Tag: Jakarta
Asian states shocked by Hamas raids but no ‘blind support’ for...
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Singapore
In the aftermath of Palestinian group Hamas’ terror attack inside Israel on October 7 and the Israeli state’s even...
Court rejects Papua governor Enembe’s objections but suspends proceedings over his...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
An Indonesian court hearing was held at Tipikor Court, Jakarta, last week when suspended Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe was arraigned...
Police arrest 90 at rally in Jakarta against plan to ‘carve...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesian police have arrested a total of 90 Papuan students during a protest action near the Presidential Palace complex in Central...
Critics slam Indonesian green capital move – ‘heaven surrounded by hell’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A number of national figures in Indonesia have criticised the project to move the state capital (IKN) from Jakarta to East...
Police break up rally by Papua activists at US embassy in...
By Ihsanuddin in Jakarta
Indonesian police forcibly broke up a protest marking the 1962 Rome Agreement in front of the US Embassy in Central...
Police arrest 15 Papuan students at peaceful May Day rally in...
By Yogi Ernes in Jakarta
Indonesian police have seized 15 Papuan students among scores arrested at a May Day rally in central Jakarta on the...
Why Indonesia’s planned new Papuan provinces will cause division and destruction
The politics of divide and rule and how Indonesia's attempt to separate indigenous Papuans is an irrational and unrealistic proposal that will damage the...
Body parts found at Sriwijaya Air crash site in Indonesia –...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Body parts and debris were hauled from waters near Indonesia's capital Jakarta today from a Boeing passenger plane that crashed shortly...
Rainbow Warrior takes on fresh eco mission to Papua, Indonesia
By Astari Pinasthika Sarosa in Jakarta
The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior is sailing throughout Indonesia - including West Papua - as a vehicle for environmental...
Pat Walsh: Ahok is innocent — Indonesia needs him and renewed...
ANALYSIS: By Pat Walsh
The recent sentencing of Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, the Christian Chinese-Indonesian Governor of Jakarta, to two years in jail for blasphemy...