Joyce Morgan, Dili – The East Timorese President has called for calm after a night of violence in the capital, Dili, which left one man dead,…

To East Timor, where Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's CNRT party is moving towards forming a coalition government. His party won the most seats in…

Guido Goulart, Dili – East Timor's president called on security forces to restore peace and order Monday as violence persisted over the runner-up…

Violence in East Timor was sparked when Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao announced his National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction will form a…

The Australian government has updated its travel advice for East Timor, warning of the possibility of further violence following a night of unrest…

Jakarta/Brussels – Almost ten years after the 2002 Bali bombing, Indonesian extremists are weak and divided but still finding partners for new…

To:

Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President, Republic of Indonesia

Mr. Andi Matalatta
Minister of Justice and Human Rights
…

Questions are being asked about the role that the partly Australian funded and trained elite Indonesian police squad, Densus (Detachment) 88, has…

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr will meet today with his Indonesian counterpart, Marty Natalegawa, after vowing over the weekend that his…

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD said on Sunday that no one could be punished for being an atheist or communist, reaffirming his…

Rangga D. Fadillah, Jakarta – Critics have said that despite much-touted tax reform, in reality little has changed in the sector given the recent…

Jakarta – An anti-graft outfit has said that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) is the most corrupt state institution as indicated by…

Farouk Arnaz – No one will be charged in Friday's mob attack on members of Bogor's Ahmadiyah community, the National Police said on Monday. "There…

Jakarta – The hard line group Islam Defenders Front (FPI) promised not to conduct any raids during the Ramadan fasting month and let police carry…

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Samarinda, East Kalimantan – As the month of Ramadan approaches, hard-line Islamist groups are demanding that…

Surabaya – The National and Jakarta Police have made contradicting statements regarding hard-line Islamist groups making punitive "sweeps" of…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – University lecturers, students and nongovernmental organizations have identified problematic articles in the…

Dessy Sagita & Ismira Lutfia – Activists have raised alarm over Indonesia's anti-abortion laws, saying that criminalized abortion encourages…

East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao will form a coalition government with the country's two minor parties. The decision was announced at a…

Jakarta – Unless the government shows goodwill in dealing with Papua and issues policies that touch the hearts of Papuans, conflict in the…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The surprising first-place finish by Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in Jakarta's gubernatorial election seems to be…

Ismira Lutfia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Labor activists have demanded that the labor minister apologize over a statement he made on…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) on Friday endorsed the much-debated Higher Education Bill which gives…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo admits that there is still a lot of work to be done to ensure efficient budget…

Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners protested outside the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Friday to "stop the genocide" of…

Indra Harsaputra, Sampang – Shiite cleric Tajul Muluk described his two-year prison sentence as a politically engineered verdict aimed at…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman said that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had failed to implement House of Representatives'…

National – Lawmakers want to require all NGOs receiving money from overseas to submit a financial report to the Home Ministry for…

Iman Mahditama and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – More than 30,000 workers from the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Union (KSPI) marched on the…

Arientha Primanita & Lenny Tristia Tambun – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has instructed government officials to reach a deal with…

Anita Rachman, Fitri & SP/Natasia Christy Wahyuni – The government and the House of Representatives heralded a new era of greater access to…

Vento Saudale – An angry mob attacked members of Bogor's Ahmadiyah community on Friday as a team of Dutch journalists tried to shoot a documentary…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The public may have their own opinion on the House of Representatives's rejection of a proposal to build a new…

Police in East Timor who uncovered a mysterious mass grave at the national government palace last month said Friday they had found the bones of 72…

Six weeks ago, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao formally nominated two leaders from our oil and gas sector to develop investment policy for Timor-…

The ruling party of East Timor resistance hero Xanana Gusmao has won 30 seats in parliament, according to a final count on Friday from last…

Joe Schneider and James Paton – ConocoPhillips, a US oil and gas producer, challenged a new tax assessment by the government of East Timor that…

Simon Roughneen – The party of East Timor's prime minister won the majority of seats this weekend in peaceful parliamentary elections, paving the…

The government of the Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) has started legal action against a number of international oil groups,…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives have agreed to raise the cost of the haj service from last year'…

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar, Bali – A new corruption scandal has shown that Indonesia's crooked politicians and government officials have no sacred…

An Indonesian court sentenced a Shiite cleric Thursday to two years in prison for blasphemy, saying his teachings deviated from mainstream Islam…

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Lawyers for a Shiite cleric standing trial for blasphemy in Sampang, East Java, have highlighted glaring irregularities in…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Weeks after an openly-proclaimed atheist was sent to prison by a court in West Sumatra, a senior chief justice says that…

Index: ASA 21/025/2012

The Indonesian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Tajul Muluk, a Shi'a Muslim religious…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is unlikely to collaborate with the Great…

Ezra Sihite/Rizky Amelia/Ulin Yusron – It's not just Ahok that has been brought into the central leadership board, but scores of retired generals…

Ezra Sihite – A political tug-of-war is taking place over the daughter of one of Indonesia's founding fathers, as two parties offer different…

The Indonesian government should immediately drop the case against Tajul Muluk, which highlights the threat Indonesia's blasphemy law poses to…

Denpasar – US navy warship USS Benfold will conduct an exercise with two Indonesian navy warships in Bali waters, according to the…