The government issues new policies on the price and distribution of fuel oil. But Pertamina’s finances are already bruised and battered.

Money laundering using crypto currency is increasing in recent years. It is suspected that Indra Kenz, the defendant in the Binomo binary option illegal investment case, carried out such scheme.

The government will impose fines on digital platform operators such as social media if they fail to immediately remove ‘problematic’ contents. Various groups oppose this regulation, seen as stifling the freedom of expression.

The Indonesian government, corporations, and consumers must be ready to face a global inflation storm that is starting to happen and intensify.

Cartoon: Yuyun Nurrachman

After reporting alleged sexual violence on the campus, LPM Lintas, student’s media, was suspended by the Rector of Ambon IAIN. 

Marcus Mietzner, an associate professor in Indonesian Studies at the Australian National University, sees the proposed delayed elections and presidential term extension as democratic setbacks. He attributes President’s lack of firmness to the unabated rumors.

Tycoons close to the government benefit the most from the oil palm fund. This is rife with conflicts of interest.

John Lennon dreamed, Imagine there is no country, and we like to imagine living in the world without divisions, without enmities. But such imagination has no power…

STUDENTS demonstrate in front of the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Friday, April 8. They demand the government to lower the price of fuel and cooking oil, and review the plan to move the Capital City. The protesters also voice their objection on the extension of the presidential term of office and the increase of value-added tax (VAT). The T-shirt reads: “As if we must be blind, deaf, mute.” /ANTARA FOTO/Arif Firmansyah

SOUTHEAST Asia has faced numerous human rights violations and abuses, ranging from the worst crimes against the Rohingya and other religious and ethnic minorities in Myanmar to extra-judicial killings in the Philippines under President Duterte’s administration. Many enforced disappearances have also occurred across the region, along with violence against human rights and democracy defenders, attacks on freedom of religion and belief, freedom of expression, and some other incidents. 

It does not mean the region has no institution that addresses human rights issues. Since 2009, member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have had the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights or AICHR. But critics said this body has been ineffective and ‌incapable of protecting human rights in the region. 

To commemorate the International Human Rights Day on December 10, TEMPO TALKS presents Yuyun Wahyuningrum, the representative of Indonesia to AICHR who will explain about human rights problems in the region and how her organization addresses the issue on TEMPO TALKS