Jakarta – Indigenous peoples from the Awyu tribe in South Papua and the Moi Sigin tribe from Southwest Papua along with environmental activists handed over a petition of support for the Awyu and Moi tribes containing 253,823 signatures to the Supreme Court (MA) on Monday June 22.
They also asked about developments in a case submitted with the Supreme Court by environmental activists from the Awyu and Moi Sigin tribes.
Jakarta – The All-Indonesia Student Executive Council (BEM SI) has given a score of 10 out of 100 for the last 10 years of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration.
"If we give him a score, yeah, out of 100 perhaps the assessment is 10 because 90 percent of his policies have failed", said BEM SI national coordinator Herianto at the Horse Statue in Central Jakarta on Monday July 22.
Singgih Wiryono, Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has revealed the discovery that the Indonesian police have purchased spyware from Israel through a third party, namely Singapore.
The findings in early June 2024 were re-echoed by Amnesty International following controversy over ongoing revisions to the National Police Law (UU Polri), in particular those related to articles that will give wiretapping powers to the police.
Tanjungpinang – Hundreds of Rempang Island residents in Galang district, Batam city, Riau Islands, held a demonstration on Sunday July 21 rejecting relocation to the Pasir Merah Sembulang beach area and to oppose the Rempang Eco City national strategic project (PSN).
The action, in which they gave speeches and unfurled banners and posters, was joined by hundreds of residents from various villages in Galang district including Kampung Sembulang Hulu, Sembulang Tanjung, Sembulang Pasir Merah, Sembulang Camping, Sungai Buluh, Pasir Panjang and Sungai Raya.
In 2023, Freedom House in Washington placed Indonesia in the rather red region in the democratic freedom index global map. Put simply, the watchdog institution considers Indonesia as still only half democratic, or not substantially a full democracy, with an index breakdown of 30/40 in the category of "political rights" and 28/60 for "civil freedoms".
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Supervisory Board began a series of ethics hearings on January 17 into 93 employees who are accused of soliciting illegal payments from detainees at the KPK's detention centre in exchange for prison perks.
Ahead of the 2024 legislative and presidential elections, the problem of high political costs in Indonesia has again come to the fore. The February 14 elections will see some 9,917 candidates vying for seats in the national House of Representatives (DPR) from the 18 political parties who will be contesting 84 electoral districts across the country.
Most observers expect that that the upcoming 2024 presidential debate will offer little in terms of substance or insight into the candidates programs and policies. "If the public believed the 2019 presidential debate lacked substances, the 2024 debate would be just the same", constitutional law expert Bivitri Susant told Tempo on December 10.
Jakarta – A number of organisations that are part of the Papua Human Rights and Law Enforcement Coalition have condemned the shooting of senior advocate and human rights activist Yan Christian Warinussy in Manokwari, West Papua, on Wednesday afternoon, July 17.
Felldy Asyla Utama, Jakarta – Opposing the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (UU Cipta Kerja) was one of the issues articulated during a labour rally at the Arjuna Wijaya Horse Statue in Central Jakarta on Wednesday July 17.
This is also part of a legal challenged submitted with the Constitutional Court.
Haryudi, Aceh – The National Statistics Agency (BPS) recently released surprising data about rape cases in Indonesia. Based on the report Criminal Statistics 2023 issued by the BPS, Aceh emerged as the province with the highest number of rape cases in 2023.
Adhyasta Dirgantara, Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – TNI (Indonesian military) Commander General Agus Subiyanto has bragged that TNI soldiers are needed everywhere by the government and society.
Jayapura – Zakarias Talaty, the sole judge at the Jayapura District Court, has rejected a pretrial motion on behalf of senior Papuan journalist Victor Mambor against an Order to Stop Investigation (SP3) issued by the North Jayapura Sectoral Police (Polsek) on the grounds that the SP3 was legitimate due to the lack of witnesses who saw th
Makassar – Police have admitted to seizing Free Papua Organisation (OPM) flags from a Papua student dormitory in Makassar, South Sulawesi.
