Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators have praised the recently passed Food Law as laying the foundation for boosting food security, but critics…

James Balowski, in Jakarta – Reneging on a pledge to apologise and make reparations for the victims of the 1965 anti-communist purge, when Suharto…

Rangga Prakoso – Authorities have closed nine churches and six Buddhist temples in Banda Aceh in the last week, following mounting pressure from…

Jakarta – House of Representatives' Commission II on home affairs and regional autonomy approved on Monday the establishment of five…

Pitan Daslani – As Indonesia joined the rest of the United Nations to commemorate World Food Day, politicians and agricultural experts said that…

Jakarta – Jakarta waved an eternal goodbye to its former governor Lt. Gen. (ret.) Wiyogo Atmodarminto, who ruled the capital between 1987 and 1992…

Reports have been received from human rights investigators detailing a torture incident that occurred in Serui on October 17, 2012, under the…

Grace Susetyo – Fans of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tales may remember the story of "The Elves and the Shoemaker."

It was the tale of a…

Jakarta – In a gesture to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the Golkar Party is considering picking a family member of the Democratic Party's…

Nick Chesterfield – As a major crackdown by Indonesian security forces deepens against West Papuan civil resistance activists ahead of mass…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Members of the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Friday said they were not worried that this week's graft…

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Despite clear directives from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the National Police appear to be reluctant in…

Nick Chesterfield, with local sources – Indonesian Special Forces officers have redoubled their efforts to hunt down non-violent women's and…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono underlined the importance of the roles played by leaders and religious figures in solving various…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Zaky Pawas & Ulin Yusron – Eleven students from Pamulang University have been arrested after a violent protest…

As commemorations marking the Third Papuan People's Congress were forcibly broken up by heavy handed security forces in Jayapura, the celebrations…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Arientha Primanita – Legislators are angry that a Supreme Audit Agency report on the Hambalang scandal has been…

Jakarta – An allegation that her plantation company forced villagers to leave their lands came as another blow for businesswoman Siti Hartati…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The government has said that the national rice stock is enough to cover the nation's needs for the next seven…

Richard Javad Heydarian – With the world's third-largest democracy and Asia's fifth-largest economy, Indonesia has emerged as a regional bastion…

Muhammad Cohen, Bali – Max Lane is a Marxist and leading authority on Indonesia. That's somewhat ironic since Indonesia has been a bulwark of anti…

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced former House of Representatives member Wa Ode Nurhayati of the National…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has urged the central government and the West Nusa…

The Jakarta Corruption Court's conviction of suspended House of Representatives' lawmaker Wa Ode Nurhayati on Thursday has sent yet another…

Serang, Banten – "We used to cram 45 to 50 students into each classroom here," says Komarudin, principal of Kasunyatun State Elementary School in…

Jakarta – The police said on Friday they were questioning 11 people in relation to their alleged involvement in a campus riot on…

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Students and police officers clashed during a demonstration at a university in Pamulang, South Tangerang, on Thursday.…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Tangerang – Companies continue to ignore consumer complaints despite the long-standing stipulations of the 1999 Consumer…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Security officials on Wednesday destroyed 973 illegal firearms that had been collected over the past seven years from…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-185-2012

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

Ron Jenkins, New York – For almost half a century, Indonesia has avoided public discussions of the mass murders committed in 1965 and 1966. Now,…

Jakarta – Responding to demands that proper sex education be taught in schools in order to protect children from rape, Education and Culture…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsudin downplayed on Wednesday the recent arrest of a judge by the National…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's younger son, Edhie "Ibas" Baskoro, who is on House of Representatives Commission I overseeing…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Sidoarjo – Sampang Shia community leader Tajul Muluk has remained in detention at the Sidoarjo penitentiary for the past…

Rizky Amelia – The antigraft commission will seek to have anyone convicted of corruption automatically dismissed from the civil service, an…

Riana Afifah, Jakarta – Following the offensive statement by the Minister for Education and Culture about a female high-school student victim of…

London – A week after Indonesia's president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit to the UK, parliamentarians from around the world and local civil…

Reporters Without Borders deplores the beating that six journalists received from air force personnel when they tried to cover the crash of an air…

Ezra Sihite & Rizky Amelia – Indonesian lawmakers have unanimously spoken out against a plan to curb the Corruption Eradication Commission's (…

Ansyor Idrus and Ruslan Sangadji – Groups of journalists across the country staged protests against military brutality against the press on…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Bandung journalists are urging Indonesian media to stop covering Indonesian Military (TNI) events, in protest following…

Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) has recorded 686 cases of child abuse in the first half of this…

Natasia Christy & Pitan Daslani – As of the next academic year, the government will reinstate Pancasila courses in Indonesia's elementary and…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that employers had to register their workers on national health-care and…

Dion Bisara – Strong growth in Indonesia in the first half of the year and an improved trade balance have prompted to World Bank to take a sunnier…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – Two new surveys are predicting a massive hemorrhaging of votes for the Democratic Party in the 2014…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Islamic based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) is urging Indonesia to adopt the Red Crescent in…

Papuan political activists and human rights defenders are living in increasing fear as a result of an intensifying crackdown by Indonesian police…

Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party has named anti-corruption activist Teten Masduki as its candidate in the West…