Ronna Nirmala & Dofa Fasila – A chaotic morning could be in store for the millions of Jakartans heading back to work today after the long…

Links between the state security apparatus and militia groups, such as the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), have long been alleged but remain…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – At least 72 villages in East Sumba regency in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) are facing a severe food crisis that has prompted…

Leaked US diplomatic cables paint a negative picture of Megawati Sukarnoputri's presidency and predict the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle…

Jakarta – Monday is supposed to be the first day back at work after the Idul Fitri hiatus, but most civil servants in West Java failed…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – The National Police have vowed to re-evaluate transportation preparations for mudik, the home-bound journeys at the end…

Tom Allard, Indonesia – Ulil Abshar Abdalla is one of Indonesia's most perceptive intellectuals, a Harvard-educated Islamic reformer and an…

Camelia Pasandaran – Maybe it got lost in the mail? Almost two weeks after the House of Representatives said it had sent the president…

The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) said on Sunday that the Law and Justice Ministry should put a moratorium on giving sentence…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Representatives from the constituent parties of the ruling coalition say they will reject efforts to impose a party…

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – It would not be a political party if it were unwilling to snatch any opportunity to attract public support. Indonesia's…

Jakarta – Jayapura district police have been accused of torturing 15 witnesses who were initially suspected of being members of the Free Papua…

Ulma Haryanto – The Justice and Human Rights Ministry said on Monday that out of the 14 new political parties registered for the 2014 general…

As security in West Papua deteriorates, local groups have stepped up their calls for dialogue with Jakarta. Joe Collins from the Australia West…

Ismira Lutfia – Human rights activists have called for an independent investigation into the deaths of two men shot dead by police during an…

Camelia Pasandaran – The government announced on Monday that it would not respond to any information found in US diplomatic cables presented by…

Ulma Haryanto – The police and the Islamic Defenders Front have denied again allegations of collusion that resurfaced with the latest release of…

Ulma Haryanto – A leaked confidential US diplomatic cable reveals that the US Embassy in Jakarta believed the 2007 gubernatorial election won by…

Ulma Haryanto – To most Indonesians in legal trouble, the perfect partner in staying hidden from the reach of the law seems to be their spouse.…

An Indonesian man blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings could escape with just a few years behind bars.

The tough anti-terrorism law passed…

Nivell Rayda – While most of the city slept during the wee hours of Monday, just a couple of days before Idul Fitri, for those begging for some…

A. Lin Neumann – It was the kind of crowd any presidential hopeful might envy, but the exclusive belated birthday party for World Bank managing…

Unredacted US diplomatic cables published by anti-secrecy Web site WikiLeaks on Friday allege collusion between Indonesian security forces and the…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The fall of Soeharto may have been seen as the end of the era of military involvement in politics, but more than a…

KontraS condemns the appalling practices of torture and criminalisation which were perpetrated by the law enforcement agencies against of a number…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – For Indonesian lawmakers returning from Idul Fitri recess next week, two deadlocked election-related bills occupy spots…

Indonesian legislator Adang Daradjatun, a former deputy chief of the National Police, is continuing to refuse to cooperate with…

Stephen Coates – Indonesia has killed or captured most of the militants responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings, but it now faces new threats from…

The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission criticized a major television station Friday for giving into Islamists' demands that a film on religious…

Chrestella Tan – For months Deden Sujana had to be treated in a Jakarta hospital. He was put on life support as doctors raced to save his right…

West Java – Guidelines on how to perform female genital mutilation/cutting issued by the Indonesian Ministry of Health could cause an increase in…

Dion Bisara – The government plans to increase the amount of relief funds next year to repair broken dams in Sidoarjo, East Java, to control a…

Jakarta – The prolonged uncertainty and eventual change of the Idul Fitri date from Tuesday to Wednesday announced by the government has…

Manatutu, East Timor – For Pedro Damaeao, having a brother who was part of Falantil, the Timorese guerrilla group that fought Indonesia's army,…

Dili, East Timor – The head of East Timor's armed forces, Major General Taur Matan Ruak, said Friday he had resigned, ahead of a possible run for…

Jakarta – The common effective preferential tariff (CEPT) adopted by ASEAN countries does not provide any real benefit to Indonesian…

Lydia Tomkiw – Come 2015, Indonesia will be home to 99,000 wealthy individuals with a combined fortune worth $487 billion, according to a report…

Brigitta Kinadi – With news outlets scrambling to cover the latest stories about Indonesian migrant workers abroad, from a beheading in Saudi…

Camelia Pasandaran – At least 40 University of Indonesia professors are calling for the resignation of university president Gumilar Soemantri.…

Max Lane – I was very active between 1991 and 1999 in the international solidarity movement for Timorese independence. During that time, I worked…

Elisabeth Oktofani & Fitri – Not all Muslims celebrated Idul Fitri with jubilance and excitement. For members of the Ahmadiyah minority sect,…

Paulus Suryanta Ginting, in Jakarta – On August 2, Kholis Annasir, from the student group Centre for Student Struggle for National Liberation (…

Max Lane – It is 13 years since the Indonesian dictator Suharto was forced to resign by a student-led mass protest movement. The current president…

David Adam Stott – "Where it cuts across the island of New Guinea, the 141st meridian east remains one of colonial cartography's more arbitrary…

Andreas Harsono – On Sunday morning, February 6, 2011, about 1,500 men approached a house in Cikeusik village in West Java, about a seven-hour…

Guteriano Neves – Oil has different meanings for different societies. For developed societies like the United States, Japan, and Western Europe,…

At the the 42nd Meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to be held in Auckland next week, AWPA calls on the PIF leaders to grant observer…

When Communication and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring delivered the Idul Fitri sermon at the Mobile Brigade (Brimob…

The Pacific Islands Forum is being told it must speak out about the ongoing instability in the Indonesian region of Papua.

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Simon Roughneen, Dili – Land, corruption and poverty are all on the table as Timor-Leste gets into political mode ahead of parliamentary and…