Jakarta – Civil Society Movement to Bring Suharto to Justice (GEMAS) says that the proposal by the Minister of Social Affairs (Mensos), Saifullah Yusuf alias Gus Ipul, for the 2nd President of the Republic of Indonesia, Suharto to be named a national hero

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – The Rose Team (Tim Mawar), which was a small team created by the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) Command Group IV in 1998, apparently still leaves traces to this day.

60 years ago, Lieutenant General Suharto and the Army under his command began the massacre and extermination of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). The reason was that the PKI was accused of carrying out the murder of several of Army generals and a coup against the Indonesian government.

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has found 85 incidents of violence involving Indonesian Military (TNI) members over the last year (October 2024-September 2025).

Jayapura – The Rome Agreement signed in Rome, the capital of Italy on 30 September, 1962 following the New York Agreement on August 15, 1962, was carried out without the involvement of a single representative of the Papuan people, even though the two agreements were

Jakarta – Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) Director Ardi Manto Adiputra reported alleged acts of terror against him to the Jakarta Metro Jaya Regional Police on Tuesday September 9.

Welcoming 80 years of Indonesian independence, the Indonesian History Transparency Alliance (AKSI) has warned of the dangers of a "national decline".

More than 100 human rights defenders experienced various forms of attacks in the first half of 2025 said Amnesty International Indonesia today in Jakarta. Between January and June 2025, Amnesty International noted that at least 104 human rights defenders became victims of attacks recorded in 54 ca

Sharon Muller – Terror against Papuan students has again been launched in several cities around Indonesia. This time round it has been through the delivery of packages containing rotten animal carcasses, threatening letters, the distribution of posters and videos as well as other threats.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) has condemned the forced disbandment by local residents of activities at a Christian student retreat in Cidahu, Sukabumi, West Java.

Jayapura – A series of terror acts have again befallen Papuan students who are studying in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya.

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – Terror and intimidation against Papuan students continue to occur every year, as do acts of racism. These acts of terror are the way the authorities curb democratic space and human rights for Papuan students.

Jayapura – Papuan students in the Balinese capital of Denpasar were sent a package containing a rotten pig's head delivered by an online motorcycle taxi on June 6 at around 3 pm. The incident occurred at one of the Papuan students' rented houses in Denpasar.

Lia Hutasoit, Jakarta – A columnist on the detik.com news site with the initials YF was allegedly intimidated after writing an article titled Generals in Civilian Positions: Where is the Merit of Civil Servants? The article was published on Thursday morning, May 22, before being taken down for r

Jayapura – The Makassar city Papuan People's University and High School Student Forum of Concern (FSM-PRP) is urging the Sorong city District Police to release four Federal State of the Republic of West Papua (NFRPB) activists who were arrested and charged with makar (treason, subversion, rebellion) for distrib

Novali Panji Nugroho, Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid says that the government needs to immediately open a dialogue with pro-independence groups and traditional figures in Papua.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) believes that cases of violence and terror against journalists are becoming increasingly worrying. This is evident from AJI's records, which shows that there were 22 cases of terror and violence against journalists in the first three months of 2025 al

Firda Janati, Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Director Usman Hamid is urging the state, including law enforcement authorities, to conduct an investigation after the Tempo editorial office was again terrorised.

Responding to the rampant terror, intimidation and violence against protesters rejecting the ratification of the revised TNI Law (UU TNI) in Jakarta and several other cities in Indonesia, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has condemned whoever it was who sent a terror package containing a pig's head to the Tempo offices in Jakarta.