The young nation's application to join Asean should be approved despite the problems it may cause to the grouping's integration plan

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The head of the Nusakambangan narcotics detention center has been detained for allegedly receiving money from drug transactions.

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Members of House of Representatives' Commission III on legal affairs and laws, human rights and security opposed the…

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Heru Andriyanto – Two men accused of channeling funds to firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to set up a paramilitary camp in Aceh firmly maintained…

Andi Hajramurni and Apriadi Gunawan, Medan/Makassar – Cities in Indonesia saw women voice various concerns from lax law enforcement to poverty…

The Student Executive Board of the Cenderawasih University Law Faculty has called on the Papuan branch of Komnas HAM, the National…

Tom Allard – Indonesia's Vice-President has flagged a drive for reconciliation with the troubled region of West Papua, revealing plans to create a…

Jakarta – Following in the footsteps of East Java, West Java and South Sulawesi, Depok Mayor Nurmahmudi Ismail issued on Wednesday a…

Dessy Sagita – Christian leaders recently lambasted by Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam for "politicizing" violence against the Ahmadiyah have defended…

Heru Andriyanto & Ismira Lutfia – Three men were acquitted on Wednesday of the murder of a TV journalist in Maluku, prompting protests from…

Bagus BT Saragih and Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Amid the escalating tension in the ruling coalition, Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie…

Camelia Pasandaran – None of the regional bylaws banning the activities of Ahmadiyah followers contravene the Constitution or law, a Home Affairs…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Several interfaith leaders who criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration have rebuffed Cabinet…

Ronna Nirmala & Anita Rachman – Tuesday may have been the 100th celebration of International Women's Day, but in Indonesia the struggle for…

Medan – Protesters calling themselves the Women's Liberation Progressive Committee (KP3), which is an alliance of the North Sumatra Islamic…

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – A ban imposed by several provincial administrations outlawing the Ahmadiyah religious sect has been described by a…

Iman Herdiana, Bandung – International Women's Day (IWD) was marked by a protest action by hundreds of workers from the Indonesian…

Heru Andriyanto – Firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir told a court on Monday that the government's actions against him and the paramilitary training…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has urged the government to place a ban on Ahmadiyah to prevent further problems from…

Indonesian women remain susceptible to gender-based violence due to the state's protracted weakness and unwillingness in providing adequate…

Arientha Primanita – Sitting on the wooden plank next to the railroad tracks that has become her home, 55-year-old Kariyah offers an apology.

Jakarta – The institutionalisation of discrimination based on gender, ethnicity, religion and beliefs is causing women, particularly those from…

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Commemorating International Women's Day today, global capitalism became the target of sharp criticism. Muslim…

Andi Aisyah, Makassar – Scores of women activists held an action commemorating the 100th International Women's Day (IWD) in the South Sulawesi…

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of woman activists in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta from the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerpari)…

Several hundred people attended a demonstration in Jayapura on Tuesday 8 March, mostly from the Central Highlands Students Association, urging the…

Yuli Krisna & Dofa Fasila, Bandung – A military commander in West Java has warned against using brute force against the Ahmadiyah, saying…

Jakarta – No parties have registered for the 2014 elections since the Law and Human Rights Ministry opened its doors for the…

Semarang – Central Java Governor Bibit Waluyo said he failed to understand schools in the province that refused to follow his…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The country's antigraft body has been named one of the most accountable state bodies in 2010, the year in which activists…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – In a sign of animosity toward the nation's antigraft body, lawmakers have refused to acknowledge a decision by the…

Elisabeth Oktofani – Although the nation's antigraft agency has arrested more corruption suspects in 2010 than in the previous year, it has been…

Juba, Sudan – Indonesia must reposition non-ministerial agencies to eliminate overlap that leads to gross bureaucratic inefficiency, according to…

Heru Andriyanto – The Press Council is warning that misleading information in the investigation into the murder of a television journalist have…

Jakarta – A shake-up of the ruling coalition is no remedy for the ailing relationship among political parties that have exercised transactional…

Aubrey Belford – Chaotic street protests, bickering elite and swirling allegations of corruption – it all looks like another typically unsavoury…

Zubaidah Nazeer – Madam Wilus lives in a ramshackle dwelling by the railway track in Central Jakarta. Held up by bamboo sticks, its floor is…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – While the nation has been focused on religious violence and corruption scandals, the House of Representatives has been…

Zaky Pawas & Vento Saudale – After nearly a decade-long legal battle against hard-line Muslims and officials in the province, a group of…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) fears a police move to name three police officers…

Elisabeth Oktofani – After accusing the government of spreading lies at the beginning of the year, the same group of religious leaders on Friday…

Camelia Pasandaran – Desperate schools in Tangerang have resorted to borrowing money from students and teachers after the district government…

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The government has said that Indonesia would support Timor Leste's full membership in ASEAN – despite opposition from…

Jakarta – Lawmakers from the Golkar Party are more competent than their fellow lawmakers at the House of Representatives, a survey…

In another twist in the Indonesian Football Association saga, a nongovernmental organization reported chairman Nurdin Halid to the Jakarta Police…

Vincent Lingga – This week was abuzz with wide speculation that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would rebuke and oust the Golkar Party and the…

Farouk Arnaz – The future of the National Police's proposed antianarchy unit appeared less clear after police told lawmakers on Thursday that the…

The Democratic Party has secured a commitment from four ally parties that they will support President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono until…

Marcel Thee – The latest national sex video scandal involves a clip of Iwan Fajarudin, a National Mandate Party lawmaker from the Purworejo…