Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – A coalition of activists rallied to convince the government that the forestry license moratorium would not hamper…

Arientha Primanita – Indonesia Corruption Watch called in a news conference for a thorough audit of the much-maligned Indonesian Football…

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – A hard-line Islamic group is set to file a class-action lawsuit against the Bogor administration for its failure to…

Jakarta – Seventeen of 33 governors in the country have been named graft suspects, Minister of Home Affairs Gamawan Fauzi revealed…

The International Lawyers for West Papua (ILWP) wishes to remind the Indonesian government that special autonomy for West Papua (now divided into…

Indonesia – Six poor farmers remained in hospital on Sunday after they were allegedly shot by members if the National Police's…

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Head of the Surabaya City Police Sr. Comr. Coki Manurung on Friday denied that police had disbanded a discussion on…

Jayapura – Two civilians were killed and a soldier was injured as three people were reported to have attacked a military post in…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Amid political bickering in the House of Representatives over a plan to impeach the vice president, the nation's antigraft…

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – The importance of electing a new leader for Ansor, the youth wing of the Nahdlatul Ulama, the country's largest Islamic…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – An unfavorable performance review of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Cabinet led many to believe the President would…

Indonesian soldiers on trial for the alleged brutal abuse of two Papuans should be charged with torture rather than the minor offence of…

Ulma Haryanto – The Supreme Court's decision to reject Bogor officials' request to uphold a controversial revocation of a building permit for a…

In a decision that not only upholds the Constitution but also sends a strong message to all Indonesians, the Supreme Court has struck down the…

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – An Indonesian ID card, like any other around the world, tells who you are, but here it also identifies what you believe…

Ulma Haryanto – The Supreme Court has rejected the Bogor City administration's request to uphold the revocation of the Indonesian Christian Church…

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Women teachers have a lower success rate compared to their male counterparts since housechores hold them back from…

Jakarta - Three members of the 753 Battalion are being tried by the Jayapura III-9 Military Court in the case of the torture of Papuans that was…

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The House of Representatives set up a working committee to investigate the case of Gayus H.…

Ronna Nirmala, Indonesia – Like father, like son could not be more appropriate to describe how children of some convicted terrorists dream to…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military says it welcomes the United States governments pledge to closely monitor…

Washington – The United States is closely monitoring the trial of three Indonesian soldiers accused of torturing two Papuans, State…

Banjir Ambarita, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nivell Rayda, Jayapura – Three soldiers faced a military court here on Thursday over the torture…

Local military chiefs in two regencies in East Java set an unwanted political precedent last week by heavily – and effectively – demanding two…

Armando Siahaan & Anita Rachman – A court ruling that set a lower quorum requirement for the House of Representatives to launch an impeachment…

Oktovianus Pogau – It's been almost 10 years since the 2001 Law on Special Autonomy in Papua came into being. The law was introduced to solve the…

Armando Siahaan & Anita Rachman – Critics have lashed out at two top ministers for "overreacting" to accusations that President Susilo Bambang…

Heru Andriyanto – Lawyers for Nazril Irham on Thursday slammed the prosecution for demanding the pop star serve five years in jail for…

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – The rising number of extractive-based activities has escalated natural-based conflicts and environmental damages across…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court (MK) issued a ruling Wednesday that will make it easier for lawmakers to impeach a president…

Rahmat, Makassar – A clash erupted on Thursday between thousands of students and the National Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) in part of a land…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police said they were not yet capable of solving the violent cases involving an alleged assault on…

Jakarta – The World Bank expects Indonesia's economy to expand 6.2 percent in 2011, less than the official government estimate of 6.4 percent.…

Nurfika Osman – The notion that Islam relegates women to the background and discourages them from participating in public life is a narrow-minded…

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Police and Islamic hard-liners on Thursday disbanded a discussion on religious tolerance in Surabaya, said members of a…

Mohd Adhe Bhakti – A suspected militant on trial for taking part in a paramilitary training camp in Aceh told the court on Thursday that firebrand…

Jakarta – Nothing was on his mind except for love when Edgar Martinez, a Philippine national, met Mercy Nababan 14 years ago. Inseparable, they…

Dicky Christanto and Indra Harsaputra, Jakarta/Surabaya – Recent pressure by local military chiefs in East Java to cancel the scheduled airing of…

UA: 7/11 Index: ASA 21/001/2011

Indonesian prisoner of conscience Buchtar Tabuni is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. He has…

Imung Yuniardi, Semarang – cases of religious intolerance in Central Java significantly dropped in 2010 compared to 2009, according to an annual…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives leadership has rebuffed calls by a minor opposition party to halt the construction a new…

Apriadi Gunawan and Agus Maryono, Medan/Purbalingga – Legal Aid Institute (LBH) Medan has submitted evidence of alleged corruption and bribery in…

Ulma Haryanto – Leaders of hard-line Islamic organizations are expected to hold a meeting to discuss the Setara Institute of Peace and Democracy's…

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Indonesia made disappointing progress in the fight against corruption in 2010, according to researchers at Gadjah Mada…

Anita Rachman & Armando Siahaan – Concerned by law enforcement's investigation into the convoluted case of high-profile graft suspect Gayus…

Camelia Pasandaran – Convicted businesswoman Artalyta Suryani will walk free from Tangerang prison in two weeks, after serving just half of a five…

Jakarta – Conservation association Burung Indonesia said Tuesday that 122 Indonesian bird species included on the International Union for…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The delay of a scheduled moratorium on forest conversion that was supposed to be enforced at the beginning of the…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – The government's pursuit of increased revenue at the expense of environmental conservation could see the number of water…

Medan, North Sumatra – Thousands of workers from the Medan Industrial Area (KIM) II rallied at Lubuk Pakam District Court in Deli…