Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University (UGM) has canceled a planned online discussion about the constitutional mechanism for removing a president from office afte

Antara, Jakarta – Two members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in Timika, Papua, have reportedly been arrested by local police over alleged slanders the two made in a recent

A West Papuan church leader says he has support of local Christian churches over his right to speak about violence in the region.

Jakarta – The government is appearing increasingly authoritarian during this Covid-19 pandemic. This could damage its credibility.

Johnny Blades – A West Papuan church leader has been 'invited' by Indonesian police to 'clarify' an article he wrote about a shooting incident in which a New Zealander was killed.

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition from the Indonesian People's Faction (FRI) is asking the government to evaluate the performance of the police during the corona virus (Covid-19) e

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Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police Headquarters (Mabes Polri) has officially issued a telegram containing law-enforcement guidelines in handling criminal activities

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The National Police have decided to step up social media monitoring to conduct sweeping against what they deem to be slanders against the ruling government in

Jakarta – Surabaya Mayor Tri "Risma" Rismaharini has retracted a police report she had filed against Zikria Dzatil, a homemaker in Bogor, West Java, for allegedly comparing her to a fr

Jakarta – Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini has revealed that she was the one who reported Zikria Dzatil, a homemaker who was arrested for calling Risma a "female frog" in a Facebook post

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya, East Java – Zikria Dzatil – a homemaker and mother of three in Bogor, West Java – had not thought much of a Facebook status she casually posted almost a

Indonesia's controversial Information and Electronic Transactions Act (UU ITE) is so far-reaching in its application that one ongoing lawsuit is serving as a reminder not to publicly c

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – A 29-year-old resident of North Sumatra, Febi Nur Amelia, has been charged with defamation for attempting to ask for her money back from Fitrian

Jakarta – The State Palace has warned critics of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to be careful when throwing criticism at the President, saying that criticism was not the same as slande

Halida Bunga, Jakarta – Lecturer and government critic Rocky Gerung said his criticism belittling President Jokowi's understanding of the Pancasila (five state ideologies) is his right

Ghina Ghaliya, Kharishar Kahfi, and Devina Heriyanto, Jakarta – The joint decree, issued on Nov.

Usman Hamid – More and more people are falling victim to Indonesia's Information Law, which is notorious for being used to criminalise political dissidents.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) says that civil freedoms under the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo have tended to worsen.

Jakarta – University of Indonesia (UI) lecturer Ade Armando has been reported to the police for allegedly circulating an insulting meme of Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan on Facebook.

Jakarta – A student discussion scrutinizing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration at Udayana University in Bali has been dispersed by the campus' authority on the grounds the

The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) recorded 78 cases of violations of freedom of expression in public between January and October 2019.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has handed down disciplinary sanctions against five more serving Army personnel in relation to negative social media posts about the recent atta

Jakarta – The Institute for Public Research and Advocacy (Elsam) says that freedom of expression and opinion in Indonesia has declined since 2014.