Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – The government needs to evaluate its fight against poverty as three poverty reduction programs – direct cash assistance,…

Former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin will not return to Indonesia because he believes he will be mistreated by the Corruption…

Anita Rachman & Antara – The antigraft agency on Thursday called on the Prosperous Justice Party to help arrange for the return of fugitive…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Growing aggressive with its antiterrorism measures, the government is devising a legal tool that would expand the…

AHRC-STM-083-2011 – A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the Occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture…

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Students and workers have again demonstrated against the draft law on state intelligence (RUU Intelijen Negara), this time…

Rangga Prakoso – The jailed former editor in chief of the short-lived Indonesian edition of Playboy magazine will likely walk free today after the…

Muhamad Al Azhari – Foreign direct investment has shown little growth as a percentage of gross domestic product since 2008 and "continues to…

Ismira Lutfia & Ronna Nirmala – Media advocates have called for the selection of a board of supervisors for state-owned broadcaster TVRI to be…

Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) said on Wednesday that 71.43 percent of all illegal loggers forced to stand trial were…

Ross Kelly, Sydney – East Timor is calling for Royal Dutch Shell PLC. to be excluded from discussions about the development of the…

Ulma Haryanto & Farouk Arnaz – The nation's antiterrorism czar has called on the state to toughen laws against hate speech and paramilitary…

Dion Bisara & Faisal Maliki Baskoro – The government should raise fuel prices instead of putting further strain on the state budget with…

Nurfika Osman – Human rights activists on Thursday accused Indonesian police of fanning the flames of religious-based conflicts rather than…

Jakarta – Researchers say Indonesia loses US$37.2 billion a year, about 7 percent of its gross domestic product, due to non-communicable diseases…

Samarinda – Scores of students from the Student Struggle Center for National Liberation (PEMBEBASAN, formerly LMND-PRD) held a protest at the East…

Iwan Taruna, Makassar – A protest action by hundreds of students rejecting the Draft Intelligence and State Secrecy Law (RUU Intelijen…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-117-2011

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After the Manokwari District Police in West Papua arrested peaceful…

Medan – Protesters from the Student Struggle Center for National Liberation (PEMBEBASAN, formerly LMND-PRD) in the North Sumatra capital of Medan…

Ulma Haryanto – A 17-month jail term handed down to a senior politician on Wednesday closed the first chapter in a high-profile, Rp 24 billion ($2…

AI Index: ASA 21/015/2011

Indonesian authorities must immediately repeal the newly issued government regulation permitting female…

Yogyakarta – Scores of students from the Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan, formerly LMND-PRD) held a protest action in…

Pastor Jonga: 'MRP has now become a mechanism for the government's splitting tactics.'

The controversy about the setting up of an MRP for…

Dessy Sagita – Hundreds of activists demanded on Thursday that Indonesia's Health Ministry revoke a 2010 ministerial decree regulating the proper…

Jakarta – Susiko Triwidiyanto, who is hearing impaired and cannot speak, learned computer skills at a special high school for persons with…

Jakarta – In any metropolis, the government ostensibly exists to protect the powerless. At its best, a city's government helps the people avoid…

Jakarta – Citing a Greenpeace study, the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) said on Wednesday that up to 88 percent of the logging…

Camelia Pasandaran – Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mahfud M.D. confirmed on Wednesday that disgraced former Justice Arsyad Sanusi had been…

The Indonesian government on Wednesday suspended sending migrant workers to Saudi Arabia effective as of August 1, until both…

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's legal staff were outraged when outspoken Constitutional Court Chief Justice…

Jakarta – The Press Council and AJI say violence against journalists does not get enough attention from the press and the government, with cases…

Shirley Christie – At least one US shoe maker plans to build a factory in Indonesia, and other US companies are exploring opportunities to…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A woman in Aceh filed criminal charges against her "husband" of less than three months after finding out that he was in…

Jakarta – Central Jakarta District Court representative judge Heru Susanto cancelled a hearing on Tuesday in a case implicating two…

Arientha Primanita – The home affairs minister urged regional administrations on Wednesday to tighten their purse strings and reduce the number of…

The Finance Minister on Wednesday said that number of civil servants (PNS) is too high, burdening the state budget because of the…

Jakarta – Jakartans have given a low job approval rating for Governor Fauzi Bowo and his deputy Prijanto, especially in their handling of Jakarta'…

Around 1,000 people died in traffic accidents in the capital city of Jakarta and its environs in 2010, according to the Jakarta…

Elisabeth Oktofani & Dofa Fasila – A city official has admitted that there would be no end to the dredging of Jakarta's rivers as long as…

Anita Rachman & Ulma Haryanto – The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a revision of the 2003 Constitutional Court Law that will…

Padang – The West Sumatra chapter of the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) said that the Obedient Wives Club could not be banned in Indonesia…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A coalition of antigraft activists deployed members to study the track record of the 215 nominees applying to be the next…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-115-2011

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At least five members of the Indonesian national military killed an…

Jakarta – Army Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad) commander Lt. Gen. Pramono Edhie Wibowo is tied for second place on a top rights…

Jakarta, Indonesia – Three Indonesians radicalized by the teachings of a firebrand Muslim cleric were sentenced Tuesday to six years…

Dofa Fasila – As the Indonesian capital enters the ripe old age of 484 years, its governor stated the obvious on Tuesday: Jakarta has an acute…

Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed an amendment to the 2003 Constitutional Court Law, officially limiting the court's…

Rizky Amelia – Two former United Development Party lawmakers on Monday were each sentenced to 15 months in jail for their involvement in the…

Ismira Lutfia – The highest concentration of Indonesians facing the death penalty or who are on death row abroad are in Malaysia, the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Today is the 41st anniversary of the death of Indonesia's first president and founding father, Sukarno, but the House…