Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Caught up in a child trafficking case, Mawar, a young girl just out of elementary school, was locked up for three months in…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Wiretapping telephone conversations and the interception of other modes of communication are against the…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Activists from the Jakarta Animal Aid Network (JANN) staged a rally on Monday, calling for an end to animal…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Certain parties might have intentionally provoked residents in Ambon, Maluku, prior to the recent deadly riot in the…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has received a new blow amid his own declining popularity, as the results of a survey…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti & Camelia Pasandaran – The Wilmar Group, one of Asia's largest agribusiness companies, claims to lift people out of…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Attorney General Basrief Arief says that filing a case review to challenge the acquittal of former State…

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – Four statues depicting characters from traditional Javanese puppetry were vandalized and burned on Sunday in Purwakarta,…

Anita Rachman & Vento Saudale – The Indonesian Ombudsman said on Sunday that it would report the mayor of Bogor to the president for his…

Jakarta – The Election Supervisory Committee (Bawaslu) needs adjudication authority to help resolve disputes in regions, a study reveals.

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Jakarta – In the absence of capable budget analysts, observers said lawmakers should be stripped from budgeting authority to avoid corruption in…

A group of women wearing miniskirts staged a protest at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Sunday in response to…

Ronna Nirmala – A controversial intelligence bill originally scheduled for passage in June is facing more delays as lawmakers, the administration…

Banda Aceh – A brother and sister who had a child together have been banished from their Aceh village, despite officials struggling to find an…

Jakarta – About 50 women in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, donned miniskirts to protest remarks by the Jakarta city…

Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia president director and CEO Armando Mahler said that the company had decided not to pay the salaries of…

Samantha Michaels – Despite efforts to protect journalists, freedom of the press sits on shaky ground in Indonesia, according to two writers…

Daniel Pye – Asia Pulp and Paper has announced it has commissioned an independent audit of its practices in Indonesia following a UN call for…

The Green Party is calling on the Government to abandon plans to strengthen ties with Indonesia's military.

The Greens say Indonesia is…

Rangga D. Fadillah and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta/Jayapura – Freeport employees on strike over wage increase demands claimed they had been…

Jakarta – The Reform Star Party (PBR) is ready to join the National Mandate Party (PAN) after the two recently signed a memorandum of…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Surabaya's shopping malls, offices and other public facilities are now obliged to provide rooms for breast-feeding…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie said on Friday that cabinet members practicing polygamy should not be…

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo says he is sorry for telling women to avoid rape by wearing "provocative" clothing on public transportation…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Anti-money laundering investigators have identified 21 suspicious transactions carried out by a member of the House of…

The Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) is criticizing the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) recently established Analysis and…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Two senior officials from the House of Representatives urged the president on Friday to reshuffle his cabinet this…

Jakarta – Not everyone is a political news buff. And for those who can no longer stomach news on corruption and growing religious intolerance,…

Farouk Arnaz – After a provocative text message began circulating in East Java urging Muslims to go to Ambon to wage jihad following a deadly…

Bagus B.T. Saragih – A group of lawyers have challenged the 2002 Police Law that places the police under direct auspices of the President, a…

Taufik Ramadhan Indrakesuma – For several months now, residents of South Jakarta have been forced to endure road closures and detours because of…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned House of Representatives' budget committee member Angelina Sondakh…

Jakarta – Dozens of residents held a demonstration in front of the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Yasmin on Friday in Bogor, West…

A report has been released following a joint investigation into the mistreatment and torture of a group of 15 Papuans in connection with two…

Jakarta – House deputy speaker and Golkar Party member Priyo Budisantoso has asked President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to discuss any…

Jakarta – As an effective policy for combating corruption, Attorney General Basrief Arief supported government plans to impose a…

Hundreds of paramilitary police have been sent to Indonesia's Papua province after 9,000 mining workers started a month-long strike for higher…

Samuel Wanda and Olivia Rondonuwu, Timika, Indonesia – Energy minister Darwin Zahedy Saleh said Indonesia is losing $6.7 million from revenue…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Three parties rejected a government proposal to grant intelligence officials power to wiretap and make arrests.

Dofa Fasila – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo has advice for women to avoid being raped by public transportation drivers – do not wear short skirts.…

Jakarta – Three female staff from the National Land Agency (BPN) who are victims of sexual harassment have sought protection from the…

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – The murder of human rights activists such as Munir Said Thalib has solidified the fight for rights by activists instead…

An Indonesian woman frustrated by Jakarta police's failure to capture four men who kidnapped and pack-raped her in a public minivan, took matters…

East Timor's foreign minister Zacarias da Costa says his country is keen to work closely with Melanesian countries to assist them in…

Timika, Indonesia – Thousands of workers at Freeport-McMoran's gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia began a monthlong strike Thursday over a…

Jayapura – The Papua Police have dispatched 114 police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel to Timika to heighten security ahead of a…

Agus Maryono and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Banyumas/Bandung – The drought that has afflicted Central Java for the last three months has created domestic…

Nivell Rayda & Antara – As the people of Ambon try to resume normal life just days after deadly riots rocked their city, the displaced are…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives law commission has agreed to end a polemic centering around whether it should accept eight…

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher Ade Irawan says he supports the Corruption Eradication Commission move to…