Yesterday [10 November 2005], on the 4th anniversary of the murder of West Papuan independence leader Theys Hiyo Eluay by Kopassus [Indonesian Special Forces], the West Papua Street Par

Achmad Sukarsono, Jakarta – Indonesia needs more cooperation from the public to track down Islamic militants who are sometimes regarded as heroes in the world's most populous Muslim nat

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Environmentalists in Lampung lashed out at the Bumi Kedaton Safari Park (TWABK) management for treating animals under its care poorly.

Jakarta – Around 80 truck drivers working for the Jakarta International Container Terminal at Tanjung Priok Port, North Jakarta, staged a rally at the City Council on Thursday to ask fo

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – About 70 American congressmen urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to make "a clear legal move" to resolve the murder of noted rights campaigner Munir, who

Dili – Unidentified groups are seeking to destabilize East Timor to impede foreign investment and weaken the government, Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri said Thursday.

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Khairil Anwar acknowledged he felt depressed.

Tantri Yuliandini, Jakarta – Some 600,000 workers in Greater Jakarta are likely to lose their jobs next year, following the implementation of new provincial minimum wage, the Employers'

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Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Despite the constitutional guarantee of religious freedom, discrimination on the basis of religious belief is a cause for concern in this country, accordin

Rendi Witular, Jakarta – The government has expressed guarded optimism that the United States will not extend its 13-year military embargo on Indonesia.

East Timor says it's only weeks away from finalising a boundary deal with Australia to exploit the oil and gas reserves of the Greater Sunrise field in the Timor Sea.

Jakarta – Indonesia has greeted with a sigh of relief a decision by the United States Congress to omit references to Papua from the State Department Authorization Bill, saying it reflec

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – An order from the military leadership to all 11 regional military commands to set up special counterterrorism desks has been criticized by right activists conce

Kompas – The head of the army's information office, Brigadier General Hotmangaradja Pandjaitan, has confirmed that they have already established an extra-structural organisation at ever

Jon Lamb – The Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) in East Timor has completed its report documenting human rights violations that took place under 24-year-long In

Dili – East Timor's government is ready to adopt "drastic measures" to reconstruct Dili, ending anarchy and reducing population pressures, Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri said Wednesday.

Tantri Yuliandini, Jakarta – The city administration has raised the minimum wage for workers here from the current Rp 711,843 (about US$71) to Rp 819,100, effective next year, but the e

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is reactivating its intelligence unit that used to work within the community to help the police fight terrorism.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Sumedang – Darya still tends to his sheep and crops on his land located along the edge of a slope which is supposed to become part of dam in the Jatigede area of Sumed

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Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – The deadly clash between the police and followers of sect leader Madi almost two weeks ago, and the ensuing hunt for him, have caused hundreds of people to seek

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) anti-terror desk which was established in each military regional command and the units below this command have begun to work, including the villa

Jakarta – Indonesia's military chief General Endriartono Sutarto has officially ordered the revival of a much-criticised community-based intelligence system to be used to fight terroris

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Indonesia has criticised the United States for stalling efforts to restore full military ties between the two countries because of unresolved murders in its province of Papua.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Despite workers' demand for a 100-percent salary raise following the skyrocketing prices of basic necessities due to the fuel price hikes, the West Java admi

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – Indonesia has denied it refused to cut the sentence of the Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir because of Australian pressure.

Baucau – Unknown assailants attacked a police station in East Timor's second city before dawn Monday, injuring one officer, the country's police commander said.

The 42 members of the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) were installed on Oct. 31, 2005, in Jayapura, capital of the easternmost province of Papua.

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Langsa, Aceh – A new chapter has begun for the region along the southeastern coast of Aceh, a district with a tumultuous past, which has long been the bastion of pr

Enrico Aditjondro – As it turns out, Jose Ramos-Horta has not forgotten about West Papua.

P.J. Leo – As many Jakarta residents come to terms with the increasing prices of basic necessities following the Oct.

Jambi – Tensions were still high in a village in Merangin, Jambi, on Saturday four days after angry residents smashed up the local head office on Tuesday, alleging they were being cheat

Jakarta – One battalion of troops is being sent to help the police maintain law and order in the Central Sulawesi town of Poso following a series of incidents that it is feared could re

Sian Powell, Mon Ikeun – It is damp, crowded and hot – a tatty canvas tent surrounded by mud and puddles and home to four adult Acehnese sisters and two children.

Papuans are reportedly forming their own assembly to counter the Papuan People's Council, or MRP, established by the Indonesian government to represent the province.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has criticized United States lawmakers for stalling efforts to restore full military ties between the two countries, calling the move

Jakarta – The Indonesian army has set up anti-terror desks in its nationwide regional commands to liaise with police on counter-terrorism, a report said Sunday.

Duncan Graham, Contributor/Surabaya – To stay healthy and to be responsible, Indonesian youth should have access to condoms and other contraceptives in places where they feel relaxed ab

Neil McMahon – The drug prosecution of Australian model Michelle Leslie has been rocked by allegations that she was with the son of a senior Indonesian minister when she was caught in B

Jakarta – A human rights group focusing on Indonesia praised the US Congress for keeping a ban on sales of military equipment to Indonesia, whose armed forces have been accused of wides

Ruslan Sangadji, Poso – A bomb blast jolted Ambon early on Thursday as Muslims prepared to celebrate Idul Fitri, and later in the afternoon, some hundreds of kilometers away, residents

I Wayan Juniartha, Denpasar – The Karangasem Police in Bali named on Friday 21 people as suspects in Wednesday's attack and burning of the Rendang Police station that left four people i

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Beaming, Yudhi, in his 30s, a scavenger from Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, emerged from Governor Sutiyoso's official residence on Thursday holding a white envelo

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – While many Jakarta residents were looking for places to eat out on the first day of Idul Fitri on Thursday, the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) forced restaurants

Jakarta – In an abrupt about-face, the government has decided not to grant convicted terrorist and Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir a sentence remission given to inmates in observance o

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Many still living in tents, the Acehnese celebrated their first Idul Fitri almost a year after the tsunami devastated Aceh and parts of North Sumatra.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Despite pro-labor legislation, workers had to bow down to employers' pressure in determining the hike in the 2006 monthly minimum wages in the wake of econ

Bill Tarrant, Lampuuk – In a little shack they built on a rubble-strewn field where the tsunami travelled the farthest inland, a group of teenaged boys orphaned in the disaster have mad