Vento Saudale – A West Java government team dealing with the province's beleaguered Ahmadiyah community on Thursday called on area residents to…

A statement from Amnesty International, KontraS, Imparsial, Elsam, Setara Institute, ICRP, HRWG, ANBTI, ILRC and Wahid Institute.

The…

Elisabeth Oktofani & Putri Fitria – Amnesty International called on the government on Wednesday to revoke the decree that bans Ahmadiyah…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The rising number of attacks against minority groups in Indonesia is a sign that the country, which aims to play a…

Camelia Pasandaran – The Indonesian government has admitted that it still does not know what to do about the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect.…

Camelia Pasandaran – Less than ten minutes after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appeared to ask the House of Representatives to…

Ismira Lutfia – The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the geospatial bill into law, a quarter of a century after it was conceived and…

A priest in Nabire has described the special autonomy law, known as OTSUS, as being a move by the Indonesian government that was intended to…

Johannes Nugroho – Furor has broken loose in Senayan over plans to build a Rp 1.13 trillion ($130 million) legislative office tower. Across town,…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives leaders' insistence on going ahead with building a Rp 1.16 trillion (US$118 million) super luxury 36-story…

Jakarta – The deliberations on the Draft State Intelligence Law cannot be separated from the historical context of the role of intelligence…

Lynn Lee – Indonesia is set to unveil a tax holiday scheme for large investors as early as next week, officials say, as the country ramps up…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – An activist in Aceh has attacked the provincial administration for endorsing a mining plan that he insists will…

Camelia Pasandaran – A disgraced Indonesian politician from who was jailed for his role in a number of high-profile corruption…

Heru Andriyanto – An Indonesian magazine has denied it was responsible for describing Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra as a "convicted murderer,"…

Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) says the protection and placement of Indonesian migrant workers is ineffective. The migrant…

As the fire at Pertamina's refinery in Cilacap, Central Java, continued to burn out of control on Tuesday, thousands of nearby residents were…

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – In the absence of competition and thorough supervision, the inadequate number of hospitals in Indonesia is a far cry from…

Sara Everingham and staff – East Timor's deputy prime minister has confirmed his country has rejected Australia's proposal to establish a refugee…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Some legislators whose fellow party members were implicated by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in a vote-buying…

Medan, North Sumatra – A leader of Indonesia's Islamic Defenders Front more than met his match in the form of dozens of enraged housewives on…

Elisabeth Oktofani – The 14-year-old boy detained for 25 days on suspicion of stealing a Rp 10,000 ($1.15) phone card was released on Tuesday, the…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – Pinang Kampai Airport in Dumai, Riau, was closed on Monday after visibility was severely limited by nearby forest fires…

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – There is no nationalism when it comes to pain; no distance is too far to travel for a cure when money is not an issue.…

Hundreds of students from a private high school in East Jakarta run by one of the country's largest Muslim organizations demanded the resignation…

Immigration Minister Chris Bowen says he does not accept reports East Timor is not in favour of housing a regional processing centre…

Jakarta – The Islamic-based United Development Party (PPP) reiterated on Saturday its "official" rejection of the presence of Islamic minority…

Nivell Rayda – A group of about 10 detainees in a cramped cell at a Depok police station jostled to be first in line when guards brought around…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Mafia Taskforce is trying to identify patterns in the widespread corruption in the land management sector.…

Bagus B.T. Saragih, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) claimed Sunday it had enough resources to prosecute all graft cases amid a…

Jayapura – All elements within the United Papuan Peoples' Coalition for Justice (KRPBK) are firm in their rejection of Special Autonomy – OTSUS,…

Jakarta – It would be better if the deliberations on the Draft Law on Land Acquisition for Development be delayed while legal uncertainty over the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As the House of Representatives faces a volley lawsuits over its plans to build an office tower, some lawmakers have…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Two civil society coalitions threatened to file a lawsuit against the House of Representatives' leadership body over…

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – Drug trafficking has surged in Indonesia, say authorities, who are cracking down on more smugglers, dealers and producers…

Jakarta – Suciwati, the wife of murdered human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, said the plan by the Hague, the Dutch capital, to…

Jakarta – The growing number of media outlets in Indonesia does not guarantee good quality reporting, which is needed given the flurry of flash…

The Religious Affairs Ministry has ordered a large Buddhist statue in North Sumatra to be taken down after it raised the ire of…

Heru Andriyanto – Attorney General Basrief Arief says the jobs of prosecutors in all Indonesian courts should be centralized by his office, under…

Indonesia Corruption Watch on Friday demanded an investigation into allegations that the Ministry of Religious Affairs inflated hajj…

Indonesia is willing to discuss the "Papua" issue with the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

Papua New Guinea Foreign Affairs Minister…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Mafia Taskforce says it found indications of widespread corruption in the country's land management sector and…

Femi Adi & Agus Suhana – Pakistan's arrest two days ago of a suspect in the October 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesia, may shed light on…

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP), once the sole Islamic party in the country, is in talks with the Crescent Star Party (PBB) about…

Jakarta – The Public Interest Research and Advocacy Center said Wednesday that a recent study indicated that most aid management bodies lacked…

Arientha Primanita & Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Environmental activists have slammed a decision by the Supreme Court to allow a land…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar withdrew proposed amendments to the 2001 Anticorruption Law after previously…

Matt Brown – More cold water has been poured on plans to establish an asylum seeker processing centre in East Timor, with the UN refugee agency…

Nurfika Osman – Activists have drawn up a set of guidelines meant to ensure people with disabilities are not shut out of future elections.

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Ismira Lutfia – Investigative journalism is on the decline in Indonesia, media activists have warned, despite an abundance of issues that require…