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Thousands of people gather outside the House of Representatives in Jakarta, Indonesia, as well as in other major cities across the country, to protest attempted changes to local elections law that would benefit the ruling coalition, in defiance of two recent Constitutional Court decisions.
2024-08-22

Indonesia bans any activities held by the Islamic Defenders Front, a hardline Islamic group led by the controversial cleric Muhammad Rizieq Shihab. The Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Minister Mahfud MD says the ban is necessary because the group no longer has any legal standing as a mass organisation.
2020-12-30

272 election workers in Indonesia die, mostly of fatigue-related illnesses, caused by long hours of work counting millions of ballot papers by hand. 1,878 other staff fall ill.
2019-04-28

At least 73 people have been killed in flash floods in the province of Papua, Indonesia.
2019-03-17

At least 19 people are killed as armed group linked to West Papua Liberation Organization attacks construction workers at Trans Papua road project in Nduga Regency, Papua, Indonesia.
2018-12-2

The Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott issues a last-minute plea for Bali Nine drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran facing the death penalty in Indonesia. [http:--www.theaustralian.com.au-national-affairs-foreign-affairs-tony-abbott-issues-plea-for-bali-nine-pair-andrew-chan-and-myuran-sukumaran-story-fn59nm2j-1227219525312?nk=bcb20b4490987eedeba1f6c36af1a978 ("The Australian")]date=May 2020
2015-02-14

A tunnel collapses at Freeport-McMoRan’s Grasberg mine in Indonesia's Papua province trapping approximately thirty workers.
2013-05-14

Seven people are killed and two injured after a customs boat sinks near the coast of North Sumatra Province in Indonesia.
2011-07-16

Continuing eruptions of Mount Merapi in Java, Indonesia, lead to cancellation of flights to the nearby city of Yogyakarta.
2010-11-2

Australia and Indonesia sign an agreement to combat people smuggling.
2010-03-10