The Jakarta Police and the Indonesian Military announced conflicting findings regarding the acid attack on rights activist Andrie Yunus, highlighting the rivalry between the two institutions.
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Reports by Indonesian police show that there has been a consistent trend of Chinese nationals attempting to reach Australia through Indonesia as an alternative to “zouxian”, or “walking the line” – the illegal migration route through Central America to the US via the Darién Gap between Colombia and Panama.
A large number of Balinese women are now struggling to cope with mental health issues. Dealing with stress and psychosocial problems, while also bearing the burden of domestic work, financial difficulties and maintaining traditions, often goes beyond what they can handle.
Indonesian human rights organisation KontraS said in a statement that its deputy coordinator Andrie Yunus was attacked with acid late on Thursday night, leaving him with serious burns on his hands, face, chest and near his eyes.
A Queensland aviation company owner has been charged over an alleged international people smuggling operation that flew two NSW fugitives out of Australia to Indonesia last year.
Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, the country’s Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid announced today (March 7).
After moving manufacturing to the developing world to save on labor, Nike and other apparel brands are shifting employment in their Indonesian supply chain away from high-wage parts of the country and into less-developed areas.
Gender equality and rights have become one of the most visible casualties of this shift. During Trump’s first term, and markedly in the second, these issues were framed as threats to national sovereignty and traditional values.
The Prabowo Subianto government is currently drafting a piece of legislation to counter disinformation and foreign propaganda amid allegations that hostile domestic and foreign actors are using cyberspace to undermine Indonesia’s national interests.
While there are no figures on the number of middle-class activists, many academic papers have been written on the rise in new types of activism in the last two or three years. Indonesian academics and civil society organisations have termed these types of activism as “gerakan rimpang”, or “rhizomatic movements”.
Applicants to Indonesia’s global citizenship scheme must show proof of at least US$15,000 (S$19,000) in annual income, or US$1,500 a month, among other requirements. They are also required to pay an application fee starting from 34.8 million rupiah (S$2,600).
Indonesia’s provincial minimum wage would rise by 5.3% to 7.3% next year under a new government rule, an increase that businesses thinks is too high, an official at the country’s employers association Apindo said on Wednesday (Dec 17).
Australia is emerging as an alternative destination in global people smuggling routes involving Chinese nationals, as tougher US border controls push smuggling networks to test new maritime pathways through South-East Asia.
Indonesian companies signed the Zero Tolerance for Gender-Based Violence and Harassment Pledge, supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Indonesia Business Coalition for Women’s Empowerment (IBCWE).
Australia’s Special Envoy for International Human Rights, Hon. Mark Dreyfus KC, said that he would support Indonesia if it decides to run for the chairmanship of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Details on Indonesia’s GCI are still emerging, but the Indonesian Ministry of Immigration’s Abdullah Rasyid told the ABC there were no mentions of land and property ownership rights in the regulations that underpinned the new visa program.
