Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesian lawmakers will enjoy a lifelong pension even if they don't complete a full term in office, the acting House…

Salim Osman – A few days before Chinese New Year was observed in Indonesia on Feb. 10, a cleric in Solo, Central Java, issued a fatwa banning…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Candidates in the West Java gubernatorial election seem to have ducked the question of religious intolerance and radicalism…

Zakir Hussain – When Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took direct control of his Democratic Party's reins a fortnight ago, many…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is telling the nation's regents to stop whining and follow his example of endurance…

Banjir Ambarita – Three more soldiers have been killed, after an unidentified group exchanged gunfire with soldiers in Papua's Puncak Jaya…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The hope of getting into the House of Representatives by politicians from parties deemed ineligible to run in the 2014…

Carlos Paath – While convincingly leading two recent surveys on possible candidates for the 2014 presidential election, Jakarta Governor Joko…

Yoseph Kelen, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Officials from Kupang district and neighboring Timor Leste met on Tuesday to discuss enforcing security…

Bagus BT Saragih – Another public opinion poll found that Jakarta Governor, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is the most electable political candidate for the…

Hundreds of activists from various mass organizations gathered at the House of Representatives on Tuesday to protest the controversial mass…

A dozen elderly women are gathered inside the pink house, set on a narrow dirt road in a dusty suburb of Jakarta. Together they sew, bake and chat…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives Ethics Council questioned Democratic Party lawmaker Supomo over the allegation that…

Brig. Gen. Pol. Wahyu Indra Pramugari
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Yuli Tri Suwarni, Depok – An 18-year-old girl from Ciracas, East Jakarta, has been systematically raped by her biological father since she was 13…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-024-2013

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

Hans David Tampubolon – As graft and accusations of graft drag down the Democratic Party's top politicians, questions are springing up about the…

ALRC-CWS-22-06-2013

Human Rights Council
Twenty second session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with SRSG on violence against…

Hans David Tampubolon – In terms of political survival skills, Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum may have few peers.

Since he took…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The high assembly of the Democratic Party has agreed to oust graft convict Angelina Sondakh from the House of…

Ansyor Idrus, Palembang – Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) South Sumatra director Anwar Sadat is suing South Sumatra Police chief Insp…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician and Agriculture…

Jakarta – Police have claimed the firing of tear gas during a book launch by reggae musician Ras Muhamad at the Tee Box Cafe in South Jakarta on…

In spite of a peaceful finish to the Democratic Party national leadership meeting on Sunday, the chairmanship of Anas remains in peril. The…

Yeremia Sukoyo – The Democratic Party's popularity will continue to crumble as long as graft-embattled Anas Urbaningrum remains chairman, a…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A lawsuit filed by a Muslim named Sayed Hasan, 75, against a local mosque for the excessive use of its public…

Bayu Marhaenjati & Dessy Sagita – Hundreds of labor union members demonstrated in front on the House of Representatives' building on Tuesday,…

Jakarta – National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) chairman Arist Merdeka Sirait says the Jakarta Police have wasted too much time in…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – A young father in South Jakarta has had to say a final goodbye to his newborn baby, who died over the weekend, after a…

Yeremia Sukoyo & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's focus on retaking control of his scandal-hit Democratic Party…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono paid his last respects to the late former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander and…

Jakarta – Media mogul Hary Tanoesoedibjo's decision to join the People's Conscience Party (Hanura) has renewed hopes for the party and the…

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Amsterdam – The Year of the Snake has begun with what seems to be bad omens for two leading Indonesian political parties. The…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta/Makassar – The members of several beleaguered Christian congregations in different parts of the nation defied the peril of…

Al Araf and Anton Aliabbas, Jakarta – Late last month, National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo and Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Adm. Agus…

Bayu Marhaenjati – For a year now, the congregations of two churches in Bogor and Bekasi have been holding joint Sunday services outside the State…

Jakarta – Hundreds of housemaids rallied at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Sunday, demanding that the…

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government has long attempted to incorporate character building in the nation's education system, but teachers…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A Muslim resident of Banda Aceh says he has received death threats since he made a series of requests…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The internal schism between commissioners of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) seems to have…

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – A judge being interviewed for a Supreme Court job jokes that women might enjoy rape. A local official takes a…

Carlos Paath – The People's Conscience Party (Hanura) named media mogul Hary Tanoesoedibjo as its new chief patron on Sunday, following his recent…

"The Act of Killing," a critically acclaimed documentary in which a pair of gangsters re-enact their roles in the 1965 Communist purges in…

Carlos Paath – The Democratic Party's caucus concluded anticlimactically on Sunday, making no mention of the previously anticipated dismissal of…

Camelia Pasandaran – The Home Affairs Ministry claims that there would be less religious conflict between Christians and Islamic fundamentalist…

Jakarta – Following allegations of human rights violations, the House of Representatives announced plans on Friday to strengthen supervision over…

Jakarta – Two groups in Jakarta and Bekasi threatened on Friday to attack two houses of worship, claiming that the mosque and church in question…

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will determine the status of Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum in…

Jakarta – Members of the Dayak community are seeking protection from the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) over a land dispute with…

Jakarta – The reshuffling of high-ranking officials in the Jakarta administration was seen as shock therapy for the bureaucracy which, according…