Jakarta – Police and military personnel engaged in a gunfight on Wednesday with an unidentified armed group in Indawa village, Lany…

SP/Anastasia Winanti – Political parties tied to former Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Suharto family member Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Former vice president Jusuf Kalla and outgoing Constitutional Court chief justice Mahfud MD are the most popular…

Jakarta – National Development Planning Minister Armida S. Alisjahbana, who is also the head of the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas…

Ronna Nirmala – Jakarta will be the pilot site of a corruption prevention project under a new agreement between Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo and…

Jakarta – A ruling from the Election Organizers Ethics Council (DKPP) has added to the woes of the General Election Commission, which has been…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Golkar executives are downplaying Jusuf Kalla's announcement that he is considering running for vice president…

Washington – A senior US official says Washington should expand its military ties with Indonesia, befitting a relationship between two…

Ezra Sihite – A House of Representatives member confirmed that some of her peers were trying to strip the Corruption Eradication Commission of its…

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – A coalition of indigenous tribes urged the Indonesian government to omit a citizen's religion from national identification…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Bowing to pressure from businesspeople, the government has decided to allow labor-intensive firms including textile,…

The police chief of the district of Mimika, Jeremias Runtini has called on the people to "remain calm" as 1 December approaches. He said that…

Jakarta – Head of the State Administration Institute (LAN) Agus Dwiyanto has blamed the poor law-making process for the high number of…

Jakarta – Long known as a soft-spoken technocrat who rarely loses his cool, Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Darmin Nasution exploded in anger when…

Amahl S. Azwar, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik revoked the nation's downstream oil and gas regulator BPH Migas' plan…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Jusuf Kalla's announcement that he may run on a presidential ticket under Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers' Association (Apindo) has said that at least 10,000 workers could lose their jobs when the Jakarta…

Oyos Saroso HN, Bandar Lampung – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has urged Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan not to hesitate in…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Lawmakers had a heated hearing with Dipo Alam at the House of Representatives on Monday,…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Responding to reports on the ill treatment of members of the Shia Muslim community in Sampang,…

Camelia Pasandaran – East Java's beleaguered Shiite community have struggled to support themselves since the Indonesian government cut off…

Amahl S. Azwar, Jakarta – The consumption of subsidized fuels is expected to supersede twice this year the quotas set in the 2012 state budget…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-197-2012

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Farouk Arnaz – A senior official from the hard-line Islamic group Islamic Defenders Front who became the target of an assault on Sunday afternoon…

Amid their efforts to curb gun violence in the city, the Jakarta Police arrested on Monday two of its former officers for allegedly supplying…

Separatist gunmen attacked a police station Tuesday in Indonesia's restive Papua province, killing three officers and setting the complex alight,…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar/Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has attributed increasing violence against journalists to…

Ezra Sihite – Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam said on Monday said that collusion between Indonesian ministry officials and lawmakers were not only…

Rangga Prakoso – The National Commission on Human Rights will resubmit its landmark findings of past rights abuses by the state to the Attorney…

Rizky Amelia – The anticorruption agency has yet to formally name as suspects two former Bank Indonesia deputy governors who were potentially…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A plenary meeting of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has elected human rights activist Otto…

Jayapura – Alius Asso, the deputy chairman of SHDRP, the Papuan Civil Society Organisation for Solidarity, Law and Human Rights, has urged the…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Beleaguered minority Shia Muslim refugees from Sampang, Madura, East Java, are now facing further uncertainty as the…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry and the House of Representatives Commission X overseeing education and youth…

Tito Summa Siahaan & Francezka Nangoy – Profit for many Indonesian companies rose in the third quarter, with banks and consumer-related…

UA: 336/12 Index: ASA 21/043/2012

Indonesian authorities cut off food and water supplies to displaced Shi'a community in East Java.…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Sunday that there was no contradiction between Islam and democracy and Indonesia was a living…

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Former vice president Jusuf Kalla said he is ready to join the ticket of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle'…

AI Index: ASA 21/042/2012

As the world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Indonesia, many women…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Thousands of members of the Indonesian Ahlul Bait Association (IJABI), which represents minority Shia Muslims,…

Pitan Daslani – Shortly after retired military generals were reported to be preparing for a "Star Wars" in the 2014 presidential election, former…

Jakarta – A maneuver at the House of Representatives will unlikely lead to the ouster of Vice President Boediono but rather serve as a political…

Charlotte Maugham – There is no doubt that much is being done politically to tackle gender inequality in Timor-Leste. The government is redressing…

Ati Nurbaiti, Baucau/Ermera/Dili – The UN mission in Timor Leste is closing down next month and at least 1,000 local staffers are seeking other…

Mouzinho Lopes de Araujo – East Timor is readying to stand on its own feet as international forces withdraw by the year-end. But for some in the…

Jakarta – Indonesian diplomats and scholars recalled the arduous struggle of former foreign minister late Ali Alatas during the 1991 Santa Cruz…

Portugal withdrew the bulk of its police officers from East Timor on Saturday as international forces wind up a 13-year mission in the country.…

Amahl S. Azwar, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's verdict on the 2009 Mining Law will not have a huge impact on the central government's…

Michael Bachelard – A film hailed as a masterpiece for its disturbing depiction of real-life mass murderers re-enacting the killing of alleged…

Fuska Sani, Yogyakarta – Indonesia should rethink its involvement in a free trade pact among Southeast Asian Nations, a Yogyakarta academic has…