Dessy Sagita – The Indonesian Commission for Child Protection is urging the police to punish organizations that involve children and minors in…

Rangga D. Fadillah and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is apparently walking away from an agreement…

Dili – National police and NGOs in East Timor have noted an uptick in alcohol-fueled violence, especially among unemployed youths.

Vidal…

Indonesian and East Timorese civilians are guarding a neutral buffer zone between both countries a day after a land conflict sparked a…

Indonesian television station Global TV was cited by the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) after renowned Muslim preacher Sholahudin "Ustad…

Despite a recommendation from the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to follow up on the 1965 rights violations, the…

A worrying decline in exclusive breast-feeding by new mothers underlines the need for the government to move quickly and enact a regulation that…

Arientha Primanita, Rizky Amelia, Farouk Arnaz & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A senior government official guaranteed on Tuesday that there…

Rizky Amelia, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – The National Police have inexplicably prevented antigraft investigators from gathering…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – In a series of historic firsts, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named an active-…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) usually need only a warrant to raid an office when looking…

James Balowski, Jakarta – After a three-year investigation and testimonies from 349 witnesses, Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (…

Endy Bayuni, Jakarta – Last week, the National Commission on Human Rights, an independent state body, released its findings from a four-year…

Ahmad Pathoni – Diana Marsella lives next to a mosque in central Jakarta and the call to Islamic morning prayer jolts her out of her slumber every…

In Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, government protection of religious freedom has been deteriorating, the United States says…

Arya Dipa, Bandung – A number of non-governmental organizations in Bandung, West Java, have urged the Bandung administration to stop using hibah (…

The rupiah weakened for a sixth month, its longest losing streak since 1998, on concern Europe's debt crisis will damp growth and exports.

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Jakarta – Responding to the damning reports from the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) stating that the 1965 anti-communist purge…

Rangga Prakoso – All state institutions are responsible for addressing past human rights violations in the absence of an official rights tribunal…

Jakarta – The vast majority of students in Indonesian schools say that they have been targeted by bullies, according to a survey released on…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar Lampung – Thousands of residents from 11 villages rallied outside the local office of state-owned plantation firm PT…

A list is currently circulating on the internet which purports to list international supporters of the OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdek) in West Papua…

Iman Mahditama, Jakarta – The police say that they will investigate the possibility that teenagers alledgedly involved in the ransacking of a cafe…

A bill governing service in the military reserves is not likely to pass this year due to public resistance, but could be approved next year, the…

Indonesian television shows will be stamped with the Indonesian Council of Ulema's (MUI) Halal seal under a plan currently being discussed by the…

Ulma Haryanto – Transportation projects that are not part of a wider integrated transportation development policy will not provide the long-term…

Jakarta – The recently formed National Democratic (NasDem) party said it would garner at least 21 percent of the votes in the 2014…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta – The author of a book which criticizes Golkar Party Chairman Aburizal Bakrie for his poor handling of the Lapindo…

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – Ignoring the inherent dangers, passengers still patiently wait to get on and off the buses near toll road exits and…

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Bayu Marhaenjati – Just before dusk on Friday, devotees at the Al-Muttaqin Mosque sat in neat rows as the preacher took…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will be sending an investigation team to Ogan Ilir in South Sumatra, the scene on…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – The contentious issue of increasingly expensive soybean imports has now turned to the handful of…

A planned raid on several "immoral" hotels by Islamist hard-liners in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, was shut down by local police…

Protestors forced a church in Bandung, West Java, to shut down on Sunday amid claims that it was operating without a permit.

The…

Bayu Marhaenjati & Zaky Pawas – In a move that was considered surprising to some, the police arrested 62 members of a hard-line Muslim group…

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Reports of Islamic preachers or speakers who direct the vote of their followers in the second round of the Jakarta…

Ansyor and Oyos Saroso H.N., Palembang/Bandar Lampung – The central government and the National Police have been called upon to help put an end to…

Farouk Arnaz – Blood has been spilled in the holy month of Ramadan. On Friday afternoon, a child was shot dead and at least two other residents…

The Supreme Court has acquitted former Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker Muhammad Misbakhun of forgery charges linked to the controversial…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar Lampung – The Lampung Coastal Care Community Alliance (AMPPL) has increased its protest over the construction of a…

Jakarta – Hundreds of people blockaded the toll road serving Jakarta-Bekasi near the Jatibening toll road entrance and set a pickup, owned by…

Ezra Sihite – The government is being urged to form a task force to investigate and solve past cases of human rights violation.

People's…

Ezra Sihite – The House of Representatives Ethics Council says it will study a report filed by a human rights group objecting to Deputy Speaker…

Jakarta – Human rights watchdogs and environmental NGO have slammed the police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) shooting on Friday of Limbang Jaya…

Arientha Primanita, Ezra Sihite, Ronna Nirmala & Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Indonesia is hurting from skyrocketing soybean prices, but few people…

The country's self-appointed morality police says they would rather be praying and worshiping during Ramadan, instead of raiding restaurants and…

Index: ASA 21/028/2012

The Attorney General must immediately investigate the findings of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas…

Bruce Gale – On July 23, when Nazriel 'Ariel' Irham of the Bandung-based Peterpan pop group was released from prison, the local singer's fans were…

The West Jakarta Court sentenced two men to five years in prison in connection with the April 2011 suicide bombing of a police station in Cirebon…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Former Justice Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra has denied reports that he helped graft fugitive Djoko Tjandra obtain…