Jakarta – A survey conducted by the Partnership for Governance Reform has found that provincial governments were underperforming and that there…

Bobby Anderson – In Papua, where state sovereignty and legitimacy is deeply contested, representation matters. So in this national election, who…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A new survey released on Wednesday has revealed that the ruling Democratic Party and the scandal-ridden…

Harry Jacques, Jakarta – Indonesia resumed executing death-row inmates in 2013 after a four-year moratorium, killing five people by firing squad…

Jakarta – Young voters consider legislative institutions such as the House of Representatives (DPR) and Regional Legislative Councils (DPRD) as…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The electability of Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo remains the highest among this year's crop of presidential…

Venidora Oliveira – Quesadhip Ruak Center (SQR), in partnership with civil society groups and judicial institutions, has discussed how traditional…

Satria Sambijantoro and Linda Yulisman, Headlines – The government is considering scrapping tax incentives for the low-cost green car (LCGC)…

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Amnesty International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of seven Papuan activists in Sorong…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The alliance between the state and corporations was the main contributor to human rights violations during…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Yogyakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) nearly saw its rally in Sleman, Yogyakarta, on Tuesday turn…

Joe Cochrane, Jakarta, Indonesia – Prabowo Subianto, a former special forces commander, kicked off his party's campaign for legislative elections…

Fidel Ali & Vanesha Manuturi, Jakarta – Indonesia's antigraft agency has called on the central and regional governments to put social aid…

East Timorese police, or PNTL was set up by the UN in 2000, following the referendum for independence from Indonesia.

Since then, the PNTL…

We have reason to question the logic behind the purchase of 103 Leopard tanks and 50 Marder tanks from Germany after former President B.J. Habibie…

Keith Loveard, Jakarta – According to mystical beliefs in Java, the Indonesian island's volcanoes erupt to mark the advent of significant change.…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Graft suspect and former Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum had claimed he received cash from President Susilo…

Jakarta – Candidates competing in the July 2014 presidential election will have an opportunity to explain to voters their positions on major human…

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – Dangdut singers and local music groups are still the main crowd pullers for political events during this year's…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – "Two years ago, I strongly opposed Pak Jokowi's gubernatorial bid in Jakarta because one of the parties that…

Sharna Jade Bremner – On 30 August 1999 an overwhelming majority of East Timorese voters rejected a continuation of Indonesian rule, with nearly…

Oliver Milman – A trio of Australian companies have been accused of making decisions that could hamper attempts to protect Indonesian rainforests…

Indonesia's next president will inherit serious human rights problems requiring leadership and commitment. Indonesian voters should insist that…

Jakarta – Over 100 members of the Islamic Peoples Forum (FUI) staged a protest in front of the construction site of the St. Stanislaus Kostka…

Vita A.D. Busyra, Jakarta – The constellation of parties competing in next month's legislative election appears to run the gamut of the political…

Vento Saudale, Depok – A report released by the Depok Police shows an alarming increase in cases of violence involving children over the last few…

Sayomi Ariyawansa – On 3 December 2013, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) officers entered premises owned by Bernard Collaery,…

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – Indonesia's controversial Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali was reported to the police for…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Gerindra Party and the Islamic-based United Development Party (PPP) appeared to have mended ties after a…

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Former Democratic Party chairman and graft and money laundering suspect Anas Urbaningrum seems to have a lot of bullets to…

Mark Solomons and George Roberts, Jakarta – An asylum seeker whose boat was turned back to Indonesia by Australia has given the ABC a detailed…

Jakarta – The Indigenous People's Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) has called for the immediate ratification of the indigenous people's rights…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Police charged 21 members and supporters of the Aceh Party over a string of violent attacks on rival political parties…

Semarang – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie doubled-down on claims that there was nothing out of the ordinary about jet-setting to the…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Two National Aceh Party (PNA) members were critically injured and a member of the Aceh Party (PA) was hospitalized for…

John Vidal, Manila – High above the vast Indonesian island of Sumatra, satellites identify hundreds of plumes of smoke drifting over the oil palm…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – With religious sentiment believed to still play a significant role in the nation's politics, presidential hopeful Joko…

Amron Hamdi, Jakarta – One heart-wrenching scene in the Academy Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave is the stripping and whipping of Patsey, a…

The Solomon Islands Prime Minister says any self-determination efforts in Indonesia's Papua region must be made in conjunction with…

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi – Heading into the 2014 election, Indonesian society is being faced with certain political figures, ranging from…

Arnold Belau, Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) is calling on all West Papuan people from Sorong to Samarai to boycott both the…

Jakarta – A video clearly intended to embarrass Aburizal Bakrie emerged on the internet on Thursday showing the Golkar Party presidential…

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women has praised Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini for her decision to…

Kennial Caroline Laia – As Indonesia's legislative election candidates canvass the public ahead of next months poll, voters have voiced their…

Jakarta – Political parties are trying to gain as many votes as possible during the open campaign period ahead of the April 9 legislative election…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As the campaign season entered its fourth day on Wednesday, election watchdogs said campaign violations had become so…

Ellya Rossa's search for a traditional healer to treat a chronic heart ailment brought her to Guntur Bumi, an ustad, or Islamic cleric, who has…

Tomorrow marks the 12th anniversary of when Australia quietly withdrew Australia's recognition of the maritime boundary jurisdiction of the…

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – A West Java court threw out a Bekasi government-issued building permit for a Catholic church on Thursday, ruling…

Jakarta – Supreme Court justice Gayus Lumbuun on Wednesday defended a Court secretary's eyebrow-raising decision to hand out 2,500 iPod Shuffles…