The issue of the procurement of guns for the East Timor police service continues to dog the government with the country's peak security monitoring…

Ezra Sihite, Bogor, West Java – Visiting Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd reiterated his government's recognition of Indonesia's sovereignty…

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Businesses and consumers are to suffer further losses as the time it takes for goods to enter and leave Tanjung Priok…

East Timor is seeking partners for human resource training, infrastructure construction and development of the oil, agriculture and tourism…

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has thrown the Labor government a lifeline on asylum seekers, offering his own solution to the…

Farouk Arnaz – The mind-set of law enforcers needs to be changed to make them understand that not all drug users are criminals and that they need…

Tracee Hutchison – To many Australians, Indonesia has come to be seen through the prism of pesky boats and brutalised beef – either that or a…

Jerry Omona, Jayapura – After just days of the distribution of its first edition, Pelita Papua magazine encountered problems with the…

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On 2 July 2013 the House of Representatives enacted the law on mass organisation through a vote at the Plenary…

Ridho Syukra – Bureaucracy reform legislation that threatens underperforming civil servants with dismissal is likely to become law this month, a…

Saturday, July 6, is the 15th anniversary of one of the worst massacres in Indonesia's post-Suharto history. On that day in 1998, members of the…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The newly endorsed Mass Organization (Ormas) Law is putting foreign NGOs operating in Indonesia in a difficult…

Bangkok – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) deplored the passage of the Bill on Societal Organizations (Ormas Bill),…

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Soldiers, police and volunteers fanned out across an earthquake-damaged region of western Indonesia on Wednesday, scouring…

Batam – Scores of workers from the Indonesian Metal Trade Workers Federation (FSPMI) in Batam, Riau Islands, held a demonstration at…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – After months of delays and intense debate, the House of Representatives on Tuesday passed into law the mass…

Social-protection systems in many Asia-Pacific middle-income countries, including Indonesia, are failing to support large numbers of poor and…

A soldier standing trial for the summary execution of four detainees at a police detention center in Yogyakarta's Sleman district in March claims…

Farouk Arnaz – Mobs burned two police stations to the ground in South Sumatra following the fatal shooting of a man suspected of theft, police…

Fikri Zaki Muhammadi, Jakarta – The West Jakarta District Court handed Hercules Rozario Marshal a mere four-month prison term on Tuesday for…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth is at risk of falling below 6 percent for the first time in more than two years as…

On 26 June 2013 the Suai District Court conducted a mobile hearing in Maliana, Bobonaro District. The hearing was held so the court could read out…

Kupang – Timor Leste's plan to import chicken meat from Indonesia, specifically East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), has been impeded by the absence of an…

Jayapura – Two vocal church leaders in Papua, Rev Socratez Sofyan Yoman and Dr Beny Giai held a meeting with the Dutch ambassador, Tjeerd de Zwaan…

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is visiting Indonesia for the third Indonesia-Australia Leaders' Meeting, from 4 to 5 July

No doubt the two main…

Jakarta – It was not until 2001 that Hary Tanoesoedibjo made his debut on the national stage after his company unexpectedly took over Soeharto…

A representative of disabled women in Timor-Leste said disabled women were not involved in the celebrations for International Women's…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has formed a team to help members of the Sampang Shia community, violently evicted…

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives were finally able to reach compromise on the Mass Organization Bill on Tuesday, as the country's largest…

Siti Aisyah, Jakarta – Around 600 people from various labour organisations held an action opposing the Draft Law on Mass Organisations…

Putra Prima Perdana, Bandung – Voices of protest against the Draft Law on Mass Organisations (RUU Ormas) have again been taken up by students.…

F-5/YUD, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers held a sweeping action in the Pulogadung Industrial Zone in East Jakarta on Tuesday July 2.

The…

Jakarta – Former Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq has accused the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) of drumming…

Dili – More work is needed to improve nutritional behaviour in Timor Leste, where 58 percent of children under five are stunted (too short for…

Stephanie Hendarta – Human rights observers have called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to step in to support a persecuted group of Shiites…

Ridho Syukra – The government's temporary direct cash assistance program to offset higher fuel prices could increase the poverty rate if…

Jakarta – Temporary Direct Assistance to the Public (BLSM) could be ineffective because it may not be spent as intended. Using the Direct Cash…

Bagus BT Saragih and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono praised the National Police for their outstanding performance in…

Pat Walsh – PM Rudd's visit to Jakarta this week will almost certainly be marked up or down depending on the outcome of his talks with President…

Henri Tiphagne, Bangkok – After much stalling, it now seems that the controversial and highly restrictive bill on mass organizations is expected…

Alice Farmer – In February last year, guards at the Pontianak Immigration Detention Center in West Kalimantan beat Taqi Naroye, an Afghan asylum-…

Shane J. Barter – The highly anticipated 2014 Indonesian national elections are fast approaching. For years, the big question has been what…

Former political prisoner Eko Maryadi speaks to Nikki Edwards about his incarceration during the New Order.

Can you explain the events…

Ina Parlina and Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – By recruiting his brother-in-law former Army chief Gen. (ret) Pramono Edhie Wibowo into the ruling…

Jakarta – Senior lawyer and human rights activist Adnan Buyung Nasution has urged people not to choose 36 names recently listed by the Indonesian…

Ap Inyerop – Otto is sitting in his cell in Abepura prison. It is early evening, and he is drinking coffee and discussing politics with his…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A number of prominent members of the House of Representatives have threatened to file a defamation report against…

Rizky Amelia – Indonesia Police Watch says relations between the police and the public are deteriorating and have called on the government to take…

Amahl S. Azwar, Jakarta – Currently, Indonesia can only utilize 1,226 megawatts (MW), or 5 percent of its total geothermal reserves, despite being…

Jason MacLeod – West Papua has just won an extraordinary victory at the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) meeting in Noumea.

When the heads…