Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Efforts to alleviate poverty through community empowerment programs are being held back by corruption and vested interests…

ng Yuniardi, Semarang – The Central Java provincial administration in the process of setting up Commission on Anti-violence against Women and…

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Many transgenders are finding little sympathy from the government as they struggle to obtain vitally important ID cards…

Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has fired back at rumors that he met with high-profile graft suspect Gayus Tambunan in Bali,…

Teguh Surya – Climate change has brought forest protection into the forefront of the global agenda. In the past few months, billions of dollars…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Yusak Yaluwo will be inaugurated as the new regent of Boven Digoel, Papua, but faces the threat of being…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Eight members of the House Ethics Council who took part in the controversial trip to Greece are facing possible…

Aidi Yursal, Jakarta – Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners in Medan took to the streets on Tuesday evening, storming clubs and other establishments…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – After languishing in jail for months, Peterpan frontman Nazril Irham is finally going to trial in Bandung, according to…

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has acknowledged that the Indonesian people are "not satisfied" with the country'…

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Besieged by advertisements on the ideal image for women – slim, white-skinned with long straight hair – more women are…

Kupang – An advocacy team has found that 3,200 fishermen have been affected by the Montara oil spill in Timor Sea.

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The seven-month imprisonment given to a junior Army officer in Papua, who was shown on YouTube leading the torture of Papuan civilians, defies the…

Jakarta – Mandated to settle local election disputes since 2008, the Constitutional Court has become the shrine for squealing candidates who have…

Jakarta – Sumiati binti Salan Mustapa arrived in Saudi Arabia four months ago in search of a better life. Instead, the domestic worker is now in…

Nurfika Osman, Yogyakarta – Thousands of families returned to their villages on Monday even as scientists warned that Mount Merapi remained a…

It may be a cliche, but financial constraints continue to thwart Indonesia's efforts to improve the nation's quality of education, prompting…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Veteran lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution is livid, saying the latest scandal involving client Gayus Tambunan – bribing…

Jakarta – High-profile graft suspect Gayus Tambunan finally ended speculation about his trip to Bali by confessing that he was indeed the man…

Fitri R., Jakarta – Witnesses testifying in the blasphemy trial of an American national on Monday said he would never have insulted Islam, and…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Graft suspect Gayus Tambunan's illicit jaunts away from his detention cell have drawn fierce criticism of the country'…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Golkar Party members are on the defensive against rumors that detained rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan met their…

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Rev. Socratez Yoman was supposed to attend the Papua Baptist Church's annual congregation…

Jakarta – The national human rights body says it would look into reports of human rights violations in Papua, adding that a recent military…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Up to 100 residents accompanied by masses from the West Java Islam Reform Movement (Garis) staged a rally at Jiwanaya…

Jakarta – Students of the Islamic College of Da'wah (PTDI) renewed Friday their threat to close down the Ahmadiyah sect's Nuruddin…

AWPA is calling on Julia Gillard to raise the threat to human rights defenders in West Papua with President Yudhoyono. Joe Collins of AWPA said…

Jakarta – Rights activists have expressed disappointment over the Cenderawasih Regional Military Command (Kodam) military tribunal's verdict in…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Sujito, a 43-year-old personal driver, remembers the bad old days of the Suharto years, when elections involved just…

A US-based Papuan journalist and academic, Octo Mote, says the Indonesian Army's Special Forces unit, Kopassus, operates only under…

Made Arya, Denpasar, Indonesia – About 25 percent of Bali's estimated 8,000 sex workers are infected with HIV, according to the National AIDS…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police has denied naming prosecutor Cirus Sinaga and a lawyer for rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan, Haposan…

Dofa Fasila, Zaky Pawas & Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – Jakarta's city councilors are considering revising a traffic bylaw to restrict the use of…

Jakarta – The Indonesian media and blogosphere continued on Thursday a campaign of condemnation against a conservative Muslim minister Tifatul…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military chief has confirmed claims by a rights activist that the armed forces are actively…

Jakarta – US freelance journalist Allan Nairn claimed he got hold of a leaked document containing an intelligence report on the Indonesian Army's…

Documents leaked from the Indonesian Army's Special Forces unit, Kopassus, have revealed that the group targets churches in Papua and…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Three enlisted soldiers were sentenced to five months in prison on Thursday for their involvement in assaulting…

Banjir Ambarita & Nivell Rayda, Jayapura – A military tribunal on Thursday sentenced four soldiers filmed beating unarmed civilians to between…

London – More than 100 students from the College of Law, London Moorgate, attended the Munir Memorial public lecture in the UK, where…

Jakarta – Several NGOs presented reports on issues surrounding palm oil plantations while palm oil stakeholders gathered in Jakarta from Monday to…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Camelia Pasandaran & Candra Malik, Jakarta – It's official: former President Suharto is not a national hero. This…

Candra Malik & Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – East Java's deputy governor Syaifullah Yusuf expressed disappointment over the government's decision…

A High Court judgment has raised questions over whether the government can successfully process refugee claims quickly and efficiently, Acting…

BATAM, Riau Islands – Workers with a number of labor unions in Batam on Wednesday protested the implementation of a law revision that they said…

Medan, North Sumatra – Workers in North Sumatra staged a rally at the governor's office in Medan on Wednesday, demanding the…

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Indonesian migrant workers are estimated to contribute US$7.1 billion in remittance to the country this year. The figure…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono bestowed the title of national hero and other honors on several deceased freedom fighters, artists…

Serang – Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar said coordination between law enforcement institutions such as the Supreme…

Mark Moloney, Jakarta – Ridiculing Indonesian Communications Minister Tifatul Sembiring has gone global with international television and online…