Jakarta – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro's fears that social networking sites threaten national security are ridiculous, a…
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January 28, 2011
Jakarta Post - January 28, 2011
Jakarta Post - January 28, 2011
Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – Irked by the foot-dragging investigations of myriad corruption cases, a group of high-profile legal experts, social…
Jakarta Globe - January 28, 2011
Dofa Fasila & Zaky Pawas – Commuters in Greater Jakarta are abandoning public transportation in droves in favor of private vehicles, an…
Jakarta Post - January 28, 2011
Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The fast-growing mass-organization, the National Democrats (Nasdem), withdrew its plan to become a political party, as…
Jakarta Post - January 28, 2011
Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – As roads in the city get more congested and the level of service of mass transportation deteriorates, Jakartans…
Reuters - January 28, 2011
After a stellar 2010, during which the country's economic planners could seemingly do no wrong, analysts are now questioning whether the central…
CyberNews - January 28, 2011
Yogyakarta – The special autonomy that has been in effect in Papua since 2001 is not working in accordance the hopes of the indigenous people…
Antara News - January 28, 2011
Controversial graft convict Artalyta Suryani walked out of the Tangerang Women's Penitentiary on Friday after the decree approving her…
Jakarta Post - January 28, 2011
Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) headquarters announced Friday it had carried out a major reshuffle of its high-ranking…
Jakarta Post - January 28, 2011
Although the general election may be three years away, political parties have already deployed their gear to gain support, particularly from the…
January 27, 2011
Radio New Zealand International - January 27, 2011
A spokesperson for the Institute of Papuan Advocacy and Human Rights says the border between the Indonesian province and Papua New…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 27, 2011
Ron May – In his Independence Day address to the Indonesian Parliament in 2005, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he wished to resolve the…
KRjogja.com - January 27, 2011
Yogyakarta – A group of Papuans in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta from the Anti-Colonial Movement (Ganja) held a protest action in the Jl.…
Radio New Zealand International - January 27, 2011
The United Nations refugee agency in Papua New Guinea says it's received an official assurance that border-crossers from Papua…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2011
Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The perpetrators of torture against two Papuans should be brought to a civilian court, activists said on Wednesday, in…
Papua Students Coalition (KMP) Jakarta Press Release - January 27, 2011
Jakarta – The people of Papua has several times expressed the attitude that, of Act No 21 of 2001 regarding Special Autonomy (Autonomy Act) for…
Melbourne Age - January 27, 2011
Lindsay Murdoch – A Victorian charity has hired architects to design a hotel in the ruins of the centuries-old Balibo fort in East Timor – where…
Asia Sentinel - January 27, 2011
Testriono – Two studies on religious life in Indonesia released at the end of 2010 showed significant increases in the number of religiously…
Jakarta Globe - January 27, 2011
Heru Andriyanto – The National Commission for Human Rights said on Thursday it would look into the murder conviction of former anti-graft czar…
Jakarta Globe - January 27, 2011
Ismira Lutfia – A recent survey suggests the country's five media regulatory bodies may not be as independent as they should be, given their…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2011
Jakarta – Indonesia may face a "baby boom" if a government-led population control plan is not implemented soon, a senior official says…
Jakarta Globe - January 27, 2011
Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihalho – The Democratic Party has defended its decision to withdraw support from a proposed tax mafia inquiry…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2011
Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Several migrant worker placement companies (PJTKI) have been dodging bylaws to protect migrant workers in certain…
January 26, 2011
Jakarta Post - January 26, 2011
Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government, employers, labor unions and insurers have called for a revision of the 2004 national social security…
Jakarta Post - January 26, 2011
Tangerang – The Tangerang municipal administration warned all industrial firms not to directly dispose untreated waste into rivers.…
Jakarta Globe - January 26, 2011
Elisabeth Oktofani – Environmental activists on Tuesday called on the Indonesian government to declare the inability of fishing families…
Jakarta Post - January 26, 2011
Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The single floor medium-sized building looked like an ordinary house. One would find it difficult to know it is the…
Jakarta Globe - January 26, 2011
Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Although it appears not to have been made as a complaint, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's…
Jakarta Globe - January 26, 2011
Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta on Tuesday denied his ministry had done anything wrong in presenting the…
Jakarta Globe - January 26, 2011
Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The state antigraft agency on Tuesday confirmed that it had launched a probe into the alleged tax…
Jakarta Post - January 26, 2011
Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says it welcomed the Attorney General Office's decision on Monday to drop…
Jakarta Globe - January 26, 2011
Rahmat, Makassar – A district chapter of the Indonesian Council of Ulema in South Sulawesi has issued an edict declaring a religious group a…
Jakarta Globe - January 26, 2011
Amir Tejo, Sidoarjo, East Java – A nurse in East Java is at risk of being fired for wearing a Muslim headscarf while on duty, in what her husband…
Agence France Presse - January 26, 2011
Hundreds of Papuans protested on Wednesday rejecting the region's special autonomy within Indonesia and demanding a referendum on self-…
Radio New Zealand International - January 26, 2011
Papua New Guinea's acting deputy police commissioner says the 77 Papuans arrested in a border crackdown near Vanimo are being assessed…
Jakarta Post - January 26, 2011
Jakarta – The National Education Ministry says it will investigate allegations of publication of books on President Susilo Bambang…
Tempo Interactive - January 26, 2011
Jerry Omona, Jayapura – Thousands of Papuan occupied the Papua People's Council (MRP) offices in the provincial capital of Jayapura on…
Associated Press - January 26, 2011
Washington – The US says Indonesia must hold its armed forces accountable for rights violations after three soldiers accused of…
January 25, 2011
Australian Greens Media Release - January 25, 2011
The Australian Greens have called for the Government to cut all military ties with Indonesia in response to light jail terms handed down yesterday…
Jakarta Globe - January 25, 2011
Joe Cochrane – I've been spending a lot of time in my front yard lately. Not that I'm an avid gardener, mind you. I've mainly been on the lookout…
Jakarta Globe - January 25, 2011
Aleksius Jemadu – When President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told senior officials from the military and police last week that he had not received a…
Jakarta Globe - January 25, 2011
Farouk Arnaz – The National Police's elite antiterrorism unit on Tuesday arrested eight suspects wanted in connection with a recent series of…
Jakarta Globe - January 25, 2011
Banjir Ambarita, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nivell Rayda, Indonesia – A military tribunal in Papua that handed light sentences to three…
ABC News - January 25, 2011
Sara Everingham – A bitter dispute between East Timor's Government and the Australian-based oil and gas company Woodside is continuing…
Jakarta Globe - January 25, 2011
Jakarta – One Indonesian Twitter user claiming to be in possession of "intelligence" information on a number of politicians and the murky world of…
Jakarta Post - January 25, 2011
Nethy Dharma Somba and Bagus BT Saragih, Jayapura/Jakarta – In what one rights activist called a "miscarriage of justice", a military tribunal…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 25, 2011
Tom Allard, Jakarta – Three soldiers who tortured two Papuan men were yesterday handed prison sentences of less than a year and will be allowed to…
Jakarta Post - January 25, 2011
Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The government will set aside about Rp 1 trillion (US$110.34 million) from the 2011 State Budget to build the foundations…
Joint Statement - January 25, 2011
The West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT), East and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and TAPOL condemn the Indonesian government's failure to hold…
Jakarta Post - January 25, 2011
Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has decided to let the Judicial Mafia Taskforce finish its work, despite claims…