Jakarta – Local communities will suffer greater difficulty in achieving environmental justice due to the absence of a simpler dispute mechanism in…
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February 8, 2011
Jakarta Post - February 8, 2011
Jakarta Globe - February 8, 2011
The death toll in the horrifying attack on members of the Ahmadiyah community in Banten province on Sunday has increased to four after a victim…
February 7, 2011
Jakarta Globe - February 7, 2011
Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives says it will summon the national police chief and minister of religious affairs following the…
Bloomberg - February 7, 2011
Eko Listiyorini & Supunnabul Suwannakij – Indonesia, the third-biggest rice importer in Asia, is seeking to "strengthen" its stockpiles to…
Jakarta Globe - February 7, 2011
Dessy Sagita – National Commission on Human Rights chairman Ifdhal Kasim said that they have formed a team to investigate the fatal attack on an…
Jakarta Post - February 7, 2011
Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Dozens of prominent figures gathered Monday with NGO representatives to condemn the fatal Sunday attack on Ahamdiyah…
Jakarta Globe - February 7, 2011
Nivell Rayda & Ulin Yusron – Ahmad Masihudi has bruises on his right jaw, a swollen eye and cuts all over his body, but he considers himself a…
Jakarta Globe - February 7, 2011
Scenes from a video reportedly filmed in secret during the bloody attack on members of the Ahmadiyah sect in Banten on Sunday have…
Jakarta Globe - February 7, 2011
Antara & Jakarta Globe – A disheartening irony occurred on Sunday. On the same day hundreds of Indonesians from different religions converged…
Jakarta Globe - February 7, 2011
Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation is planning to file an ethics complaint today against legislators who barred two…
Jakarta Post - February 7, 2011
Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Rights bodies are demanding authorities take stern measures against the perpetrators of an attack on members of the…
Jakarta Post - February 7, 2011
Jakarta – The National AIDS Prevention Commission (KPA) says the 12 children the commission found living with HIV/AIDS in Jayapura…
Agence France Presse - February 7, 2011
Javanese villagers who survived the violent eruptions of Mount Merapi volcano last year are tapping into the macabre market for disaster tourism…
Jakarta Globe - February 7, 2011
The economy grew at the strongest pace in six years during the fourth quarter of 2010, blowing past expectations with 6.9 percent year-on-year…
Amnesty International News Release - February 7, 2011
AI Index: PRE01/051/2011
Amnesty International has urged the Indonesian government to investigate the killings of three members of a…
Human Rights Watch News Release - February 7, 2011
How many Ahmadiyah have to die at the hands of mobs before the police step in. The Indonesian government should end this wave of hate crimes…
ABC Radio Australia - February 7, 2011
A global survey has placed five Indonesian lenders among the world's top 500 banking brands – but the country's central bank says Indonesian…
Jakarta Globe - February 7, 2011
Faisal Maliki Baskoro – The government hopes improving infrastructure and developing science and technology under a new master plan for economic…
February 6, 2011
Jakarta Globe - February 6, 2011
Dalih Sembiring – East Timor, officially known as Timor-Leste, is experiencing an economic boom. The problem is that it's only happening in the…
Assoiated Press - February 6, 2011
Jakarta – A machete-wielding mob of Muslims on Sunday attacked the home of a minority sect leader in central Indonesia, killing three and wounding…
Jakarta Globe - February 6, 2011
Camelia Pasandaran – Despite having detained 26 politicians as suspects in a bribery case linked to a 2004 election of a central bank senior…
February 5, 2011
Jakarta Globe - February 5, 2011
Dion Bisara – After months of pressure from the market and economists, Bank Indonesia on Friday raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter…
Jakarta Globe - February 5, 2011
Zaky Pawas – With the number of Internet users across the country continuing to rise rapidly, the Jakarta Police revealed the incidence of…
February 4, 2011
Jakarta Globe - February 4, 2011
Armando Siahaan – The largely toothless National Police's and Public Prosecution Commission's watchdog commissions will be given new powers to…
Kompas - February 4, 2011
Jakarta – The government should be more serious about controlling the rising rate of inflation. If the situation continues, people's purchasing…
