The Indonesian government has consistently rejected calls for Papua’s independence. The region is home to the Grasberg mine, one of the world’s largest gold and copper reserves, and its forests are a critical part of Indonesia’s climate commitments.

Indonesia has signed a deal to send home an ailing French national on death row for drug offenses. Serge Atlaoui, 61, has spent almost 20 years in an Indonesian prison.

The Indonesian government will repatriate death row drug convict Serge Areski Atlaoui to his home country, France, on February 4, 2025, based on a practical

Indonesia and France signed an agreement on Friday on the repatriation of a Frenchman on death row for drug offences, a senior Indonesian minister said. Serge Atlaoui, who has been in jail in Indonesia since 2005,

The transfer agreement was signed remotely by Indonesia’s senior minister of law Yusril Ihza Mahendra and France’s Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin, and was witnessed by delegations from ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad The transfer agreement was signed remotely by Indonesia’s senior minister of law Yusril Ihza Mahendra and France’s Minister of Justice Gérald ...

President Donald Trump has ordered the expansion of the prison camp as a detention facility for illegal immigrants.

A Frenchman on death row in Indonesia since 2007 for drug offences will be sent back to his home country, an Indonesian minister said Friday.

The government's plan to pardon prisoners linked to the Free Papua Movement (OPM) will not disrupt the security in Papua.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - As many as 157 Indonesian nationals are facing the death penalty abroad, said director of citizen protection at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Judha Nugraha, according to the latest figures as of January 2025. "The majority are in Malaysia due to drug trafficking cases," said Judha when contacted on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.

Indonesia's President is considering a conditional release of detained political activists in West Papua. The area's long had an armed pro-independence movement and clashes with Indonesian security forces are routine.

An Indian national was found dead in a waiting shelter in Nepal’s Bara district, a police official said on Friday. Rudra Giri, 42, from Maharashtra, was found dead in the public waiting shelter located on a hill near the Churiyamai Temple in Simara sub-metropolitan city on