The secretary of the KNPB – National Committee for West Papua – Ones Suhuniap has said that the governor of Papua, the chief of police and the…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Depok – Hundreds of students and kiosk owners at the University of Indonesia (UI) station in Depok fought against the demolition…

Bagus BT Saragih and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta, Jayapura – Frightened by a series of reports of missing persons in the past few weeks, several…

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Hundreds of people affected by the Lapindo mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, have yet to receive compensation seven…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court heard on Wednesday a recorded conversation between former Prosperous Justice Party (PKS)…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua provincial administration and the central government will revise Law No. 21/2001 on Papua Special…

Jakarta – Forum LGBT Indonesia, a coalition of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, has recorded 47 cases of abuse against…

Bagus BT Saragih and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta, Jayapura – Dozens of Papuan convicts, many of them pro-independence activists who were sentenced…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has hinted that she will not…

President Taur Matan Ruak raised has concerns about the number of incest and domestic violence cases in Timor-Leste.

The Secretary of State…

Karen Barlow – Foreign Minister Bob Carr insists Australia and East Timor remain on good terms despite reports the Australian Secret Intelligence…

Nurdin Hasan – A police officer was publicly caned in an Aceh district on Tuesday for violating Shariah law, making him the first law enforcer to…

Indonesian cities may soon be a bit quieter, as an influential Islamic body has announced it will issue a ban on the amplification of mosque…

Gabriel Kereh – Indonesian companies face the prospective problem of the inability to hire qualified employees due to a shortage in skilled labor…

Yeremia Sukoyo – A former Islamic student leader says that senior figures in religious political parties have been lured into foolish decisions by…

Yeremia Sukoyo – The graft-addled Prosperous Justice Party may be changed with corporate crime offenses that could eventually lead to its…

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono deserved his forthcoming award for letting religious…

The problem with religious disputes, Albert Hasibuan, a presidential aide, said lies in local leaders' defiance of President Susilo Bambang…

Ali Said, Jakarta – Indonesia has experienced relatively high economic growth for almost a decade, but the question remains why has this high…

Based on the statistics from the Confederation Syndicate of Timor-Leste (KSTL), from 2001 until 2012 a total of 35% of female workers had their…

Emma Masters, Dili – The Australian Government has returned two decades of weather data to East Timor, after it was rescued by a Darwin…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has departed for the US, where he is expected to accept the World Statesman Award…

Arientha Primanita – Two suspects of an attack on Ahmadiyah Muslims in Tasikmalaya, West Java, received approval to be released from detainment on…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – In what could been seen as damage control from a money-laundering scandal, Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Tito…

Jakarta – Government claimed that they had pocketed identities of foreign intelligence agents who carried out their mission in Papua.…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Corruption Eradication Commission on Monday said that it had preliminary evidence that senior Golkar Party…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – An opinion poll by Jakarta-based think tank the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has found…

Ezra Sihite – Many Indonesians believe that life in the New Order era under President Suharto was better than today and that social elites…

Indonesia says allegations about a mass killing in Papua province by an Indonesian counter terrorist unit are "blatant lies".

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Credible and disturbing reports are continuing to emerge from Tingginambut, Puncak Jaya, in the West Papuan highlands, detailing evidence of…

Oktovianus Pogau, SuaraPapua.com, Papua, Manokwari – The latest development concerning the diplomatic struggle in West Papua is the submission of…

While Indonesia still lags behind 29 other countries on a worldwide hunger list, the United Nations has announced it will award the country for…

Nadya Natahadibrata and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Despite mounting criticism, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to accept the…

Jakarta – Tired with corruption and bickering among politicians, young voters have deferred their decisions about who they might vote for in next…

Camelia Pasandaran – A women's rights group has criticized a move by North Aceh's district head to ban women in the area from dancing in public…

Carlos Paath – A new survey shows that the Democratic Party is losing even more ground among Indonesian voters, with only 7.1 percent of…

Despite mounting criticism from interfaith activists, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will accept the World Statesman Award in an upcoming trip…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Police in Indonesia's westernmost city have thwarted the caning of a police officer and two other people convicted by…

Jamie Small – West Papua may become a crucial issue for the Pacific if the Melanesian Spearhead Group next month decides to offer observer status…

Prodita Sabarini, Bekasi – Next to a sealed Ahmadi mosque in Bekasi is a plot of land with leafy trees and damp earth. To get in one has to…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Priangan Barat chapter of Jemaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI) in West Java say Minister of Religious Affairs…

Jakarta – Former national human rights commission chief Marzuki Darusman encouraged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to accept the…

Peter Lloyd – An elite counter-terrorist police unit in Indonesia has been accused of carrying out a mass killing in a village in the disputed…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Private hospitals taking part in the city's healthcare program Jakarta Health Card (KJS), have complained about…

Jakarta – A new report jointly released by Oxfam and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) says that the period of high and volatile food…

Jakarta – The proliferation of social media in the country has influenced the way journalists do their job, according to a recent survey.

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Gabriel Kereh – Amnesty International has decried a repressive human rights climate in Indonesia and a worrying lack of progress in addressing…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has promised to free all Papuan political prisoners, a legislator claimed here on…

Ari Rikin – A leading scientist has rated Indonesia's water management policies as among the worst in the world, and called for greater use of…

Head of state and government: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

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