Alfy Ifthikhar – Indonesia's Climate Change Management Bill, known as the RUU Pengendalian Perubahan Iklim (PPI), has been suspended at the harmonization stage in the House of Represent

Antara, Makassar – The South Sulawesi provincial government has introduced an odd-even license plate system for purchases of subsidized Pertalite gasoline and diesel at fuel stations ac

Andrew Mathieson – Melanesian leaders are stepping up pressure on Jakarta to facilitate a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to West Papua.

Lee Jay – Oppression in West Papua continues, decade after decade, while the international community repeatedly demonstrates the limits of its commitment to human rights when strategic

Mochammad Iqbal Maulud – Students from various universities affiliated with the West Java chapter of the All-Indonesia Student Executive Board (BEM SI) staged a protest titled "Indonesi

What is the point of building food security if the way to achieve it makes a region increasingly vulnerable to disaster?

Antara, Jakarta – A landslide occurred at an illegal gold mining site in Dongi Dongi Village, Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, on Friday, September 11, striking several miners.

Jayapura, Jubi – Violence will not solve the problems facing Papua, Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Papua office has said following the shooting deaths of t

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesian stocks declined for a second straight week, with the benchmark index and market capitalization falling as higher oil prices and foreign selli

Anwar Siswadi, Jakarta – Over one hundred students from several universities in Bandung took to the streets to stage the #Indonesia Gawat Darurat (#EmergencyIndonesia) protest on Friday

On 28 July 2026, police officers apprehended approximately 31 members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) near the Old Market traffic lights on Jalan Pasar Lama Yahim, Sentani,

Jayanty Nada Shofa & Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – High maintenance costs and a shoestring budget have made Indonesia's fight against disasters more challenging, according to analys

Basten Gokkon – Indonesia's critically endangered Javan rhinos appear to be safe despite an ongoing eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau near their last remaining habitat, conservation autho

Jayapura, Jubi – A coalition of legal and human rights groups in Papua has called on Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to order the National Police chief to investigate a series of

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Liberation Army's (TPNPB) Ndugama-Derakma regional command has claimed responsibility for a shooting that killed three civil servants in Jayawij

Almost all institutions established as part of the mandate of the 1998 Reformasi Movement have strayed from their original ideals. The Judicial Commission is no exception.

On 9 September 2026, an unidentified person threw a glass bottle containing an unknown liquid and an apparent wick into the compound of the Papua Regional Office of the National Commiss

Dini Suciatiningrum, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia strongly condemns the military education and training (diklat) program policy for citizens and students arrested following

On 1 September 2026, security forces carried out an operation in the Kali Biru residential area around the former Election Commission Office (KPU), Dekai District, Yahukimo Regency, Pap

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) met with Presidential Chief of Staff Dudung Abdurachman at the Bina Graha KSP Building in Jakarta on

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Police have been urged to investigate an alleged Molotov cocktail attack on the Papua office of Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) in Ja

Banjarmasin, Indonesia – Siti Sarah slept in fits and starts through August as the fires broke out around her village and surrounding peatlands. One fire on Aug.

Jamal Abdun Nashr, Jakarta – The Pati regency administration in Central Java has declared a suspected food poisoning case involving Indonesia's free nutritious meal program (MBG) an ext

On 17 August 2026, a series of violent incidents in Pasir Putih Village, Jila District, Mimika Regency, Central Papua Province, reportedly resulted in the death of Mrs Neregingget Magai

Radhiyya Indra and Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Simultaneous volcano eruptions and a string of other disasters have put the government's mitigation efforts under renewed scrutiny, as quest

On 15 August 2026, Indonesian police and military personnel forcibly dispersed demonstrations organised by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) together with students in Pos 7, Sent

Jayapura – The Papua Law Enforcement and Human Rights Coalition (KPHHP) is urged the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, to immediately order the National Police C

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Andriana Wirrotama – I took public transportation for granted when I lived in the United States, where I spent around seven years from high school through my early working years.

A civilian identified as BP, was reportedly shot dead by an off-duty police officer on 2 August 2026 at the Raffles Residence 3 housing estate, Block M, Mimika Baru District, Mimika Reg

On 30 August 2026, officers from the Nabire Police allegedly beat and arbitrarily detained indigenous community leader Yulius Edowai, 50, in front of SMKN 2 Jayanti in Nabire, Central P

An unidentified man hurled a Molotov cocktail at the regional office of Indonesia's top rights body in restive Papua, the latest of a series of attacks targeting rights defenders and jo

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Finance Ministry revealed that the debt restructuring for the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (KCJB), known as Whoosh, sets an annual installment scheme

Andrew Mathieson – Indonesian forces have killed four West Papuan independence fighters inside the most volatile area of the disputed Indigenous territory in Western New Guinea.

Indah Handayani, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to strengthen its ability to keep businesses and critical economic networks running during disasters as the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau an

Muhammad Ihsan Syahreza, Panji Satrio, Medan, N – Sumatra.

Merauke, Jubi – A 38-year-old man from Merauke Regency in South Papua, who was allegedly assaulted by police officers, has died after receiving intensive treatment in the ICU at Merauke

Ki Ageng Begawan Reksa – On the afternoon of Tuesday September 1, hundreds of students organised under the Gajah Mada University (UGM) Student Alliance and joined by various civil socie

Mr Leonardo M.

Grace Gandhi, Jakarta – A new study by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) reveals that Indonesia is still relatively far from escaping the middle income trap, with a probabilit

Elaine Pearson – A military court in Jakarta reduced the prison sentences and overturned the dishonorable discharge of two of the four military personnel convicted for the March 2026 ac

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has urged Indonesia to turn its words into concrete action over a proposed visit by the United Nations High Commissioner for Hu

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has signed a joint agreement between three ministries to integrate the licensing systems for foreign workers in Indonesia, aiming to s

Banjarmasin, Indonesia – As a strengthening El Nino fuels wildfires across much of Indonesia, NGO and government conservationists are at work in forests here trying to save an in

Johnny Blades – A leading West Papua pro-independence group has questioned Indonesia's assertion that a proposed visit by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to West P

Agencies, Premium – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has temporarily closed nearly 2,000 kitchens for failing to register for hygiene checks, its chief said.

Ary Hermawan – Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) is Indonesia's largest Islamic group, and has long served as a democratic force in the Muslim-majority country.

Muhammad Ihsan Syahreza, Panji Satrio, Medan, N – Sumatra.

Sorong, Jubi – Indonesia's National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has been urged to directly investigate violence against Papuan women, as protesters questione

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) has addressed the progress being made on revising the poverty standard.