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Papua, West Papua welcome revised special autonomy law

After several months of deliberations, the House of Representatives (DPR) ratified the bill amending the Papua Special ...

4,180 Japanese nationals staying in Bali: official

Amid reports of Japanese nationals leaving Bali on a private flight, the Office of the Law and Human Rights Ministry in ...

Govt using welfare, dialogue to promote development in Papua: minister

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, has reiterated that the government has ...

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Indonesia's long and winding road to winning war on drugs

Indonesia, which has seen drug addiction spiral into a life-threatening problem for millions of people, on Monday ...

MP questions Bandung high court's ruling in drug trafficking case

A senior member of parliament (MP) questioned the Bandung high court judges' ruling under which six convicted drug ...

Ministries deport 34 Vietnamese ship crew members

The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, along with the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, deported 34 ship crew ...

ASEAN should act swiftly against Myanmar military junta: Indonesian MP

An Indonesian lawmaker sought prompt action from ASEAN leaders against the Myanmar military junta for its ongoing and ...

Mary Kay Inc., executive producer of award-winning “Guardians of the Gulf,” joins CEO Water Mandate and UN Global Compact Sustainable Ocean Principles

To celebrate World Oceans Day, Mary Kay Inc., a global advocate for environmental consciousness and corporate ...

Indonesia continues investigation of Priest Yeremia Zanambani's death

A team of forensic doctors from the Hasanuddin University (Unhas) in Makassar, South Sulawesi, is tasked with exhuming ...

Jokowi issues Presidential Regulation on Ministry of PANRB

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) issued Presidential Regulation No. 47 of 2021 on the Administrative and Bureaucratic ...

WALHI praises Dutch court's 45-pct emission reduction verdict for RDS

Indonesia's NGO, WALHI, or Friends of the Earth Indonesia, applauded a verdict by a Dutch court ordering Royal ...

Inter-agency meetings organized to discuss foreign refugee handling

The Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights as well as the Foreign Affairs Ministry held inter-agency coordination ...

No indication of monopoly arising from Gojek-Tokopedia merger: KPPU

Following the Gojek-Tokopedia merger, there was no indication yet of market control, or monopoly, especially in the ...

West Sumatra people stage rally in solidarity with Palestine

Dozens of mass organizations grouped in the West Sumatra Communication Forum Cares for Palestine held a rally to ...

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International presence paramount to ending Israeli aggression

The Indonesian government has expressed concern over the mounting tensions in occupied Palestine, especially Gaza, ...