Jakarta – Police have named 56 Bima residents and five West Nusa Tenggara Police officers suspects in a clash that took place between protesters and authorities at Sape port on Dec.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) warned the government that social unrest may arise from natural resource conflicts in 2012 if the government refuses to "liste

Farouk Arnaz – An internal investigation by the National Police has led to three officers being named suspects in the violence in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, but for assaulting protesters

Hasyim Widhiarto – Maj. Gen.

Hasyim Widhiarto – The disturbing images of the aftermath of a deadly brawl in plantation company PT Sumber Wangi Alam's (SWA) campsite still linger in the mind of Habibur Efendi.

This is the second of two reports on a deadly conflict between farmers and plantation companies allegedly backed by the police in the Mesuji area located on the border of Lampung and So

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Recently circulated video footage displaying brutal killings purportedly by security personnel in Lampung and South Sumatra have shocked the nation.

The Indonesian Farmers Union has said that the number of land conflicts across the nation multiplied by more than five times this year to 120 cases, compared with 22 cases recorded last

The Australian government says it is closely monitoring Indonesia's investigation into events surrounding the deaths of two people protesting against the activities of an Australian-own

Jakarta – Environmental groups predict that land disputes over mining and plantation activities will intensify throughout the country in the coming months and they have called on Presid

Sid Astbury, Sydney – Shares of Arc Exploration tumbled in Sydney trading on Wednesday following violent protests against the gold prospecting operations on Sumbawa island in eastern In

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Lampung Governor Sjachroedin Z.P.

Jakarta – While the National Police admitted on Tuesday that the two protesters who died in the Bima riot were shot at a point-blank range, Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Samsuddin

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Legal confusion surrounding the management of land resources has resulted in conflict between businesspeople and locals, which at times has ended bloodily, agra

Jakarta – Local leaders in Lampung are demanding that Gen. (ret.) Saurip Kadi apologize for spreading a video reportedly depicting killings in Mesuji.

The Australian government has confirmed that it is aware of the shooting deaths of two Indonesians during a protest against the exploration activities of an Australian resources company

Jakarta – The Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) wants the police chiefs of West Nusa Tenggara and Bima fired following the deaths of three people after officers fired into a crowd of demonst

Jakarta – Protests flared up in parts of the country on Monday with demonstrators protesting against what they deemed as police brutality in the Bima riot, where two civilians died.

Daniel Pye, Mesuji, Lampung – "We need to make a new model for how we distribute power in the countryside," retired Maj. Gen.

Dwi Lusiana, Rahmat, Fitri & Antara – Protesters in cities across the country on Monday continued to voice their outrage over police violence in the recent Sape incident.

Hangga Brata & Fitri – Protests against police brutality in Sape on Sumbawa Island over the weekend continued in several cities on Tuesday, with some of them leading to clashes with

Agus Maryono, Kebumen – Eight months after the first conflicts flared up, conflicts between farmers in a number of villages in Urut Sewu, Bulus Pesantren district, Kebumen regency, Cent

Farouk Arnaz, Fitri, Agus Triyono & Ismira Lutfia – Police defended their use of force on Sunday after the deaths of two men they shot while trying to disband a mob occupying the Sa

Ronna Nirmala – While police are saying that three protesters were killed in Saturday's shooting at Sape port in West Nusa Tenggara, a human rights organization claims the number killed

Two men were killed and about 20 were injured Saturday when police opened fire on demonstrators during a rally in Indonesia against a proposed gold mine, authorities said.

The National Police dispatched 500 police officers on Sunday from the Mobile Brigade (Brimob) division to Bima, West Nusa Tenggara following a deadly incident between local police and p

Jakarta – The Bima Police have named 47 people as suspects in a clash between residents and authorities on Saturday morning in Lambu district, Bima regency, West Nusa Tenggara.

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Confrontations between locals and police officers, as in the recent clash in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, that left two people dead, are attributable to police

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Slamet Susanto and Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Yogyakarta/Boyolali – Representatives of farmers from 10 regions across Java, attending a two-day congress in Yogyakarta, pledged Thursday to

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says that no beheadings occurred in Sodong village, Mesuji district in South Sumatra, during alleged conflicts involving l

Farouk Arnaz, Ezra Sihite & Tunggadewa Mattangkilang – The National Police released a video on Wednesday that they said proved villagers were the ones guilty of brutality in several

Ulma Haryanto, East Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan – When the Constitutional Court dropped two articles from the 2004 Plantations Law back in September for potentially discriminating

Hasyim Widhiarto, Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra – Residents of Mesuji district, in Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra, have difficulty moving forward without recalling the brutal kil

Lampung – Police on Tuesday said they sanctioned two police officers who shot directly at a crowd of people during a clash in Mesuji, Bandar Lampung.

Ezra Sihite – Another ten islanders from Riau province have sewn their mouths shut during an ongoing hunger strike against Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper outside the House of Representativ

Hasyim Widhiarto, Mesuji, Lampung – As their land dispute with a local plantation company remains unresolved, residents from Mesuji regency, Lampung, are struggling not only to make end

Anita Rachman, Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Retired Indonesian General Saurip Kadi has said he is outraged by allegations disputing the authenticity of a video he says s

Ina Parlina and Oyos Saroso, Jakarta/Ogan Komering Ilir – A special team dispatched by the House of Representatives has confirmed that nine people were killed in connection with land di

Jakarta – Lampung Police have punished two officers for shooting at residents and killing one during an incident on an oil palm plantation in Mesuji, Lampung, last month.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives' law commission legislators, grouped with the Mesuji investigation team, has disclosed several irregularities in the issuance of permits for PT Si

Bagus BT Saragih and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – The joint fact-finding team formed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to investigate the alleged mass-killings in the Mesuji are

Niniek Karmini – Indonesia's president has ordered an investigation into the videotaped beheadings of two men – allegedly by security forces hired to secure the borders of a palm oil pl

Dessy Sagita – In a highly charged meeting with the National Commission on Human Rights, residents of Mesuji district in Lampung sought protection and said their suffering went beyond t

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Dozens of residents of Mesuji Regency in Lampung expressed their grievance before the House of Representatives on Wednesday over what they described as a "ma

Jakarta – Police contributed to the mass killing in Mesuji, Lampung according to the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras).

Arientha Primanita, Ezra Sihite, Anita Rachman & Farouk Arnaz – The government moved quickly on Thursday to address the shocking allegations that farmers in Lampung's Mesuji distric

Ismoko Widjaya – PT Silva Inhutani, a company that was mentioned in land takeover case that resulted in 30 farmers died in Lampung, has denied about the rumored killings.

Ezra Sihite – Hundreds of members of the Anak Dalam tribe have rallied outside the House of Representatives in a second day of protests to demand ownership rights to their ancestral lan