Mass arrests are reported to have been carried out in West Papua on Friday, on the anniversary of Indonesia’s annexation of the province. The pro-independence KNPB says 12 activists were arrested outside a… Continue reading
I am writing to you on behalf of TAPOL and the undersigned organisations, all of whom are deeply concerned about the absence of free and open access to the Indonesian provinces of Papua… Continue reading
Indonesia notified nine foreigners and a local man convicted of drug trafficking that their executions will be carried out within days, ignoring appeals by the U.N. chief and foreign leaders to spare them.… Continue reading
Indonesians will find it difficult to boast of being from a democratic country as long as their compatriots continue to fall victim to the Electronic Information and Transaction (ITE) Law. On Tuesday, the… Continue reading
A leading expert on Southeast Asian extremist groups said jihadists returning from fighting in Iraq and Syria could spark more terrorism activities in Indonesia, Xinhua news agency reported. Sidney Jones, head of Jakarta-based… Continue reading
The United Nations special rapporteur on torture has criticised the Indonesian government’s breakup of demonstrations in West Papua last year, saying it breached international conventions on torture. In a report tabled in Geneva… Continue reading
Joko Widodo’s plan to issue a regulation focusing more on graft prevention rather than enforcement — meaning investigation, arrest and prosecution — is a troubling shift of the country’s graft eradication policy in… Continue reading