Jakarta – The acquittal of two senior police officers from all charges of gross human rights violations in Abepura, Papua province, drew public condemnation on Friday.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – It is still difficult to claim that Indonesia has a true bicameral legislature with its seemingly weak "senate", which has done nothing significant in nearly a y

AK-38, Jakarta – TNI (armed forces) chief Endriartono Sutarto says that the TNI does not want to be blamed if the peace process in Aceh fails.

Ida Indawati Khouw and Suherdjoko, Leiden/Semarang – Pressure is mounting both at home and overseas for the government to ensure that justice is done in the Munir murder case.

David Isenberg – Officials in Washington are increasingly confident the United States will restore full military relations with Indonesia, despite past human rights violations by that c

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) wants to keep running its many rich cooperatives and foundations but is offering to give up its other businesses to the state.

Singapore – The Indonesian rupiah firmed on Friday, outperforming its Asian peers as sentiment towards the currency continued to improve, but dealers said the currency needed more gover

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Observing the recent improvement of investment to Indonesia, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has maintained its optimism about the country's economy, revising i

Jakarta – The government decided on Wednesday to revise a controversial ministerial decree on the establishment of houses of worship in a bid to curb interfaith violence in the nation w

Jakarta – Several Muslim leaders claiming to represent Utan Kayu residents in East Jakarta told district officials late on Tuesday to evict the Liberal Islam Network (JIL) from the area

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Old, young and even the children of Semarang gathered to commemorate a year since the death of human rights activist Munir.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – About 500 people, mostly rights activists, staged a rally on Wednesday as part of a campaign to push the government to solve the murder of noted human rights de

It was exactly one year ago that we were left in shock at the news of the death of Munir Thalib Said, one of the country's boldest and most consistent defenders of human rights.

Jayapura – Seventeen activists grouped in the Papuan Solidarity for Abepura group continued their hunger strike on Wednesday as part of the efforts to seek justice for the victims of th

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Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited Indonesian Military (TNI) headquarters on Wednesday in order to convince the armed forces that the peace de

Jakarta – The Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) has prepared a contingency plan for the eventuality that the peace agreement signed by the Indonesian government and GAM (Free Ace

Muhammad Nur Hayid, Jakarta – The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) is apparently made up of many factions.

Dimas, Jakarta – The surrender of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) weapons that will begin on September 15 will be done in three stages.

Alan Ramsey – Stuart Rees is the director of Sydney University's Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies.

Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said that the holding of human rights trials scheduled to try human rights violations in Aceh would not use retroactive princ

Our condolences go out to the families of those who died on Mandala Airlines flight RI 091.

Banda Aceh – Sofyan Dawod, military spokesman of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), said he believed that the peace process in Aceh would run smoothly because both the Indonesian government

Ismoko Widyaya, Jakarta – After demonstrating at the offices of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), around 200 people from the Solidarity Alliance for Munir and Democracy (Aliansi S

Melly Febrida, Jakarta – Hundreds of supporters have called on the government to solve the case of the murdered human rights activist Munir.

Jakarta – One year after leading human rights activist Munir was murdered onboard a flight from Jakarta to the Netherlands, the government has failed to properly investigate and prosecu

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – A group of prominent figures established a forum on Tuesday to increase public participation in the efforts to resolve the problems of Papua, which ha

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Muslim hard-liners have continued intimidating the Liberal Islam Network (JIL), an organization that promotes pluralism and liberalism in the country, after fai

Students and residents claiming to be from the Papua Solidarity for the Abepura Incident staged a protest in Jayapura on Monday, demanding the death penalty for two police officers char

Nigel Wilson – A technical argument about what activities may occur between the sea bed and the surface of the joint petroleum development area in the Timor Sea is now believed to be th

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung/Jakarta – The closure of churches in Bandung and surrounding areas over the past two years has caused concern among people of different faiths who consider the

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – With his four-year-old son Salman al Farizi sitting on his lap, Teungku Syafiie bin Syamaun, a member of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) who was recently released

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Two weeks after the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) signed a peace deal in Helsinki, many continue to question its legitimacy, particular

Awan Wibowo Laksono Poesoro, Jakarta – Since the fall of Soeharto in 1998, the military has gradually pulled out of the political arena but has retained its presence in the economy.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – A leading non-governmental organization is set to file a class action lawsuit against 10 companies in connection with the August forest fires and chok

Dili – The top two leaders of East Timor on Monday separately said that, should the need arise, they were ready to appear in international courts judging past human rights violations.

Jakarta – Dozens of Acehnese rebel prisoners eligible for release under a historic peace agreement remain behind bars, separatists said Sunday, calling on the government to make sure th

Jakarta – Hundreds of Indonesian bus drivers, vendors and factory workers staged a noisy rally in Jakarta on Sunday to protest against the government's plan to increase fuel prices.

This is a powerful and moving reminder of the horrors visited on East Timor, a tiny scrap of land that was exploited and neglected by its Portuguese colonisers for 420 years, repeatedly

Tony Hotland and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has warned the government to take all possible measures to block a US Congress bill that questions the s

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – A government-proposed bill on official secrets is prone to abuse by officials and could undermine human rights, an activist says.

Chris Brummitt, Banda Aceh – Developments in Aceh have been "very encouraging" since last month's peace accord, but political resistance to the deal could increase if rebels fail to beg

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Calls for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to quickly shake up his Cabinet received more support on Thursday as senior politicians insisted that confidence in

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Bill Geurin, Jakarta – war on drugs has been ramped up as the tourist and clubbing season on the resort island of Bali reaches its peak.

Jakarta – Indonesia could be forced to cut back on a state funded compensation scheme for the poor which was supposed to compensate for a reduction in fuel subsidies planned for October

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – To support the government's forest protection program, the participation of local people living in the vicinity of forests is crucial to sustaining ecosystems and

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – People are losing confidence in the government's economic team, who they see as responsible for the current financial crisis – the worst in this country in

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has joined the chorus in condemning the much-criticized forced closure of dozens of neighborhood churches in West Java, saying

Muhammad Nur Hayid, Jakarta – TNI (armed forces) troops will not remain silent if the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) fails to comply with the substance of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU