Ainur Rohmah and Suherdjoko, Semarang – Radicalism among senior high school students is on the rise, teachers of Islamic education in Semarang,…

Jakarta – The number of hotspots of forest, plantation and peatland fires in Riau reached 256 on Wednesday morning, more than double…

Timor Leste's (East Timor's) Oil Fund ended 2013 with assets of US$14.9 billion, the Timor Leste Central Bank said in Dili Tuesday.…

Condemnation has erupted at the decision by a court in West Papua province to hand down a two-year sentence to a police officer for illegal…

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Politicians are now competing to grab a seat at the Constitutional Court (MK) after the court…

Benjamin Soloway & Josua Gantan, Lebak, Banten – As we make our way from Jakarta to the heart of Banten province – which stretches from…

Tony Ng, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia and local communities in Batang, Central Java, have alleged alarmingly high figures for greenhouse gas…

Nicole Jade Millane, Jakarta – Encouraging men to become involved in anti-violence campaigns can help minimize gender-based violence, activists…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The recent shooting of a National Democrat (NasDem) Party campaign post in Aceh was politically motivated, party…

SP/Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – Indonesia's outspoken House of Representatives speaker Marzuki Alie accused the Corruption Eradication…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa slammed Australia over another surveillance revelation on Indonesia, conducted…

Jakarta – A court in Papua was unable to convict a low-ranking police officer of money laundering on Monday despite evidence of wire transfers…

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – When the documentary film The Act of Killing, which portrays the 1965 massacres of people accused of having ties…

On Monday (February 10, 2014) Timorese Prime Minister and Defense Minister Xanana Gusmao met with Indonesian Defense Minister Poernomo Yusgiantoro…

Jakarta – The apparent controversy surrounding a book on independence fighter and former communist party member Tan Malaka grew on Monday after…

Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie has called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is also chairman of the ruling…

Haeril Halim – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has given assurances that the eruption of East Java's Mount Kelud will not hamper the…

In its distinguished mandate, the Constitutional Court is granted a privilege that eludes the legislative and executive branches of power in the…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana and Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya/Jakarta – Last Thursday's eruption of Mount Kelud in Kediri, East Java, has inflicted…

Tangerang – Dozens of people claiming to be residents of Sindang Jaya district, Tangerang, have rejected the assignment of Endang Sulistyawati as…

Oliver Laughland and Bridie Jabour – Indonesia has said Australia and America need to "clean up their mess" to salvage relations with Indonesia…

Sentani – As many as 296 soldiers based in Papua have received teaching certificates, allowing them to teach in remote areas.

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Prodita Sabarini, Contributor, Washington, DC – Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer on Tuesday called on the US to…

Jakarta – Life is slowly returning to normal in east Java after Thursday's volcanic eruption killed at least four people, closed airports and…

Gorontalo – The Boalemo administration has been slammed for naming two new bridges – in the capital of Boalemo regency Tilamuta in Gorontalo –…

Jakarta – Six have died so far in the wake of Mount Kelud's forceful Thursday eruption, which drove tens of thousands of Central and East Java…

Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights, Komnas HAM, has released its findings regarding serious human rights violations in…

Shaun Tandon, Hong Kong – Anwar Congo makes no secret of the fact that he killed about 1,000 people with his bare hands, boasting about the…

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – They danced, sang and shared stories for one purpose: To end violence against women.

Hundreds of people took part…

Jakarta – More than 100 Islamic hard-liners slammed the Indonesian government Friday for approving Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby's…

UA: 31/14 Index: ASA 21/005/2014 Indonesia Date: 14 February 2014

The whereabouts of Dedek Khairudin, an Indonesian man taken by…

Sao Tome and Principe and Timor-Leste (East Timor) was due Friday to start a re-evaluation of the bilateral oil agreements and a study to set up a…

Harriet Conron & Kennial Caroline Laia – Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa reiterated on Thursday that Australia's "Operation Sovereign…

Jakarta – In a sign of intensified relations between the two nations, Indonesia and the United States will sign two agreements during US Secretary…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Constitutional Court on Thursday overturned President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's October 2013 regulation in lieu of…

Jakarta – As couples the world over celebrated Valentine's Day on Friday, vocal opposition to the holiday mounted in Indonesia over concerns of…

Kate Lamb in Jakarta and Oliver Laughland in Sydney – Australian naval ships entered Indonesian territorial waters often and with ease before the…

Jakarta – Amnesty International condemned Indonesia's parliament Friday for "dragging its feet" on the protection of domestic workers, despite the…

Daniel Flitton – Vandals have targeted the Australian embassy in East Timor, spray painting a blood-stained parody of the Australian coat of arms…

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Hotman Siregar – Twenty-six high-ranking bureaucrats in the Jakarta administration were removed from office and…

Neil Chatterjee – Indonesia's anti-corruption agency predicted an increase in graft in the run-up to elections this year, with its vice chairman…

AI Index: PRE01/074/2014

Millions of domestic workers in Indonesia are at risk of economic exploitation and routine abuse while…

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka & Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Malang – Security officers in the East Java town of Malang rounded up 13 commercial sex workers…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party is mulling whether to pair chief patron Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo…

Haeril Halim, Nurfika Osman and Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – The electoral prospects of the nation's official Islamic parties have taken a turn…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Election Supervisory Committee (Bawaslu) is due to summon officials from 10 ministries over allegations of the…

Tangerang – Workers from car component producer PT Putra Bangun Reberindo in Cikupa Industrial Estate went on strike Wednesday to…

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Head of Bukittinggi District Court

Mr. Hirdin Alamsyah
Head of…

Max Lane, Melbourne – It would appear that at least three times in recent weeks, the Australian navy and also the customs service has detained…

Kate Davidson & Poppy Saker-Norrish, Jakarta – One young man wakes up each day in Jakarta wondering if his family members in Quetta, Pakistan…