Amid calls for the president to issue a regulation in lieu of a law to allow soldiers to be tried in regular courts, a presidential staffer on…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A public opinion survey has revealed a poor perception of the performance of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono'…

The alarming move toward street justice appears likely to continue, with a new survey finding 57 percent of the public were dissatisfied with law…

Camelia Pasandaran – Thirty members of Bekasi's beleaguered Ahmadiyah Muslim sect have been locked inside the shuttered Al-Misbah mosque since…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators have come out in defense of a controversial push by the government to reinstate criminal charges for…

Ina Parlina and Bambang Muryanto, Jakarta – Diponegoro Military Regional Command chief Maj. Gen. Hardiono Saroso and Yogyakarta Police chief Brig…

Septiana Ledysia, Jakarta – Five men calling themselves the New Men's Alliance (ALB) held a silent action opposing all forms of…

Bekasi, West Java – A score of Ahmadis in Bekasi, West Java, camped inside their sealed Al-Misbah Mosque on Saturday, refusing to leave until the…

Michael Bachelard – On the night of March 23, nine Indonesian soldiers stormed into the Cebongan prison about two hours drive from their base,…

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi has said that the Education and Culture Ministry should address the spread of HIV/AIDS…

Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The debate over a government proposal to reinstate criminal charges for insulting the…

Sampang, Madura – Eights months after dozens of Shiite Muslims on Madura Island were driven from their homes by mobs from neighboring Sunni…

Jon Afrizal and Indra Harsaputra, Jambi/Surabaya – The number of Sumatran tigers in national parks in Jambi is in decline due to the loss of its…

Jakarta – Around 50 Ahmadis in Bekasi, West Java, have sealed themselves in the Al-Misbah Mosque, which the municipal administration closed the…

Jakarta – While the Indonesian Military (TNI) has won kudos for its probe that determined that soldiers were behind the Cebongan Penitentiary raid…

Ina Parlina and Bambang Muryanto, Jakarta, Yogyakarta – The trial of 11 Army Special Forces (Kopassus) commandos for the raid and execution-style…

SP/Asnie Ovier – A top regional military commander who had initially denied the fact that the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) members were involved…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The President is telling the people of Aceh to follow the law and to only fly the Indonesian flag – and not a flag inspired…

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) criticized the House of Representatives' newly approved press code of conduct…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Convoys of people drove through the streets of Banda Aceh on Thursday, brandishing the flag of the Free Aceh…

Camelia Pasandaran – The Bekasi government shut down a mosque of Indonesia's beleaguered Ahmadiyah sect in Pondok Gede on Thursday, in the latest…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-056-2013

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The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from a local…

Ezra Sihite – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono slammed the alleged revenge killing of four Cebongan prison inmates by Kopassus special forces…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Abortion among women in Jambi City has become so prevalent that from 2011 to 2013, 40 percent of unwanted pregnancies ended…

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The slow disbursement of the state budget for infrastructure development may further threaten growth in the country…

Jakarta – Environmental groups are calling on the government to extend and strengthen the 2011 moratorium that prohibits the issuance…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The Army is saying that Special Forces (Kopassus) commandos have confessed to launching an unauthorized raid on…

Sabam Siagian, Jakarta – On Good Friday, March 29, Army chief of staff Gen. Pramono Edhie Wibowo gave a rare press conference at the historic Army…

Sabam Siagian, Jakarta – Everywhere, including in democratic countries, gaps are always noticeable between strong and clear statements delivered…

Nadya Natahadibrata and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – A non-governmental organization (NGO), National Papua Solidarity (NAPAS), urged the…

Robert Isidorus & Dina Manafe, Jayapura/Surabaya – Activists in West Papua province say that up to 95 people have died of hunger in Tambrauw…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Although the legislative elections are barely a year away, the House of Representatives has been virtually…

Three marines will each serve less than 12 months in jail for assaulting four journalists who were covering the demolition of unauthorized…

West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan has thrown his support behind the 2013 Miss World pageant which will be held in Bogor this September, as there…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The head of the Army's investigative team on the Sleman prison killings in Yogyakarta, Brig. Gen. Unggul K Yudhoyono,…

Banda Aceh – Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Indonesia's Aceh on Thursday in support of local leaders' bid to adopt a separatist flag as the…

Daurina L. Sinurat – Indonesia abstained from a landmark United Nations treaty regulating the global arms trade on Tuesday, arguing that it…

Enter the most controversial number, 10 years after the law on political parties lamely stated that parties "may" field 30 percent of women among…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The ethics panel set up by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has concluded its month-long probe to…

National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo has promoted Insp. Gen. Saud Usman Nasution and Brig. Gen. I Ketut Untung Yoga Ana to chiefs…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Wednesday that Indonesia's decision to abstain for the UN General…

Ezra Sihite & SP/Jeis Montesori – Indonesian government officials have denied a recent allegation that dozens of people in a Papuan district…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The central government has given the Aceh provincial administration 15 days to clarify Qanun (Bylaw) No. 3/2013 on…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Recently elected Democratic Party chairman President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is preparing to purge the party's…

Former Constitutional Court chief justice Mahfud MD has said that he has engaged in talks with a number of political parties for a…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) is reporting that the government has "improperly" continued to hire civil…

Ezra Sihite – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) on Wednesday said it would support a revision of the criminal code (KUHP) which…

Acts of violence are creating an image for the nation that is quite different from that presented in hospitality advertisements to woo foreign…

Camelia Pasandaran – Bekasi's district head has failed to come up with a solution for a group of pastors, representing the district's beleaguered…

SP/Dina Manafe, Surabaya – The recent closure of half of Surabaya's red light districts has prompted worries about the spread of HIV/AIDS…