We can never solve a problem if we do not intend to solve it in the first place. That's what we feel about the government's intentions in Papua.

Margareth S.

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – The new government's plan to bolster the country's defense spending to almost triple its current budget by 2019 has received support from international relation

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie risks alienating supporters, experts say, after unilaterally reversing his party's earlier s

Margareth S.

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – Military officials in Malang have blocked public screenings of the documentary "The Look of Silence" by award-winning filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer

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Abu Pane, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla (JK) has insisted that the government will not apologies for past cases of human rights violations.

Asvi Warman Adam, Kyoto, Japan – Before he was elected president, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo introduced his vision and mission statements and a supporting nine-priority agenda, Nawacita.

Yogyakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo grants clemency for Eva Susanti Bande, a human rights activist that has been jailed for defending farmers in Luwuk, South Sulawesi.

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo reiterated on Tuesday that he is committed to resolving past human rights cases.

Michael Bachelard – A teacher accused of raping three pre-school aged boys has pleaded with a Jakarta court for the case against him to be thrown out.

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Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – The National Commission on Human Rights has honored slain human rights defender Munir Said Thalib with its inaugural award, 10 years after his mur

Jakarta – When the late dictator Suharto wanted to undermine the political opposition to his iron-fisted rule, he did it from the inside, sowing seeds of discontent that fractured any s

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Following the recent release on parole of his convicted killer, the 2004 murder case of outspoken human rights defender Munir Said Thalib needs to be reopened,

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – After spending more than Rp 6 trillion (US$48.7 million) of taxpayers' money to help the Bakrie family resolve the Lapindo mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The government officially suspended the implementation of the much-criticized 2013 national curriculum, ordering schools in the country to return to the 2006

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has approved a nearly 30 percent increase in the operating budget for the National Police next year, to Rp 51.6 trillion ($4.2 billion), wi

Faiq Hidayat – The Defense Department will be reviving the Student University Paramilitary Regiment (Menwa) on all campuses throughout Indonesia.

Erwin Cristianson, Jakarta – The Golkar Party's leadership rift took a new turn late on Monday after disputed chairman Agung Laksono said his camp planned to file a lawsuit against a ri

Margareth S.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Despite potential chaos in the education system following his recent decision to drop the much-criticized 2013 national curriculum, Culture and Elementary an

Jakarta – Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Anies Baswedan has vowed to increase the training of teachers following his decision to scrap the 2013 national curricu

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Only two days after securing his reelection as Golkar Party chairman, Aburizal Bakrie now faces fresh challenges to his leadership after a breakaway faction

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Police have pledged to crack down on violence against religious minorities.

Sidoarjo – After eight years of uncertainty and not receiving full compensation for their properties engulfed in the Lapindo mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, hundreds of displaced victim

Bagus BT Saragih, Tarempa, Riau Islands – As the Indonesian Navy blew up three Vietnamese boats for illegally fishing in Indonesian waters on Friday, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Mini

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Just a day after Aburizal Bakrie wound up a personally satisfying Golkar Party national congress, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) arrested a senior membe

Jakarta – An NGO has asked the government to call off its plan to execute five people by the end of this year.

Following the controversial parole of a pilot convicted of murdering a leading human rights activist, Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H.

Jakarta – Democratic Party chairman and former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed his anger over Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie's declaration that Golkar

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Questions over the new Indonesian president Joko Widodo's commitment to human rights have been raised after he signed off on the execution of five inmates on death

Margareth S.

Jakarta – A plenary session of the House of Representatives unanimously agreed on Friday to pass an amendment to the Legislative Institutions (MD3) Law, ending a two-month legislative s

Ina Parlina and Indra Harsaputra, Jakarta/Sidoarjo – The government is pushing PT Lapindo Brantas to complete payment of a remaining Rp 781 billion (US$63.4 million) in compensation to

Robertus Wardhy & Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – The Democratic Party will attempt to join with Joko Widodo's coalition to fight to retain direct elections for regional representatives, p

SP/Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly attempted to defuse criticism of his decision to release the murderer of human rights activist Muni

Indra Budiari and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno is in the hot seat after human rights activists and family mem

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For the public, the message that emerged from the peaceful, uninterrupted Golkar Party national congress in Bali over the last few days was crystal clear: The party has confirmed its bi

Fiki Ariyanti, Jakarta – Forbes magazine has again released a list of the richest people in the world, including from Indonesia.

Jakarta – Nearly half of all the bodies of water in South Kalimantan is at risk of being contaminated by waste from coal mines, claims a report released by Greenpeace on Wednesday.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Activists have lambasted the Environmental Performance Rating Program (PROPER), in which the Environment and Forestry Ministry awards firms for their compl

Ainur Rohmah and Arya Dipa, Semarang/Bandung – Thousands of disabled persons celebrated 2014 International Disability Day at Temanggung regency square in Central Java on Wednesday.

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Desy Nurhayati, Nusa Dua, Bali – With little resistance from his party opponents Aburizal Bakrie easily won by acclamation the leadership of the Golkar Party for a second term on Wednes

Margareth S.