Indonesia

ANALYSIS: The high-pressure climax to a blasphemy trial in Indonesia has laid bare the perilous nature of democracy in the world's largest Muslim nation, writes Graeme Acton.

This week's visit to New Zealand by a West Papuan independence leader has thrown the polarisation around his cause into stark relief. Video, Audio

Several countries have highlighted concern about treatment of West Papuans, in a human rights review of Indonesia at the UN in Geneva

The Indonesian man who claimed to be 146 years old - the longest living human ever - has died in his village in Central Java.

Indonesian's government has been urged to ensure that state security forces who attack journalists in regions like Papua are held to account.

The global mining giant, Freeport McMoRan, is threatening to punish workers at its Indonesian unit who are threatening to strike over employment conditions.

The multi-national mining company, Freeport McMoRan, says it's lost about $US1 billion in a row with Indonesia which has crippled its operation in Papua.

A shortage of healthcare facilities and medical practitioners in Indonesia's Papua province is hampering efforts to combat whooping cough and HIV/AIDS.

Reporters Without Borders, has called on the Indonesian President Joko Widodo to keep his election promise to allow local and international journalists to operate in West Papua.

Indonesian police have shot dead a West Papuan man described by authorities as an armed separatist leader.

"Resident cut open the belly of the snake and Akbar was lifeless."

According to the police minister of Solomon Islands, the country's police force is looking to enter a co-operation agreement with the Indonesian National Police.

Indonesia's government has completed its assessment of the damage caused by a cruise ship to a coral reef system in West Papua earlier this month.

The Papua administration wants 10 percent of the shares in the copper and gold miner, PT Freeport Indonesia, if they are divested.

A public petition in New Zealand has urged government to take a strong stand on human rights abuses in West Papua.

The Immigration Office in Indonesia's Papua has banned two French journalists from entering Indonesia for the next six months for allegedly violating the 2011 Immigration Law.

Negotiations between the Indonesian government the mining company, PT Freeport, are still ongoing, almost one month after the firm threatened to take its case to international arbitration.