Ulma Haryanto – Human rights groups on Thursday accused the state of failing to uphold the law after a Bekasi court gave light sentences to 13…

Heru Andriyanto – Firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Thursday attacked Ahmadiyah as being "poisonous" to Islam.

Speaking to…

Vento Saudale – A religious figure told a court on Wednesday that the government's failure to outlaw Ahmadiyah was to blame for a 2010 attack on…

Ulma Haryanto – Despite being found guilty on Thursday of inciting violence, suspended Islamic Defenders Front leader, Murhali Barda,…

United Nations – The UN Security Council on Thursday called on East Timor to take action to strengthen the "credibility" of its police force as it…

A mud volcano that has displaced more than 13,000 Indonesian families will erupt for at least a quarter of century, emitting belches of flammable…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As the House of Representatives continues to work on a new code of ethics for its members, nongovernmental…

Anita Rachman – A day after dramatically winning the tax office corruption inquiry vote at the House of Representatives, the Democratic Party…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Political circles were abuzz on Wednesday with accusations and speculation following dramatic voting that saw the tax…

Anita Rachman – - Analysts and opposition members have called the Democratic Party's bluff on a threatened shake-up of the coalition, saying the…

New York – The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in Timor-Leste for another year so that it can continue…

Anita Rachman & Ismira Lutfia – Despite a massive backlash, Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam on Wednesday stood by his call to boycott certain…

Arientha Primanita – The Constitutional Court on Thursday struck down a contentious decree governing the use of wiretaps, calling it a violation…

Ronna Nirmala – The Constitutional Court on Thursday partially revised a law governing how juvenile offenders should be tried in court, but child…

The ramifications of the fast moving events in Libya and the middle east could be felt as far away as Papua in Indonesia, a Sydney Conference has…

Amnesty International has urged the Indonesian government to repeat its commitment to protecting the right to freedom of religion in the face of…

The NGO network, Indonesian Solidarity, is launching a campaign to pressure the government in Jakarta to release political prisoners…

Heru Andriyanto – Veteran legal experts expressed their disappointment on Tuesday with the increasingly graft-ridden law enforcement agencies and…

Camelia Pasandaran, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – Bogor – Very few among the nation's leaders seem to share Cabinet Secretary…

Ismira Lutfia & Dessy Sagita – Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam's call for government institutions to implement an advertising boycott on media…

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – In a dramatic late-night voting session on Tuesday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic…

Anita Rachman – With the proposal to launch a special legislative team to probe corruption at the tax office defeated in a razor-thin vote late on…

Hasyim Widhiarto – A recent proposal to pass a motion to launch an inquiry into tax corruption marks another chapter in the saga of heightened…

Arientha Primanita & Camelia Pasandaran – Analysts on Tuesday painted a picture of Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo as an aloof and ineffectual…

Antara & Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Indonesian Corruption Watch has estimated that the country suffers losses of around Rp 14 trillion ($1.6…

Jakarta – The massive extraction of mangrove forest by local communities is threatening the sustainability of mangroves in South Kalimantan, an…

Zubaidah Nazeer – Imagine 400 football fields of trees disappearing during the duration of a soccer match. That was the rate of deforestation in…

Jakarta – Excessive infant formula promotion may badly hamper ongoing efforts to boost the six-month-exclusive breastfeeding program needed to…

Ina Parlina – Ary Muladi, an alleged middleman in the bribery case against two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders, stood trial at the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Three Islamic parties which are also members of the ruling coalition threw their support behind the hard-line Islamic…

Camelia Pasandaran – United States Congress representatives visiting Jakarta on Wednesday demanded an explanation from President Susilo Bambang…

Ulma Haryanto & Camelia Pasandaran – Undeterred by growing protests from the film industry, the government said on Tuesday that in addition to…

Medan – Hundreds of farmers, facilitated by councilor Syamsul Hilal, staged a rally at the gubernatorial office in Medan on Tuesday,…

Jakarta – An alliance of major labor unions fighting for a national social security program has coordinated with certain political parties at the…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) and civil rights activists have questioned the legislation of land acquisition…

Ulma Haryanto – It seems the city's crippling traffic can sometimes even lead the police to bend the rules.

Jakarta Police Chief Insp. Gen.…

Human Rights Council
Sixteenth session
Agenda Item 4
General Debate

A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Indonesia's top antigraft body would not send a second summons letter to former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, who…

Katrin Figge & Marcel Thee – Last weekend, a group of punk rockers was arrested by the Shariah Police in Aceh and held in detention for some "…

Tangerang – A workers union in Banten has nominated its own candidate for the 2011 gubernatorial election in the province to challenge…

Jakarta – The government will not meet its target to reduce the poverty level to 8 to 10 percent by late 2014 unless it implements more…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – The Palu municipality has urged followers of the local Ahmadiyah sect to disband themselves and return to "true Islamic…

Arientha Primanita – A transvestite organization on Tuesday urged the public order agency, or Satpol PP, to abstain from using violence when…

An Indonesian court sentenced two Islamic extremists to 10 years in prison on Monday for their involvement in a terror cell known as Al Qaeda in…

In the foreword to the Indonesian translation of "Suharto and His Generals: Indonesian Military Politics 1975-1983," the author, veteran…

Elisabeth Oktofani – Higher taxes usually mean higher revenue for the government and more funds available for developing the country.

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Hasyim Widhiarto – Members of the House of Representatives are apparently so preoccupied with vested interests and unnecessary political bickering…

Ismira Lutfia – Although Internet filtering of smutty Web sites is high on its agenda, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology…

Heru Andriyanto & Mohd Adhe Bhakti – Prosecutors in the terrorism trial of Abu Bakar Bashir say they are preparing more than 130 witnesses…

Camelia Pasandaran, Bogor, West Java – Attempts to develop Indonesia have "failed" because of five "illnesses" that plague the nation, President…