Antara, Makassar – The South Sulawesi provincial government has introduced an odd-even license plate system for purchases of subsidized Pertalite…

Lee Jay – Oppression in West Papua continues, decade after decade, while the international community repeatedly demonstrates the limits of its…

Antara, Jakarta – A landslide occurred at an illegal gold mining site in Dongi Dongi Village, Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, on Friday, September…

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

Jayapura, Jubi – Violence will not solve the problems facing Papua, Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Papua office has…

Mochammad Iqbal Maulud – Students from various universities affiliated with the West Java chapter of the All-Indonesia Student Executive Board (…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesian stocks declined for a second straight week, with the benchmark index and market capitalization falling…

Almost all institutions established as part of the mandate of the 1998 Reformasi Movement have strayed from their original ideals. The…

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

Jayanty Nada Shofa & Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – High maintenance costs and a shoestring budget have made Indonesia's fight against…

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

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Liberation Army's (TPNPB) Ndugama-Derakma regional command has claimed responsibility for a shooting that…

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) met with Presidential Chief of Staff Dudung Abdurachman at…

On 28 July 2026, police officers apprehended approximately 31 members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) near the Old Market traffic…

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…

Anwar Siswadi, Jakarta – Over one hundred students from several universities in Bandung took to the streets to stage the #Indonesia Gawat Darurat…

On 1 September 2026, security forces carried out an operation in the Kali Biru residential area around the former Election Commission Office (KPU…

Basten Gokkon – Indonesia's critically endangered Javan rhinos appear to be safe despite an ongoing eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau near their…

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

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

Radhiyya Indra and Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Simultaneous volcano eruptions and a string of other disasters have put the government's mitigation…

On 17 August 2026, a series of violent incidents in Pasir Putih Village, Jila District, Mimika Regency, Central Papua Province, reportedly…

Jamal Abdun Nashr, Jakarta – The Pati regency administration in Central Java has declared a suspected food poisoning case involving Indonesia's…

Andi F. Tanrigau – Indonesia has abundant tropical forests, mangrove ecosystems, and biomass resources, including agricultural and forestry…

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

On 15 August 2026, Indonesian police and military personnel forcibly dispersed demonstrations organised by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB…

Jayapura, Jubi – Papua Police have been urged to investigate an alleged Molotov cocktail attack on the Papua office of Indonesia's National…

Banjarmasin, Indonesia – As a strengthening El Nino fuels wildfires across much of Indonesia, NGO and government conservationists are at…

Andrew Mathieson – Indonesian forces have killed four West Papuan independence fighters inside the most volatile area of the disputed Indigenous…

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

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,…

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Finance Ministry revealed that the debt restructuring for the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (KCJB), known as…

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has signed a joint agreement between three ministries to integrate the licensing systems for…

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…

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

Indah Handayani, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to strengthen its ability to keep businesses and critical economic networks running during disasters as…

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

Ki Ageng Begawan Reksa – On the afternoon of Tuesday September 1, hundreds of students organised under the Gajah Mada University (UGM) Student…

Mr Leonardo M. Konorop, a 38-year-old civilian and indigenous Papuan died on 8 September 2026 after sustaining severe head injuries during an…

Elaine Pearson – A military court in Jakarta reduced the prison sentences and overturned the dishonorable discharge of two of the four military…

On 30 August 2026, officers from the Nabire Police allegedly beat and arbitrarily detained indigenous community leader Yulius Edowai, 50, in front…

Grace Gandhi, Jakarta – A new study by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) reveals that Indonesia is still relatively far from escaping…

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

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

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

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…

Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) has condemned the appeal ruling by the Jakarta High Military Court II (DILMILTI II) in the case…

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

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