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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 ...

Students block street outside South Sumatra parliament building

Thousands of protesting students created blockade on the street in front of the South Sumatra Legislative Assembly ...

Formula E race to be held in June 2020: governor

The Formula E electric auto race will be held on June 6, 2020, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan announced during the ...

Govt, Parliament in loggerheads during KPK bill deliberation: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) pointed to the friction between the government and House of Representatives (DPR) while ...

Syamsuddin rejects KPK Law revision plan over debilitating impact

Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Advisory Board Chairman Din Syamsuddin rejected a plan to revise the Law on KPK ...

Rally participants seek govt's endorsement of revision of KPK law

Tens of people staged a rally outside the West Sumatra Provincial Legislative Assembly (DPRD) building on Friday, ...

Twitter chief representative shares advice on digital diplomacy

Twitter's Chief Representative and Public Policy Head Agung Yudha seized the opportunity presented by the Regional ...

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Extra care for Papua brethren crucial to maintaining Indonesia's unity

Mimika Chapter Ros Namsa Kabes. Kabes believes that the civil servant recruitment policies remain conducive for ...

Hearts, minds approach instrumental in tackling Papuan issues: speaker

House of Representatives Speaker Bambang Soesatyo sought governmental assistance in getting respected figures from ...

DPR RI holds plenary meeting for decision-making on bills

The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) organized a plenary meeting for the 2019-2020 Session at the ...

Feminist calls to enforce law against liquor sellers in Papua

Mimika Chapter Ros Namsa Kabes urged the Mimika district government and local police to enforce legal sanctions ...

Anti-graft body conducts interrogation of former East Java governor

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Wednesday, conducted the questioning of East Java ex-governor Soekarwo as ...

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Refugees stranded for years in Indonesia, feel neglected

Haydee Alnoori, 40, his wife, and five children, one Jakarta-born, demonstrated with Iraqi refugees, brandishing ...

Baswedan puts refugee care onus back on UNHCR, central government

Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan has put the onus of refugee care back on the United Nations High Commissioner for ...

Community leaders in Biak reject racism against native Papuans

Leaders of several ethnic community-based organisations in Biak Numfor District, Papua Province, have deplored the ...