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KontraS urges legal process against officers using violence

The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) has urged the Indonesian Police to legally process ...

Marsudi calls to end hatred against Islam at OIC meeting

Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi, chairperson of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ...

MUI calls on security personnel to end violence against demonstrators

Secretary General of the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) Anwar Abbas has appealed to security personnel to end the use of ...

Indonesian students hold rallies to protest law changes

Thousands of Indonesia's university students in various regions have once again taken to the streets to protest the ...

Rampant corruption has become main investment obstacle: KPK

Rampant corruption in Indonesia has become the main obstacle to investment, Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) ...

Indonesian students again stage rallies in protest of law changes

Thousands of Indonesia's university students in various regions have once again taken to the streets in protest ...

Mary Kay, in collaboration with UN Agencies, launches women’s entrepreneurship accelerator

- Today, Mary Kay Inc., a leading advocate of women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship, announced the Women’s ...

Police expose Benny Wenda's involvement in Wamena's lethal riot

The Indonesian police unearthed the involvement of Benny Wenda, a West Papua movement separatist group member, in ...

Police interrogate 15 Papuan youngsters in Mimika

Some 15 young Papuans were questioned by Mimika police investigators for allegedly holding a traditional stone-burning ...

President orders postponement of criminal code bill vote

President Joko Widodo has ordered the Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly to postpone a vote on the criminal ...

Habibie's dedication will remain etched in Indonesians' memory: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) affirmed that late former president BJ Habibie’s dedication to democracy in ...

President Jokowi leads BJ Habibie's state funeral procession

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) led the state funeral procession of Indonesia's third president Bacharuddin Jusuf ...

Pramono Anung highlights five indelible aspects of BJ Habibie

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung fondly recollected the five memorable aspects of BJ Habibie, Indonesia's third ...

B.J. Habibie, one of Indonesia's best sons: Batan

Indonesia's third president Bacharuddin Jusuf (B.J.) Habibie who passed away on Wednesday was one of ...

Anies Baswedan says press morally indebted to Habibie

The Indonesian press is morally indebted to the country's third president B.J. Habibie  who passed away on ...