Agus Triyono – Activists are questioning the lack of response from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to a letter sent by international human…

Makassar – The Indonesian government is seeking the release of six traditional fishermen from South Sulawesi caught by Timor Leste…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – A group of judges, prosecutors, academics and experts are banding together to fight what one member called…

Indonesia detained on Saturday 96 asylum seekers who had attempted to reach Australia, half of whom were rounded up after their boat…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – A human rights watchdog has slammed the government for not taking human rights cases in the country seriously.

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Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Political observers have warned that Democrat Party chief patron Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's initiative to publicly…

Ezra Sihite & Anita Rachman – Voters are abandoning Indonesia's ruling Democratic Party amid a string of corruption scandals enveloping its…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Sunday called on Indonesian Muslims to follow the Prophet Muhammad's example in living in a…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Timika – Strikers have finally returned to work after a long work stoppage at giant copper mining company PT Freeport…

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – A young woman, carrying her infant son in a sling around her neck, stands in the shadows of a decaying concrete pylon…

Jakarta – Fifteen members of the Pedestrians' Coalition (Koalisi Pejalan Kaki) on Friday blocked motorcyclists from riding on sidewalks in front…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – January has seen blatant disregard of law and regulation by intoxicated driver Apriyani Susanti and protesting…

Farouk Arnaz & Ulma Haryanto – The National Police said on Friday that it would investigate an incident on Thursday in which officers shot and…

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Workers' Rights (KMSHB) has condemned Jakarta Military Commander Major General TNI Waris for being…

Ulma Haryanto – Relatives of two teenage boys who died in police custody in West Sumatra said on Thursday that they would not be satisfied until…

Zubaidah Nazeer – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono weighed in on Thursday on ongoing opposition to planned arms purchases, saying it lagged…

One man was critically injured and another missing after reportedly being ambushed by a group of armed men in Papua's Mulia district…

Ulma Haryanto – Five farmers in North Sumatra suffered gunshot wounds on Thursday in the latest clash in a land dispute involving farmers, a palm…

Hundreds of people from the Suku Tanjung indigenous group hurled rocks at the office of the district head in Agam, West Sumatra, on…

Tangerang – The Greater Tangerang Workers Alliance will set up posts where employees can report if their companies are not obeying a gubernatorial…

Rizky Amelia – Notorious Indonesian corruption suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin has demanded Anas Urbaningrum admit to his alleged involvement in a…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The National Police will not hesitate to arrest workers who blockade toll roads as part of expected labor union…

The decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the conviction of 54-year Rasmiah for petty theft prompted a chorus of condemnation on the state of…

Zubaidah Nazeer – Indonesia's trade minister has called for the country's labor laws to be reformed, saying that increasingly aggressive unions…

East Java Deputy Governor Saifullah Yusuf vowed on Thursday to close down all red-light districts in the province but warned it could…

Arientha Primanita & Anita Rachman – After hours of mediation with workers and the government, the Indonesian Employers Association agreed on…

Dili – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said Thursday that his young nation was capable of handling its own security after UN troops depart…

Ezra Sihite & Carlos K.Y. Paath – The chief of the National Police has been forced to defend his deputy in the House of Representatives amid…

Bagus BT Saragih and Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Once again the voice of the many outdid the few, regardless how diligent the latter may have been…

Arientha Primanita – The government has vowed to improve the infrastructure and welfare of the people of Papua, but stopped short of committing to…

Palu – A police station in Morowali regency, Central Sulawesi, became the target of stoning and Molotov cocktails by residents, in an…

Ismira Lutfia – Electoral laws must be amended to guarantee that people with disabilities are able to run for public office and vote freely,…

Shirley Wibisono & Sumisha Naidu – Indonesia, a developing Muslim nation which claims the world's third-largest community of Facebook users,…

Jakarta – National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) selection committee chief Jimly Asshiddiqie says selectors would have no…

Presi Mandari, Jakarta – A defiant declaration of atheism by an Indonesian civil servant has inflamed passions in the world's most populous Muslim…

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Joining a chorus of criticism from rights activists and religious leaders, members of the House of…

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Ten out of 13 defendants associated with Muhammad Syarief, the suicide bomber who attacked a mosque at a police compound…

Ronna Nirmala – In the wake of a public uproar over a series of trials for petty crimes, Justice and Human Rights Minister Amir…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A high-level meeting on the Bank Century case ended right where it started on Wednesday, perhaps marking an end to the…

East Timor's Ministry of Education says it will go ahead with a pilot program to teach young students in their own minority language, despite…

East Timor's strong economic growth is at risk from high inflation fueled by government spending, the International Monetary Fund warned Wednesday…

Fadli, Batam – Once touted as investment paradise for exporters, Batam City of the Riau Islands has fallen victim to rising costs and bad policy…

Karlis Salna – East Timorese presidential hopeful Francisco Guterres has called for peaceful elections that will avoid the violence which broke…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – The Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) said Wednesday that the number of attacks on policemen had risen within the…

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The ease of doing business in cities across Indonesia, measured by the requirements of starting a business, dealing with…

Fransisco Guterres, better known as 'Lu Olo', lodged his official nomination for East Timor's presidency on Tuesday with the endorsement of the…

Indonesian exports surged 29 percent last year, and January inflation eased, date showed Wednesday, as Southeast Asia's largest economy targeted…

Bandung – The central board of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) said that the party would nominate some popular figures as…

Rizky Amelia – A self-appointed civilian review of several corruption cases at the Social Affairs Ministry has called on the Supreme Court to…

Ezra Sihite – The Garuda Employees Union told lawmakers on Tuesday about several cases of potential corruption at the national airline that it…