Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Human rights group Amnesty International Indonesia has documented what it calls a "massive" wave of attacks on human rights defenders in the first half of 2025

Musmaulana – The North Maluku Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has condemned the actions and methods used by intelligence officers suspected of being from the North Maluku R

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Sukma N Loppies, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia issued a report on Monday July 14 which details attacks on human rights defenders that have occurred on a

More than 100 human rights defenders experienced various forms of attacks in the first half of 2025 said Amnesty International Indonesia today in Jakarta.

In the last few months, a disturbing trend has become apparent in a string of incidents across Indonesia: the sending of innocuous packages that contain the corpses of dead animals.

Sharon Muller – Terror against Papuan students has again been launched in several cities around Indonesia.

Jayapura – A series of terror acts have again befallen Papuan students who are studying in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya.

Indonesia, West Papua – On Saturday morning, 31 May 2025, at approximately 11:00 am, Papuan political activist, Mr Er Giban, 18, was subjected to intimidation and ill-treatment by membe

Jayapura – The Papuan Student Alliance or AMP, which is located at the Kamasan dormitory in Yogyakarta, Central Java, was sent four packages containing a chicken carcass, chicken droppi

Indonesia, West Papua – Human rights organisations have condemned the trial process against Mr Rife Kerebea (see photo on top, source: Suara Papua) as unfair.

An advocate for victims of sexual violence against ethnic Chinese women during the May 1998 tragedy, Ita Fatia Nadia, says she has suffered repeated incidents of intimidation after crit

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Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – Terror and intimidation against Papuan students continue to occur every year, as do acts of racism.

Rofiqi Hasan (Kontributor), Denpasar – Terror through the delivery of pig's head was experienced by the Papuan Student Alliance in Bali.

Linda Lestari, Jakarta – Mei Susanto, the head of the Policy Study Center at the Faculty of Law, Padjadjaran University (Unpad), said the animal carcass terror as received by Tempo

Jakarta – Papua students in Denpasar, Bali, received two packages containing rotting pig heads on Friday, June 6, 2025.

Jayapura – Papuan students in the Balinese capital of Denpasar were sent a package containing a rotten pig's head delivered by an online motorcycle taxi on June 6 at around 3 pm.

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia (UI) and several civil society organizations have condemned the police's alleged use of excessive force and criminalization of stud

Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) provided assistance on June 3 and 4 to 14 protesters who were arbitrarily arrested by the police at a May Day 2025 rally in front of the

Najha Nabilla, Jakarta – The police have named Cho Yong Gi, a student at the University of Indonesia, as a suspect in the tumult during the May Day labor demonstration in 2025.

Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) says that the naming of 14 people as suspects, which is part of the investigation related to the May Day demonstration in front of the p

Sahat Simatupang, Medan – Delima Silalahi, an environmental activist in Toba Regency, North Sumatra, received a package containing a bloody carcass of a bird at her home in Silangit, To

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Khaerudin Hamid Ali Sulaiman, the legal counsel for the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) student, identified as SSS, has issued an apology to President P

Jakarta – Rights groups from Amnesty International Indonesia to the Bandung Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) have criticised the National Police (Polri) Criminal Investigations Directorate's

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Head of the Presidential Communication Office (PCO), Hasan Nasbi, responded to the arrest of a Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) student for posting a mem

Linda Yanti Sulistiawati – SLAPP cases are not unfamiliar in Indonesia, where we have witnessed a surge in recent incidents.

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Indonesian National Police has detained a woman identified by the initials SSS for allegedly posting a meme showing I

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has criticized the arrest of a Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) student who created and uploaded a meme depicting

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has raised concerns over the persistent violence and intimidation targeting human rights defenders in the country, recordin

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) assesses the action of Indonesian Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman in reporting an agricultural observer

Indonesia, West Papua – Human rights defender, Mr Marcho Pahabol, a member of the Justice Front for Tobias Silak (FJFTS) solidarity group, has been subjected to a series of intimidation

Shela Octavia, Jessi Carina, Jakarta – Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (Safenet) Executive Director Nenden Sekar Arum has revealed that participants in the protest actions

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – SAFEnet, a civil society organization advocating for digital rights, reported that between March 18 and 21, 2025, social media saw a surge in negative narr

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Residents of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra are seeking protection from the country's National Human Rights Commission after reportedly facing in

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – Deputy House Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad suggested the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) report the alleged intimidation exp

Irfan Kamil, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Muhammad Isnur says that a police report on an alleged commotion during a House of Repres

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The executives of KontraS reported that their office on Jalan Kramat II, Kwitang, Central Jakarta, was terrorized by three unknown individuals in the early hour

Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Coordinator Dimas Bagus Arya Saputra has revealed that as of Sunday afternoon, March 16,

Indonesia, West Papua – The Papua representative office of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has urged the Manokwari Municipal Police (Polresta) to arrest OU immediately

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – SETARA Institute suspects that the removal of Ubedilah Badrun from his position as the Chair of the Sociology Department at Jakarta State University (UNJ) was

Jakarta – The work of environmental experts has been increasingly criminalized in Indonesia in recent years, jeopardizing not only individual freedoms but also the nation's ability to a

Septia Ryanthie, Hussein Abri Dongoran, Solo – Former President Joko Widodo or Jokowi responded to a report on docking to the Police Criminal Investigation Unit.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Prominent Indonesian environmental forensic expert Bambang Hero Saharjo faces yet another potential lawsuit for serving as a state witness against alleged

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has reported the alleged doxing of ICW researcher Diky Anandya to the National Police (Polri) Criminal Investigations Directorate (Bareskrim)

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), together with the Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD), reported a doxing incident experienced by one of its researchers t

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Chair of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Muhammad Isnur responded to the alleged digital attack or doxing targeting one of the researchers fr

Rahmat Fajar Nugraha, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has revealed that one of its researchers was doxed after commenting on former President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's nominatio

Indonesia, West Papua – On 20 December 2024, Mr Sulfianto Alias, director of the NGO Panah Papua, was beaten by a group of individuals in multiple locations in Teluk Bintuni, Papua Bara

Jakarta – Civil society organizations have condemned the assault committed by an unidentified group on environmental activist Sulfianto Alias in Teluk Bintuni regency, West Papua, on Fr

Hans Arnold Kapisa (Contributor), Jakarta – Environmental activist Sulfianto Alias, the director of the non-government organisation (NGO) Panah Papua, suffered serious injuries after be