Jakarta – In a corrupt correctional system, nothing comes for free. The Cipinang Penitentiary complex, home to more than two thousand inmates,…

Hans David Tampubolon – Society at large has been tarnished by an ongoing tolerance of violent culture, as the number of brawls among civilians in…

Muhammad Ikhwan, Jakarta – Indonesia will commemorate the 51st National Farmers' Day on Sept. 24. Over the years, we have witnessed the same…

Jakarta – Hundreds of farmers from the Indonesian Farmers Union (SPI) rallied in front of the State Palace on Saturday in observance…

Nirmal Ghosh, Bangkok – With several weeks still left to go in Indonesia's dry season, the number of hot spots in Sumatra and Kalimantan so far…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Sidoarjo – Residents from affected villages in Sidoarjo, East Java, were hopeful that the government would honor its pledge…

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The Indonesian stock market saw one of its steepest plunges ever on Thursday, as jittery investors dumped their equity…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has urged the government to review the 2003 Labor Law to end prolonged…

Jakarta – Constitutional Court (MK) chief justice Mafud MD says he is ready to be a witness on behalf of his former employee, election document…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As a key deadline passed on Thursday, five new political parties say they have completed the documentation needed to…

Jakarta – South Jakarta Prosecutors office chief Masyhudi says no new evidence has been presented in the Antasari case review that could prove the…

Jakarta – A weapons and ballistics expert testified in court on Thursday that two different guns were used to shoot Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, the…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – An ethics board established to evaluate and uphold the code of ethics within the Corruption Eradication…

Freeport Indonesia's labor union plans not to continue with a tripartite mediation involving the government and is seeking to discuss…

Bagus BT Saragih and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Leaders of the House of Representatives plan to summon senior officials from the country's top…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Ethics Council says that the budget committee has breached House statute by threatening to…

Hera – A cornerstone of the government's development plan is a promise to electrify every home in Timor-Leste within just a few years. But…

Camelia Pasandaran& Zaky Pawas – More than 100 members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front have been hospitalized with food poisoning…

Indonesia's minister of women's affairs has demanded authorities seek the harshest punishment possible under the law against rapists…

Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission chief Busyro Muqoddas says lately he has been bemused at the leniency of punishments…

Jakarta – Lawmaker Trimedya Panjaitan criticized the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for questioning four leaders of the House…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Golkar Party's provincial executive board in North Sumatra has reshuffled its membership at the regent and municipal…

Philip Dorling – East Timor's parliament is "corrupt and ineffective", Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has an alcohol problem and former prime…

East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta today dismissed fears the country will see a return of turmoil and violence ahead of elections next year…

East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta saw his fledgling nation's parliament as corrupt and ineffective and believed himself both "above local…

Jakarta – Recent violence in Papua in July and August underscores the urgent need for the government to reassess its military approach and place…

Ulma Haryanto – A campaign in Central Jakarta to reclaim sidewalks for pedestrian use was foiled by a lack of support from the city, a…

Jakarta – Suciwati, widow of slain human rights defender Munir Said Thalib, is seeking to overturn the decision by the Law and Human…

Julia Suryakusuma, Jakarta – We all know about "four-letter words" in the English language. Considered profane they've been used for many…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Legislators on Tuesday approved a revision to the 2007 Election Organization Law to allow politicians to serve on the…

Batam – About 1,000 workers at a Singapore-owned shipyard engineering firm in Batam went on the rampage on Tuesday, setting fire to an office,…

There are allegations about [multinational private security corporation] SecuriCor led [at Freeport] by someone called Ian Church being involved…

Andi Hajramurni and Rizal Harahap, Makassar/Pekanbaru – The Malaysian government's plan to deport illegal migrant workers back to Indonesia has…

Agus Maryono, Purbalingga – The Muslim month of Syawal, which follows the Ramadhan fasting month, is generally a month of rejoicing and…

Paris-Jakarta-Bangkok – The recent spike in violent incidents in Papua in July and August underscore the urgent need for Jakarta to re-assess its…

Jayapura – As the UN General Assembly begins today (21/9) in New York, Indonesia will be in front line of supporting Palestinian efforts to become…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Indonesia has made "important progress" over the past two decades in improving health conditions of women and…

Ulma Haryanto & Nivell Rayda – An Australian human rights researcher detained by Indonesian authorities on Monday remains in detention…

The House of Representatives unanimously endorsed on Tuesday a new bill on electoral administration, which politicians claim will improve the…

Jakarta – Human rights watchdog Imparsial has said the National Police should not come under the direct auspices of the president, in…

Camelia Pasandaran & Anita Rachman – With no answers forthcoming on the cause of the deadly violence in Ambon more than a week ago, human…

Max Lane – On Sunday, September 18, around 100 women staged a lightning protest in Jakarta's main thoroughfare, Jalan Thamrin, to protest…

Ezra Sihite & Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesia is the only country in the region that has not ratified a World Health Organization treaty to…

Ulma Haryanto & Nivell Rayda – Prominent Human Rights Watch activist Andreas Harsono and an Australian researcher were taken into custody by…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Indonesia will likely fail to achieve the standards defined by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 due…

Jakarta – Journalists and students rallied together in Bandung in front of Gedung Sate in the West Java capital, in a protest over the…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Rangga D. Fadillah, Jakarta/Jayapura – A workers' union of gold and copper mining producer PT Freeport Indonesia has denied…

Anita Rachman – As talk of a cabinet reshuffle heats up, lawmakers on Monday offered an idea of how President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono could…

Bagus BT Saragih and Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Many have begun to question whether there will be a reshuffle of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's…

Hangga Brata, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of student activists staged an action where they released 40 mice in front of the Regional Representatives'…