Rangga Prakoso – The National Police's lawyer has urged the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, to retract an agreement signed…

Angling Adhitya Purbaya, Semarang – A number of students could be seen Tuesday standing at the traffic circle in front of the Prof. Soedarto…

Angling Adhitya Purbaya, Semarang – Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) board of patrons chairperson Prabowo Subianto give a public…

Ezra Sihite – A deputy speaker of the House of Representatives has backed a widely criticized call by the police chief and religious affairs…

Jakarta – Representatives of congregations from two churches in Bogor and Bekasi, West Java, have reported the local police to the Indonesian…

The Padang chapter of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) have said that they support the local government's plan to issue a bylaw banning…

Arya Dipa and Slamet Susanto, Bandung/Yogyakarta – Agriculture Minister Suswono said the drought in various provinces in Indonesia had caused 23,…

Phil Lynch – It should be a matter of great concern to all Australians that Defence Minister Stephen Smith, says he has "no concerns" about the…

AHRC-STM-182-2012

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is disappointed with the decision taken by the Indonesian Interior…

Banjarmasin – The central government has expressed interest in constructing a nuclear power plant in West Kalimantan, citing the island large…

The General Election Commission (KPU) said on Monday that 12 political parties have failed to qualify for the 2014 general election…

Indonesia's anti-terrorism squad Densus 88 arrested six alleged terrorists involved in a series of attacks in Ambon, local police said on Monday…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The State Intelligence Agency (BIN) is keeping silent amid rumors that the recent terrorist attacks…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government's plan to reinstate state-owned logistics firm Bulog's role as a buffer stock agency of several basic…

Ronna Nirmala – A religious- and race-based smear campaign being mounted against the challenger ahead of the Sept. 20 Jakarta gubernatorial runoff…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Workers and the poor have rejected the government's idea of gradually implementing social security programs and to…

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – A suspected militant was critically injured when a bomb apparently being prepared for terrorist attacks exploded at a…

Jakarta – The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) has targeted the wrong groups in its counterterrorism drive, resulting in the recurrence of…

Jakarta – Despite a court ruling allowing the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) in Bogor to stay at its current location, the saga…

Prodita Sabarini, Sampang, East Java – Sampang Regent Noer Tjahja is upset. A protracted disagreement over faith has turned deadly in his little…

Jakarta – The Sampang administration's plan to either relocate Shiite refugees or move them to an uninhibited housing complex in the regency has…

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Jakarta – "It's Jokowi, stupid, not Prabowo!" one friend replied, paraphrasing Bill Clinton's famous slogan, to a colleague…

Jakarta – The gubernatorial candidates could be pulling out all the stops by using dirty tricks such as money politics, vote-swaying through…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A group of lawmakers on an official trip to Denmark were photographed having a boat tour along a Copenhagen…

Jakarta – The General Election Commission (KPU) said on Friday that it had closed registrations for political parties wishing to contest the…

Ulma Haryanto – Friday marked the eight-year anniversary of the death of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, but his struggle lives on in a…

The government's failure to bring to justice all parties responsible for the killing of prominent human rights activist Munir Said Thalib raises…

Jakarta – After much anticipation, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained Golkar Party lawmaker Zulkarnaen Djabar on Friday for his…

Index: ASA 21/035/2012

The Indonesian authorities must ensure full accountability for the killing of prominent human rights activist…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – As the nation observed the eighth anniversary of the murder of Munir Said Thalib, people urged the government to…

Hundreds of coal truck drivers in South Sumatra are striking against a recent increase in non-subsidized fuel prices. The central…

Fadli, Batam – Japan-based company PT Toyo Kanetsu Indonesia's plant in Batam, Riau Islands, has been forced to suspend operations after 400 of…

Ulin Yusron & Ulma Haryanto – A small girl ran around on Thursday as dozens of her adult counterparts staged a protest to commemorate those…

Sukamaju – With dozens of bright green rice paddies, flocks of kites in the sky and children laughing nearby, at first glance the village of…

AHRC-STM-175-2012

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is saddened that after eight years of the assassination of Munir Said…

The Australian Greens have today questioned the mixed messages the Australian Government is sending Indonesia about human rights in West Papua.…

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – How can we believe in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's ability to realize his promises on big issues when he…

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said he regrets a Shia community's rejection to be moved away from Sampang, where…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A Shia organization says it will accept an invitation to a transparent and neutral dialogue to resolve existing…

Brig. Gen. Tito Karnavian, of Densus 88 is to become the head of police in West Papua. Joe Collins of AWPA said "this is of great concern…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Aceh's title as a "green" province may likely end with the reactivation of production forest concessions (HPH) in…

Jayapura – At a time when the media is busily reporting about plans for a dialogue between Papua and Jakarta, following the visit to Papua by the…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Environmental activists have hailed a court decision demanding that the Aceh administration revoke an oil palm…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Despite the increasing incidence of religious violence in the nation, the Religious Affairs Ministry does not…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali says converting Shiite Muslims to the Sunni Islam followed by most…

Michael Bachelard – Australia will begin work on selling military hardware to Indonesia as Defence Minister Stephen Smith says he has "no concerns…

Linda Yulisman and Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Indonesia slipped four places in the World Economic Forum's (WEF) new global competitiveness index…

Jakarta – Legal and political analysts are calling on law enforcers to investigate graft allegations against Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo's…

Ezra Sihite – The Prosperous Justice Party will likely nominate its chairman, Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq, as the party's candidate for the 2014…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has sent 22 legislators on a Rp 1.3 billion (US$135,804) junket to Turkey and Denmark,…