The hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)has been reported to police for raiding a hotel in Mojokerto, East Java, on Saturday last week.

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Nadya Natahadibrata and Suherdjoko, Jakarta/Semarang – The hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) could be subject to sanctions stipulated in the…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government is planning to issue a new rule that will serve as a reference for tripartite negotiations to set a…

Fana F.S. Putra – When an 11-year-old girl in East Jakarta fell into a coma in January and died as a result of an infection contracted after she…

Linda Yulisman, Headlines – Indonesia will remove import quotas for beef and live cattle to stabilize domestic prices and curb inflation, a trade…

Suherdjoko, Kendal – A riot broke out in Ngrancah village in Sukorejo, Kendal, Central Java, when residents tried to block members of hard-line…

Workers at the Indonesian unit of Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc expect to reach an agreement over pay in less than two weeks, a union…

Hotli Simanjuntak and Nadya Natahadibrata, Banda Aceh/Jakarta – More than 7,400 people have joined an online campaign calling on the government to…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The rupiah extended its losses on Thursday after Bank Indonesia (BI) moderated its market intervention, with the…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government has denied making any promises to the displaced Shia community from Sampang, Madura, that they would…

A woman was killed in Central Java on Thursday after a raid by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) escalated into a violent confrontation with…

Tika Primandari, Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection has released a data concerning children for the first semester…

Bayu Marhaenjati – After two jailbreaks within a week left convicted terrorists and career criminals on the run from over-crowded Medan and Batam…

Uncertainty surrounds the plight of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims attempting to seek asylum in Australia but turned away by East Timor.

A group…

Jayapura – Following the establishment of an OPM office in Oxford, the UK earlier this year, there are now plans to set up an OPM office in The…

SP/Robertus Wardhy & SP/Carlos Paath – With two recent surveys pointing to Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo's popularity amongst the Indonesian…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – With 17 ministers of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's 34-member Cabinet coming from six political parties in the…

Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesia's Religious Affairs Minister, in an apparent attempt to downplay the nation's rising tide of religious intolerance…

Ezra Sihite – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) remained bullish about its 2014 electoral prospects on Thursday despite a new survey indicating…

Dili, Timor-Leste – The Government of Timor-Leste, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the people of Quintal Bot district participated in a…

SP/Erwin Sihombing – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo is still the man to beat in next year's presidential election, according to the results of a…

Jakarta – As of Tuesday, the General Elections Commission (KPU) said the number of eligible voters for the 2014 elections from 30…

When Diah Pitaloka took over the youth wing of Indonesia's third-biggest political party two years ago, her male colleagues addressed her as "Pak…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – After declining to comment on the rise of Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, chief patron of the Great…

Bambang Muryanto, Bantul, Yogyakarta – Second Sgt. Ucok Tigor Simbolon, one of the 12 defendants in the alleged killings of four detainees at…

The NGO law is a throwback to the repressive Suharto era by subjecting the activities of civil society groups to excessive and unpredictable…

Selpius Bobbi – The planned visit by a delegation of member Foreign Ministers of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to Jakarta and West Papua…

Index: ASA 57/002/2013

Joint statement by Amnesty International, ANTI (The Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International…

Jakarta – A survey published on Tuesday found that the ruling Democratic Party has rebounded from its slump while the Islamic-based Prosperous…

Indonesian and international human rights groups have called questioned Jakarta's commitment to finding a peaceful resolution to the decades-long…

Jayapura, Papua – Britain still recognizes Papua as an integral part Indonesia, a British diplomat said.

"We are here this time on a working…

Slamet Susanto and Bambang Muryanto, Bantul/Yogyakarta – Indonesia requires better population management so its huge population can be turned into…

Suzannah Beiner – Mismanagement and corruption has cost Indonesia's forestry industry an estimated US$7 billion in lost revenue between 2007 and…

The return of the smog is only the most tangible evidence of the damage from Indonesia's continuing failure to effectively manage its forests.…

SP/Yeremia Sukoyo – Presidential aspirant Prabowo Subianto topped the list on a survey of electable candidates released by the National Survey…

Shesar Andriawan & Natasia Christy – Indonesia's controversial new school curriculum got off to a rocky start on Monday as educators and…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has endorsed the decision by the East Java administration to relocate 235 Shiites…

Damiana Ningsih & Agustiyanti – Business leaders are protesting a proposal from labor unions that have called for a 50 percent increase in…

Jakarta – Labour observer Professor Dr. Payaman Simanjuntak has warned that a number of trade unions in Indonesia are being provoked by…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has finally relented to intense pressure on the rupiah by allowing it to trade above the…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Yuliasri Perdani, Jayapura/Jakarta – As the National Police revised downward the number of victims in the Sunday night…

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa says he supports journalists and non-government organisations having greater access to the country's…

The Laclubar Health Centre Chief Armelinda da C. Pereira said the Medicine and Health Equipment Authority (SAMES) sent medicine to the health…

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – Javanese bulls, also known as Bos Javanicus, are on the brink of extinction, according to a study by a…

The National Director for Workplace Inspections Aniceto Leto Soro said they would give fines to individuals and employers who give hard, physical…

Dessy Sagita – A Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker was under fire on Monday for advocating that HIV-positive patients were undeserving of…

Jakarta – AIDS organizations were incensed over a statement by Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker Wirianingsih, which surfaced over the…

SP/Muhammad Hamzah, Banda Aceh – Police were investigating last night after an East Aceh legislator's car was found to have been shot…

Jayapura – The Papua branch of the Indonesian Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) has said foreign journalists have found difficulties in…

Jakarta – Ourvoice Indonesia, an NGO that promotes the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities, will…