Jakarta Globe - February 4, 2011
Rachael Fulton – What do you do when a child's face appears at your car window begging for money? Do you turn up the radio and stare straight…
Okezone.com - February 4, 2011
Mahfiroh, Jakarta – Women's activists including the Women's Legal Aid Foundation (LBH APIK) and the Free Women National Network (JRPM) are…
Jakarta Globe - February 4, 2011
Nurfika Osman – Embattled celebrity Luna Maya went to the country's top rights body on Friday for help in what is becoming an increasingly bitter…
Jakarta Post - February 4, 2011
Jakarta – Seven ad hoc corruption judges complained that the Supreme Court had not paid their salaries and housing allowance for two…
Jakarta Globe - February 4, 2011
Heru Andriyanto – The guilty verdict for former tax director Bahasyim Assifie has set a new precedent in the country's justice system because for…
Jakarta Globe - February 4, 2011
Camelia Pasandaran – Corrupt former taxman Gayus Tambunan on Friday backtracked on comments in which he alleged that companies…
Jakarta Post - February 4, 2011
Jakarta – Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned the National Police for "tolerating" hate crimes in South Sulawesi during the attack on…
February 3, 2011
Jakarta Globe - February 3, 2011
Dessy Sagita & AFP – Although the sentences handed down to soldiers found guilty of torturing indigenous Papuans have been roundly criticized…
Jakarta Globe - February 3, 2011
Heru Andriyanto & NYT – The National Police have named him as the figurehead of an Al Qaeda-style terrorist network in Aceh and prosecutors…
The Australian - February 3, 2011
Paul Maley and Peter Alford – Failed asylum-seekers processed under Julia Gillard's East Timor plan would be transferred to partner countries who…
Jakarta Globe - February 3, 2011
Nurfika Osman & AFP – Environmentalists have demanded that the government crack down on mining and plantation firms operating illegally in the…
Associated Press - February 3, 2011
Mathew Pennington, Washington – The US military is concerned over the light jail sentences given to Indonesian troops caught on video torturing…
Bintang Papua - February 3, 2011
Jayapura – Although the three members of the armed forces who were sentenced for acts of violence against civilians have accepted the verdict and…
The Diplomat - February 3, 2011
Gillian Terzis, Tokyo – Social stigma, cash-strapped NGOs, and moralising politicians are stopping Indonesia taking necessary action to prevent…
February 2, 2011
Asia Times - February 2, 2011
Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar, Bali – After three decades of unchallenged rule, the president clings to power amid massive street protests calling for…
Jakarta Post - February 2, 2011
Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Alliance of Religious People's Harmony in West Java objected to Tuesday's mobilization of Sirnamiskin Muslim boarding…
The Australian - February 2, 2011
Peter Alford – Inflation topped 7 per cent in Indonesia last month, its highest level in 22 months. The figures underscore mounting concern…
Brisbane Times - February 2, 2011
Erik Jensen – East Timor would be responsible for the legal processing and resettlement of asylum-seekers trying to reach Australia, using its…
Australian Associated Press - February 2, 2011
Adam Gartrell – The federal government's plan for an asylum seeker processing centre in East Timor has come under fresh attack after a document…
Jakarta Globe - February 2, 2011
Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Respected Corruption Eradication Commission officials Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M. Hamzah have been forced to…
Jakarta Globe - February 2, 2011
Arientha Primanita & Obey Wibinnov Sianipar – Hipolitus is worried about his job, and for good reason: He's working on borrowed time. The 50-…
Jakarta Post - February 2, 2011
Jakarta – Twenty five families or 67 people of Indonesian citizens from East Timor who had lived in East Nusa Tenggara for 11 years…
Jakarta Globe - February 2, 2011
Camelia Pasandaran – Seemingly unfazed by implied political threats, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continued detaining former…
Human Rights Watch News Release - February 2, 2011
Indonesian police may have thought they were taking the Ahmadiyah out of harm's way, but they let the mob go on a rampage. The…
Republika - February 2, 2011
Stevy Maradona – On 1 February 2011, Commander of XVII Military Area Command (Kodam XVII) Major General Erfi Triassunu vehemently…