Yuli Krisna – Police in Bandung on Thursday nearly disbanded a group discussion organized by the Setara Institute for Peace and…

Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) says human rights violations were committed in cases of torture and murder that took…

Ina Parlina – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Tuesday urged the government to conduct a through evaluation of its…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Islamic parties need to start preparing as early as this year for the 2014 elections to keep from losing more votes to…

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – A team of independent investigators from the Maluku Media Center claims to have found proof of police involvement in the…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The biggest question facing the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle is who the party will nominate as its…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Former president and current Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chair Megawati Soekarnoputri will not…

Jakarta – Agrarian conflicts in palm oil plantation areas – followed by the criminalisation of local residents who object to these palm oil…

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – Poverty left no options for six siblings but to consume a cheap traditional meal made of processed cassava mixed with…

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – In a bizarre twist to the ongoing legal debate over tobacco's addictive nature, the government contradicted its own…

Elisabeth Oktofani, Ulma Haryanto & Fitri R. – Critics have lashed out at the Ministry of Religious Affairs for recently handing out awards to…

Amir Tejo, Heru Andriyanto & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The war of blame between two law enforcing government institutions over a prisoner-…

Oil palm plantations and mining companies were the biggest polluters in the country last year, an environmental group said.

Mukri Friatna,…

Joe Cochrane – Black it out, Indonesia, black... it... out. Don't give another thought to 2010, because if you do, you might just recall what…

The East Timorese government has hit out at the United Nations Development Program saying it's culturally insensitive about issues in the country…

Adi Nugroho, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has concluded that serious human rights violations were committed by the…

In this year of 2011, violations of civil and political rights [will] still continue to occur in Papua, with such incidents as demonstrations,…

Bogor – Residents in Ciawi, Bogor, took to the street on Monday protesting the activities of some drinking water supply companies…

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has requested additional prosecutors and investigators following the…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Aceh is fast becoming a key destination for firearms smuggled into and around the country, a human rights activist said…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Politics is stalling the country's antigraft campaign, with the powers that be allegedly directly interfering with the…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – An antigraft watchdog has called for the acquittal of two men facing defamation charges in Central Aceh, saying they…

Jakarta – Women's rights group LBH Apik released its year-end letter on Monday, in which it highlighted several topics concerning women's rights;…

Dion Bisara – A long wet season and regulatory bottlenecks at the provincial level were blamed for slow budget spending last year, the Finance…

Fadli, Batam – Up to 1,200 people could lose their jobs following the announcement that a Japan-based electronics manufacturer plans to close its…

Jakarta – A booming economy, falling debt and market-friendly reforms could see Indonesia secure an investment grade credit rating as early as…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – East Timor's leaders have objected to large sections of a crucial United Nations agency report on the country only weeks…

Palu – Hundreds of people from the Palu Anti-violence Coalition staged a rally to demand that police arrest the perpetrators of an…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Indonesia's much-hyped promise to enact a moratorium on new logging concessions from Jan. 1 has been held up over the…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – A proposal has emerged for Woodside to supply gas for East Timor's domestic consumption as a way to break a deadlock in…

Jakarta – The extent of torture perpetrated on suspects and convicts by law enforcement officials has drawn demands to implement stronger…

Imung Yuniardi, Semarang – Thousands of low-income people in Central Java have been deprived of their right to legal aid, according to an NGO.…

Camelia Pasandaran & Nivell Rayda – The Constitutional Court on Monday announced it had set up an ethics tribunal for two justices alleged to…

Heru Andriyanto – In his defense on Monday at the South Jakarta District Court, former tax official, Gayus Tambunan, said that his 20-year…

Dessy Sagita – Police in Palu, Central Sulawesi, have yet to name any suspects in last week's violent attack on the office of a journalists'…

Made Arya Kencana & Ismira Lutfia, Denpasar – Linda Gumelar, the minister for women's empowerment and child protection, on Monday called on…

Jakarta – Ruling coalition parties on Sunday vowed to focus more on work in 2011, while pundits predicted that the political climate in the…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – At least five lakes and 65 rivers across the country were contaminated as a result of human activity last year, the…

Khairul Saleh, Palembang – The level of domestic violence in Palembang has dropped but the figure is still alarming and more preventive efforts…

SK Zainuddin & Francezka Nangoy – Indonesia enjoyed a bumper year in 2010 as rising consumer demand, strong commodity prices and low interest…

Anita Rachman – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono faces a tough year if he is to make good on his promises to continue tackling corruption,…

Heru Andriyanto – The country's much-derided penal system has taken yet another hit as reports emerge of a female convict in East Java paying…

People in Aceh province are advised against festive New Year's Eve celebrations, including the use of fireworks and blowing on trumpets because it…

Nivell Rayda – Human rights advocates had reason to rejoice this year as the much contested 1963 Law on Securing Printed Materials was annulled in…

Anita Rachman – In an effort to better tackle graft, lawmakers and the government should complete the deliberation of the long-postponed…

Ismira Lutfia – Despite praise from other countries for progress made in democratization, the press in Indonesia ended 2010 on a somber note.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) for the period 2009-2014 has been deliberating a packet of three political laws, namely Law Number 22…

Regional election disputes dominated the cases handled by the Constitutional Court in 2010, with 74 percent of elections resulting in some sort of…

Jakarta – Two journalists were injured when a group of men attacked their newsroom in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Thursday.

According to a…

Jacqueline Wales – Increased advertising expenditure and the rise of digital media offers a sound reflection of Indonesia's strong economic…