Dozens of pretty young women dressed in shorts and T-shirts arrived at Corruption Eradication Commission headquarters on Monday to…

Convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Baasyir has denied allegations linking him to the terrorist network behind the Cirebon and Solo suicide…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – In the aftermath of last week's suicide bombing by a rogue Islamist of a church in the Central Java city of Solo, messages…

Jakarta – Officers from the National Police and Indonesian Military (TNI) are standing by on the Porong highway in anticipation of a…

Vento Saudale, Bogor – Sunday prayers at the controversy-plagued GKI Yasmin church in Bogor were obstructed again over the weekend.

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Theresia Sufa, Jakarta – As the Bogor Municipal government remains steadfast against reopening Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church (GKI),…

Jakarta – A protest involving hundreds of mudflow disaster victims from Besuki, Kedungcangkring and Pejarakan villages in Sidoarjo,…

Bambang Muryanto and Yemris Fointuna, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of sex workers took to the streets of Yogyakarta on Monday, demanding that the…

Kartika Candra, Jakarta – The Indonesian military are still involved in cases of abuse, the Commission for Missing Persons &…

Jakarta – An activist says military courts should not revue human rights abuse allegations levied against Indonesian Military (TNI) members in…

After a long deliberation process – costing three successive parliamentary hearing sessions – the House of Representatives' Commission I defense,…

Jakarta – PT Freeport McMoran, Indonesia's largest gold producer, has rejected employee demands for a 25 percent salary increase,…

Armando Siahaan – In the world of Marvel comics, "With great power comes great responsibility," as the oft-quoted Spider-Man line goes. But that's…

Ati Nurbaiti, Canberra – The habit of tweeting or clicking away at every invitation to your Facebook page might be leading somewhere – the success…

Dessy Sagita – Migrant worker advocates said on Friday that the government must be a stronger presence on the international stage if it wants to…

Padang – Indonesia's anti-terrorism squad has arrested one of the country's most wanted Muslim militants for allegedly plotting…

Jakarta – East Kalimantan Governor Awang Faroek Ishak cautioned hundreds of the province's hajj pilgrims to focus more on prayer…

Nivell Rayda – A bouquet of freshly picked flowers stands on an unmarked grave in Mangga Dua, Ambon. Darmin Saiman, a motorcycle taxi driver whose…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has escalated its row with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over whether the latter…

Nivell Rayda, Ambon – The road that runs outside the Silo Church in Ambon is normally a one-way street, but for the last several weeks cars and…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Rizky Amelia – An infrastructure company employee has accused members of the House of Representatives' Budget…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission said on Friday that the newly elected Supreme Court justices must break any ties with political…

Ezra Sihite & Ulma Haryanto – With the much-criticized bill on state intelligence moving closer to ratification, a rights group is raising…

Vivi Widyawati and Zely Ariane – Around 100 women and men took part in a rally, Miniskirt Protest – Women against Rape, at the Bundaran Hotel…

Max Lane – On September 20, the State Electricity Company Trade Union of Indonesia issued a call for support for a campaign against the…

Jakarta – In the wake of Jakarta Police plans to seek more evidence to prove allegations of sexual assault implicating an agency's high-ranking…

Slamet Susanto and Oyos Saroso, Yogyakarta/Lampung – The Yogyakarta mayoral election won by incumbent vice mayor Haryadi Suyuti and running mate…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Perpetual corrupt practices in the educational system have stopped many children from getting a quality education…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) has said it will ask the West Sumbawa regency administration to fight in court…

Jakarta – Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) General Pramono Edhie Wibowo said today that vigilance must be maintained against communists so that the…

Jakarta – Constitutional Court Chief Mahfud MD testified at the National Police Headquarters on Thursday for former staff member Zainal Arifin, a…

Model, singer and actress Julia Perez says she is disappointed by moves by a branch of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) to ban…

Mimika – Thousands of PT Freeport Indonesia workers staged another protest in front of the Mimika Manpower Agency over what they said…

Jakarta – The Report Desk for Budget Mafia Practices (P2MA) received 20 reports of corrupt practices, implicating 10 lawmakers who have allegedly…

During the Suharto era, every September 30 the public was reminded of the 30 September movement – the failed coup – orchestrated by the Indonesian…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Prosecutors at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday demanded that senior prosecutor Cirus Sinaga be sentenced to six…

Index: ASA 21/029/2011

Amnesty International welcomes the decision of the Manokwari District Court on 27 September 2011 to acquit…

Bagus BT Saragih and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker Gayus Lumbuun was among six…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The National Intelligence Agency (BIN) and all factions at the working committee have resolved all contentious…

Jakarta – Indonesian furniture makers are reportedly closing down their businesses because the local rattan industry prefers to export…

Bramantyo Prijosusilo – Just as he did following the Cirebon Police mosque bombing in April, after last Sunday's suicide bombing at a Solo church…

Dili – Atoki Madeira says it started with threats and escalated into armed assaults. The 40-year-old Timorese NGO worker alleges the attacks…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – It was a bright sunny day when HM Soleh, a social studies teacher, inspected several classrooms to see if…

Jakarta – Indonesia will delay the implementation of a regulation on industrial forests that would have allowed planters, especially those growing…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Articles stipulating that intelligence bodies must obtain permission from a district court chief to…

Jakarta – For two years now, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has ignored the House of Representatives' (DPR) recommendation on the forced…

Thousands of PT Freeport Indonesia workers staged another protest in front of the Mimika Manpower Agency office over what they said…

Michael Vatikiotis – A suicide bomber attacks a church in Solo, a homemade bomb is found near another church in Ambon, more bombs are hurled at…

Padang – The Padang City administration has officially revoked the license of Fellas Cafe and Resto for employing strippers.

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Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The presidential advisory council has warned the President to be more careful in disbursing social funding to the provinces…