Nurfika Osman – A lack of concern by local administrations is the primary reason for rampant human trafficking in the country, especially of children, activists say.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – While Megawati Sukarnoputri seems certain to lead the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle at the faction's congress next month, daughter Puan Maharani is se

Camelia Pasandaran – The Constitutional Court upheld Indonesia's controversial Anti-Pornography Law on Thursday, rejecting plaintiff's arguments that it failed to clearly define porn.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang, East Java – Student Executive Bodies of Muhammadiyah universities across the country staged a rally Wednesday in Malang, East Java, protesting the haram ed

Jakarta – The recent police success in busting an Aceh-based terrorist network reveals the emergence of new alliances of organizations in the jihad movement in Indonesia.

Ismira Lutfia & Putri Prameshwari – Media organizations and activists have denounced the seizure of Batam-based Erabaru radio station's transmission equipment by local authorities,

Dessy Sagita – A lack of commitment by regional governments has hampered efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, the Coordinating Ministry for People's Welfare said on Thur

Manado (North Sulawesi) – The Army dispatched 102 reinforcement troops Wednesday for a border security mission on six of the outermost islands in North Sulawesi.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Critically acclaimed cinematographer and cultural observer Garin Nugroho, who testified as an expert in a hearing of the judicial review request of the

Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) admitted Thursday that it was difficult to lure investors from the US and European countries to invest in Indonesia.

Amir Tejo – Pressure from Islamic organizations has finally forced the organizers of the planned International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Association (ILGA) confer

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Heavy security by military and police during the President's brief visit did not stop a violent rally in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Tuesday.

Surabaya – Surabaya deputy mayor Arif Affandi has banned the international gay-lesbian conference from being held in Surabaya on March 26-28, 2010.

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police on Wednesday followed through on threats to silence renegade Comr. Gen.

In Indonesia, investigative journalist Allan Nairn is facing possible arrest for exposing that US-backed Indonesian armed forces assassinated a series of civilian activists last year.

Amir Tejo – Surabaya Police have buckled to continuing threats from Islamic clerics in conservative East Java and refused to issue a permit for a regional conference to discuss the righ

Anita Rachman, Makassar – A banner hanging prominently at the Sudiang Hajj dormitory boldly proclaims: "Save Nahdlatul Ulama From the Influence of Fundamentalism, Radicalism, and Libera

A top Democratic Party official said on Tuesday that grassroots members were demanding that the party kick the Golkar Party and Prosperous Justice Party out of the governing coalition.

Irvan Tisnabudi – Indonesia is likely to see higher prices for alcoholic beverages and more black market trading as a result of the government's decision to effectively replace the luxu

The National Police Criminal Investigation Division has named former chief detective Comr. Gen.

Ulma Haryanto – Members of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front assaulted four people in the basement of the Constitutional Court on Wednesday on the last day of arguments in a case see

Indonesian terrorists are using their time in jail to recruit and plan new attacks in blatant disregard for prison rules which often are not enforced, a senior security analyst said Wed

Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Anita Rachman – After recently shocking many by issuing a religious edict banning smoking, the country's second-largest Islamic organization has stirred a

Farouk Arnaz, Putri Prameshwari & Made Arya Kencana – Police have arrested three more people suspected of links to the armed group being hunted down in Aceh, a national police spoke

Anita Rachman, Makassar (South Sulawesi) – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali defended Indonesia's blasphemy law at a conference of the nation's largest Muslim organization, and

Jakarta – Eleven representatives of mudflow victims in Sidoarjo, East Java, left for Jakarta on Tuesday to protest at the delayed payment for their lost property as promised by the gove

Susno Duadji says he has taken steps to ensure his safety after making corruption allegations against fellow officers in the National Police.

Hamluddin, Bekasi – Around 300 street singers in Bekasi are demanding free health benefits from the local government.

Semarang, Central Java – Dozens of Sragen residents staged protest at Central Java Police headquarters in Semarang Monday, calling the police to investigate charges allegedly involving

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nurdin Hasan – The Indonesian Armed Forces on Tuesday strongly denied allegations by a foreign journalist that it was behind the killings of nine Aceh Par

Heru Andriyanto – The previously obscure case of a tax official tried for embezzlement at the Tangerang District Court turned into a national issue after former National Police chief de

Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) said the governments's plan to clear the country's urban streets of children was too ambitious and might lead to repression.

Nivell Rayda & Muninggar Sri Sarasawati – In the latest twist in a bribery case linked to the 2004 appointment of a central bank senior executive, a witness told the Antigraft Court

Camelia Pasandaran – The government on Monday backed the House of Representatives' recommendation that law enforcement investigators question state officials who sanctioned the 2008 Ban

Anyone concerned about the future of this nation must pay close attention the congress of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Islamic social organization, in Makassar this week.

Ismira Lutfia & Camelia Pasandaran – Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Muhaimin Iskandar said on Monday that the government would maintain its bans on sending migrant workers

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) plans to hold its fourth Asian regional conference in Surabaya on Friday and Saturd

Nivell Rayda & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – After weeks of uncertainty, the Corruption Eradication Commission is officially without a leader after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on

Ulma Haryanto – Four jaipong dancers took to the stage in Central Jakarta on Sunday morning to show off a traditional dance they say is in peril because of a law that could restrict suc

Fidelis E.

According to senior Indonesian officials and police and details from government files, the US-backed Indonesian armed forces (TNI), now due for fresh American aid, assassinated a series

Camelia Pasandaran – The likelihood of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle joining President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party-led coalition is increasing every day, D

Aidi Yursal, Medan – In a massive rally to defend the rights of Palestinians, thousands of supporters of the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) protested here on Sunday, calli

Anita Rachman – Comr. Gen.

Farouk Arnaz – A day after one of its former senior officials accused three high-ranking officers of accepting as much as Rp 25 billion ($2.75 million) in bribes, the National Police on

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The choice made by a group of alleged terrorists to center its training operations in the jungles of Aceh province was hopeful at best, a sociologist say

Putri Prameshwari – The country has reduced its slum population by at least half in the last two decades, the fastest among Southeast Asian countries, according to a United Nations repo

It's Thursday afternoon, March 18, and dozens of family members of victims of human rights violations are holding another "Kamisan" (Thursday Action), a silent protest in which they hol

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Two more experts recommended Friday that the controversial 1965 Blasphemy Law be revised as critics warned of civil conflict if the law was changed.