Hunger Alert Update: AHRC-HAU-001-2010

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The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today urged the Obama administration not to offer military assistance to Indonesia.

Surabaya – During the colonial era communism flourished in Indonesia.

The Solidarity for Peace in Diversity (Solidaritas) on Thursday launched a website titled Nusantara Online, aimed at providing complete and constantly updated legal data on the country'

Dion Bisara – The government plans to increase this year's subsidies for energy and other basic commodities in what some analysts see as a populist policy to help prop up its sagging po

The report about Bahtiar Angkotasan, 47, who tied up his mentally disabled daughter in bed at their home in Bekasi, West Java, before he left for work every day, is yet another of the t

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on US President Barack Obama to press Indonesia over rights progress, military reform and religious freedom during his visit t

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang, East Java – Their salaries might be too small to suffice daily needs, but loyal cigarette workers are ready to extend a helping hand as their employers fac

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The ministry of energy and mineral resources has proposed that the government postpone the implementation of the 2009 law on environment for two year on fears it

Febriamy Hutapea & Ulma Haryanto – While the odds so far seem to be stacked against the Democrats after most of the factions in the House of Representatives declared indications of

Jakarta – The government should be aware that there is more than just one source of carbohydrate in the diet of Indonesians, activists said Wednesday.

Nivell Rayda – A task force assigned to crack down on corrupt middlemen in the Indonesia's legal system vowed this week to conduct more surprise inspections and take legal action agains

Nivell Rayda – Human Rights Watch on Friday called on US President Barack Obama to make human rights a key issue for discussion during his visit to Indonesia next month.

Eko Widianto, Jakarta – Mining company under the politically-connected Bakrie Brothers group, Lapindo Brantas, sent on Thursday (25/2) another proxy to run for the seat of Sidoarjo Rege

Camelia Pasandaran – Residents of the Dewata tea plantation in Tenjolaya village, Bandung, had just started the day on Tuesday when they heard an unusual noise.

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Jakarta – While the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) was pointing its finger at Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and at previous central bank governor Boediono in t

Jakarta – The findings made by a parliamentary inquiry into the Bank Century bailout may be scathing of the Vice President and the finance minister, but Wednesday was business as usual

Indonesia is reviewing its 1965 Blasphemy Law, a law brought in by then-President Sukarno, who, activists say, used the law to repress minority religions.

Febriamy Hutapea – Claiming that it is not about to allow stinging recommendations to break the ruling coalition apart, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party vowed on We

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring said Wednesday he would press ahead with a planned bill to monitor Internet content, des

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry fears implementation of a new environmental law may lead to problems that could seriously hit production and investment

Christopel Paino, Gorontalo – After the hard work of preservation, a mangrove area of 20 hectares in Popayato, Pohuwato Regency, Gorontalo, will be transformed into an embankment.

Nivell Rayda, Nurfika Osman & Heru Andriyanto – The Corruption Eradication Commission and the National Police said on Wednesday they would not limit their investigations of the PT B

Febriamy Hutapea & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – With two factions from the ruling coalition officially naming Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati as res

Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – Two ruling coalition parties have demanded that Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati face due legal process for the policy

Febriamy Hutapea – The People's Consultative Assembly has scheduled a plenary session for Monday to endorse detailed impeachment procedures, just a day after some political parties name

The death toll has risen to seven and more than 60 people are still missing after a landslide struck a remote part of West Java's Bandung district on Tuesday.

Adianto P. Simamora – Legislators have urged the government to take action against 11 mining companies that have been operating in areas of protected forest without permits.

David Weber – The oil leak from a wellhead platform in the Timor Sea late last year appears to have spread into Indonesian waters.

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – Activists continued the recent trend of using animals as protesters when they rallied against UN environment meetings in Bali on Wednesday.

Makassar – Efforts to evict residents from a disputed 4,900-square-meter land parcel failed Tuesday after squatters, laying claim to the land, fought back against 470 police personnel.

Heru Andriyanto – The militant group led by the late Noordin M Top had allegedly sought funding from Saudi Arabia to launch the biggest attacks after those on US cities on Sept.

Camelia Pasandaran – Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD on Tuesday refused to accept a petition against annulling a blasphemy law because the petition's organizers – several Islamic b

The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) had rejected a plan to use full body scanners in Indonesian airports, claiming it would be a violation of Sharia law and human rights.

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – A majority of Muslim students in state-run senior high schools in Yogyakarta province have medium to high levels of religious tolerance according to a survey.

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Camelia Pasandaran – The Constitutional Court chief suggested on Tuesday that vanity was the driving force behind many of the laws produced by ministers, and that this was the reason fo

Bagus Budi Tama Saragih, Jakarta – More than a 1,000 village heads and their subordinates staged a rally in front of the House of Representatives' building Monday demanding lawmakers im

Glenda Kwek, Jakarta – It has been the economic heartbeat of the world's fourth most populous country for almost 500 years, but Jakarta's days as Indonesia's capital could be numbered.

Jakarta – Hundreds of taxi drivers staged a rally Sunday against the monopoly of parking lots and taxi ranks at Gambir train station, Central Jakarta.

Jakarta – Indonesian police raided Internet cafes on Monday and rounded up dozens of students who were skipping school to play computer games or chat with their friends online.

Kristen Gelineau, Jakarta – The words of the president of Indonesia boom through the room, and 24-year-old Desy grows quiet, listening to her leader's message: "Is there in your heart?

Thousands of village heads flocked to the House of Representatives building in Jakarta on Monday for a rally to demand a better deal for people from rural areas.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – If there is one clear outcome of the two-month-old probe into the government's bailout of PT Bank Century so far, it is that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyon

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The government's plan to design a new social service system for the most vulnerable groups in society has been welcomed by both activists and observers.

The wealth of public officials is in the spotlight. Recently it was the former director general of taxation who is now chairman of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), Hadi Poernomo.

Farouk Arnaz – In an atmosphere of fiery rhetoric, the son-in-law of Solo-born Abdullah Achmad Sungkar, who helped create regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, has been elected to lea

Jakarta – A proposal by Indonesia to limit foreign investors' participation in certain share issues could scare off overseas investment, some analysts and fund managers said.

Camelia Pasandaran – Even as he formally opened a new section of Jakarta's Outer Ring Road on Monday, Vice President Boediono warned that a solution to the city's perpetual gridlock was