Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – More political parties will likely compete in the 2014 elections after the Constitutional Court (MK) annulled…

Ezra Sihite – Political parties are greeting with mixed reactions the Constitutional Court's revision of the elections law.

Lawmakers passed…

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono extended the tenures of 11 commissioners of the National…

Dozens of Papuans in Semarang and Salatiga in Central Java and Yogyakarta rallied in front of Semarang Police headquarters on Thursday…

ALRC-CWS-21-05-2012

Human Rights Council

Twenty-first session, Agenda Item 6

A written statement submitted by the…

Yanshinto Sembiring & Pamudji Slamet – The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that the all political parties that plan to register for…

Jakarta, Indonesia – Gorontalo Mayor Adhan Dhambea has postponed the inauguration of a sub-district official due to their poor Koran…

Soekarno-Hatta airport operator Angkasa Pura II was recently reprimanded by government officials after State-Owned Enterprise Minister Dahlan…

Fitri R., Mataram – Authorities are investigating claims that soldiers have been involved in extorting money from aspiring refugees after the…

Afriza Hanifa, Semarang – Scores of Papuan protesters from Papua National Solidarity (NAPAS) held an action in front of the East Java regional…

Michael Bachelard – A senior Indonesian legislator has hit out at Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr for having "double standards" after he…

Andreas D. Arditya, Jakarta – As racial and religious tensions escalate ahead of the second-round election for Jakarta governor, an analyst says…

The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) announced on Thursday that as many as 70 members of a Shiite community in Sampang, East Java…

Fadli, Batam – After going on strike for more than two weeks, nearly 700 workers at a Malaysia-owned cable and wire manufacturer, PT Ho Wah…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – State Secretary Sudi Silalahi announced on Thursday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had signed a…

Jakarta – The lack of government transparency on bureaucratic reform has left the media unable to access information on the issue and the subject…

30 August 2012

H.E. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President, Republic of Indonesia

Your Excellency,

In full support of the…

Ismira Lutfia – According to data collected by the National Commission on Human rights from 2007-2012, the National Police tops the list for…

Jakarta – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Wednesday that the government was expecting to procure a dozen submarines to augment…

Arientha Primanita, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – The chairman of the country's largest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, on…

Arlina Arshad – Indonesia's creaking university system is failing to keep pace with its booming economy, struggling to produce graduates equipped…

Farouk Arnaz – Seven people detained in the wake of a deadly mob attack on Shia Muslims in Sampang, East Java, were released on Wednesday due to a…

Jakarta, Indonesia – A watchdog group accuses Shiite attackers have close ties to local leaders and police officials, creating resistance among…

Ezra Sihite – About half of the members of the House of Representatives were absent during a plenary meeting celebrating the 67th anniversary of…

Tobias Basuki, Jakarta – The country's top officials have finally paid attention to the brutal attack on the Shia community in Sampang, East Java…

Calvin Sidjaya, Jakarta – Early last month, the Indonesian government held its first ever congress of Indonesian diaspora in Los Angeles. With the…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono boasted about his administration's awareness of the importance of…

Jakarta – Experts say that the government has made little progress, if any at all, in its efforts to reform the bureaucracy 14 years after the…

The Human Rights Law Centre is trying to pressure the Federal Government to act on allegations of torture and killings by an Australian-trained…

Alex Perrottet – Fresh allegations of human rights violations in West Papua implicating Australian military training on ABC's 7:30 Report this…

Jakarta, Indonesia – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono requires full attention from his audiences, regardless their position or age. After a…

Philip Jacobson – There has been talk of an arms deal between the United States and Indonesia. Reportedly on the table are eight Boeing AH-64…

Joyce Morgan – On a steamy afternoon in Dili, I am heading to a rehearsal of an East Timorese-Australian co-production when my phone rings. The…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A bill expected to be endorsed by the House of Representatives this week will force Sultan Hamengkubuwono X to…

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) says it will continue building solidarity with Rohingya refugees in Myanmar through…

Index: ASA 21/033/2012

Amnesty International urges the Indonesian authorities to ensure that all those involved in repeated attacks…

Canberra called on Wednesday for an Indonesian inquiry into the killing of a Papuan independence leader but could not say whether Australian-…

Jayapura – Brutal scenes occurred at a highland students dormitory in Abepura early on Sunday night (26 August) as a massive assault was carried…

Indra Harsaputra and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta – Followers of Tajul Muluk, the Shiite cleric sentenced to two years for blasphemy by Sampang…

Viriya Paramita – The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) says it has received hundreds of complaints on Ramadan-themed programs broadcast by…

Jakarta – Inefficient management, a sluggish culture and corruption are among the challenges faced by the Indonesian government in launching…

Surabaya – The National Police have only named one suspect out of hundreds of people that participated in an attack on a group of Shiites in…

Hans David Tampubolon and Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Despite unresolved problems that continue to deter investment in local infrastructure projects…

The number of fatal traffic accidents during this year's Idul Fitri exodus nearly doubled, according to the latest statistics.

"Boy rafli…

Jakarta – Any expectations of immediate measures to build new national roads have been put on the back burner, at least until 2014, despite…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Democracy activists have lambasted the Jakarta's election authorities over their inaction in the face of the rampant…

Dessy Sagita, Amir Tejo & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Two people were killed and five were injured in an attack on a group of Shia students and…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana and Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta/Sampang – Two Shiite followers were killed in the latest religious violence involving Shia…

Dicky Christanto – Loopholes in budgeting laws and the national political system are blamed for the lack of political accountability among members…

It has been 14 years since Soeharto was ousted, ending 32 years of corrupt, authoritarian rule. Indonesia, while now a democracy, remains mired in…