Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) says that businesses are disappointed over the fact that…

Michael Bachelard, Banda Aceh – Some of the tsunami alert sirens that are supposed to protect the city of Banda Aceh failed as an earthquake shook…

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – The obscure legal framework governing the management of the country's forests has given…

Jakarta – Activists rallied before the Attorney General's Office (AGO) on Friday, urging an investigation into what they called "light charges"…

Erwida Maulia – Lampung Governor Sjachroedin Z.P. installed the new head of the Mesuji district and his graft convict deputy in a ceremony at a…

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Several unexplained cases of violence involving mysterious snipers are heightening insecurity in Papua, the national…

Made Arya Kencana & Rizky Amelia, Denpasar – A financial transaction watchdog has found 2,300 potentially problematic bank accounts belonging…

Nurdin Hasan & Antara – Days after Aceh dodged a bullet when two massive earthquakes failed to trigger a potentially devastating tsunami, it…

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – Millions of the country's traditional fishermen have left their jobs to become motorcycle…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono swore in on Thursday new members of the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the…

Robertus Wardi – Lawmakers at the House of Representatives only work earnestly when the issue at hand affects their parties' hold on power, an…

Dili – Following a peaceful presidential poll in March and several years of stability, international peacekeeping forces dispatched in 2006 to…

Dion Bisara & Ulma Haryanto – British Prime Minister David Cameron praised Indonesia's political and economic transformation on a visit to…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – After a protracted debate, the House of Representatives passed an amended election law on Thursday, mandating…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The newly-endorsed Legislative Elections Law will make no significant changes for better elections and democracy in…

The Free West Papua Campaign has condemned Britain's renewal of selling weaponry to Indonesia as "one of the worst outcomes imaginable," while the…

13 April, 2012

Rt Hon David Cameron, MP.
Prime Minister,
10 Downing Street
London SW1

Dear Mr Cameron,

TAPOL has been…

The Indonesian government should keep up the momentum by moving quickly to revise Law 39 to comply with the protections in the Migrant Workers…

Ismira Lutfia – In a study of two prison in Greater Jakarta, only 9 percent of juvenile offenders had access to lawyers, 74 percent shared their…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives passed the social conflict management bill on Wednesday following a chorus of…

Agus Triyono – The Constitutional Court has rejected a motion by firebrand Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to have several articles of the Criminal…

Indonesia will go ahead with its plan to limit the use of subsidized fuels by private cars to meet the subsidized fuel quota target of 40 million…

Dion Bisara – Despite seeing Indonesia as a potential investment destination, British businesses appear still concerned with the country's…

Jakarta – In democracy, everyone has the right to speak out, including elementary students.

Students of Cipayung, Sukmajaya III…

Olin Monteiro – After "Jakarta Maghrib" and the horror omnibus "Hi5teria," which is still playing in cinemas, get ready for "Sanubari Jakarta" ("…

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said that the government would not submit to a demand to legalize same-sex…

John Sidel – Speaking at an Islamic university in Jakarta, David Cameron hailed Indonesia as a model democracy to be celebrated and emulated by…

Anita Rachman – The Central Jakarta District Court refused on Wednesday to hear a lawsuit filed against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono by a…

Ezra Sihite – A leaked speech by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono from a Democratic Party meeting on April 1 seems to counter suggestions that…

Dessy Sagita – The strong prevailing patriarchal culture is being blamed for the country's high maternal death rate, with some pregnant women…

Indonesia's parliament ratified on Thursday a UN convention on the protection of migrant workers in a move that will offer greater rights to…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Lawyers for bribery defendant Nunun Nurbaeti presented before the Jakarta Corruption Court three staff members who worked…

Jakarta – Graft convict Mindo "Rosa" Rosalina Manulang is the first inmate of the Corruption Eradication Commission's new prison.

An aftershock measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale struck Sumatera mere hours after a powerful quake sent residents running for higher ground in…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) watchdog urged the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to expedite its execution of court rulings on…

Hans David Tampubolon – Public Housing Minister Djan Faridz says that there is no political motive behind his ministry's recent plan…

Demonstrations were held in Jayapura on April 5 in support of a groundbreaking conference held in The Hague, The Netherlands, to examine pathways…

Rory MacKinnon – David Cameron may have once been a West Papuan hero but activists poured scorn on the PM on Wednesday after he promised their…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A top military officer was quick on Wednesday to blame the Free Papua Movement (OPM) for a recent shooting at an…

Banjir Ambarita, Arientha Primanita & Farouk Arnaz – The identity of the gunmen who on Sunday fired machine guns at a commercial plane in…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The ruling Aceh Party is expected to win the gubernatorial, mayoral and district head polls due to the party's strong…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Just a day after Monday's largely peaceful elections, protests flared up in Aceh over allegations of cheating.

In…

Ezra Sihite – The Democratic Party played down media reports of a leaked speech by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during an internal party…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Agus Triyono – An outspoken legislator has taken up the cause of district court judges across the country who have…

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – Efforts to provide people with legal assistance need to be stepped up in the wake of what many call the "gross…

Al Araf and Ghufron Mabruri, Jakarta – The legislation process in the House of Representatives has always sparked controversy among society.

Rizal Ramli, Jakarta – When Indonesia's students took to the streets in 1998 and won their battle for the overthrow of Soeharto, there was…

Michael Bachelard – The 120 Afghan men and boys who were refusing to get off a ship at an Indonesian port spent last night at a hotel in the port…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Critics are doubting claims made by lawmakers that more poor people will be able to go to college if the House…

Survivors of sexual violence in Indonesia face an uphill battle in recovery as a result of an inadequate legal system, police inaction and…