Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Six-year-old Selvia Rahmawati appeared undaunted walking between cars and motorcycles at an intersection in Karet…

Tangerang Police are defending their actions after a photograph emerged of officers reprimanding what appear to be underaged girls for wearing…

Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite – An Aceh lawmaker's home was shot at and attacked with fuel bombs on Tuesday, an act that appears to undermine…

Jakarta – The head of the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) political division, Puan Maharani, leads thousands of party…

Jakarta – Vice President Boediono brushed aside fears of 'foreign intervention' in the event of donor development funds being more…

Banjir Ambarita & Antara, Jayapura – Citing an improved security situation in the restive province of Papua in recent days, nearly 500…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of people occupied the governor's office in Medan on Tuesday, prompting an end to administrative activities and…

A contentious battle between Nike and laborers at a factory in Serang, Banten, was settled on Wednesday with $1 million in unpaid overtime being…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Most formal sector can expect bigger paychecks by early February, after the government approved a 9 percent minimum…

Keyko Ranti Ramadhani – A massive wildcat strike involving thousands of workers in Bekasi on outskirts of Jakarta on Wednesday will…

Multa Fidrus, Jakarta – Traffic was fouled for four hours and for up to 15 kilometers around Serang as thousands of workers blocked the toll road…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – On a breezy, cloudy Tuesday afternoon, 45-year-old Yahya Hasan was trying to comfort his wife, Purwati, 47, who lay…

Camelia Pasandaran & Carla Isati – Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi has hit out at the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) for "spreading…

The government should pay attention to the campaigning being currently undertaken by Papua Merdeka groups abroad. These campaigns can be far more…

Dessy Sagita & Ezra Sihite – Indonesia's Home Affairs Ministry on Tuesday denied reports that it has canceled nine bylaws regulating the trade…

Agus Triyono – The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the not guilty verdict against inactive Bengkulu Governor Agusrin Maryono Najamuddin and…

Jakarta – A team of relatives, historians and forensic scientists are pressing ahead with their efforts to carry out DNA tests on remains…

Agus Triyono – Indonesia's much criticized House of Representatives is in the firing line again for its spending habits, this time a…

Ronna Nirmala – The regulation used by the police to justify violence against protesters, which has led to a string of deaths and other abuses of…

That the lack of proper policing continues to be the biggest concern among the Indonesian people is instructive of how far the country has come…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – As employees of miner PT Freeport Indonesia returned to work after their three-month strike, two men working for a…

Jakarta – Workers at a Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc Indonesian mine on Tuesday halted their gradual return to work one day…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Lawmakers used a House of Representatives plenary on Monday to call for a special meeting with the government to…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – As allegations are leveled at police officers for their involvement in human rights violations, the public…

Camelia Pasandaran – With the GKI Yasmin church in Bogor still forced to hold services outdoors despite a favorable Supreme Court ruling, a church…

As in the past, the House of Representatives marked the first day of its first legislative session in 2012 with a high-sounding pledge on Monday…

Calvin Michel Sidjaja – 2011 was not a good year for human rights in Indonesia. Starting with the persecution faced by the Ahmadiyah sect and…

Indonesia sold dollar-denominated 30-year bonds for the first time in four years on Monday, after receiving more than double the amount offered,…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesia's controversial speaker of the House of Representatives, Marzuki Alie, has blamed the media for…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – Golkar Party lawmaker Melchias Markus Mekeng is facing a possible investigation after he was…

Rizky Amelia – The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights plans to build a Rp 70 billion ($7.7 million) special detention facility for suspects…

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – Bandung Mayor Dada Rosada brought Rp 2.45 billion ($267,000) to the West Java Prosecutor's Office in compensation as…

Kupang – Hundreds of human rights activists in So'e, South Central Timor regency, East Nusa Tenggara, poured into the streets and…

Made Arya Kencana – A 15-year-old on trial for stealing a purse that contained Rp 1,000 (11 cents) was found guilty by a Denpasar court on Tuesday…

Tangerang – The South Tangerang Branch of the Indonesia Ulema Council spoke out on Tuesday against a move by health authorities to…

Index: ASA 21/001/2012

The Indonesian government must ensure accountability for the deaths of at least three people and injuries to…

AWPA calls on the Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd to raise the human rights situation in West Papua with the Indonesian Government during his visit to…

Jan Lepeltak – On Jan. 1, two people were shot dead by five gunmen on motorcycles in a village in North Aceh, a day after gunmen shot dead three…

Francis Kan, Singapore – Indonesia's inability to meet the rising energy needs of its businesses, from steelmakers to hotel resorts, threatens to…

Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto has expressed his readiness to run for president in 2014, joining the likes of Aburizal Bakrie and Hatta Rajasa, who…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Victims and families of human rights violations have joined forces to urge the Constitutional Court (MK) to review the…

Carla Isati Octama – In the latest allegations of police in Indonesia abusing their authority, Jakarta Police have charged a man with…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum defended fellow party member Sutan Bhatoegana on Sunday after his…

Ulma Haryanto – The mother of the two young brothers who died inside a police prison last month saw her youngest son alive but badly injured a day…

Jakarta – A total of 300 kilograms of nails spread intentionally on the roads in Central Jakarta was collected by the Sapu Bersih Ranjau (Saber)…

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The government again failed to meet its spending target in 2011, with expenditures for the energy subsidy beating…

Ulma Haryanto & Farouk Arnaz – Retired Army general Saurip Kadi said on Sunday that he was not concerned by reports that the police might…

Mataram – Two tribes in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, have lodged complaints about their rights being abused by the local administration and…

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment says hundreds of conflicts over land ownership in 2011 have still not been resolved.

"We have…

Rizky Amelia & Ezra Sihite – The husband of corruption suspect Nunun Nurbaetie has denied influencing a former lawmaker to vote for economist…