Bandung – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) on Thursday night inflicted damage on a mosque run by Ahmadiyah devotees in Astana Anyar, Bandung.…

Dessy Sagita – The Indonesian Hajj Brotherhood Association on Thursday criticized Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali for undertaking his…

Bandung – Dozens of Ahmadiyah followers in Bandung, West Java, were barred from performing Idul Adha prayer and slaughtering animals during the…

Kuala Lumpur – Reacting to news that 151 Indonesians have been shot dead by Malaysian police in the past five years, the Indonesian…

Ezra Sihite & Arientha Primanita – Human rights groups went to the House of Representatives on Wednesday to demand political pressure on the…

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it will summon the regents of Muara Enim and Ogan Ilir to mediate a land dispute…

Jakarta – The deployment of the Indonesian Military (TNI) platoons following a string of terror attacks in Poso, Central Sulawesi, is a contra-…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesia officially added its newest province and four new districts on Thursday, bringing the national total to 34…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House Speaker Marzuki Alie bristled at Indonesian lawmakers' chronic absenteeism before Thursday's half-packed House.…

Demonstrations planned for Wednesday, 31 October 2012

What: As Indonesian security forces opened fire on unarmed protestors…

Index: ASA 21/041/2012

Amnesty International calls on the Indonesian security forces to halt the excessive use of force and firearms…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Arientha Primanita – Claims that Indonesian lawmakers attempted back-room shakedowns of state-owned enterprises…

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo issued a stern warning to the capital's public officials on Thursday: Shape up in…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta, Indonesia – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi said on Thursday that the lack of legal permits from the local administration…

Jakarta – Changes to the national primary school curriculum currently under consideration will not improve education unless the government…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Defying a ruling by the Constitutional Court, the government has insisted that all employees joining the national…

A number of students from Cenderawasih University (UNCEN) took part in a rally outside the office of the DPRP, the Legislative Assembly of Papua,…

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – The Semarang District Court in Central Java convicted two men for assaulting a member of the Surakarta Islam Defenders…

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The Australian Greens have expressed serious concern about reports of…

Denpasar – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar says that the government will issue a new regulation abolishing…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Labor unions in North Sumatra have opposed the provincial administration's decision to raise the 2013 provincial minimum…

Bagus BT Saragih and Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – The National Police have named a middle-ranking officer a suspect in a document forgery case, a…

Ezra Sihite – Chances for the controversial national security bill to pass anytime soon look slim after the government's coalition partners…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government has submitted the latest version of the National Security bill to the House of Representatives…

Jakarta – Hundreds of workers staged a demonstration in front of the Jakarta City Hall on Wednesday, demanding that Governor Joko "…

[Wahyudi Djafar, a lawyer and researcher at the Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM) in Indonesia spoke to the Asian Human Rights…

Ruslan Sangadji and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A church was set ablaze while a sophisticated explosive device struck a traffic police post in…

Jakarta – Indonesia's investment shows no sign of slowing down as the country has booked another record high of realized investments in the third…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Amid mounting criticism, Azirwan, a former graft convict who now heads a government agency in Riau Islands province,…

Jakarta – The government's plan to scrap natural and social sciences from the primary school curriculum has met with widespread condemnation from…

Arientha Primanita – A national poll has highlighted widespread perception of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as indecisive, while identifying…

Antara/Ratna Nuraini – A demonstration by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) that took place in Manokwari this morning ended in chaos. As a…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – As a gay candidate was openly taunted by lawmakers, the House of Representatives selected on Monday 13 new…

Jakarta – Police today attacked a journalist covering a rally organised by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in Manokwari in West Papua.…

Jakarta – Five police officers, one journalist were injured and eleven reportedly detained when a rally staged by West Papua National Committee (…

London, UK – A week before Indonesia's president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit to the UK, Parliamentarians, Peers and civil society…

The Commonwealth Attorney-General should push for a full, independent and public investigation into the alleged involvement of an Indonesian…

Contributor Manado, Ronny Adolof Buol – As reported earlier, Papuans living in North Sulawesi, specifically those in Manado city held a protest…

Please share the following video footage via social media and please put pressure on the Indonesian government to withdraw all armed forces from…

Camelia Pasandaran & Oktovianus Pogau – The Indonesian Military (TNI) and Papua Police opened fire on protestors in Manokwari, shooting two…

UN peacekeepers will hand over full responsibility for policing to East Timor next week as they begin withdrawing in earnest from Asia's youngest…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission III on law and human rights unveiled 13 newly selected commissioners of the…

Jakarta – The National Police officially stopped investigating the Rp 198.7 billion (US$20.91 million) graft case in the procurement…

Islamic leaders on Monday called on police to arrest a group of young people who attacked Shariah Police officers in Aceh after their music event…

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – Alexander Aan, 31, a South Sumatra civil servant who was sentenced to two years and six months' imprisonment for…

Jakarta, Indonesia – The police say they will hold a boot camp for student troublemakers following brawls between rival high school…

SP/Carlos Paath, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ronna Nirmala – Former President Megawati Sukarnoputri could pair with Jakarta Governor Joko…

National – A researcher from the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) said that Islam-based parties should merge themselves into no more…

Ezra Sihite – A survey released on Sunday showed Golkar Party back on top of the popularity list, a position it lost following the fall of the…

Jakarta – A new survey published on Sunday revealed that intolerance of minorities is growing, with the highest level of hostility directed at the…