasphemy over a c

In the weeks after the inauguration of President Joko Widodo, representatives of the GKI Yasmin church in Bogor expressed their hopes that finally, after years of being shut out of thei

Jakarta – In 2012, the award-winning documentary "The Act of Killing" drew back the veil on the darkest chapter of Indonesia's history, and now, says director Joshua Oppenheimer, there'

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Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Defense Ministry is proposing to make patriotism a subject in schools in a bid to revive nationalism among students.

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla affirmed on Wednesday that although the government planned to buy the assets of PT Minarak Lapindo Jaya, the company should still pay compensation t

Jakarta – The director general of the International Labor Organisation (ILO) Guy Ryder is convinced that labour issues in Indonesia can be resolved by the government, employees and comp

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Suherdjoko and Arya Dipa, Semarang/Bandung – Victims and activists across the country commemorated Human Rights Day, which falls on Dec.

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today urged the US Senate to act quickly and pass Sen.

Fedina Sundaryani and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – Hundreds of thousands of laborers across the country joined street rallies on Wednesday, demanding reviews of minimum wages.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Even though his Golkar Party chairmanship was yet to be legalized, Agung Laksono and his men occupied the party's headquarters in a show of force before the