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Aceh, North Sumatra – Sixty-two young women were detained in a raid for wearing tight clothing in Wilayatul Hisbah, Bireuen, Aceh on…

Damien Kingsbury – As Timor-Leste moves towards marking the 10th anniversary of its independence and completing the third round of its national…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it has evidence that government officials were…

Ismira Lutfia – The specter of religious violence reared its head again on Wednesday when Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University cancelled a speaking…

Kafil Yamin – The fate of a gender equality bill pending in Indonesia's parliament and aligned with the United Nations convention on the…

Yanto Soegiarto – When people criticized Indonesian lawmakers' comparative study trip to Germany in April, the culprits remained silent at first…

Bandarlampung – While an investigation and examination is underway on the arson attack on the Mesuji regency administrative office in…

The Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court sentenced infamous graft defendant Nunun Nurbaeti to two-and-a-half years in jail on Wednesday in a bribery…

Apriadi Gunawan and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Medan/Jakarta – Scores of Golkar members burned their yellow party jackets in Medan, North Sumatra, on…

Rizky Amelia – While making laws is the daily work of lawmakers, data from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) shows that…

Theresia Sufa and Lutfi Rakhmawati, Bogor – Hopes for significant progress in the protracted dispute over the sealed Indonesian Christian Church (…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The involvement of the hard-line group, the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), in multiple violent vigilante actions shows…

The Hague, Netherlands – Ten relatives of Indonesian men allegedly killed by Dutch troops in their country's bloody struggle for…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The Aceh administration has shut down at least 16 Christian places of worship since May 2, alleging they…

Jakarta – The hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) says it will send six members to shoo away fans flocking Lady Gaga's concert if…

Ezra Sihite – A member of House Commission III that oversees legal and human rights affairs, demanded on Monday that the National Police chief…

Bogor – In a quick move, Bogor police arrested a man believed to have killed a member of the Islamic Defenders Force, a unit of the…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti & Ismira Lut Fia – "I have always said that if you want to see an example of religious pluralism, look at Indonesia,"…

Vento Saudale, Bogor – The alleged murder suspect in the killing of an Islamic Defenders Force (LPI), a unit of the FPI, member said…

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – A journalist says he is avoiding local police and has filed a complaint with the National Police claiming that the…

Ezra Sihite – Indonesian lawmakers defended last month's highly criticized trip to Berlin on Monday, stating that visiting lawmakers were in…

Agus Triyono & Ezra Sihite – Each lawmaker in the House of Representatives will reportedly receive Rp 963 million ($105,000) in recess budget…

Indonesia has been struggling for decades to address an intriguing debate over whether an individual's religion should appear in official…

Bramantyo Prijosusilo – Recently we have witnessed more violence and intimidation under the guise of Islam. While attacks against Shia Muslims in…

Jakarta – Activists have once again blamed the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for not doing enough to rein in radical groups in…

Ezra Sihite, Bayu Marhaenjati, Dessy Sagita & Farouk Arnaz – Tantowi Anwari never thought the T-shirt he wore, reading "Fight the tyranny of…

Ita Lismawati F. Malau, Oscar Ferri – After 19 years and 14 years of reformasi (the reform process beginning in 1998), Marsinah's killer has still…

Rochmanuddin, Jakarta – The Marsinah FM Radio Community together with the Free Women National Committee (KNPM), the Cross-Factory Labour Forum (…

Ezra Sihite, Rizky Amelia, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Arientha Primanita – More politicians and businesspeople look likely to be formally…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – A rights activist from the Association of Journalists for Diversity (Sejuk), Tantowi Anwari, was stripped and beaten…

Jakarta – Worshippers from the Filadelfia Batak Protestant Union (HKBP) church in Bekasi regency, West Java, again were stopped from performing…

Jakarta – The reason why press freedom in Indonesia is under attack is because the government and news organizations often fail to protect…

Jakarta – A spokesman of the Islam Defender Front (FPI) says that residents rejects Canadian liberal Muslim activist Irshad Manji for her angle…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – Various groups condemned Friday evening's incident at a Salihara venue in Jakarta, where the police broke up a book launch…

Jakarta – South Jakarta Police are questioning the organizers of Canadian author Irshad Manji's terminated book launch and discussion at a…

Jakarta – The Islamic Defender Front (FPI) insist that the group has been protesting the presence of all foreign artists who they deemed as…

Jakarta – Canadian liberal Muslim activist Irshad Manji was escorted out of the Salihara venue in South Jakarta on Friday, where she was supposed…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – The work of the Mesuji regency administration in Lampung province ground to a halt on Friday after the regent's…

Bayu Marhaenjati & Ismira Lutfia – The police on Saturday defended its forced canceling of a speaking event in Jakarta featuring liberal…

Michael Bachelard – Unlike many of his countrymen, Mohamad Achadi cannot forget the bloodbath that attended the birth of the modern nation of…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – The congregation of the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Yasmin in Taman Yasmin, Bogor, West Java, demanded on Friday that…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Robertus Wardi – With the electoral requirement that a political party or coalition of parties win at least 20…

Zaky Pawas, Bayu Marhaenjati & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesia has been doing its best Wild West impression recently. Police officers,…

Ardi Mandiri – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) urged the government to deport visiting liberal Canadian Muslim activist Irshad Manji, saying she…

Political parties are engaging in a game of celebrity one-upmanship as they rush to sign on stars for the 2014 elections.

The United…

Ezra Sihite & Hangga Brata – Opposition lawmaker Eva Kusuma Sundari on Saturday accused the Islamic Defenders Front of trying to sabotage Solo…

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – At least 115 companies have carried out mining activities in 471,714 hectares of productive and protected…

The separatist OPM Free West Papua Movement is planning to fly the banned Morning Star flag throughout Indonesia's Papua region for…

Tanjungpinang – As many as 160 Afghan asylum seekers detained in the Indonesian city of Tanjungpinang have been holding a hunger strike for over…