Tag: Indonesian elections

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia's Labour Party has demanded that the 2024 elections be held on schedule and that they be transparent and fair during...

By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta Indonesia's National Police are facing increased pressure as investigations by human rights organisations have found alleged use of...

By Evan Wasuka on ABC Pacific Beat It may be more than a month since Indonesians went to the polls, but the country is still...

By Katharina R. Lestari in Jakarta A Catholic was among four top Indonesian officials allegedly targeted for assassination in a plot possibly linked to post-election...

Protests to challenge the presidential election results have escalated in the capital of Jakarta for two nights running. Video: Jakarta Post Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Jakarta...

By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta As tensions intensified between incumbent Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and challenger Prabowo Subianto over the expected results in the Indonesia...

By Karina M. Tehusijarana in Jakarta A quick count conducted by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and Cyrus Network indicates that President Joko...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The party backing a presidential challenger in today's Indonesian general election claims it is reporting an independent US journalist to police...

By the Asia Media Centre Up to 193 million eligible voters in Indonesia will go to the polls today, in what will be the world’s...

Indonesian army and police gather villagers in several sub-districts in Nduga and try to force them to "admit" to accusations that they are members...

By Tom Stayner of SBS News A West Papuan independence leader and Nobel peace prize nominee is calling for a mass boycott of Indonesia’s upcoming...

By Paul of Kumparan in Jayapura The Indonesian Immigration Office in West Papua has warned that it will take firm action against foreign journalists trying...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Presidential candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has shrugged off a concern expressed by challenger Prabowo Subianto, who questioned the capability of the...

By RNZ Pacific New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, has called for an end to violence in Indonesia's Papua province. Peters was responding to a letter...

By Chen Toisuta in Ambon, Maluku Scores of students from the Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk West Papuan people will not take part in Indonesia's 2019 presidential and legislative elections, say the Indonesian People's Front for West...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo appears to have gone on the offensive against his challenger in the upcoming presidential election Prabowo Subianto...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Indonesian President Joko Widodo says a radical Muslim cleric linked to the 2002 Bali bombings would only be released from jail...