Rizky Amelia – Former lawmaker Darsup Yusuf, who was convicted and sentenced for accepting bribes, said on Monday that he thought he had received…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A coalition of human rights groups has filed a report with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), alleging that there…

Jakarta – The country's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), says it has thrown its weight behind a new outfit set up to…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Popularity and competence alone were apparently not enough to assure hopefuls of securing their golden tickets for the…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan's move of exiting his car, which was stuck in a long queue backed up in…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Police say they will pursue President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's allegation that a group will try to topple him in a…

Arientha Primanita – The Yudhoyono administration has denied rumors it bribed university rectors to curb student protests against the government's…

Commentator Joao Saldanha from the Timor Institute of Development in Dili has started the Republican party to run in East Timor's parliamentary…

Natasia Christy Wahyuni – From charges of setting an irrelevant curriculum to corruption allegations, wide-scale cheating in the national exams…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Didit Sidarta – Indonesia's National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) defended Sunday's deadly raid of two suspected…

Farouk Arnaz – A man who was declared a suspect for firing at a church in Indramayu with a rifle was taught to hate Christians by his family,…

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – Situation in Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province, has returned to normal the weekend after the city…

Anita Rachman & Arientha Primanita – A high-ranking member of Indonesia's highest Islamic authority has urged Muslims not to attend Lady Gaga'…

Dili, East Timor – President Jose Ramos Horta, who campaigned tirelessly for East Timor's independence for more than two decades and then went on…

Canberra, Australia – Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith says parliamentary elections planned in East Timor could allow…

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Imparsial, a Human Rights watchdog, has objected to the planned involvement of Indonesian Military (TNI)…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Arientha Primanita – Civil society groups on Monday castigated the government over its plan to raise the fuel price…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Several government officials convicted of graft remain free despite their jail sentences, raising concerns that they…

Armando Siahaan – From the corruption saga implicating Democratic Party politicos to the plan to cut fuel subsidies, President Susilo Bambang…

Pangeran Siahaan – As you line up at the cashier at the supermarket, take a look at the shelf on your side, which is likely to contain an array of…

Damien Kingsbury – East Timor incumbent president, Jose Ramos-Horta, has failed in his bid for re-election, with his former key rival, Fretilin's…

Brendan Brady – When residents of Dili voted to elect a new president five years ago, more than a hundred thousand displaced people were scattered…

Aubrey Belford – East Timor's people are desperately poor but its government is swimming in cash. Is the country buying its way out of poverty, or…

Alex Rayfield – Five West Papuans were given jail terms on Friday for peaceful expressions of political opinion. Alex Rayfield reports on a trial…

Tito Summa Siahaan & Francezka Nangoy – Shares of Mustika Ratu, a cosmetic and herbal medicine maker, were heavily traded in February, which…

Jose Ramos-Horta has lost his attempt to win a second term in office, with preliminary results from East Timor's presidential race showing he has…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The country's largest opposition party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), is set to mobilize…

Anwar Faruqi – Early results from East Timor's presidential polls on Sunday showed the opposition Fretilin party's Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres had…

Timor-Leste Friendship Network (AusTimorFN) in conjunction with Deakin University's Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights (CCDHR…

From:

Forkorus Yaboisembut and Edison Waromi, in their own name and on behalf of the West Papuan people.

To:

the Secretary-…

IHRC is shocked that a West Papua court has decided to imprison five West Papuan leaders for their role in organising an entirely peaceful…

Anwar Faruqi – East Timor voted Saturday in the country's second presidential election as a free nation, seen as a key test for a young democracy…

Tito Belo, Dili – East Timor kicked off a peaceful presidential election on Saturday, a critical test to whether Asia's youngest and poorest…

Jakarta – Indonesian gay-rights promoter Dede Oetomo and transgendered campaigner Yulianus "Mami Yuli" Rettoblaut are still in the running for the…

A survey of animal markets in Java and Bali has found that the illegal trade in protected birds is not only continuing unchecked, but is picking…

Dessy Sagita – A survey conducted by the Health Department suggests that among high-risk populations, women are more likely to use condoms during…

Tomi Sujatmiko, Yogya – Scores of housewives from the Political Union of the Poor (Persatuan Politik Rakyat Miskin, PPRM) demonstrated against the…

Iman Mahditama, Andreas D. Arditya, Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – With rallies against a government plan to raise fuel prices becoming increasingly…

The National Police has sent four companies, or about 560 security officers, to reinforce security in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, where tension…

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – No matter how hard the government has tried to eradicate pornography, the reality is that its trade in the capital…

Ezra Sihite – Top Indonesian politicians Prabowo Subianto and Megawati Soekarnoputri have agreed to back the mayor of the Central Java town of…

Michael Bachelard – Five activists fighting for an independent West Papua will immediately appeal their conviction and imprisonment on treason…

Levi Cunding – An Indonesian court on Friday sentenced five men to three years in jail in the restive Papua region for raising an outlawed…

Erwida Maulia – New York-based Human Rights Watch has condemned the Indonesian government for allowing the conviction of five Papuan independence…

Zaky Pawas, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Vento Saudale & Natasia Christy Wahyuni – Police Mobile Brigade officers broke into an office of a…

Jakarta – Dozens of supporters of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) almost came to blows with a group of students in Pontianak, West…

Hundreds of indigenous Dayak youths rallied in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on Thursday to protest the police's removal of their…

Aloysius Unditu – Indonesia's rupiah and bond markets remained under selling pressure this week as investors dumped local high-yield assets ahead…

Tito Summa Siahaan & Grace Dwitiya Amianti – The central bank introduced a regulation on Friday aimed at preventing potentially dangerous…

James Balowski, Jakarta – Commemorating International Women's Day, activists and workers took to the streets across Indonesia on March 8 to demand…