Camelia Pasandaran, Jonathan G. Vit & Sandra Siagian – The congregation of Bekasi's beleaguered HKBP Taman Sari church huddled close, forming…

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Many regional chapters of the Democratic Party have nominated First Lady Ani Yudhoyono as…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A top official at the Religious Affairs Ministry claimed that attacks on religious minorities nationwide have…

Senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Guruh Soekarnoputra said that popular Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi…

Robertus Wardi – A coalition between former military general Prabowo Subianto and National Mandate Party chairman Hatta Rajasa for next year's…

National – National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Lt. Gen. Marciano Norman has accused playwright Ratna Sarumpaet and her group of…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has raided the offices of Golkar lawmakers Setya Novanto and Kahar…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-045-2013

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Anti-graft watchdogs suspect that graft suspect Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo, former chief of the National Traffic Police…

Camelia Pasandaran – The Bekasi district government will demolish a church in Setu, Bekasi on Thursday because the church has no building permit…

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-007-2013

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information…

The Portuguese secretary of state for Energy, Artur Trindade, is due Tuesday to begin an official visit to East Timor in the company…

GMPTL President MP Josefa Soares said abortion is a crime and it violates the rights of the child.

The President of the Women in Parliament…

Dion Bisara – The World Bank has cut its growth forecast for Indonesia this year as the pace of domestic investment recedes and pressures on the…

The Jakarta administration said on Tuesday that companies who were not willing to pay the new minimum wage to their employees should just leave…

The head of the Lhokseumawe Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) and Shariah Police in Aceh has tested positive for marijuana use after slamming his…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Hopes of seeing the generals allegedly responsible for the May 1998 riots dragged into an international rights…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Leaders of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) are not ruling out nominating popular Jakarta Governor…

Anastasia Winanti & Ezra Sihite – Candidates from nationalist parties have trumped their religious-party counterparts in the latest survey of…

Jakarta – The popularity of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has rebounded, with the Indonesian…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) wants lawmakers to drop requirements from a bill on mass organizations…

Jakarta – The National Police said on Sunday that a member of the Islamic Students Association (HMI) may be prosecuted for planning to…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A group of activists grouped together as the Assembly of the Sovereignty of the Indonesian People (MKRI), has called for…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – An election watchdog is questioning the merger of several political parties ahead of next year's legislative elections…

Dessy Sagita – Indah Kristina, a working mother with a 5-year-old daughter, is deeply concerned about the string of media reports on sexual abuse…

Jakarta – An antigraft watchdog has called on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to question Edhie "Ibas" Baskoro Yudhoyono without delay…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has verified as genuine a video depicting officers from a police…

Jakarta – A member of Commission I which oversees foreign affairs at the House of Representatives, Muhammad Nadjib, said that Indonesia might…

Ongoing repression on peaceful dissent and acts of torture on civilians by Indonesian police (Polri) in Yapen has drawn a sharp reaction from West…

The Vanuatu opposition leader, Edward Natapei, has called on the government to reverse its stance on West Papua ahead of the July…

After refraining from executing individuals for four years, the Indonesian authorities executed a Nigerian national, Adami Wilson, on 14 March…

Jayapura – Melanesian support for the independence of the West Papuan people has always been very strong. For anyone who travels anywhere in Papua…

Munawwaroh, Jakarta – Former Pancasila Youth (PP) chairperson Yorrys Raweyai objects to the bad image sometimes held by the public about the…

Yosie Sesbania – After winning a case in the Constitutional Court over an election dispute, Lukas Enembe is now on his way to being sworn in as…

Indonesia's Forest Ministry will investigate claims of continued deforestation in Riau's protected Tesso Nilo National Park after lawmakers lashed…

Prabowo is "somebody who is perhaps the greatest violator of human rights in contemporary times among the Indonesian military."

The list of…

Dessy Sagita – A group of educators, experts and parents have delivered a petition with more than 1,500 signatures to the Education Ministry,…

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) in Depok gathered outside the mayoralty office compound…

Jakarta – Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection has highlighted the lack of women participation in politic in Indonesia, hence they…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Five years after executing the three Bali bombers in 2008, Indonesia sent a drug convict to the firing squad on…

Vento Saudale, Depok – An Islamic fundamentalist group has demanded city officials in Depok knock down a rundown, illegal building that they claim…

Hans David Tampubolon, Reportage – Prostitution has existed since the beginning of civilization and in some parts of the world, like in Dolly,…

Indonesia's national antigraft body says they have no evidence to charge Agriculture Minister Suswono as a suspect in the beef import quota…

Indonesia's life expectancy has climbed but education levels have fallen in the past year, in aggregate allowing the country to inch forward in…

Jakarta – When the government's moratorium on deforestation expires on May 20, forest areas in Papua province will be in peril, activists say.…

Environmental activists have condemned the Aceh administration following confirmation that it planned to reverse a logging ban imposed by the…

Indonesia's life expectancy has climbed but education levels have fallen in the past year, in aggregate allowing the country to inch forward in…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been holding a series of meetings with several prominent figures as he…

This is really outrageous news. We oppose the death penalty in all circumstances, but Indonesia's long period without executions and the pledge to…

Jakarta – Environmental activists have called on the government to review the draft spatial planning bylaw proposed by the Aceh administration,…