Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – A Papuan legislator has called for the firing of the provincial police chief following the shooting deaths of two…

Yuli Krisna – More than 400 members of the beleaguered Ahmadiyah have converted to mainstream Islam since a ban on their activities was issued in…

Fadli, Batam – The Riau Islands provincial administration was welcome to ban Ahmadiyah (an Islamic sect considered heretical) in the region, but…

Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has called on Indonesian Muslims to refrain from being provoked by Friday's terrorist attack.

"To…

Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta, Indonesia – A suicide bomber blew himself up as police were praying Friday, wounding 28 people in the first attack on a…

Heru Andriyanto – Attorney General Basrief Arief on Friday blamed his spokesman for providing inaccurate data that stated that…

AI Index: ASA 21/010/2011

The Indonesian authorities must ensure a prompt, impartial and effective investigation into the unnecessary…

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Despite higher economic growth in the last several years, Indonesia has not been able to translate its economic…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Yemris Fointuna, Jayapura/Kupang – One person was killed in a clash between residents and police personnel in Moenamani…

Chairman of Commission A Parliament of Papua together with Dogiyai citizens went to the Papua Police Headquarters on Friday (15/4) in connection…

Pandaya, Jakarta – First, a revered figure made earth-shaking revelations on corruption, a breach of electoral laws and commonplace polygamy among…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Two state-owned contractors implicated in illegal markups in a prior project are among five companies that have passed…

The floodgates of reform opened at the end of president Soeharto's repressive and monarchial New Order have, directly and indirectly, paved the…

Dessy Sagita & Arientha Primanita – Indonesia on Thursday bid farewell to veteran journalist Rosihan Anwar, who was laid to rest at the…

Karlis Salna – Defence Minister Stephen Smith says a full assessment of a planned withdrawal of Australian troops from East Timor will be made in…

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – Over 50 officials who are clients of alleged Citibank embezzler Inong Malinda, aka Malinda Dee, are suspected of being…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti & Elisabeth Oktofani – Unpredictable weather coupled with a decline in natural predators is responsible for a recent…

"Together for the History of the Star of the East"

On Wednesday April 13, 2011 at 2:30 PM local time, a bloody incident took place in…

Bagus BT Saragih and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) has found indications that judges in Antasari Azhar's trial ignored…

Agus Maryono, Purwokerto – An NGO says that anticorruption activists working in several regencies in Central Java have reported 24 cases of…

Dessy Sagita – A senior member of Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) says that he is disappointed with the early release of graft…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says 25 case studies on how officials swindled state funds have largely been…

Following a police raid on gambling at a market in Papua on Wednesday, hundreds of people retaliated by attacking the police chief and…

Heru Andriyanto – The Attorney General's Office on Wednesday said a former airline employee who was sentenced to a year in jail for a minor role…

Heru Andriyanto – The final witness for the prosecution in the trial of cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has corroborated earlier testimony that the…

Anita Rachman – A state budget watchdog on Thursday released data detailing extravagant spending by House Commission I members on comparative…

Dessy Sagita & Anita Rachman – - Though the House of Representatives still refuses to back down from its plan for a new office building, it…

Vento Saudale, Bogor – A court in Bogor sentenced three people charged in a mob attack on an Ahmadiyah community to prison terms of between four…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will send a special team to monitor and deal with various land conflicts…

Clinton Fernandes – In April 2007 I applied to the National Archives of Australia for access to records of the Defence Intelligence Organisation…

Hasyim Widhiarto – Daddy's and mommy's big name coupled with inherited wealth and traces of attractiveness are probably the best assets for…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Army said on Tuesday that it was committed to the peaceful settlement of a land dispute in Central Java, a day…

Hasyim Widhiarto – The scions of Indonesia's political elite are born with silver spoons in their mouths – something which smooths the way when…

By Hasyim Widhiarto

Capt. Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono

Place/date of birth: Bandung, West Java, Aug. 10, 1978

Current…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Human rights activists on Tuesday criticized Aceh's provincial administration for failing to prevent vigilantes from…

The Free West Papua Association in Vanuatu has asked the coalition government of the prime minister, Sato Kilman, to clarify its…

A senior politician from the ruling Democratic Party says an outbreak of caterpillars that has reached plague proportions in parts of Indonesia is…

Nurfika Osman – Tackling waterborne diseases in Indonesia is a question of educating the 30 percent of the population still practicing open…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – As many as 16 infrastructure projects are being offered to foreign investors this week at an international forum, but…

Arientha Primanita & Heru Andriyanto – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday denied he had withheld permission for law enforcement…

Anita Rachman – The price of passing legislation will become a lot more expensive if the House of Representatives gets its way –…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Poor attendance rates, dismal performance in the last legislative session and embarrassing scandals at the House of…

Jakarta – His resignation announced, apologies offered and sanctions enacted, former legislator Arifinto bid farewell to his political career. His…

Elisabeth Oktofani – The latest Indonesian movie featuring an international porn star is set to hit the country's screens at the end of the month…

Karlis Salna – East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta has dismissed suggestions Australian forces should remain in the fledgling nation beyond a…

Karlis Salna – East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta says a plan for a regional processing centre to be built in his country has not been on…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Yenny Wahid, the second daughter of former president Abdurrahman Wahid, on Monday announced she was forming her own…

With the political rumor mill in full swing over an impending cabinet reshuffle and a senior conservative lawmaker photographed watching…

Anita Rachman – A leading Democrat on Monday said the daily leadership of the pro-government coalition, currently in the hands of Golkar Party,…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – PT Fathi Resources says it will halt exploration at a mining site in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) until it gets a safety…