Michael Bachelard, Karuni Rompies – Bali bomb-maker Umar Patek has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty over his role in…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Two labor unions on Friday filed a demand for a judicial review of the 2001 Law on Oil and Gas to the Constitutional…

A report on the practice of torture in Indonesia, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2012

Commemorating the…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Executives of the ruling Democratic Party said that pollsters and the news media were to blame for its sinking…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Hard line organization the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) Bandung chapter has rejected the dangdut group Trio Macan, who…

SP/Novianti Setuningsih & Ezra Sihite – Suspended lawmaker Wa Ode Nurhayati on Tuesday stood by her accusations that leaders in the House of…

Misti P., Mojokerto – Scores of activists from the United Indonesian Labour Movement (PPBI) went to the 0815 Mojokerto District Military Command…

Ezra Sihite – A special legislative committee deliberating amendments to the regional governance and villages laws is set to embark on study trips…

Ezra Sihite – Golkar Party chairman and business tycoon Aburizal Bakrie is reportedly considering Edhie Baskoro, the youngest son of…

Jakarta – Twenty four bodies were recovered on Wednesday from a mass grave that was accidentally found in the garden of the office of Timor Leste'…

Hasyim Widhiarto and Fikri Zaki Muhammadi, Expose – Although they differ from the Freemasons, the secret society frequently linked by conspiracy…

Michael Bachelard – Police in West Papua say the independence activist they killed in the streets last week was carrying the same gun used to…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A Papuan pastor calling for justice and an end to the violence in the restive province told the Jakarta Globe on…

Antara & Dessy Sagita – Newly-appointed Health Minister Nafsiah Mboy posted a video to YouTube on Tuesday explaining the ministry's plan to…

Farouk Arnaz & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Police denied on Monday that it was planning to send counterterrorism unit Densus 88 to…

A rally has been held in New Zealand in response to recent violence in Indonesia's West Papua region including the alleged shooting of…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Lawmakers from the House of Representatives' Commission III overseeing legal and human rights affairs flexed…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government says that it has been in talks with the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) since last year – months…

Kontras Papua, SKPKC and BUK believe that there has been speculation about the killing of Mako Tabuni on 14 June.

Mako Tabuni was shot by…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Residents of Tulungagung, East Java, have spoken out against a plan for military exercises in the area,…

Expose – Despite the inconvenience of the chaotic traffic jams that their mass prayers create, sermon groups led by clerics claiming to be…

Banjir Ambarita, Arientha Primanita & Ismira Lutfia – The National Police have issued warrants for five people allegedly behind the recent…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Margaretha Aritonang, Jayapura/Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto ruled…

Nurdin Hasan & Ezra Sihite – A mob of about 300 men vandalized a store that was being used for a church service by dozens of Bethel Christians…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Rizky Amelia, Ezra Sihite & Bayu Marhaenjati – Neneng Sri Wahyuni's arrest is part of a wider plan to allow Anas…

Riwanto Tirtosudarmo, Jakarta – The problem confronted by Papua, the easternmost province of Indonesia, is structural, rather than developmental…

Oei Eng Goan – The absence of Anas Urbaningrum at the meeting of the Communication Forum of the Democratic Party's founders held in Jakarta last…

Jakarta – An effort from the House of Representatives to come up with a regulation that would guarantee equality between men and women in the…

Damiana Ningsih Simanjuntak – The Minister of Industry on Tuesday said that the government has no plan to curb the production of local…

Ronna Nirmala – The Head of Jakarta's Elections Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu Jakarta) said on Tuesday that they will forbid the use of the…

Lenny Tristia Tambun – As the Jakarta elections draws closer, the campaign of gubernatorial candidate Hidayat Nur Wahid and his running mate Didik…

Ezra Sihite – House Speaker Marzuki Alie said on Tuesday he was prepared to swear in the name of God as well as perform a "sumpah pocong" (death…

Zakir Hussain – The mayor of Tasikmalaya, which made headlines this month for reportedly proposing a bylaw that would require all Muslim women to…

Damien Kingsbury – When Timor-Leste's Anti-Corruption Commission (CAC) was established in 2009, many people wondered whether it was just a…

Jakarta – In a country where opposition to Lady Gaga forced the provocative pop star to cancel her show this month, Indonesia's home-grown stars…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on Monday for a closer partnership between governments and the business community to stimulate the…

Jakarta – Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum is warning his opponents that he is still in charge of the party and any efforts to topple…

Agustiyanti – State expenditure until May 23 of this year had only reached Rp 400 trillion ($42.4 billion), or just 27.9 percent of…

AHRC-UAC-103-2012

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding an attack conducted…

Amelia Tan, Singapore – Maid agents – unhappy with a new policy by the Indonesian government that bars agencies from earning commission from maids…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government has rejected criticism that it lacks coherent policies to deal with the…

Yogyakarta – A plenary session held by the Golkar Party's Yogyakarta provincial branch on Friday evening decided to propose Sri Sultan…

Jakarta – The Democratic Party would likely suffer a serious defeat in 2014 and garner only 11 percent of the vote if the election were held today…

A member of a notorious Indonesian military special forces unit linked to human rights violations in East Timor and West Papua has trained with…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Following recent shootings and arson incidents in Papua, police are likely to intensify the role of its Densus…

Jakarta – Government today sends team to investigate a series of shootings of civilians in Papua. The team, headed by Coordinating Minister for…

Family planning officials want to raise Indonesia's legal age for marriage from 16 to 21 years, in a bid to curb the country's high maternal…

Fitri, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Supiani binti Abdul Salam had worked in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, for less than a year before tragedy struck.…

Zakir Hussain, Jakarta – Indonesia says several churches in Aceh were ordered shut not because of deepening religious conflict or intolerance, but…

Ezra Sihite & Ismira Lutfia – A major human rights group has refuted the police account of Thursday's killing of Papuan activist Mako Tabuni…