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

On 13 August 2026, Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) personnel reportedly shot three indigenous civilians at a garden camp near the Kamundan River in the…

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

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

Isabel Esterman – Deep within Indonesia's Leuser Ecosystem, one of the most important peat swamp forests left on Earth is being cleared, drained,…

The Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (KASUM) has submitted an open formal notice (somasi) with the National Commission on Human Rights (…

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia is allowing foreigners to get emergency stay permits and waiving overstay fees after eruptions at Mount Anak Krakatau…

Johnny Blades – A leading West Papua pro-independence group has questioned Indonesia's assertion that a proposed visit by the United Nations High…

Jakarta – Forest and land fires throughout 2026 have once again become a source of large-scale emissions. WALHI has calculated the emissions…

Hendro D Situmorang, Zhulfakar, Jakarta – Indonesia has threatened to remove the business permits of mask-hoarding sellers as parts of the country…

Sorong, Jubi – Indonesia's National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has been urged to directly investigate violence…

Muhammad Ihsan Syahreza, Panji Satrio, Medan, N – Sumatra. Several students in Karo regency, North Sumatra, are still receiving medical treatment…

Indonesia – On 5 September 2026, the Jakarta High Military Court II-06 upheld the appeals of two Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) personnel…

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Indonesia's "independent" university admission system is facing renewed scrutiny following the arrest of senior…

M Bagus Ibrahim, Batu – Dozens of people belonging to the United People's Awakening Alliance held a symbolic protest and a visit to a grave at the…

Demonstrations by the United Pati People's Alliance (AMPB) in Jakarta on August 27, 2026, showed the political elite's skill in manipulating…

Ali Mirin – The 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting in Koror, Palau, last week has pushed West Papua back to the centre of Pacific…

Zhulfakar, Jakarta – About 735 hectares of peatland remain affected by forest and land fires in six Indonesian provinces, with authorities warning…

Indonesia, West Papua – The period between July and August 2026 was characterised by new conflict-driven internal displacements in the regencies…

Agencies, Jakarta – Jakarta's main airport and three others extended their closure to 6 p.m. on Monday after being forced to halt operations due…

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has raised concerns over repeated food poisoning incidents…

Susana Suisuiki – For 20 years, West Papuan activist Paula Makabory has not set foot in her ancestral homeland. Her family still lives in West…

Agencies, Jakarta – Transportation Ministry halted operations at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport outside Jakarta on Sunday after ash…

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – SETARA Institute has criticized the Jakarta High Military Court II-06 ruling, which reduced the sentences of two of the…

Yohanes Gobai, Jayapura – West Papua National Committee (KNPB) International Spokesperson Victor Yeimo has questioned the certainty of the planned…

Indonesia halted operations at five airports on Sunday, including its main international airport, suspending hundreds of flights, because of an…

Jayapura, Jubi – Abner Mansai, Executive Secretary of the Papua Forum for Cooperation among Non-Governmental Organisations (FOKER LSM Papua), said…

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – A Panel of Judges of the Jakarta High Military Court II-06 has accepted the appeal filed by four members of the…

Tria Sutrisna, Bilal Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform is urging the Supreme Court (MA) and the Judicial…

Jayapura, Jubi – Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has discussed the human rights situation in Papua with the Papua…

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government cut direct transfers to regional administrations after finding that much of the funding was not…

Ivamere Nataro-Tunidau – Pacific Island leaders have recognised Indonesia's sovereignty over West Papua while urging all parties to protect and…

Agencies, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) urged the police on Friday to investigate several new outbreaks of food…

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Nearly a quarter of forest and peatland areas burned across Indonesia are located inside business concessions with some…

Phesi Ester Julikawati, Jakarta – Seven students from State Elementary School 59 in Bengkulu were rushed to Harapan dan Doa Hospital following…

Basten Gokkon, South Konawe, Indonesia – A marine protected area in Indonesia's Southeast Sulawesi province is home to a critically depleted…

Septhia Ryanthie, Jakarta – East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao stated that the vision of former Indonesian President Joko Widodo, widely…

Agencies, Kuching, Malaysia – Malaysia's Sarawak state declared an emergency in the district of Serian on Friday, after thick haze caused by…

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) Regional Defence Command (Kodap) XVI Yahukimo has declared a period of national…

Delfi Neski, Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia's worsening peatland fires may be more difficult to track than satellite hotspot data…

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's top Muslim organization, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), has called on Muslims across the country to perform…

Johnny Blades – Indonesia's government has indicated that a visit by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to West Papua is on track.

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Pribadi Wicaksono, Jakarta – Representatives of protesters who gathered at the Gramedia intersection in Yogyakarta on Tuesday, September 1, 2026,…

Aniwaniwa Paterson – Pacific Islands Forum leaders are under pressure to do more for Kanak people and West Papua, with advocates demanding…

Beritasatu Team, Jakarta – Hundreds of schoolchildren across Indonesia have fallen ill after consuming meals from the government's Rp 240 trillion…

Sorong, Jubi – Residents of Baros village in Klasafet District, Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua Province, are struggling to access clean water…

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto pitched his country as Russia's gateway to South-east Asia on Sept 3, saying the…

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The police have not yet identified any corporate suspects in handling the land and forest fire cases. Chief of…

Raya Aulia Jenar, Jakarta – Coordinator of Power Outage Advocacy at the Borneo Nusantara Legal Aid Institute (LBH Borneo Nusantara), Muhammad…

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Toxic haze from forest and land fires in Indonesia have drifted further into neighboring countries as far as the…