Elisabeth Oktofani – In a fiery speech in court that moved some to tears, a suspended Islamic Defenders Front leader on trial for inciting attacks…

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has sanctioned 12 prosecutors in response to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's demand…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Former National Police detective chief Susno Duadji should receive leniency in his graft trial, as he provided leads to…

Ulma Haryanto – Former Indonesian Constitutional Court chairman Jimly Assidique said on Tuesday that an imperfect legal foundation should not stop…

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Police on Tuesday arrested three people in connection with an attack by an angry mob on an Islamic boarding school in East…

Camelia Pasandaran & Bre Nanginna – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on the country's Muslims to forgo violence and emulate the…

Jakarta – Ahmadiyah spokesman Ahmad Mubarik says authorities must not force Ahmadis to leave Islam because they are part of the…

Anita Rachman – The government has proposed barring relatives of outgoing regional officials from running for the same post in elections, but…

Responding to a report that the government plans to send more transmigrants to Papua, the chairman of DAP, Dewan Adat Papua, Forkorus Yoboisembut…

Fitri R. & Antara – Forget saying it with flowers and candy. Instead, how about a wedding in jail or a late-night gay pride party?

Those…

Biak – The traditional Papuan community in Biak reported the current social and political situation in Papua to the first secretary for political…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Leaders of three major churches in Papua object to the ongoing selection of new members of the Papuan People's Assembly (…

Camelia Pasandaran – The government has announced that it would issue new guidelines next month on boosting development in the restive provinces…

Banjir Ambarita – Hundreds of candidates who failed to gain government jobs took the streets of Manokwari, West Papua, on Wednesday.…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – Recent attacks on religious minorities in Temanggung, Central Java, and Banten should be reason…

Jakarta – More domestic workers in the country will suffer mistreatment unless the government and the House of Representatives counterparts pass a…

Nurvita Indarini, Jakarta – Dita Indah Sari and labour are two things that are inseparable. But over the last three months, she has chosen to work…

Dessy Sagita – While a proposal to install condom dispensers in Malang's red-light districts to help prevent the spread of HIV is laudable, it…

Nurfika Osman – Bowing to intense criticism and pressure from activists and academics, the government has finally decided to recall a series of 10…

The Indonesian Military (TNI) has accepted a grant from the United States of 24 F-16A/B Fighting Falcons as part of its overall…

Muhamad Al Azhari – Indonesian commercial banks posted healthy 26.74 percent growth in net profit last year, central bank data showed Monday.…

Speaking on behalf of the United Baptist Churches in Papua, the Rev. Socrates Sofyan Yoman said since it is clear that OTSUS (Special…

Karlis Salna, Jakarta – The Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir yesterday denied being the leader of a terrorist network found training in…

Suzanne Woo – Indonesian women are splashing out on treatments at spas aimed at meeting Islamic values, including paying for special headscarf…

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Taufik Kiemas says he will meet with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to discuss the…

Nivell Rayda – Following the dramatic arrest of yet another Indonesian prosecutor on extortion allegations, the spotlight is again on corruption…

Heru Andriyanto – Prosecutors on Monday told a Jakarta courtroom of how firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir envisioned the establishment of an…

Terror suspect Abu Bakar Ba'asyir allegedly raised Rp 1 billion (US$112,000) to buy firearms, ammunition and set up a terrorist…

Activists will demand stronger protection of domestic workers from excessive working hours, physical and sexual abuse and underpaid…

Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) says it was not behind the Tuesday attacks on three churches and the court building in…

Nurfika Osman – Roses, chocolates and candlelight dinner may be OK after all. Just in time for today, Indonesia's ulema council appears to be…

Farouk Arnaz & Zaky Pawas – A nongovernmental organization has accused the National Police of being complicit in a deadly attack on members of…

Farouk Arnaz – Moving swiftly in the face of mounting concerns over religious violence, the Central Java Police have identified the alleged…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Speeches by religious leaders that spread messages of hatred are believed to play a role in the increase in religious…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The public outcry over the attack against Ahmadis in Pandeglang, Banten, and the burning of churches in…

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Indonesian domestic workers, the vast majority of them women and girls, will remain vulnerable to…

Yogyakarta – Scores of demonstrators from the Yogyakarta Domestic Worker Protection Network (JPPRT) took to the streets on Monday February 14…

Andi Saputra, Jakarta – Despite the drizzle, scores of domestic workers (PRT) remained indifferent to the falling rain and continued washing their…

Zaky Pawas & Arientha Primanita – Dozens of demonstrators on Sunday continued their protest over plans to build a block of apartments in…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – For the sake of the Prosperous Justice Party's public image, the party should replace disgraced lawmaker Misbakhun in…

Anita Rachman – A lawmaker on Sunday said the budget of the Religious Affairs Ministry would be re-evaluated after he accused Minister Suryadharma…

Yemris Fointuna – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who led the 774/Satya Yudha Bakti (SYB) infantry battalion from 1986 to 1988, appeared moved…

Apriadi Gunawan and Yemris Fointuna, Medan/Kupang – University students and religious leaders in some regions have called for the spirit of…

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The deadly attack on an Ahmadiyah community last Sunday has prompted lawmakers and the government…

Tom Allard, Lombok – The killing of three followers of the Ahmadiyah faith by a frenzied group of Islamists this week has left Indonesia…

Eras Poke, Kupang – Hundreds of students and church leaders took part in a peace rally on Thursday night in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, to urge a…

Jakarta – A joint report by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) and the Commission for…

Jakarta – The political events of 1965 are estimated to have cost the lives of millions of people. Those accused of being members or sympathisers…

Apriadi Gunawan and Sri Wahyuni, Medan/Yogyakarta – Conservationist have voiced fears that orangutans in Sumatra are facing extinction due to…

Katherine Demopoulos, Jakarta – Indonesia's status as a thriving pluralist democracy is under threat as the country's religious minorities face…