Fika Nurul Ulya, Bagus Santosa, Jakarta – Minister of Law (Menkum) Supratman Andi Agtas has revealed that it has been proposed that as many as 18 prisoners involved in cases related to Papua are to be given amnesty.

Jakarta – The number of people that did not use their right to vote or golput in the 2024 election of regional heads (Pilkada) was fairly high. In a number of regions, the number of votes for those that won elections was far less than the golput figure.

Yogyakarta – Demonstrators calling themselves the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) held a protest action on Jalan Kusumanegara in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Sunday December 1.

Jakarta – The Labour Party and the Confederation of the Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) is opposed to the government's plan to raise Value Added Tax (VAT) from 11 to 12 percent in 2025.

Larius Kogoya, Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee or KNPB firmly rejects the revival of the transmigration program in Papua. The KNPB is aware that Papuans will be sidelined, so transmigration must be rejected.

Yulianus Magai, Jayapura – Hundreds of Papuans took to the streets of Jayapura city on Friday November 15 to oppose the government's plan to revive the transmigration program to Papua.

Theo Kelen, Jayapura – On Monday November 11 the Papua Council of Churches (PCC) and Papuan indigenous priests held a press conference in Jayapura city, Papua, to address the current situation in the land of Papua.

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Bagus Santosa, Jakarta – United States president-elect Donald Trump has praised Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in a recent telephone conversation.

Hadi Sutanto dan Dipo Negoro – President Prabowo Subianto accompanied by Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka inaugurated the ministers and deputy ministers of the new Red and White Cabinet for 2024-2029 at the State Palace in Jakarta on Monday afternoon, Octo

Hoping that President Prabowo Subianto is serious about protecting human rights as absurd as an owl yearning for the moon (wishing for the impossible).

Muhammad Ridwan – The Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (KASUM) says it regrets efforts to obstruct investigations by the National Human Rights Commission's (Komnas HAM) into past human rights violations, one of which was the alleged as

Jayapura – An Alliance of Student Executive Councils (BEM) throughout Jayapura city together with students from various different universities held a peaceful action at the Abepura traffic circle on Monday November 4 to oppose the revival of the transmigration program in Papua.

Haryanti Puspa Sari, Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) says that the House of Representative's (DPR) move to not include the Draft Law on Asset Seizures (RUU Perampasan Aset) in the proposed National Legislation Progr

Esti Widiyana, Surabaya – The Airlangga University (Unair) Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) Student Executive Council (BEM) criticised the inauguration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka

Surabaya – Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) Emeritus Professor Dr. Hotman Siahaan from the Airlangga University (Unair) in Surabaya says he regrets the freezing of the Unair FISIP Student Executive Board (BEM).

Theo Kelen, Jayapura – The administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka is being asked to push for a resolution to the armed conflict and violence in the land of Papua.

Surabaya – The Airlangga University (Unair) Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) Student Executive Council (BEM) in Surabaya, East Java, has been frozen by the dean's office after making a satirical congratulatory message in the form a flower board marking the inauguration of President

Erick Tanjung, Faqih Fathurrahman – Human rights activists wearing all-black clothing held a "Kamisan Action" opposite Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Thursday October 24. This the 837th Kamisan and the first one held in the era of President Prabowo Subianto.

Arthur Gideon, Jakarta – Thousands of workers began taking to the streets this Thursday, October 24, to demand an increase in the 2025 minimum wage and the annulment of the Omnibus Law on Job Creation.

[From an oped piece in Kompas.id by Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) program manager and University of Indonesia political science doctorate program student Saidiman Ahmad titled "Joko Widodo's Political Legacy".]