Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta – Thirteen-year-old Yulianto has spent half his life in an orphanage, but not because his parents are dead.

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Jakarta – Radical Muslims have intensified their campaign for the government to ban Ahmadiyah and for followers of the sect to return to the fold of mainstream Islam.

Rafiqa Qurrata A, Jakarta – The plan to eliminate Munir was reportedly hatched during a National Intelligence Agency (BIN) leadership meeting that took place in 2004.

Rafiqa Qurrata A., Jakarta – The deputy chairperson of the House of Representatives Commission III on law and human rights, Soeripto says the plan to assassinate Munir was put together

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Police are being urged to widen the probe on the murder of human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib following the arrest of ex-State Intelligence Agency (BIN) d

Jakarta – A student from National University (Unas) died Friday after being detained by police for 13 days and then treated at two Jakarta hospitals another two weeks, Pertamina Hospita

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Jakarta – Former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief Muchdi Purwopranjono said he did not know former Garuda pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, who was convicted of murder

Jakarta – The naming of former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy Muchdi Purwo Prandjono as a new suspect by police in the murder of human rights activist Munir should be commend

Jakarta – With the naming of former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy Muchdi Purwo Prandjono as a suspect in the Munir murder case, it is appropriate that police be commended.

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Attorney General Hendarman Supandji admitted Thursday he approved the plan for his office to detain bribery suspect Artalyta Suryani following the arrest of st

Nanang Sutisna, Purwakarta – Domestic Violence has increased every year.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Violence by members of a radical Islamic group earlier this month has damaged the international image of Indonesian Muslims, chairman of the country's second-lar

Malang – Munir's family, who live in the East Java city of Malang, have expressed their appreciation to the government for the progress made in the investigation of the murder of the hu

Nanang Sutisna, Subang – Hundreds of fishermen from Java's northern coast at Blanakan, Subang district, West Java, are unable to work for a month as they cannot afford to buy fuel any m

Jakarta – Indonesia is good at attracting international trade with its relatively competitive tariff barriers, but our border controls and distribution channels create major obstacles,

The arrest yesterday of Muchdi Purwopranjono to face the charge of the murder of human rights activist, Munir, is a major step forward in efforts to end the culture of impunity in Indon

Jakarta – A coalition of legal advocacy groups urged Indonesia Thursday to honor a promise to join the international Criminal Court by 2009.

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office has been accused of trying to protect bribery suspect Artalyta Suryani by conspiring to help her evade arrest by the graft body.

Jakarta – More than a thousand protesters swarmed the State Palace and the Jakarta Police headquarters in Central Jakarta on Wednesday, demanding the release of Rizieq Shihab, leader of

Cianjur – Around 150 militant Muslims have swept through housing complexes where members of the Ahmadiyah sect live, sealing off and vandalizing four mosques belonging to the sect.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Moderate Muslim organizations and political parties have come under fire for failing to demonstrate their religious tolerance following a government decree again

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is conducting an internal probe into several top officials implicated in the Artalyta Suryani-Urip Tri Gunawan bribery scandal.

Data Brainanta – Fuel price hikes have always sparked widespread mass protests in Indonesia since the overthrow of the dictator Suharto in a popular uprising in 1998.

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The disbursement of school assistance (BOS) funds has failed to prevent 125,850 children from having to drop out of school in Surabaya, East Java, a municip

Jakarta – Lawmakers are using their policy monitoring right for the political benefit of their parties rather than for evaluating government public policies, experts said Tuesday.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The new West Java governor's plans to revive a number of infrastructure projects were opposed Tuesday by environmentalists who said the foreign loans used wo

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Civil society groups have warned the government against including provisions dealing with defamation in the revised draft of the Criminal Code, saying the move w

Presi Mandari, Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court has come under the spotlight of an aggressive anti-corruption drive which has already shamed the attorney general's and customs office

Jakarta – Indonesia's high rate of inflation will not be quelled by the central bank's decision to increase its benchmark rate earlier this month, an economist says.

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Jakarta – The Corruption Court questioned Monday the role of presidential advisor Adnan Buyung Nasution, a former lawyer for Sjamsul Nursalim, in helping the tycoon evade a graft inquir

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Lawmakers are joining the calls for the government to rid the Attorney General's Office (AGO) of corrupt prosecutors in a move to build up the institution's cred

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups is seeking help from the Constitutional Court to put pressure on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the House of Repres

A joint ministerial decree banning the Jamaah Ahmadiyah sect from spreading its beliefs has sparked debate across the country.

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – An activist and a councillor have lambasted the East Nusa Tenggara government, saying it did nothing to address widespread malnutrition that has contributed to

Rika Panda, Jakarta – Starting from today, Monday June 16, the planned schedule for protest actions or demonstrations by the public in and around Jakarta will no longer be published tho

Jakarta – Around 4,000 activists nationwide will gather at the Proclamation Monument in Central Jakarta between June 23 and 25 to discuss their position on government policies.

Syaipul Bakhori, Jambi – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) is predicting that forests in Sumatra will be gone within five years as a result of being exploited and changed

Jakarta – The government has been "dragging its feet" and "lacking seriousness" in solving the murder of human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib, his widow said, but she gave two thum

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Blitar, East Java – For 54-year-old Sugito, owning a plot of land with a yard and a field in his village was previously just a dream.

Jakarta – Pressure is mounting for the President to dismiss Attorney General Hendarman Supandji for the latter's alleged failure to fight corruption in his office and boost its credibil

Jakarta – Activists throughout Indonesia will change their strategy in the war against the government, which they say is issuing policies that bring suffering to the people.

Jakarta – Prosecutors have again rejected the dossier of a mud volcano case because police insist human error, not an earthquake, was behind the disaster that has been devastating Sidoa

Marie Leadbeater – Indonesia is trying to build an international reputation as a nascent democracy and is proud of having been re-elected in 2007 to the United Nations Human Rights Coun

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – "Awas, ada orang Islam!" (Watch out, Muslims are coming!) is now a joke among activists after the brutal attack by members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) on

Jakarta – PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) paid at least Rp 6.4 billion (US$684,800) to exploit forests using illegal permits issued by Pelalawan Regent Tengku Azmun Jaafar, a cour

Jakarta – State Minister for State Enterprises Sofyan Djalil said Friday there is nothing wrong with state officials holding commissioner positions in state enterprises, since they are