A. Junaidi, Jakarta – A new study has revealed that only 12 groups of companies own almost all print, broadcast and online media in…

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Balikpapan – The East Kalimantan administration has revealed that 230 degraded coal mining concessions in the province…

Niniek Karmini – Barack Obama's former nanny, Evie, is overwhelmed by her jolt from transgender slum-dweller to local celebrity. TV crews troop in…

Aidi Yursal, Medan – Scores of asylum seekers who have been detained for years by immigration authorities in Medan have demanded an end to their…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – A number of foreigners, mostly wives of diplomats, have been reportedly flowing out of East Timor due to safety concerns…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Dessy Sagita & Novianti Setuningsih – All that talk by the Yudhoyono administration about getting tough on…

Slamet Susanto and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Yogyakarta/Surabaya – A number of bureaucrats officially declared their disengagement with corrupt…

Michael Bachelard – East Timor's presidential election race is heating up, with the Fretilin candidate Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres accusing one of…

AI Index: ASA 21/0 09/2012

As people in Indonesia and around the world gather to mark International Women's Day on 8 March, Amnesty…

Mrs. Margaret Sekaggya
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders,
c/o Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights…

Indonesia will force foreign firms to sell down stakes in mines by the 10th year of production, with domestic ownership to be at least 51 percent…

Khairul Saleh, Palembang – The government's plan to raise fuel prices continues to draw protests with the most recent coming from students in…

East Timor's incumbent president Jose Ramos-Horta says he remains firm in the view that Australian and United Nations troops stationed in his…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is questioning the government's plan to deploy…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will be stripped of all investigative powers under a plan being…

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will investigate allegations that six Russian-made jets purchased by the Defense Ministry were unduly…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – As the public remains cautious over the government's plan to increase fuel prices, the House of Representatives…

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party is attacking two national television stations for what it calls…

Damien Kingsbury – (Unknown) 1937-6 March, 2012. East Timor's first president, for just 9 days ahead of Indonesia's invasion in 1975, Francisco…

East Timor's first and shortest-serving president Francisco Xavier do Amaral died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, a presidential…

Damien Kingsbury – (Unknown) 1937-6 March, 2012. East Timor's first president, for just 9 days ahead of Indonesia's invasion in 1975, Francisco…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Anti-graft activists praised the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) latest move to send their former director…

The government is dead serious in entertaining the idea of a plot being underway to bring down President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono by creating…

Last week, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono tried to reiterate his supposed commitment to fighting corruption when he signed off on new…

Aditya Suharmoko and Vikram Subhedar, Jakarta/Hong Kong – At the start of 2012, Indonesia was basking in accolades for its economic performance.…

Concerns have been raised about possible intimidation of voters in a number of electoral districts in East Timor by members of the military loyal…

Atmi Pertiwi, Jakarta – Twenty or so women from the Women's Justice Forum (Forum Keadilan Perempuan, FKP) distributed around 500 stickers on…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Dozens of people under the Forum Nusantara banner protested in front of the Kompas Gramedia building in…

Zely Ariane, in Jakarta – This year's International Women's Day in Indonesia marks an increase in attacks on women. The upsurge in violence…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Politicians at the House of Representatives have called for the reinstatement of Brig. Gen. Yurod Saleh as the…

Ezra Sihite – It's not corruption or fuel prices that has some lawmakers concerned these days – it's cleavage and short skirts.

The House of…

Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite – The Corruption Eradication Commission is sending its head of investigations, Yurod Saleh, back to the National…

Ronna Nirmala – Jakarta provincial prosecutors are probing the alleged sale of public assets by the two private companies that operate Jakarta's…

Karlis Salna – Former guerilla commander Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres has warned ahead of East Timor's upcoming presidential and parliamentary…

This year's International Women's Day in Indonesia marks an increase in attacks on women. The upsurge in violence against women, particularly…

Ezra Sihite – In the wake of rumors of mounting efforts to unseat the government, the country's second-largest political party, Golkar, vowed…

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Legal activists condemned a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the Jakarta High Court verdict which sentenced a…

Lindsay Murdoch – They were East Timor's stolen generation. Between 1975 and 1999, about 4000 young and vulnerable Timorese were secretly taken to…

Indonesia's counter-terror unit Detachment 88 is funded and trained by Australia. Why are we so involved with a unit whose work includes counter-…

Bayu Marhaenjati – Former Global TV cameraman Imam Mochammad Firdaus was sentenced to three years and four months in prison at the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The chairman of the People's Conscience Party, Wiranto, has denied accusations that he is attempting to topple…

Bayu Marhaenjati – The mastermind behind last year's book bombing plot, Pepi Fernando, was sentenced to 18 years in jail by the West…

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – Once, long ago, Evie looked after "Barry" Obama, the kid who would grow up to become the world's most…

Farouk Arnaz – Two police officers in Katingan district, South Kalimantan, suffered first-degree burns after being set alight on Sunday by a…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) and the government are still not paying attention to the fate of victims of rape and sexual…

Bearing in mind the continual terrorising of defence lawyers during the makar (treason) trial [now under way in Jayapura] and of human rights…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Households Affairs Committee (BURT) has issued a regulation banning…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – A transparency activist group has accused a House of Representatives deputy speaker of shamelessness…

Nivell Rayda – The sun was rising slowly behind Salahutu Mountain but the island of Ambon remained dark as thunder-infested clouds hid the rays…

Erwida Maulia – Indonesia's immigration office said it will immediately investigate the alleged mistreatment of Hollywood actor Taylor Kitsch by…