Dion Bisara & Muhamad Al Azhari – With tens of thousands of workers across the country set use May Day protests today to demand better wages,…

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Thousands of students and workers in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta commemorated International Labour Day or…

Faishol, Surabaya – Thousands of workers from various parts of East Java poured into the grounds of the State Grahadi Building in the…

Angling Adhitya Purbaya, Semarang – Commemorating May Day, thousands of workers from the Workers Challenge Movement (Gerbang) held a protest…

Jakarta – As many as 100,000 workers from an alliance of trade unions held May Day action in front of the State Palace in Central Jakarta on…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Golkar Party has started a program to recruit and give political training to celebrities so they can run for office…

Baban Gandapurnama, Bandung – Thousands of workers and other groups, which took to the streets to commemorate International Labour Day…

Taufan Mustafa, Banda Aceh – A demonstration commemorating International Labour Day in the Achenese provincial capital of Banda Aceh…

The EU-Indonesia dialogue should be more than token statements on human rights, but should discuss concrete measures to address rising…

Indonesia has made great strides in recent years in consolidating a stable, democratic government with a strong civil society and independent…

UA: 121/12 Index: ASA 21/018/2012 Indonesia Date: 30 April 2012

The congregation of an Indonesian church were threatened during…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Bayu Marhaenjati – A recent ruling in favor of workers in a labor dispute is expected to boost Tuesday's planned…

The place of the rebellious Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) in the ruling coalition again appears secure, despite weeks of discontent from members…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Four people were injured on Saturday, two of them critically, during the latest in a long line of clashes between farmers…

Ezra Sihite – The arrest of Angelina Sondakh should enable the Corruption Eradication Commission to charge more lawmakers and ministers from…

Jakarta – Democratic Party lawmaker Angelina Sondakh is reportedly getting in touch with her religious roots since being incarcerated in the…

Jakarta – Education and Culture Minister Mohammad Nuh welcomed foreign universities to operate in Indonesia, as long as their…

Rizky Amelia – Malaysian police have brutally shot Indonesian citizens at least three times in recent years, a nongovernmental group said over the…

Ezra Sihite – Two groups on Sunday criticized the privatization of clean water in the capital, and received the support of a candidate for the…

Michael Victor Sianipar – Efforts by the government to insert itself more prominently into religious matters, coupled with its unclear stance on…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana and Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The East Java provincial administration may go ahead with its plan to issue a bylaw on the…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's intention to apologize to families and victims of past human rights abuses and draft a mechanism…

Lindsay Murdoch – Jose Ramos-Horta guns his Mini Moke along Dili's pot-holed backstreets, waving and laughing with barefooted children running to…

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) will issue a regulation limiting ownership in local banks next month before proceeding with a formal…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar, South Sulawesi – Nine Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers with the Gorontalo Police were named suspects in a shooting…

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Balikpapan – Primary forest cover in East Kalimantan has been depleted from 19 million hectares in the 1960s to just 4…

Indra Harsaputra and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta – Sunni ulemas in Madura and other areas of East Java are asking the provincial administration…

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested Democratic Party lawmaker Angelina Sondakh on Friday in connection with multiple corruption…

Erwida Maulia – Human Rights Watch has criticized British Prime Minister David Cameron for his statements about Indonesia's democracy, saying he…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must be commended for his plan to issue a formal apology to the nation for every abuse of human rights…

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Several victims and their families are skeptical about President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to apologize for…

Akhirul Anwar/JIBI, Jogja – Scores of people from the United People's Committee (KBR) held an action in front of the Beringharjo Market on Jl.…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has again been rocked by scandal after a video appeared on…

Jakarta – Vice President Boediono has criticized the volume of loudspeakers that are used to broadcast the call for Muslim prayers –…

Members of Germany's Indonesian student association ridiculed House lawmakers visiting Berlin on Monday, calling the politicians "country bumpkins…

David Wroe – East Timor could be slugged millions of dollars a year under the carbon tax, which is set to take a bite out of revenues from…

The East Timorese government has raised concerns that it risks losing millions of dollars in revenue, as a result of Australia's carbon tax.

Nethy Dharma Somba and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jayapura/Jakarta – Papuan lawmakers have urged Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi to replace caretaker…

Jakarta – London-based human rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), called on Indonesian police officers to stop using excessive force when…

Rizky Amelia – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned Atiyah Laila, the wife of Democratic Party chairman Anas…

Margareth S. Aritonang and Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The Association of Indonesian Students in Germany and the German branch of the Islamic…

Violence erupted outside the Corruption Eradication Commission on Thursday when an unruly demonstration became a free-for-all brawl…

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) is expected to make an apology to families and victims of past human rights…

Khaerudin, Nasru Alam Aziz, Jakarta – The disparity and gap between those who are rich and poor in Indonesia is clearly illustrated by data on the…

A few dozen judges from several areas recently came to Jakarta to protest their low salaries. Along with police, prosecutors and lawyers, judges…

Anna Powles, Dili – In a vote influenced by nationalism and nostalgia, Timor Leste's voters overwhelmingly chose former defense force chief Jose…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A House of Representatives commission chairman on Wednesday called on the government to address the jealousy between…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Having failed to get reelected in the Aceh gubernatorial election on April 9, Irwandi Yusuf has established a new…

Indra Harsaputra, Sampang – Sampang Shiite cleric Tajul Muluk, who faced the first hearing of his trial on Tuesday at the Sampang District Court,…

Jakarta – Deputy Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar has won support from interfaith activists with his call for the National Police to…