Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Heratetty will never forget the day she received news that her son was shot and killed during a student-led rally…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Sidoarjo, East Java – Tjarwadi, 68, a resident of Siring village, Sidoarjo regency, East Java, had not previously known 65-…

Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – Former Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum on Friday was formally charged with corruption and money…

Anna Majavu – La'o Hamutuk, an independent development watchdog, has called on Timor-Leste President Taur Matan Ruak to veto a controversial new…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – It has long been the norm that politicians use Islam as electoral bait. But never has it been so intense as in this year's…

Dili – New data indicate that stunting among under-five children is being reduced in Timor-Leste, but experts warn much greater investment is…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti, Jakarta – Indonesia's Human Rights Commission has launched the country's first national inquiry into alleged human rights…

Index: ASA 21/015/2014

Amnesty International urges the Indonesian government to take concrete and immediate steps to implement…

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court issued a ruling on Wednesday confirming that active military and police personnel were not eligible to vote in…

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – Oil and gas companies are losing their appetite to invest in Indonesia, thanks to a number of critical challenges that…

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali, who tendered his resignation to President Susilo Bambang…

Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Agung Laksono has been appointed Acting Religious Affairs Minister…

While TV pundits and social media commentators have been busy hashing out the personality differences between presidential candidates Prabowo…

Jakarta – The Supreme Court (MA) says it regrets a government decision to reduce the Judicial Commission's (KY) 2014 budget by 27…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Bandung – Prabowo Subianto, the presidential hopeful from the Gerindra Party and its coalition, called on…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Amid controversy, the Surabaya City Council has passed a draft bylaw on the control of alcoholic beverage…

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali resigned Monday after being accused of misusing funds that were supposed to help Muslims go…

Vita A.D. Busyra – The naming of Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali as a suspect last week concerning a graft-ridden management of hajj…

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Security personnel from Indonesia and Timor Leste have held a joint border patrol to guard the two…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Five weeks ahead of the July 9 presidential election, both presidential candidates – the Indonesian Democratic…

Bagus BT Saragih and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Golkar Party politicians were stunned last Monday by the sudden move from chairman Aburizal…

Jakarta – Communications and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring has called on local governments to pass bylaws banning Internet cafes from…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa campaign team has yet to decide whether to dismiss Suryadharma Ali after he was named a…

Ina Parlina and Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – The Gerindra Party is preparing to file a police report following footage on YouTube showing its chief…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court opened on Friday the hearings into 871 disputes pertaining to the legislative election for seats…

Jakarta – The nation will again see a fierce political battle involving media magnates after MNC group owner Hary Tanoesoedibjo pledged support…

Suherdjoko and Agus Azka, Semarang/Purbalingga – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Moeldoko has vowed to improve the welfare of soldiers by…

Josua Gantan & Farouk Arnaz – For years the police had crowed about having Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian terrorist network affiliated…

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Hundreds of inter-city and inter-province bus drivers instigated a strike on Friday against new "unfair"…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Amid increasing religious intolerance and a slate of still unresolved cases of human rights violations, the next…

Jemma Purdey, Melbourne, Australia – Advisors to Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto will be closely watching developments in the…

Eduardo Mariz – The district of Oecusse, an isolated portion of Timor-Leste in Indonesian territory, carries under its name the nostalgic origins…

Vita A.D. Busyra, Jakarta – Indonesia's indigenous communities have received a big boost in their effort to retake control of their ancestral…

Loro Horta – The leader and founding father of Asia's youngest nation, Xanana Gusmao, announced in November that he was resigning as prime…

Jakarta – The Alliance of the Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (AMAN) on Friday officially announced that it would back Joko Widodo and Jusuf…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday to limit the budgeting role of the House of Representatives amid concerns that…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – After a three-month investigation, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named on Thursday Religious Affairs…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Noviani Setuningsih & Arnold Sianturi, Jakarta – United Development Party (PPP) chair Suryadharma Ali refused to…

The six-million dollar program was scheduled to begin in the first half of this year but Indonesia has told the New Zealand Government that it is…

Jakarta – Indonesian lawyers said Wednesday they have filed a lawsuit aimed at hauling Prabowo Subianto before a rights court over the abduction…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Three protected forests – Gunung Leuser National Park, Kerinci Seblat National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National…

The global activist network Anonymous has launched a campaign to raise attention on censorship and the killings of indigenous West…

Jakarta – The Gerindra Party says presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto will guarantee the freedom of the press in Indonesia, and is convinced…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has decided to slash a staggering Rp 100 trillion (US$8.7 billion) from the…

David Brunnstrom – The emergence of Prabowo Subianto as a serious contender in Indonesia's election this week means the United States faces the…

George Roberts, Indonesia – A group of Indonesian lawyers has launched a court challenge aimed at forcing one of the country's presidential…

Advocates for West Papuan self-determination have called for a UN decolonisation committee to be consistent and make a fact finding…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A string of arrests on terror suspects in Java has revealed a resurrection of the Southeast Asian militant organization…

Yeremia Sukoyo & Carlos Paath, Jakarta – Hary Tanoesoedibjo, business magnate and chief patron of the People's Conscience Party (Hanura), said…

Hotman Siregar & Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – Although Prabowo Subianto's chance to win the presidential election seems better on paper with the…