Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The South Tapanuli Police in North Sumatra detained 40 people on Thursday for an alleged crime linked to a land dispute.

Ulma Haryanto & Ronna Nirmala – The National Commission of Human Rights said on Thursday that it would reopen its investigation into the Mesuji case following new evidence of gross

Three men standing trial for their roles in a deadly attack on the Tiaka oil field in Morowali district, Central Sulawesi, last August were on Wednesday sentenced to five months in pris

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police on Tuesday defended officers who had received money from plantation companies in Sumatra, saying the payments had not affected their neutrality.

Yemris Fointuna and Oyos Saroso, Kupang/Bandar Lampung – Hundreds of residents from six ethnic Timorese groups in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) occupied the El Tari Airport in Kupang on Tues

Jakarta – Several members of the Dayak community came to the House of Representatives on Monday to tell lawmakers that their land has been taken by private companies and threatened to t

Apriadi Gunawan and Jon Afrizal, Medan/Jambi – Calls for settlement to land disputes across the county had hardly died down when two groups of residents were reportedly involved in a de

Anita Rachman – Despite mounting calls for an agrarian reform law, especially after the recent spate of violence over land disputes, the House of Representatives appears adamant that it

Ulma Haryanto & Farouk Arnaz – Retired Army general Saurip Kadi said on Sunday that he was not concerned by reports that the police might charge him for spreading false information

Mataram – Two tribes in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, have lodged complaints about their rights being abused by the local administration and investors.

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment says hundreds of conflicts over land ownership in 2011 have still not been resolved.

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Palu Police chief Brig. Gen.

Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite – Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights has established a joint fact-finding team with police following a meeting with National Police chief Gen

Jakarta – The Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) warned on Friday that the development of the mining industry and other extractive business, might remain uncertain if the government failed

Ronna Nirmala – The National Commission on Human Rights concluded on Tuesday that police violated their own procedures in the violent, deadly crackdown on an anti-mining rally at Sape p

Ulma Haryanto – More than two weeks after shocking allegations from the district of Mesuji in Lampung came to light, the government's fact-finding team has declined to say whether human

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights says that any police officers found guilty in a recent Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, clash deserve more than disciplinary sanctions for the

Farouk Arnaz – Two more officers were named as suspects on Monday for beating protesters in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, last month, but no one has yet been charged in the shooting deaths

Anita Rachman – Disappointment greeted the preliminary conclusions of the government's fact-finding mission on the killings in Mesuji, with victims calling them shallow and unsatisfacto

Ezra Sihite – Thirteen days into their protest against paper firm Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper outside the House of Representatives, demonstrators say they will stay put until at least t

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

Fitri.