Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi said the outdated 1985 Law on Mass Organization had prevented his ministry from creating…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – While the majority of Indonesians agree in principle that other people's religions and faiths should be respected, this…

Dessy Sagita – Antismoking activists have slammed the latest conspiracy theory that global forces want to hurt Indonesia's economy by destroying…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – With political elites in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam at loggerheads with each other in a battle to rule the resource-rich…

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Umar Patek, the man who allegedly built the 700 kilogram bomb that ripped through two crowded Bali nightclubs in 2002, is…

Farouk Arnaz – As recently as last year, a terror network had held military training and exercises on a small island in Southeast Sulawesi,…

Rizky Amelia – The fallout from the discovery of late-night visitors meeting with high-profile graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin has claimed its…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – In a show of force by the winners of the last local elections, tens of thousands of members of the Aceh Party descended…

Agus Triyono – Former antigraft czar and convicted murderer Antasari Azhar on Monday lost his bid for a review of his murder trial and the police…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Six years after having been evicted from their villages, Ahmadis still see any settlement to their problems far off on…

For yet another year, Valentine's Day is receiving little love from conservative Islamic groups across Indonesia, who contend the holiday goes…

Media rights group Reporters Without Borders called on Indonesian authorities Saturday to put extra efforts into ensuring press freedom after a…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Hundreds of protesters from the local community in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, staged a protest on Saturday at the…

Dessy Sagita – The bravery displayed by the indigenous Dayak group from Central Kalimantan in standing up to the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) in…

Shirley Wibisono – Automakers from Japan to India are eyeing a bonanza in Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy where a newly wealthy middle…

Endy M. Bayuni – In any democracy, a political party is a public institution. As such, the Democratic Party (PD), which won the largest number of…

Ismira Lutfia – The Defense Ministry is touting a pending bill on national security as a key part of the solution to the spate of violent land…

Jakarta – Dozens of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), Sukabumi branch members rallied at Sukabumi City Square on Sunday to protest the…

Carlos K.Y. Paath & Ezra Sihite – Corruption Eradication Commission investigators surprised lawmakers on Friday when they showed up to search…

Ridwan Max Sijabat – House of Representatives lawmakers have agreed to let political party leaders decide some of the most crucial issues…

Anita Rachman – Yuliana can't remember the last time she had a proper sit-down meal during her lunch break at the North Jakarta garment factory…

Tangerang – Hundreds of residents of a Chinese-Indonesian community popularly known as Cina Benteng (Chinese of the Fort) living in…

Ezra Sihite – The brother of high-profile graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin has offered a variety of excuses after his late-night visit to the…

The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) stayed away from Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, on Saturday after hearing that locals had…

Vento Saudale – The chief of Bogor's public order agency says he has been named a police suspect for blocking people from praying outside the…

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) has rejected a request by civil activists for a review of the 2009 National Heroes Law, saying that…

Legislators involved in common-law marriages will not be disciplined by the House of Representatives (DPR) unless they fail to make…

Natasua Christy Wahyuni, Farouk Arnaz & Rizky Amelia – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday reminded the media of its responsibility…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Labor issues including disputes over minimum wages are not the main issue affecting Indonesian businesses, with…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – Following public outrage over a string of questionable spending decisions by the House of…

Testriono – The GKI Yasmin congregation in Bogor has been prohibited by the local administration from holding services in its church for years.…

Rizky Amelia & Ulma Haryanto – After the Constitutional Court called it unconstitutional to put a travel ban on suspects during the early…

Rizky Amelia & Ezra Sihite – Graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin, who has lobbed corruption allegations at a string of high-profile officials,…

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – Nazril "Ariel" Irham, the lead singer of the band Peterpan who was jailed for distributing pornography following a…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-021-2012

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) received information that the…

Yan Christian Warinussy – The appointment and deployment of Major-General Mohammad Erwin Syafitri (former deputy chief of BAIS, Indonesia's joint…

Peace Brigades International (PBI) has closed its current phase of operations in Indonesia as a result of a series of challenges and constraints…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Police in Papua have been criticized for not doing enough to investigate a string of shootings that have killed at…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Yasmin congregation's long fight for their right to pray in their church went…

The arrest on Wednesday of Ber-naldi Kadir Djemat, who reported TV-actor-turned-politician Zumi Zola to the police on Jan. 24 for allegedly having…

Timika, Papua – Unidentified gunmen have attacked a group of workers near Freeport-McMoRan's gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A Czech man arrested in Manokwari on Wednesday worked as a journalist. He was arrested after taking pictures of a pro-…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The National Intelligence Agency (BIN) has called on the public to stay vigilant ahead of the 2014 legislative…

Bagus BT Saragih and Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – For politician and former lawyer Amir Syamsuddin, the job of weeding out corrupt politicians in…

Sumenep, East Java – A lone protester let loose more than 100 poisonous snakes in the Sumenep District Court to vent his anger after judges…

Jakarta – Problems related to Papua are Indonesia's internal affair. The United State has never considered the Papua problem in its cooperative…

A new television series set to air across Indonesia this month will be an alternative to the common drama found in the average Sinetron, promoters…

Mohd Adhe Bhakti – Three Islamic terrorists were each sentenced to between seven and nine years in prison on Wednesday for their roles in the…

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission on Thursday slammed the blocking of its Web site by some Indonesian Internet providers…

Batam – Hundreds of workers at PT Varta Microbattery Indonesia (VMI) in Batam, Riau Islands, went on strike on Wednesday.

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