Dessy Sagita – Since giving birth to her son three weeks ago, Airin Nofran has received a torrent of advice about her diet and that of her baby.…

Ezra Sihite – The Armed Forces chief said on Tuesday that a final decision had not been made on a widely panned $600 million plan to buy…

Ezra Sihite – The contribution of ethnic Chinese to Indonesia has not been clearly recorded in history books, and rectifying this could help to…

Bogor – At least 70 supporters of two hard-liner groups and officers from the municipality's public order agency forced the…

Washington, D.C. – Indonesia's Sumatran elephant has been downgraded from "endangered" to "critically endangered" by the International Union for…

Anita Rachman – A ministerial decree to support a court ruling limiting the use of outsourcing is on its way, Manpower and Transmigration Minister…

Following a string of sexual assaults committed on lone women traveling aboard or waiting for angkot public minivans in the capital, Jakarta…

Agus Triyono, Arientha Primanita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives has until March to amend the law on elections, but…

Agus Triyono – Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Indonesian authorities of using excessive force against peaceful protesters in Papua and…

A special team with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) recently indicated that government officials were allegedly involved in…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Vento Saudale & Agus Triyono – The president is being challenged to uphold both his obligation as the head of state…

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Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) is urging the Indonesian government to release all political detainees,…

Conn Hallinan – Why is the New York Times concealing the key role that the United States played in the 1965 coup in Indonesia that ended up…

Police violence in Papua and attacks on religious minorities got a lot worse in 2011. The common thread is the failure of the Indonesian…

A community in eastern Indonesia has placed 1,000 pink adenium flowers outside the local parliament, police station and courtroom, not to say…

Jakarta – Although the state no longer put up legal and institutional barriers to entry for Indonesians of Chinese descent to fully take part in…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – An unidentified armed group shot dead a civilian in Mulia district, Puncak Jaya regency on Friday at 8 p.m. local…

Vincent Lingga – For such an important policy reform that has been on and off the national agenda since late 2007, the debates on the need to…

Vento Saudale – Hundreds of people from various radical groups launched a search on Sunday to find the location of the Yasmin church…

Marcel Thee – For too many years, local comics have sacrificed their pride and even their bodies for laughs. Falling down, looking deformed,…

Jakarta – Cornered by thousands of workers who oppose a lawsuit filed to revoke recently approved minimum wage increases, Indonesian business…

Arientha Primanita & Ulma Haryanto – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hit back on Friday at activists criticizing Indonesia's human rights…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Activists were pessimistic that the government plan to allocate 45 percent of forests in Kalimantan as "the lungs…

Jakarta – Members of the Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) reportedly clashed again with rivals from Pemuda Pancasila (PP) on Friday, this time…

Fitri, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Protesters demanded on Friday a permanent end to gold prospecting activities in Bima district, but confusion…

Ulma Haryanto & Rahmat – Yet another minor is being tried for a petty crime, this time in South Sulawesi, prompting activists to highlight the…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The Aceh Party, founded by former Aceh Freedom Movement (GAM) combatants, finally registered its candidates at the…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Ismira Lutfia, Ivan Dasa Saputra & Ezra Sihite – A revision of Indonesia's Labor Law that paves the way for outsourced…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – After ripping into the Defense Ministry over a plan to buy secondhand combat tanks, the House of Representatives now…

Dessy Sagita – A high-profile member of Indonesia's large transgender community has registered to become a member of the National Commission on…

Megawati Wijaya, Jakarta – Draft legislation to redenominate Indonesia's currency is expected to gain momentum this year as lawmakers and monetary…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reprimanded on Friday nongovernmental organizations that often criticized how the…

Bayu Marhaenjati – Three people who were questioned by police for stoning the Home Affairs Ministry building last week are not Islamic…

The much-anticipated trial of former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin has taken a new twist that may complicate the case after a key…

Multa Fidrus and Fadli, Tangerang/Batam – In the latest of a series of rallies to demand better pay, tens of thousands of workers in Bekasi and…

Citra Dyah Prastuti – From his village around 160 km from East Timor's capital Dili, Miguel Amaral recalls the day his 6-year-old son Cipriano was…

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – A 30 year-old civil servant in the Dharmasraya regency of West Sumatra, identified as Alexander, was arrested…

Cikarang, West Java – Thousands of workers took to the streets again on Thursday after it became apparent that the Indonesian Employers…

Camelia Pasandaran – Police on Friday confirmed that they had charged a man with blasphemy after he was reported by the Indonesia Council of Ulema…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The South Tapanuli Police in North Sumatra detained 40 people on Thursday for an alleged crime linked to a land dispute…

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-001-2012. RE: AHRC-UAC-123-2011: Whistleblower illegally charged following his complaint about corruption at…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Millions of contract-based and outsourced workers will regain their rights, including monthly salaries, allowances,…

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma & Anugrah Rasita – Indonesian companies said on Thursday that they now had no choice but to brace themselves for higher…

Ade Mardiyati – Finishing work may please most Jakartans, but for women burning the midnight oil it's just the start of an uncomfortable and often…

Ulma Haryanto & Ronna Nirmala – The National Commission of Human Rights said on Thursday that it would reopen its investigation into the…

Farouk Armaz – Police on Wednesday said that four military officers had been named as suspects in connection with an overloaded boat carrying…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Polling officials in Aceh announced on Thursday that they had no choice but to push back the long-awaited local…

Ratih Hardjono, Jakarta – With so much political jockeying going on among the elites in Jakarta ahead of the 2014 presidential election, the fact…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) said that it would not be making quick decisions on whether to deploy its personnel to join the nation's…