We fully support the strike by PT Freeport Indonesia workers for better wages and conditions. The government must guarantee legal protection to…

New York – Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Tuesday that his government was fully aware of problems in restive Papua and was…

Ismira Lutfia & Arientha Primanita – The death of orangutans as a result of human encroachment into their habitats in Kalimantan amounts to…

Jakarta – The government will introduce a 12-year compulsory basic education program for all children next year, an official says.…

Anita Rachman & Dessy Sagita – In the latest twist in a tiff between the House of Representatives' Budget Committee and the Corruption…

Ezra Sihite, Camelia Pasandaran, Dessy Sagita & Arientha Primanita – Police acknowledged on Wednesday that they had received advance warning…

Ezra Sihite & Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesia police have revealed that they had installed additional security in anticipation of a terrorist…

Bagus BT Saragih – The nation's human rights body says the police are to blame for its failure to complete an examination of the murder case that…

Ezra Sihite – The Indonesian government on Tuesday blamed a lack of legal parking spaces in New York City for the hundreds of thousands of dollars…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Singapore – The Singaporean government on Wednesday said it regarded its current extradition treaty with Indonesia, signed in…

Tumbang Saan, Central Kalimantan – In this village near the heart of Borneo's great, dissolving rainforest, Udatn is regarded as a man of deep…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-182-2011

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

Simon Caterson – For local journalists in East Timor, breaking the news could mean being broken themselves. Then there's the difficulty of…

Gary LaMoshi, Bali – Indonesia was shocked and shamed on Sunday when a suicide bomber struck a Christian church in Solo, killing at least one…

Jakarta – A corruption watchdog is urging the nation's antigraft agency to investigate corruption allegations against the forestry industry in…

Anita Rachman – Eighty percent of Papuans live in the approximately 3,000 kampongs spread across the country's largest province, so any meaningful…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Following last week's rejection of a government proposal on the state intelligence bill by three political parties,…

There was nothing sophisticated about the suicide bombing at an Indonesian church Sunday – using homemade explosives packed with nails, nuts and…

The government has blocked access to about 300 Web sites that could inspire acts of terrorism, the minister of communication and…

Farouk Arnaz – Achmad Yosepa Hayat and Muhammad Syarif were truly friends in life or death. Together the pair pledged allegiance to Abu Bakar…

Hangga Brata – The head of the country's largest Islamic organization paid a visit on Tuesday to the Solo church targeted by a suicide bomber, in…

Ezra Sihite & Rizky Amelia – Still offended over its questioning by investigators from the antigraft agency, the House of Representatives…

Agus Triyono & Camelia Pasandaran – The Indonesian government has been accused of "lying" about what it knew before Indonesian migrant worker…

Given the rising number of female employees in their reproductive years, the health ministry has urged employers to accommodate…

Jakarta – A recent survey conducted by Plan Indonesia shows that 33.5 percent of children aged between 13 and 18 years of age were forced into…

Nearly 40 percent of Indonesian teenagers have had sex and almost half of them do not use contraception with new partners, a new international…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Five new political parties that have completed the administrative requirements are gearing up to face the government's…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – President Susilo Bambang Yuhdoyono has signed a presidential decree creating a National Action Plan to Reduce Greenhouse…

Desy Nurhayati, Denpasar – Environmental activists and university students held a mass prayer and art performance on Saturday to mark National…

Bengkulu – The Bengkulu chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) rejected a recent government ruling to classify…

Is Indonesia headed for another round of deadly sectarian violence? Following the suicide bomb attack in Solo which has so far claimed two lives…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – In the wake of Sunday's bomb attack in Solo, the House of Representatives is saying that it is…

Anita Rachman – "What is an ombudsman?" By now, Budi Santoso is used to hearing that question when friends ask about his work as a senior official…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A local NGO is urging the government to propose contract renegotiations with Freeport Indonesia to force the company to…

Farouk Arnaz – Another homemade bomb was found in front of a church in Ambon on Monday, one day after a deadly blast in Solo and…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Members of the Taman Yasmin Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) congregation clashed with officers from the Bogor Public…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – Facing heavy criticism for failing to anticipate Sunday's suicide bombing in Solo, State…

Ezra Sihite, Farouk Arnaz, Hangga Brata, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – A politician has criticized Indonesia's intelligence…

Farouk Arnaz – Police believe that Achmad Yosepa Hayat, a possible suspect in Sunday's suicide bombing at a church in Solo, is a member of the…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Defying requests from lawmakers to be shielded from graft probes, the antigraft body will continue to question…

Apriadi Gunawan and Panca Nugraha, Medan/Mataram – In conjunction with the commemoration of National Farmers Day, about 1,000 farmers and…

The local leader of prominent Muslim youth group says he will send members to protect houses of worship following the suicide bombing…

Farouk Arnaz – The suicide bombing that killed at least one person and injured 20 at a church in Solo on Sunday may be linked to the recent…

Two days before a suicide attack struck a church in Solo, a priest and a human rights activist warned of a shadowy campaign to exacerbate…

A suicide bomber attacked a packed Indonesian church on Sunday killing at least one person, wounding several others and sending terrified…

Dessy Sagita, Farouk Arnaz & Ronna Nirmala – Sunday's suicide bombing at a Protestant church, the first major terror attack in Solo, has…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – In the wake of the rapes of two female passengers on public transportation in recent months, the National Commission on…

Hangga Brata, Yogyakarta – Six activists camped outside the Yogyakarta provincial legislature marked the third day of their hunger strike on…

Bandung – The West Java Pentecost Church Association has accused the Bandung and Sumedang administrations of failing to empower local…

Niniek Karmini, Rawagede, Indonesia – Six decades have passed, but Kadun bin Siot's voice still trembles as he recalls the morning Dutch troops…