Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – To help cushion the impact of the fuel price and electricity tariff increases expected in April and May respectively…

Tito Summa Siahaan – Indonesia's fuel subsidy must be targeted at the nation's poor even through reducing the fuel subsidy for others is…

In Indonesia, a diagnosis of leprosy can cut patients off from family, employment, public services, even marriage and places of worship, health…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A bill on mass organizations proposed by the government to replace the current Law No. 8/1985 has received strong…

A leading environmental group has called on the government to be transparent about policy changes after the Tripa peat forest in Aceh…

Bagus T. Saragih and Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta/Beijing – Following intense allegations by the opposition of graft in the recent purchase of…

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – There is mounting concern that the Financial Services Authority (OJK) will be unable to provide better and more reliable…

Lawmakers accused the government on Sunday of violating laws and operating with political motivations in the appointment of directors and…

Anna Powles, Dili – The second round run-off of Timor Leste's presidential elections scheduled for mid-April will pit two heavyweights of the…

Bagus BT Saragih, Hong Kong – About 40 people claiming to be Indonesian workers staged a protest near the Shangri-La hotel in Hong Kong where…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Islamic sharia remains the main political sales pitch among gubernatorial candidates to enable them to win the…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has announced its intention to join protestors rallying against fuel…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Police Watch says the Indonesian Military (TNI) must first secure approval from the House of Representatives…

Arientha Primanita, Dessy Sagita & Ivan Dasa Saputra – A week before a likely increase in the price of fuel, customers at markets are already…

Dwi Atmanta – The countdown for the Jakarta gubernatorial election has begun, although the provincial poll commission has yet to declare eligible…

Jakarta – The preliminary campaign for the Jakarta governor election organized by the Hidayat Nur Wahid-Didik Rachbini ticket is…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – An expert and a lawmaker have questioned the Bureaucratic Reform Ministry's plan to dismiss civil servants…

Zakir Hussain – The Indonesian military's shopping list in recent months has included Sukhoi fighter jets and Leopard main battle tanks, but what…

Ismira Lutfia – Analysts have encouraged a greater role for the military in peacetime and community-building activities as a way of developing a…

Novianti Setuningsih – During interrogation by the Corruption Eradication Commission on Thursday, a deputy chairman of the House of…

Jakarta – Administrative Reforms Minister Azwar Abubakar says he wants regional governments to stop making misleading comments about…

Agus Triyono – A recent surge in reports of children being abducted directly reflects the police's lack of seriousness in dealing with the issue,…

Ezra Sihite & Agus Triyono – The House of Representatives elected late on Thursday the seven members of the General Elections Commission, even…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Wider implementation of Shariah law, greater economic empowerment and better governance were among the platforms…

Made Arya Kencana & Fitri, Denpasar/Mataram – It was an unusual sight for anywhere in Indonesia: Muslim men arriving for Friday prayers in an…

Slamet Susanto and Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Yogyakarta/Surakarta – At least two regions, one in Yogyakarta and the other in Central Java, have…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – With just a week to go until April 1, the chance of the government's proposed fuel price hike being…

Ismira Lutfia, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Agus Triyono & Ezra Sihite – The government has denied using military force to contain recent…

Index: ASA 21/012/2012

As the world marks the International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations…

Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel have not yet been deployed to help reinforce police numbers in handling…

Marni Cordell – Australia plays a key role in training and funding elite Indonesian counter-terror unit Detachment 88 – but wants to distance…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – The bombmaker Umar Patek, who faces the death penalty for his role in the deadly Bali bombings, was a minor player…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – House of Representative's budgetary body deputy head Olly Dondokambey claims that his office is clear of any involvement…

The commander of the district military command in Jayapura denied that any military operations are taking place in Papua. Lieut-Colonel Rano…

Bayu Marhaenjati & Antara – Indonesian Labor unions on Wednesday threatened to paralyze the economy if the government carried out its plan to…

Thousands of Indonesians protested across the country Wednesday against a proposed fuel hike, with violence which broke out in one city injuring a…

Lutfi Rakhmawati and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – With stiff competition expected to characterize the upcoming Jakarta gubernatorial election,…

Jakarta – House Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso says that the alleged split within the leadership of the Corruption Eradication…

Olivia Rondonuwu & Stuart Grudgings, Jakarta/Kuala Lumpur – A foiled plot by suspected Islamic militants to attack and bomb targets in Bali,…

Jakarta – The Makassar Police say they will track down the people who looted and set fire to a truck during a protest against the…

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Iman Mahditama, Jakarta – Thousands of workers and university students from all over Greater Jakarta staged a huge rally in…

Foreign investors are bemoaning a new law in Indonesia that strips them of control over mining assets, the latest in a rash of regulations that…

Michael Bachelard – Less than a week after Jose Ramos-Horta lost his bid for another term as president of East Timor he has decided to throw his…

Zubaidah Nazeer – In many ways, the re-election bid of East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was doomed even before he threw his hat into the ring…

Ezra Sihite – Indonesia became the eighth Asean country to ratify the group's counterterrorism convention after the House of Representatives…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – Three parties have expressed support for the government's decision to impose stricter requirements…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Low investment in infrastructure development has left many Indonesians with no access to potable water and basic…

Dili – East Timor's parliament has suspended the country's justice minister after a court summoned her to face charges of corruption and abuse of…

Matt Peacock – Federal Attorney-General Nicola Roxon has blocked the release of cables about East Timor, despite the fact they are up to 37 years…

Jakarta Police have dispatched 14,000 personnel to secure protests by labor unions rejecting fuel price hikes in Central Jakarta,…