Camelia Pasandaran – The Indonesian government warned local promoters to be aware of the country's "traditions" and "culture" before inviting…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – People's Consultative Assembly chairman, Taufik Kiemas, has welcomed the Jakarta Police's decision…

Jakarta – Church groups are urging the National Police to reverse their decision to deny a permit for US singer Lady Gaga's upcoming concert in…

Natasia Christy Wahyuni – While radical Indonesian Islamic groups have voiced their opposition to the planned Lady Gaga concert in…

Jakarta – While the police have apparently bowed to the so-called public pressure to ban the upcoming Lady Gaga's concert in Jakarta, an official…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – If the National Police are going to ban western imports like Lady Gaga out of respect for Indonesian values, then…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesia's national police are considering banning a performance next month by pop diva Lady Gaga amid threats of…

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesian police on Tuesday, May 15, refused to allow pop phenomenon Lady Gaga to perform in Jakarta after Islamic…

Jakarta – Because of his refusal to obey the ruling from the Supreme Court, together with his defiance of various recommendations from the…

Jakarta – Muslim activists are warning that people might form vigilante groups if the government takes no action against the violent campaigns…

Countries should be asking Indonesia hard questions about why over the past four years violence and discrimination against religious minorities…

Jakarta – The government has paid a total of Rp 2.8 billion (US$303,753) in subsidies over the past five months for 8,100 informal…

Samantha Michaels & Ulma Haryanto – In 2009, more than a decade after the fall of Suharto, a presidential and ministerial decree ordered the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Almost half of the lawmakers from the House of Representatives were absent on the opening day of the new…

As the nation braces for the 14th anniversary of Reformasi, university campuses, the driving force behind the sweeping political changes in May…

SP/Natasia Christy Wahyuni – Fourteen years after four Trisakti University students were gunned down during a demonstration, leading to the fall…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) called for an amendment to the Criminal Code to help the cause of…

Ezra Sihite – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has denied talk of rift within the party after some senior politicians publicly questioned his…

Bayu Marhaenjati – Pop superstar Lady Gaga's upcoming Jakarta concert should be canceled the Jakarta Police said on Sunday, citing a flurry of…

Dozens of fledgling airlines that have sprung up to serve Indonesia's island-hopping new middle class could jeopardize the archipelago's recently…

Dessy Sagita – Child health in Indonesia remains a major challenge largely because of malnutrition, although maternal health is improving, a key…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Police's plan to award Malaysia's police chief a medal of honor has drawn strong criticism in light of…

Samantha Michaels & Ulma Haryanto – The government says it has reformed the military's once-extensive network of businesses, but it has failed…

Rizky Amelia – A senior Indonesian pilot said that unwanted dangdut songs and even phone sex often clog radio communications as pilots…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Indonesia's human rights role at the global level is at risk as the government has repeatedly failed to protect…

The High Court in Papua has decided that Forkoruus and his co-defendants should be sentenced to three years, in accordance with the verdict…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua Legislative Council speaker John Ibo, former Papua provincial secretary Andi Baso Basaleng and former Papua…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Another Christian house of worship has been sealed off in Aceh Singkil district, bringing the total since last week to…

Jakarta – Hundreds of people describing themselves as the Yogyakarta People's Non-Violence Movement staged a rally on Friday, urging…

Jakarta – Hundreds of people from the Indonesian Mujahidin Council (MMI) attacked participants in a book discussion of Canadian author…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – With three years remaining ahead of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline in 2015, the number of infant…

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Kupang – A local Interreligious Harmony Forum (FKUB) is questioning the construction of two mosques in Timor Tengah Utara, East Nusa…

Bayu Marhaenjati, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Zaky Pawas – "Yeah, I sell guns. All types and all prices," says A.J., a self-proclaimed "…

Jakarta – The National Police were separated from the Indonesian Military 12 years ago, and critics are saying that the process of reforming the…

Samantha Michaels & Ulma Haryanto – In April last year, the Defense Ministry received a letter from two civil society groups. The groups, a…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A budget watchdog is warning that the bill for state-funded trips this year will exceed Rp 23.9 trillion ($2.6 billion…

Bibhu Prasad Routray – As Hisyam Alizein, alias Umar Patek and a cadre of the Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiah (JI), rose to speak…

The leadership of the House of Representatives appealed for calm and called for an end to the controversy surrounding speaker Marzuki Alie's…

M. Najibur Rohman, Semarang – The involuntary dissolution of Irshad Manji's book launch in Salihara Cultural Center last week is representation of…

Sourav Roy – British Secretary of State, William Hague, is a delight to listen to. Even more when he dismisses an uncomfortable question hurled at…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Gadjah Mada University (UGM) is taking the heat for its decision to ban Canadian liberal Muslim activist Irshad…

Jayapura – Socialization of the Accelerated Development Unit for Papua and West Papua (UP4B) continues to be met with challenge and refusal. After…

The following is a compilation of abridged translations from the Indonesian media on commemorations held around the country to mark 19 years since…

Ronna Nirmala – Petrus Sadino embarked on a 577-kilometer journey by train in the dead of the night from his hometown of Klaten, Central Java,…

Slamet Susanto, Bantul – The police claim that no one has filed a criminal report following the brutal attack launched by Muslim hard-liners at…

Farouk Arnaz – Sick of what they see as a hands-off approach to policing Indonesia's hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), members of the…

Farouk Arnaz – Members of the Salihara cultural center filed a complaint against Pasar Minggu, where the center is located, and the South Jakarta…

At least 42 prisoners – both political and criminal – have been beaten by warders in Abepura Prison where they are being held, These beatings…

Bandung – Dozens of National Labor Confederation (KSN) members held an evening vigil at the Gedung Sate gubernatorial office in…