Farouk Arnaz – Recent violence targeting the Ahmadiyah community in the Cikeusik subdistrict of Banten only erupted because the Ahmadis wanted it…

Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam has struck back at Indonesia's second largest Muslim organization, which has been critical of the government's…

The United States on Friday called for religious tolerance in Indonesia after several provincial governments banned followers of a minority…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – It is a ubiquitous sight, and sound, across the cities and villages of Indonesia: the bakso vendor tapping a steady rhythm…

Jakarta – International rights group Amnesty International has strongly urged the Indonesian government to promptly investigate the stabbing of…

Andreas D. Aditya, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo has announced plans to follow in the footsteps of a number of regions that…

Yuli Krisna & Eras Poke, Bandung – West Java joined a string of other regional governments on Thursday in banning activities of the Ahmadiyah…

UA: 53/11 Index: ASA 21/004/2011. Indonesia Date: 03 March 2011

In the early hours of 3 March, journalist Banjir Ambarita was stabbed…

The chairman of DAP, the Papuan Traditional Council, Forkorus Yaboisembut, is reported as saying that the process of elimination of the Melanesian…

Responding to recent moves to hold a dialogue between Jakarta and Papua, the chairman of DAP, the Papuan Traditional Council, Forkorus Yaboisembut…

Nivell Rayda – For corruption convict Anggodo Widjojo, appealing the four-year sentence handed down to him in September likely seems like a bad…

Jakarta, Indonesia – East Timor has applied for a membership in the Association of Southeast Asia Nations. Its application was…

Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) is pushing for corporations, both national and multi-national, to be deemed as parties…

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono voiced support Thursday for East Timor's bid to join the Association of Southeast Asian…

Jakarta – The number of impoverished people in the country may increase should the government pass into law a bill on poverty alleviation that…

Karlis Salna – East Timor's main opposition party has reaffirmed its objections to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's regional refugee…

Canberra – Malaysia's prime minister said Thursday he remained undecided on supporting Australia's plan to make East Timor a regional hub for…

Adam Gartrell – Malaysia's support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard's proposed East Timor asylum seeker processing centre could hinge on who's…

Marni Cordell – Protests in North Africa have sparked renewed interest in citizens' rights – and media coverage has helped. So why do we still…

Indonesian police said on Thursday that four officers would be charged over the "unforgivable" gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in Papua province…

Camelia Pasandaran – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday demanded a review of the increasing numbers of discriminatory bylaws being…

Ina Parlina – A coalition of NGOs has challenged the government with its own version of the state secrecy bill, saying this one was more "humane"…

Papua journalist Banjir Ambarita, was stabbed by unknown assailants in Jayapura on Wednesday night.

Banjir, a local reporter who often…

An Indonesian journalist has sustained minor injuries to his arm after being beaten by a police officer in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, on Wednesday.…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono held a closed-door meeting with heads of coalition political parties, except for…

An East Java lawmaker whose sex video has been circulated on the Internet says the video might have been taken from his laptop which…

Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Dion Bisara – Controversy generated during recent initial public offerings by state companies has not stopped the…

Jakarta – Indonesia's education development index (EDI) dropped to 69th in 2011, down from its rank of 65th last year.

Based on…

Jakarta – United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Robert S. Mueller visited the Corruption Eradication…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) says there is nothing wrong with their monitoring system and that the recent extortion…

Jakarta – Following in the footsteps of East and West Java, South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo issued on Thursday a ban on…

Ulma Haryanto & Ronna Nirmala – There was plenty of fiery rhetoric on display during Tuesday's rally by hard-liners demanding the Ahmadiyah…

West Papuan solidarity groups met in Sydney on the 26 February to discuss issues of concern in relation to West Papua including the deteriorating…

Nivell Rayda – Security analysts warned on Wednesday of growing alliances between hard-line Muslim groups and fundamentalists with close ties to…

Elisabeth Oktofani & Antara – The Indonesian film industry appeared lukewarm to the government's plan to allocate a special budget to…

Camelia Pasandaran, Ulma Haryanto & Ronna Nirmala – As thousands of hard-liners gathered at Jakarta's Hotel Indonesia traffic circle demanding…

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has supported the issuance of several bylaws that ban Ahmadiyah activities.

"Of…

Jakarta – Wahid Institute executive director Yenny Wahid said Tuesday that East Java Governor Soekarwo's decision to ban the Ahmadiyah sect in her…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Negotiations on damages between the government and the Australian-based oil company responsible for the 2009 Timor Sea…

Heru Andriyanto – Activists on Tuesday said the Attorney General's Office should now have enough ammunition to launch further legal action against…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Jayapura Police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Imam Setiawan resigned on Tuesday in the wake of criticism over a recent scandal…

A Papuan pro-independence alliance is calling for Indonesia's application for observer status at meetings of the Melanesian Spearhead…

Amir Tejo, Sidoarjo, East Java – A new application for a gas drilling project by the company widely blamed for triggering a mud volcano that…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – It has been more than a year since the Environment Ministry set up a system for whistle-blowers to lift the lid on…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives deputy speaker implicated in the country's latest sex video scandal claims it is a ploy to…

Banjir Ambarita – The family of a female detainee who was forced to perform oral sex on three officers at the Jayapura Police's detention center…

Ririn Radiwati Kusuma & Reuters – An Energy Ministry official urged legislators on Wednesday to rethink the cabotage law as it could hurt oil…

Makassar – An Ahmadiyah community in Sigi, Central Sulawesi, says the local House of Representatives (DPRD) was discriminating against…

The Indonesian government is planning to allocate a special budget to subsidize the production of films that "instill love to the nation, raise…

Jakarta – A decree regulating restrictions on Ahmadiyah activities issued by the East Java governor is against the Constitution and…