Jakarta – Rev. Franz Magnis Suseno, a philosopher and renowned Jesuit priest, has sent a letter to the Appeal of Conscience Foundation…

Camelia Pasandaran – In a landmark decision for indigenous rights, the Constitutional Court decided on Thursday to make null and void the…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The involvement of Hilmi Aminuddin in the import beef scandal has dealt another blow to the Prosperous Justice Party…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Medan City Police arrested 14 people on Thursday thought to be involved in a clash between police officers and students…

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – Minister of Agriculture Suswono, a member of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), has admitted to previous meetings with…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Politics has been blamed for the setback in the plan to ratify the Rome Statute for the accession to the…

James Balowski – In some of the largest demonstrations in recent years, tens of thousands of trade unionists and workers took part in May Day…

Amnesty International has called for an immediate halt to the execution of three men, expected imminently.

"If the men are executed it would…

The Ahmadiyah and Shia communities in East Java are urging the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, a non-profit organization established…

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia has approved a two-year extension to a landmark ban on clearing primary rainforests and peatlands, officials said…

Environmentalists have lauded the Indonesian government's decision to extend a logging ban aimed at protecting rainforests despite fierce industry…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Attempts at PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) to rescue workers trapped in a tunnel in the Big Gossan training facility…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism unit arrested Nu'aim Ba'asyir, nephew of firebrand cleric Abu Bakar…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A key witness in a graft trial on the beef importation scandal testified on Wednesday that leaders of the Prosperous…

Yuliasri Perdani, National – A coalition of anti-graft watchdogs wants the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to implement a court ruling which…

Amahl S. Azwar, Jakarta – In response to dwindling oil production, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday tried to convince giant oil…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Police in Papua have made a shocking revelation linking bank transactions totaling Rp 1.5 trillion ($154 million) to a…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – When the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned lingerie model Vitalia Sesha last week, many expected she would…

Despite undergoing a dramatic democratic transformation over the last decade, a new report released on Tuesday by the United States Department of…

Jakarta – The Institute for the Free Flow of Information (ISAI) announced on Tuesday that Aceh is the least likely province to allow press freedom…

Ezra Sihite – Military chief of staff Agus Suhartono has sought to downplay Papuan separatist Benny Wenda's activities overseas, saying he is not…

A police emergency response unit found four bodies and rescued 10 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold's…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Members of the country's Shia community met with leaders of the House of Representatives on Tuesday to air their…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A number of former lawmakers, including those convicted of graft and serving out their sentences, are apparently still…

Michael Bachelard – West Papuan independence movement leader Victor Yeimo was detained and allegedly beaten by police on Monday as another…

Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi and local Islamic leaders will petition President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to institute a nationwide ban on the…

Wiji Thukul disappeared 15 years ago this month, along with many others lost in the upheaval of the student-led protests that forced Suharto out…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Marzuki Alie, the speaker of the House of Representatives, has urged the Foreign Ministry to take a stronger stand…

Jayapura – The Jayapura City Police detained West Papua National Committee (KNPB) leader Viktor Weimo during a rally in Jayapura on Monday.

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Yuliasri Perdani and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) fired its first salved in its legal battle against the…

East Timor's Oil Fund grew by US$1.2 billion in the first quarter of the year to US$13 billion at the end of March, said the East…

AWPA has written to the Indonesian President calling for the release of those arrested in West Papua on 13 May.

Dear President Yudhoyono,…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives kicked off a new sitting session on Monday with a plan to continue deliberating the…

Further information on UA: 336/12 Index: ASA 21/014/2013. Shi'a community face removal from shelter.

The Shi'a community driven from…

Indonesian police in Jayapura have this morning violently dispersed a pro-independence rally being held by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB…

Jakarta – Australian academics and researchers have raised concerns, in a letter sent to Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr, about a recent…

Senator The Honorary Bob Carr
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Senate
Parliament House
Canberra

RE: the deadly shooting in Papua,…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A Papuan, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, was killed after a soldier in Wamena, Papua, opened fire to…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Graft watchdogs and environmental groups have warned about increasing levels of graft in the forestry sector…

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – The Ahmadiyah community in Manislor village, Jalaksana district, Kuningan regency, West Java, are going about their…

Bagus BT Saragh, Jakarta – Following a two-day high level meeting, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has devised a strategy to strike back…

Is Mujiarso, Jakarta – Even when he was a political fugitive, Wiji Thukul could still joke. When it was raining, he once wrote in a poem: The rain…

Endy Bayuni, Jakarta – Corruption scandals may be hurting every major political party in Indonesia, but when such allegations hit the Prosperous…

Jakarta – The head of research and development at the Education and Culture Ministry, Khairil Anwar Notodiputro, has resigned from his position, a…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The Aceh Legislative Council (DPRA) is mulling a Shariah bylaw that would mandate tougher sentences for convicted…

Dozens of members of the Tangjungduren Islamic People's Association raided two minimarts in Grogol Petamburan, West Jakarta, on Friday…

Tito Summa Siahaan – As consumers await a rise in the subsidized fuel price next month, the national government on Friday announced limits in the…

Michael Bachelard – Newborn babies are being traded on a lucrative black market in Indonesia that could involve hundreds of children a year, some…

Ezra Sihite – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must show that he deserves an award for upholding religious freedom by doing more for victims of…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A coalition of minority groups, who have long suffered persecution, are calling on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to…