Kate Lamb, Jakarta – An Amnesty board member has been arrested by Indonesian police after a video of him singing a protest song critical of the country's military was circulated online

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Activists who are part of Robertus Robet's legal support team are urging National Police Chief (Kapolri) Tito Karnavian to release the Jakarta State University (U

News Desk, Jakarta – Activists and scholars are protesting against the National Police's arrest of university lecturer Robertus Robet for allegedly spreading hate speech against the In

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) said it was not offended by the oration delivered by the Jakarta State University lecturer Robertus Robet that went viral on social me

Fitria Chusna Farisa, Jakarta – Constitutional legal expert Bivitri Susanti from the Center of Law and Policy Studies (PSHK) says that the Information and Electronic Transaction Law (U

Fitria Chusna Farisa, Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) is urging police to release Jakarta State University (UNJ) lecturer and human rights activist Robertus Rob

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – A higher court must acquit Saidah Saleh Syamlah, a housewife living in Surabaya, East Java, of all charges of defaming textile company PT Pisma Putra Textile

Jakarta – The Supreme Court acquitted on Tuesday Wisni Yetti, a housewife who was sued by her ex-husband for defamation, of all charges in a case related to her Facebook chat.

Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, North Sumatra – Musicians in Indonesia have slammed a new draft law seeking to criminalise content deemed pornographic or blasphemous, saying it could potentia

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – In an attempt to reject the much-debated Draft Music Bill (RUU Permusikan), Musician Kaka Slank plans to meet legislative member Anang Hermansyah form the House

Eko Widianto, Malang – Musicians and art workers in Malang declined the music draft bill or RUU Permusikan because of its articles that promote controversy, such as a criminal threat a

Indonesian entertainers have rallied against a draft law that seeks to ban blasphemous and "pornographic" music content, which critics say could be used to clamp down on freedom of exp

Pipit Maulidiya, Surabaya – Scores of musicians in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya visited the grave of national hero WR Supratman where they gathered in a circle beside t

Rizki Mauludi, Bogor – Hundreds of artists, street musicians and music activists in the West Java city of Bogor held a peaceful action against the Draft Law on Music (RUU Permusikan) o

Kate Lamb – Hundreds of musicians in Indonesia have lashed out against what they say is a ludicrous draft bill that could "destroy" freedom of expression.

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Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – Vice presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno pledged to revise Law of Electronic Information and Transaction (ITE Law) should he and Prabowo Subianto winni

A lot of us were feeling a certain sense of schadenfreude after musician Ahmad Dhani was found guilty of spreading hate speech and sentenced to 1.5 years in jail on Monday.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – A human rights group has condemned the banning of a protest by Jayapura Police in Papua on Thursday.

Jakarta – A joint unit of TNI (Indonesian military) and police intercepted scores of activists from the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP), the Papuan Student Alliance (A

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Miriam Zarriga – A group called the "West Papua Interest Association" has been stopped from carrying out any awareness in the Kiunga-Tabubil area.

Vindry Florentin, Jakarta – A community embodied by victims of the Information and Electronic Transactions Law (UU ITE) is pushing for the government to drop three Articles within the l

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Jakarta – Bangka Belitung Islands Police continue to gather more evidence in their investigation into alleged defamation against President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, which implicates at leas

A total of 79 protesters from the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) were arrested for engaging in a non-violent protest in Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia, on Tuesday, 4 Sept

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said he backed the police's decision to restrict events of an anti-Jokowi movement known under its Twitter handle #2019GantiPresiden (Change the

Jakarta – The National Police have instructed their intelligence and security directors at the provincial level to monitor the declaration of presidential candidate campaign events usin

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Police have nabbed a man for allegedly defaming Batak people, one of North Sumatra's ethnic groups, on social media following a tense gubernatori

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Michelle Winowatan – Dozens of Indonesian military and police personnel raided a student dormitory in Surabaya on July 6 to stop the screening of a documentary about security force atro

Jakarta – The Surabaya Legal Aid Institute (LBH) has reported local security personnel to the East Java Police for allegedly committing unethical acts during a raid at a Papuan student

Sheany, Jakarta – The Surabaya Legal Aid Institute, or LBH Surabaya, has called on the East Java Police to investigate violence exercised by its officers who dispersed a meeting hosted

Jakarta – Pro-democracy activists held an event campaigning for freedom of expression and assembly over the weekend, amid recent reports that public discussions were being dispersed eit

Pebriansyah Ariefana – The situation remains tense at the Papuan student dormitory on Jl.

Pebriansyah Ariefana – Tambaksari police have revealed that police and military officers raided a Papuan student dormitory in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya on July 6 beca

West Papuan students in the Indonesian city of Malang say police forcefully stopped them discussing an important date in their people's history.

Joe Cochrane, Jakarta, Indonesia – Yanto Awerkion knew quite well that he would infuriate the local Indonesian authorities for organizing a meeting to discuss a petition for an independ

Jakarta – Jakarta Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy who threatened to shoot President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in a video that has gone viral.

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office Intelligence Team in collaboration with the Central Jakarta District Attorney Team has arrested the Editor in Chief of Obor Rakyat

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have vowed to strictly enforce a ban on political activities at the Sunday morning Car Free Day (CFD) events and to take stern action against violators.

An Indonesian was jailed for five years Monday for a Facebook post deemed offensive to Islam, his lawyer said, the latest conviction under the country's controversial electronic informa

Jakarta – A community organization has set up a post that aims to collect reports of intimidation during Car Free Day in Central Jakarta.

The 2019 presidential election is exactly a year away this month.

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The community supporting for a presidential turnover in the upcoming election, known by its hashtag #2019GantiPresiden, has cancelled its plan to hold a Sunday r

Facebook has censored a West Papuan image by a Vanuatu-based photojournalist for the second time in less than four days – this time "within one minute" after the photograph was posted.

Jakarta – The recent misuse of data belonging to tens of millions of Facebook users has shown that Indonesian netizens must improve their awareness on data privacy, a digital rights gro

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Indonesia's constitutional court to overturn an article in a new law under which anyone, including journalists, could be prosecuted and jailed i

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – Tubagus Hasanuddin and Anton Charliyan, the West Java governor and deputy governor candidates nominated by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (P

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Pianist Ananda Sukarlan requested assistance from the Legal Aid Institute for Ansor Youth Movement (LBH GP) after he was reported by the Deputy Speaker of the Hous