Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – Mangrove conservation forests along the east coast of Surabaya (Pamurbaya) face threats not only from…

Rebecca Lunnon – Jemaah Islamiyah is still often the first name associated with terrorism in Indonesia. Even recent attacks such as the spate of…

Anita Rachman – Although House Speaker Marzuki Alie has suspended all activities related to the construction of a new legislative office building…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – A lack of transparency surrounding the procurement of 15 passenger aircraft produced by China's Xi'an Aircraft Company (XAC…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Environmental activists have raised concern that businesses will focus on securing permits to convert secondary…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – City officials said on Thursday that they would stick to their threat to name and shame members of a banned sect who…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – M. is a member of the Wilayatul Hisbah, Aceh's Shariah Police, and he is proud of it. But the athletically built 33-…

Ronna Nirmala – Oppressive laws adopted since the fall of Suharto are threatening to erode long-held women's rights, activists warned on Wednesday…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti, Sidoarjo, East Java – The underground mud volcano that began erupting here since 2006 has permanently changed the…

Jakarta – The tales of the New Order regime's success, which are being used as a selling point for the Golkar Party, are misleading. Golkar cannot…

Jakarta – Ahead of the party's national congress in early July, competition is brewing at the United Development Party (PPP) as several members…

Jakarta – Foreign penetration through multi-national companies in the food sector is increasing and spreading. Foreign companies in Indonesia don'…

Camelia Pasandaran – Senior government officials on Wednesday defended the country's human rights record against recent criticism about it gaining…

Olivia Rondonuwu – Islamist cleric Abu Bakar Bashir used his final defense against charges of funding a militant group on Wednesday to denounce…

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police on Wednesday officially charged six Islamic Indonesian State (NII) members that were detained in…

Dwi Lusiana, Malang, East Java – The 40-meter minaret outside Sabilillah Mosque looks like any other in this Muslim heartland.

But the…

Dessy Sagita – Homosexuality continues to be seen as a mental disease in Indonesia despite two decades of formal recognition to the contrary,…

Anita Rachman – Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi and Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar on Monday said the country's election…

Arientha Primanita – The Democratic Party's dismissal of Muhammad Nazaruddin as party treasurer does not illustrate Yudhoyono's seriousness in…

Heru Andriyanto – An Indonesian court has awarded Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra more than Rp 12.5 billion ($1.5 million) in damages after a…

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police's chief detective said on Monday that there were no plans to probe firms linked to alleged bribes paid to Gayus…

Ulma Haryanto – Antigraft activists testified on Monday that Busyro Muqoddas should serve out the full four years as head of the anticorruption…

Camelia Pasandaran & Arientha Primanita – In response to rising radicalism in Indonesia, the heads of eight state institutions agreed to…

Elisabeth Oktofani – Activists said on Monday that violence against women still dominated reports on women's issues in the print media and that…

Ulma Haryanto, Anita Rachman & Antara – An unsolicited payment to a Constitutional Court official from Democratic Party legislator Muhammad…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is asking for a period of public comment on the bill reforming the…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Acehnese clerics have criticized Amnesty International's call for the Indonesian government to repeal a bylaw that…

Jakarta – Amnesty International urged Indonesia to repeal laws in Aceh that allow the use of caning as a punishment as it violates international…

Last week, Connect Asia ran a story about coffee farmers in East Timor, who were shocked to hear the green coffee cheries they sold to middlemen…

Ulma Haryanto – Activists have urged the government to improve the country's questionable rights record in the wake of its selection for a seat on…

Ulma Haryanto – A coalition of civil society organizations have demanded that prosecutors drop charges against an Ahmadi man who was critically…

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – As many as 1,903 families displaced by a landslide following the 2009 earthquake in West Sumatra continue to wait…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – The mining industry pointed out on Sunday that a much ballyhooed presidential decree allowing geothermal exploration in…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ulma Haryanto – After weeks of being dogged by graft allegations, Muhammad Nazaruddin has been dismissed as…

Farouk Arnaz – A disagreement over who was elected chairman of the United Development Party's Papua branch at a meeting last weekend…

Camelia Pasandaran – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally signed a long-awaited new agreement Monday with members of his sometimes-frayed…

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Democratic Party seems to be at a loss in the face of the ever-widening scandal its treasurer…

Anita Rachman – House Speaker Marzuki Alie announced on Monday that the House of Representatives was suspending all ongoing activities related to…

Jakarta – Foreign domination of strategic economic sectors is spreading and deepening. It has been suggested that the government reorganised…

Farouk Arnaz – The country is dealing with a new breed of terrorists, different not only in terms of tactics and targets but in terms of religious…

The Indonesian government must end the use of caning as a form of punishment and repeal the laws that allow it in Aceh province, Amnesty…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Protection of the country's threatened forest areas remains weak despite a moratorium on new conversion permits as…

Indonesia was among 15 nations elected on Friday to the UN Human Rights Council, despite a human rights watchdog earlier stating the country had…

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – East Java Governor Soekarwo said on Friday that Lapindo Brantas, blamed for triggering a devastating mudflow in Sidoarjo,…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The new anti-terror bill, set to enter deliberation this year, provides stronger prevention measures, but contains…

Fidelis E Satriastanti – Sighs of relief from activists on Thursday that a long-awaited two-year moratorium on forest clearance permits had…

Ismira Lutfia – Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa on Saturday said the election of Indonesia to the UN Human Rights Council on Friday…

As the government seeks to lift investment in exploration to counter slowing oil and gas output, it offered 20 blocks on Friday in the nation's…

"Everything was much better under Pak Harto," concluded an opinion generated in a recent polling which has been the hot topic these days. The…

Sara Everingham and staff – The East Timorese prime minister has lashed out at the United Nations mission in East Timor, saying it should leave…