Over 400 Bintang Kejora (Morning Star) flags were flown by scores of people on a demonstration in Tanggal, Serui, West Papua.

According to…

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – The enactment of Law No 23/2011 on zakat (alms) management by the House of Representatives has caused controversy during…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Sharia bylaws drafted and implemented by several local administrations in the country could be a time bomb with the…

Medan – Hundreds of traders at the Petisah Market in Medan, North Sumatra, went on strike in protest over alleged rampant illegal fees…

A conflict resolution meeting with the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Yasmin in Bogor, West Java, was marked by the absence of Bogor mayor…

Conflict between members of a persecuted church in Bekasi and residents was captured on video and posted online on Thursday, showing the residents…

Indonesian Corruption Watch immediately criticized the four year and 10 month prison term handed down to Muhammad Nazaruddin on Friday, saying it…

Jakarta – The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry announced that it was ready to provide housing subsidies for 1,500 workers…

Jakarta – Thousands of workers at a garment factory in Tangerang went on strike to demand a Rp 200,000 increase in monthly wages.

Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) patron Taufiq Kiemas considered the latest survey result, which stated that…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Disgruntled Golkar party politicians have spoken out against Aburizal Bakrie's apparent move to silence…

Since the introduction of regional autonomy over a decade ago, Indonesia has seen the formation of 205 new autonomous regions – seven provinces,…

Max Lane – The second round vote for the President of Timor Leste has been announced. The two candidates were Lu'olo (Francisco Guterres), a…

Shamim Adam & Novrida Manurung, Singapore – Indonesia's push to lure investment is at risk from "policy slippages" such as the failure to cut…

Regional autonomy experts are calling on the central government to focus on merging the country's worst-performing provinces, regencies and…

The Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) is a vast mega-project, a plan for over a million hectares of plantations and industrialised…

UA: 109/12 Index: ASA 21/017/2012 Indonesia

Indonesian prisoner of conscience Filep Karma is in urgent need of medical treatment. He…

Dessy Sagita – Blackened lungs. Gangrenous feet. Yellowed teeth. Indonesia's cigarette warning labels are about to get a lot nastier.

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Ezra Sihite, Bayu Marhaenjati & Arientha Primanita – Sudomo, a former cabinet minister, Navy chief and top security commander, died in Jakarta…

Jakarta – Several residents of West Jakarta have complained of annoying pictures of the Jakarta governor candidates Hidayat Nurwahid…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Several leaders from Golkar's regional branches have warned party chairman Aburizal Bakrie of the growing opposition…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Calls have been aired in Medan, North Sumatra, by the Teacher Eye Drop Community (KAMG) for the government to cancel the…

Jakarta – Speaking in Jakarta on Wednesday April 18, Indonesian Military (TNI) headquarters information centre chief Rear Admiral Iskandar…

Jakarta – Jakarta city residents are complaining about gubernatorial candidates who have posted campaign pictures on residents' houses…

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Victims of the hot mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java, are once again demanding that Lapindo Brantas Inc. pay…

Sita W. Dewi and Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Indonesians have a strong tendency to refrain from speaking ill of the recently deceased. Their…

Pitan Daslani – Navy Commander Adm. R.E. Martadinata looked tense as he gathered top officers at the Navy headquarters in early January 1962. Then…

Steve James, New York – Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc whose recent profits were hurt by lower output from its strike-hit Grasberg mine in…

Alina Musta'idah – Indonesian farmers use an alarming amount of pesticides – including some with illegal toxic chemicals – on their crops, the…

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) urged lawmakers on Tuesday to revise the 2004 Law on regional administration, claiming that…

Antara & Anita Rachman – The Constitutional Court on Tuesday annulled an article in the 2009 Health Law which has stopped building owners…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) Ethics Council has banned lawmaker Ribka Tjiptaning Proletariyati from…

With no more than 80 Borneo pygmy elephants left in Indonesia, the massive clearing of forests to make way for palm oil plantations poses a major…

Pandaya, Jakarta – "If I cannot do anything in my first year in office, I'd rather pulang kampung [return to my home village]."

That is the…

Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs have warned that the 2012 Land Acquisition Law could lead to the massive conversion of farmland in Indonesia,…

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police's anti-terror squad arrested four terror suspects in the West Java town of Purwakarta on Tuesday after…

Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – A blast from a possible bomb and a clash between rival Muslim groups marked the sentencing of…

Michael Bachelard, Dili – Australia can expect a more aggressive line from East Timor's new president Taur Matan Ruak over maritime boundaries and…

Ronna Nirmala – While other gubernatorial candidates have been busy touting fixes for Jakarta's transportation and urban planning woes, Hidayat…

Sidoarjo – Minarak Lapindo Jaya (MLJ), the Bakrie company handling the Lapindo mudflow, says that it has yet to pay Rp 1.023 trillion…

Rights group Amnesty International demanded on Wednesday that Indonesian authorities drop blasphemy charges against Tajul Muluk, a local Shiite…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Newly elected Aceh governor Zaini Abdullah, on Tuesday vowed to make stability and the economy his priorities during…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-063-2012

Dear friends,

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

Rt. Hon David Cameron
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA

Dear Prime Minister,

I am writing in response to your comments about…

Index: ASA 21/016/2012

The Indonesian authorities should drop blasphemy charges against Tajul Muluk, a Shi'a Muslim religious leader…

Agus Maryono, Banyumas – Debts of billions of rupiah to fund political campaigns are being blamed for corruption among regents and mayors across…

Ezra Sihite – Responding to questions about Aburizal Bakrie's chance to win 2014 presidential election, the Golkar Party says its own recent…

Ade Mardiyati – Despite Raden Ajeng Kartini, Indonesia's pioneering women's right advocate, advancing the cause of feminism in this country, the…

Hotli SImanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A return to the polls in at least five of the 17 regencies and municipalities across Aceh is being demanded to…

Arientha Primanita – Despite holding a special meeting on Monday to prepare for massive rallies on May Day in Bogor, President Susilo Bambang…