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Indonesia’s military said Thursday it reclaimed a village in the restive Papua region following a battle with bullets and arrows that it said left 14 separatist insurgents dead. Insurgents disputed the account, saying that only three of the dead were combatants and that troops killed nine villagers...

The Dutch government has agreed to return thousands of fossils to Indonesia from a world-renowned collection, after a commission ruled that they were removed in the colonial era “against the will of the people,” the education ministry announced Friday. The historically significant trove known as the...

At least 20 people are missing following violent protests that have gripped cities across Indonesia over the past week, a human rights group has warned. Mass protests first erupted on 25 August, prompted by anger over the perks and benefits given to lawmakers, including a controversial housing...

Amnesty International criticized Indonesia’s government, saying it suppresses free speech with crackdowns on public protests, targets journalists and rights activists, and uses spyware against dissidents. The rights group said in its annual report on Indonesia that public protests “were met with...

Rebels in Indonesia's Papua region said they have killed more than 17 people since the weekend, claiming that they were soldiers disguised as gold miners, and police said the insurgents were holding two hostages. A low-level but increasingly deadly battle for independence has simmered between...

Indonesia’s Parliament unanimously voted to pass a controversial revision of its military law on Thursday that will allow military officers to serve in more government posts without resigning from the armed forces, despite growing opposition from pro-democracy and rights groups who see it as a...

Prabowo Subianto was inaugurated Sunday as the eighth president of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, completing his journey from an ex-general accused of rights abuses during the dark days of Indonesia’s military dictatorship to the presidential palace. After decades of dictatorship...

Indonesia’s electoral commission has formally declared Prabowo Subianto president-elect in a ceremony, after the country’s highest court rejected challenges to his win by rival candidates. Prabowo, 72, a former general dogged by allegations of human rights abuses, won a landslide victory in February...

A large crowd of Indonesian students stormed a convention centre housing hundreds of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in the city of Banda Aceh on Wednesday, demanding they be deported, Reuters footage showed. A city police spokesperson in Banda Aceh did not immediately respond to a request for...

Human rights groups on Tuesday urged Indonesia to investigate suspected arms sales by state-owned companies to Myanmar, where Indonesia has been trying to promote reconciliation since a 2021 military coup triggered widespread conflict. Groups filed a complaint with Indonesia's national human rights...