Indonesian consumers were less confident in the economy in April as they worried about rising prices, according to surveys by the central bank and…

Jakarta – The hard-line Islam Defender Font (FPI) says it will take to the streets if US singer Lady Gaga does not cancel her upcoming…

Arientha Primanita – The government on Thursday postponed a planned restriction on certain types of private vehicles from purchasing subsidized…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Clerics from various Islamic organizations in West Java affiliated with the Indonesian Ulema and Ummah Forum (FUUI)…

Hundreds of Indonesians staged a rally in front of the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta on Thursday, urging the Malaysian government to investigate…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Activists have expressed concern over the sudden death of Raymond "Ongen" J Latuihamallo, a key witness in…

The federal government is in discussions with East Timor about carbon price liabilities for gas companies which operate in the Timor…

The TP/OPM [National Libration Army/Organisasi Papua Merdeka] is planning to fly Morning Star flags throughout the territory of West Papua for…

Arlina Arshad – Jakarta's carpooling laws were meant to ease traffic jams. Instead, they have spawned an industry of professional hitchhikers who…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Indonesia may have lost a staggering five million hectares of forest since President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced…

A coalition of green groups in Indonesia on Thursday criticized a moratorium on deforestation as "weak," saying the year-long ban still excludes…

Hajriyanto Thohari, deputy chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), on Thursday backed away from earlier comments in which he called…

Rizky Amelia – Deputy House Speaker Anis Matta from the Prosperous Justice Party was at the Corruption Eradication Office on Thursday for…

Jakarta – The government will monitor anti-Shiite groups in the regions of West Java and East Java "very seriously", Deputy Religious Affairs…

Jakarta – Human rights activists and political observers have criticized the outcome of a recent meeting between the Indonesian Christian Church (…

Jakarta – Raymond "Ongen" J Latuihamallo, a key witness in the case of slain human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, died of a heart…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Lawmaker Martin Hutabarat from the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) says the presence of an…

Bayu Marhaenjati & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A brush between his car and a motorcycle prompted an Army captain to pull out his gun and fire…

Arientha Primanita – A plan to restrict the sale of subsidized fuel to select vehicles was "delayed indefinitely" by the Indonesian…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-067-2012

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

Tomorrow's EU-Indonesia human rights dialogue should address systematic rights violations in Papua, which remain an ugly stain on the country's…

Today, May 1, coinciding with the commemoration of International Labour Day, the Greater Jakarta Joint Labour Secretariat (Sekber Buruh) again…

Surabaya – Around 500 residents from Banjarasri village and surrounding villages in Tanggulangin district in Sidoarjo, East Java,…

Jakarta – Thousands of workers from various organizations staged rallies in big cities across the nation on Tuesday in conjunction with the…

Jakarta – Several religious leaders from the Pentecostal Church of Indonesia Alpha Omega in Bunaken District, Manado, North Sulawesi…

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – A police watchdog wants the police to investigate Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum for…

Farouk Arnaz, Ronna Nirmala, Ismira Lutfia & Bayu Marhaenjati – More than 160,000 people took part in Labor Day rallies across the country on…

Several pro-labor reforms have taken effect in Indonesia in the past 12 months.

In November, the House of Representatives enacted the…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The "oligarchic" leadership that Aburizal Bakrie is developing within the Golkar Party is threatening democracy and…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) says that the number of unemployed Indonesians increases by 1.3…

Dessy Sagita & Fitri – Workers used nationwide rallies marking Labor Day on Tuesday to call on the government to push for a full investigation…

Rangga D. Fadillah, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik on Tuesday announced 14 mineral commodities that will become…

Police in Tasikmalaya, West Java, said they were investigating whether an attack on a mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyah minority…

Camelia Pasandaran – Bogor's embattled GKI Yasmin church can reopen, as long as a mosque is built next door, Bogor mayor Diani Budiarto said in a…

Police in the East Timorese capital Dili fired warning shots and arrested 84 people to disperse some 500 May Day protesters calling…

Chazizah Gusnita, Jakarta - May 1 is not just for celebrating International Labour Day. In Papua, people commemorated May as the day Papua was…

Joanna M. Foster – Indonesia ranks right behind the United States and China in the lineup of the world's top 10 greenhouse gas emitters. It's not…

Ezra Sihite, Rizky Amelia & Natasia Christy Wahyuni – Lawmakers, including some from the ruling Democratic Party, welcomed the antigraft…

A budget watchdog is urging the House of Representatives to scrap its budget for trips abroad.

The Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency…

Farouk Arnaz – An internal trial for nine Gorontalo Police officers involved in the shooting of military personnel that left one of the latter…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) says that large-scale and mid-scale manufacturing industry's…

Denpasar – Scores of workers in the Balinese provincial capital of Denpasar from the Unity for a People's Independent Nation (Perkasa) demanded…

As more than 160,000 workers held rallies across the country to mark May Day on Tuesday, an economist said the government had its own work to do…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – In spite of its potentially being a nuisance in local neighborhoods, no regulations should be drawn-up to force…

Dewi Kurniawati – After spending 18 years as a staunch labor activist, including three years in prison, Dita Indah Sari shocked many in 2010 when…

Bagus BT Saragih and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Despite the potential for a substantial loss of tax income, the government says it will…

Adan Bakar, Lampung – A May Day action in the South Sumatra city of Lampung ended in chaos on Tuesday after scores of protesters were involved in…

Ismoko Widjaya, Harry Ondo Saragih, Medan – Around 2000 workers blockaded a road directly in front of the Polonia Airport in the North…

Elin Yunita Kristanti, Banjir Ambarita (Papua) – Hundreds of Morning Star flags of various sizes were flown when thousands of Papuans held a…

Jakarta – May Day protesters briefly stopped their 100,000-people march, from the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to the Bung Karno stadium, at the…