Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – The latest data from the Indonesian Central Securities Depository (KSEI) shows that foreign investors controlled 66.1 percent of assets in the local stock mar

In May, The Jakarta Post wrote in this column that many parties were gunning for the demise of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Jakarta – The National Police has dismissed between 300 and 350 officers annually over the past few years due to human rights violations, a senior officer says.

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Police should revoke their recent order for cessation of investigations into who was responsible for the Lapindo mudflow disaster, the East Java chapter of the For

Stephen Coates – Asian terror suspect Noordin Mohammed Top is probably still at large in Indonesia despite reports of his death, police said Monday, even as the net closed around his ex

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian police were so close to catching fugitive Malaysian terrorist Noordin Mohammad Top that they even managed to photograph him outside a Jakarta s

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Military Chief Gen.

Anita Rachman – The government said it would throw its weight behind a newly launched coalition of labor unions that hopes to help migrant workers who would otherwise lack representatio

Ismira Lutfia – Several prominent women's activists are spearheading a campaign aimed at securing government ratification of the International Convention on Migrant Workers, which they

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian police will today intensify their attempts to determine whether a man who identified himself as the terrorist Noordin Top, and who was killed i

Adianto P.

Eka Budianta, Cikarang (West Java) – The leading Indonesian poet and playwright, W.S.

Joe Cochrane – Noordin M Top has certainly lived by the sword, so it would have been fitting if he had met his demise amid a hail of bullets and bomb explosions inside a farmhouse in Ce

Muhamad Al Azhari – The economy grew at a slower pace in the second quarter of 2009 compared to the previous quarter largely due to lower private consumption and an anticipated contract

Camelia Pasandaran – There should be no change to the current allocation of legislative seats for the new House of Representatives, the Constitutional Court ruled on Friday.

Naila Firdausi and Achmad Sukarsono – The reported deaths of Noordin Mohammad Top, suspected of masterminding a series of bombings in Indonesia, and two of his associates may reduce ris

Jakarta – The death of Malaysian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top would be a huge blow to his network but would not mean the end of Islamist suicide bombings in Indonesia, analyst

A leading Southeast Asian terrorist suspect reportedly killed Saturday in a gun battle with police at a village hide-out was planning a suicide car bomb attack on Indonesia's president,

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – More than $30 million worth of infrastructure relocated because of the three-year-old Lapindo mudflow in East Java may be once again under threat, this time from a

It appears Noordin Top has eluded capture in a third police raid, Tom Allard writes in Jakarta.

Anti-graft activists urged the police to focus on investigating Nasruddin's murder case instead of following up on the written testimony of suspended chief of the Corruption Eradication

Jakarta – A study by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has found that around 70 percent of corruption defendants were freed by district courts in the first semester of 2009 whereas the C

Indonesia's health care system is failing to provide even the most basic care to vast swathes of the population, specialists say.

Camelia Pasandaran – The General Elections Commission admitted during testimony in the Constitutional Court on Friday that it had knowingly furnished the presidential campaign teams wit

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Suspected terrorist mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top was believed to have been killed in a Central Java police raid today.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The government has been under fire for "neglecting" the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) that has resulted in a lack of employees and a poor performa

Tom Allard and Karuni Rompies in Jakarta – Noordin Mohammed Top, the man suspected of masterminding a series of terrorist attacks across Indonesia, including the Jakarta hotel bombings

Jakarta – Thousands flocked to the late artist W.S.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Thousands of hectares (ha) of mangrove forest in northern coastal areas have been seriously damaged due to fish farms, residences, industries, tourism and illegal

Amir Teja, Surabaya – East Java Police on Friday dropped an investigation into 13 people named as suspects in relation to the Lapindo mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo.

Lisa Siregar – Friends and family gathered for the funeral of poet WS Rendra on Friday, with prayers at Jami Nurul Yaqin Mosque in Depok.

Noted poet and playwright Willibrordus Surendra Broto Rendra, more popularly known as WS Rendra or "the Peacock," died at around 10 p.m.

Bramantyo Prijosusilo – Poet, writer, dramatist, cultural activist and theater director, WS Rendra, died on Thursday night, approaching the age of 74, after battling heart and kidney pr

Nivell Rayda& Farouk Arnaz – Antigraft watchdog groups on Friday urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to question the National Police over its decision to pursue a corruption ca

Heru Andriyanto – The Attorney General's Office has received a copy of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the acquittal of former top intelligence official Muchdi Purwoprandjono, who

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A decision by the Army to deploy personnel to assist police in conducting antiterrorism operations was criticized by a number of nongovernmental organizations

Fadli, Batam – The Riau Islands chapter of the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) has asked regencies and municipalities in the province to totally close entertainment centers, such as pubs,

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police apologized on Thursday for a July 17 incident in which Yogyakarta Police broke up a workshop attended by history teachers on suspicions that the sess

Ismira Lutfia – The Alliance of Independent Journalists announced on Thursday that it would honor a journalist and a kiosk owner for their exceptional contributions toward freedom of t

Febriamy Hutapea & Markus J.

President Yudhoyono had some successes on human rights in his first term, but he needs to make sure those reforms really stick.

Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President, Republic of Indonesia
Gedung Bina Graha
Jl. Veteran 16
Jakarta Pusat

Re: Human Rights Concerns in Indonesia

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President re-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says the new Cabinet he intends to form with running mate Boediono will consist mainly of figures from political par

Kupang – Strong public opposition to a government plan to move 10 Komodo dragons from their natural habitat to Bali was fervent as ever on Tuesday.

Niken Prathivi, Nusa Dua – It takes women to make other women talk, to share and discuss their toughest experiences in the hope of eventually solving their common problems.

Jakarta – The newly submitted corruption bill could derail the war against corruption by undermining the authority of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), antigraft activists wa

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The Judiciary Commission must be strengthened if the government is serious about eradicating corruption in the judiciary and stamping out the so-called "cour

Nivell Rayda – The Supreme Court has taken disciplinary action against 89 judicial officials, including the dismissal of 21 judges, in the first six months of the year, Supreme Court Ju

Camelia Pasandaran – As the campaign teams of losing presidential candidates Jusuf Kalla and Megawati Sukarnoputri began presenting their complaints to the Constitutional Court on Tuesd

Jakarta – Three brothers who played a crucial role in the re-election of Indonesia's president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, are emerging as a formidable political force with considerable