Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) said on Wednesday that it would launch a probe into a report that a judge, who was dismissed…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made an off-the-cuff statement on Wednesday about his modest working quarters at the…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Activists in Aceh on Wednesday protested a local Islamic council's recent edict accusing a cleric in South Aceh…

Yuliasri Perdani and Andi Hajramurni, Jakarta/Makassar – For the first time as a young couple, Vicar Munan and Nur Hikmah, took a flight from…

Bagus BT Saragih, Headlines – Seven retired but politically wired Indonesian Military (TNI) generals held a meeting with President Susilo Bambang…

Yeremia Sukoyo – The National Police's counterterrorism unit, Densus 88, should not use its success in fighting terrorism as justification to…

Former convicts will now be able to run in regional legislative elections, a commissioner from Indonesia's election commission said on…

Margareth S. Aritonang – The chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, Lt. Gen. (ret.) Prabowo Subianto, is known as a strong…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – As pollsters predict a grim outlook for Islamic parties in the 2014 legislative election, some parties are making an effort…

Fifteen years after the start of the Reform movement, the call for a return to an authoritarian system has ironically been promoted by the country…

All charges must be dropped against two Timorese journalists facing prison sentences for exposing alleged corruption in their country's judicial…

Margareth S. Aritonang – People react differently to authoritarian leadership. Some put up with the pressure before bowing out quietly, while…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – In what may look like emotional outpouring, the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party's chief patron, Prabowo…

The Jayapura Military Court sentenced First Sergeant Irfan to 12 years in prison on Monday for killing his lover Frederika Metalmety,…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Papua – Newly elected Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has vowed to improve the implementation of Papua's Special Autonomy (Otsus)…

Dessy Sagita – A constitutional court justice issued an apology after making a statement against gay marriage during a fit and proper test at the…

Camelia Pasandaran – Bekasi police have charged a local pastor for allegedly assaulting a member of an intolerant group on Christmas Eve last year…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Entering the fifth year of its implementation, the Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (IJ-EPA) has yet to…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The widely publicized meeting between President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and chief patron of the Great Indonesia…

Indonesia's Supreme Court on Wednesday implemented a new policy stipulating that the theft of anything less than Rp 2.5 million ($258…

This is a joint statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs/World Council of…

Phelim Kine – Denial and blame the messenger. That is the approach of the government of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to rising…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The Aceh government has removed a provision for the stoning to death of adulterers from its draft of the Qanun Jinayat…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Authorities in Banda Aceh rounded up dozens of people over the weekend, mostly women, for allegedly violating the…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-040-2013

Dear friends,

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

A conference intended to find partners for construction of Eat Timor's new port and airport has taken place in Dili, organised by the…

Zakir Hussain – Bonnie Triyana was buying men's magazines for his friends back home while attending a conference in Brazil eight years ago when he…

Amahl S. Azwar, Jakarta – A recent survey from Canadian think tank the Fraser Institute, which puts Indonesia among the world's worst destinations…

Zakir Hussain – Dewi Kanti, 37, has known only one faith all her life. But it has never been recorded on her identity card.

She follows…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has begun analyzing a video of the alleged violence committed by…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Prominent antigraft watchdog Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) says the House of Representatives could be complicit…

Novianti Setuningsih – The Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (Fitra) has described the process of allocating development funding as a…

Carlos Paath & Yohannie Linggasari – While several female politicians, including former legislator Angelina Sondakh, have been embroiled in…

Ezra Sihite – Former military general and founder of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Prabowo Subianto on Monday commended President…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The electability of Islamic parties is expected to plunge further in the 2014 general election, with major parties…

Jakarta – Police named former crime lord Hercules Rozario Marshal and 49 others as suspects on Saturday for their alleged involvement in a fight…

West Papua, the western territory of island of New Guinea, was placed under Indonesian control in 1963. The transfer of power from Dutch…

SP/Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – The Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) slammed the Jakarta Police's arrest of former gang leader Rozario "…

SP/Carlos Paath – The House of Representatives is still waiting to see if the government's human rights watchdog can resolve an internal dispute…

Yohannie Linggasari, Dian Manafe & Yuli Krisna – As the world celebrated International Women's Day on Friday, activists in Jakarta and Bandung…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – International Woman's Day on March 8 was commemorated differently in a number of regions on Friday but with the…

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) said on Friday its victories in two recent gubernatorial elections had boosted its confidence amid…

Ansyor Idrus and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The clash between members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police in Ogan Komering…

Faiq Nuraini, Mojokerto – Scores of women from the Mojokerto Women's Struggle Alliance (APPM) and Perempuan Mahardika (Free Women)…

Tangerang – Hundreds of factory workers grouped under the Indonesian Metal Workers Labor Union Federation (FSPMI) staged a rally on Jl…

Putra Prima Perdana, Bandung - Commemorating International Women's Day (IWD) 2013, some 150 workers, the majority of which were women from the…

Ambon - Student activists from the Student Struggle Center for National Liberation (PEMBEBASAN) held a protest action on the main road in front of…

Ina Parlina and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – After 49 years, the House of Representatives and the government will begin considering revisions…

Michael Bachelard – Australian travellers to Indonesia beware: smuggling drugs will still earn you jail time but, if an official draft of the…

Wijaya Kusuma, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of women activists from the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held a peaceful action on Friday March 8 at the…