Jakarta – Rights activists and religious leaders have urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to dismiss Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma…

Tom Allard – With its brightly lit glass cubicles displaying scantily clad women to passing pedestrians, there's no place in Indonesia, or the…

John McBeth, Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is in danger of being caught in the crossfire between a newly emboldened…

There was no exaggeration when senior Democratic Party politician Marzuki Alie allegorized the conundrum currently facing the ruling party as a "…

Anita Rachman – If violence and intimidation was the order of the day for Indonesia's journalists in 2011, this year is shaping up to be no better…

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Many provinces across Indonesia have not properly implemented the Public Information Law, which was enacted in 2010…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Investors are not taking advantage of existing tax breaks, despite their claims that they need additional fiscal…

West Sumatra Police are refusing to supply human rights investigators with the autopsy reports of two teenage brothers who were allegedly tortured…

Ulma Haryanto – In an unprecedented move, a messenger from the National Police arrived on the doorstep of the National Commission on Human Rights…

Jakarta – With numerous electoral disputes that arise from local elections across the country, the time is ripe for the government to set up…

Agus Triyono & Nurdin Hasan – The decision earlier this month by polling officials in Aceh to postpone February's local elections to as late…

Arientha Primanita & Ezra Sihite – The Democratic Party is trying to head off any in-fighting as the bribery scandal involving the…

Rangga D. Fadillah, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik said Thursday that the Bima regent had revoked the mining permit of…

The Asian Human Rights Commission released an urgent appeal on Friday calling on Indonesian authorities to allow a political prisoner suffering…

Farouk Arnaz – Police are calling on activists in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, who fled detention when a mob set fire to a government building and…

Hundreds of religious hard-liners from the Islamic Defenders Front attempted to raid a store in Garut, West Java, on Thursday with…

Lisa Siregar – Every Indonesian knows that corruption is common for smoothing every bureaucratic process. You got a speeding ticket? Pay the…

Bayu Marhaenjati & Carla Isati Octama – In a heated dispute over minimum wages, thousands of Bekasi workers blocked the Jakarta-Cikampek toll…

Sita W. Dewi, Bekasi, West Java – Tens of thousands of Bekasi workers staged a rally on Friday, blocking the Jakarta – Cikarang toll road access…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-008-2012

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is calling for the Indonesian government to guarantee the freedom and safety of Alexander Aan…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-005-2012

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learnt that on 2 November 2011…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The process of revising the 2008 Legislative Elections Law has come to a halt as factions in the House of…

Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs has demanded the government ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from…

Jakarta – For a syndicate of rogue but innovative tire repairmen in Jakarta the key to improving business is simple: bring potential clients to a…

Angela Dewan – Tolerance of Islamic vigilantism is helping to breed a new generation of terrorists in Indonesia, the International Crisis Group…

Ulma Haryanto – When dealing with religious conflict in the field, police officers and other law enforcement officials tend to put their beliefs…

Regarded as an authority on Indonesian affairs, Australian academic Richard Robison is the author of the best-selling book, Indonesia: The Rise of…

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – The International Crisis Group (ICG) said that the government needed a strategy to counter clerics who do not use violence…

Ezra Sihite & Farouk Arnaz – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said on Wednesday that the GKI Yasmin church dispute did not come…

Senior politicians from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party (PD) admitted on Wednesday that the party was in serious trouble as…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono claimed that his government has achieved successes in its antigraft campaign, in…

Rizky Amelia & Novianti Setuningsih – The person who allegedly managed the shady businesses and bribery schemes of graft suspect Muhammad…

Anita Rachman – Press freedom has declined again in Indonesia over the past year, according to Reporters Without Borders, which released its 10th…

Fitri Pikong & Antara, Mataram – A district office in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, was burned to the ground along with several motorcycles and…

Samuel Rubenfeld – Businesses owned by militaries around the world pose unique corruption risks to the sectors in which they operate, a new report…

Jakarta – The tension between manufacturing companies and labor unions in West Java and Banten is likely to escalate following a court decision on…

At least 83 homes were torched or destroyed on Tuesday afternoon during a clash in South Lampung that stemmed from a petty squabble…

Carla Isati Octama – The fate of East Kalimantan's Dayak tribes is inextricably linked to the success or failure of Indonesia's efforts to reduce…

Ezra Sihite & Carla Isati Octama – Women's Empowerment Minister Linda Agum Gumelar lashed out at the notion that a string of rapes committed…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – For Puan Maharani, the 38-year-old daughter of former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, earning the top job in the…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A regional election clash has once again erupted during campaigning for a local regent election in Papua, causing…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Democratic Party hopes to open a new chapter in its story of internal rifts, with the party's chief patron…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Candidate pairs for the Aceh gubernatorial election underwent Koran recital tests in Banda Aceh on Tuesday as part…

Dozens of journalists rallied outside the Trenggalek Police headquarters in East Java on Tuesday to protest the assault of a colleague…

Jakarta – Noted human rights group Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has praised the 2012 World Report issued by…

Ulma Haryanto – After a four-day investigation in West Sumatra, Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights said it found that two boys who…

Atheist Alliance International (AAI) demands that the Indonesian government support freedom of speech and freedom of conscience by immediately…

Further information on UA: Index: ASA 21/004/2012 Indonesia Date: 24 January 2012

The congregation of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian…

Your Excellency
Fernando Lasama de Araujo
President
National Parliament
Timor-Leste

Berlin, 24. January 2012

Your…