IHRC has sent an urgent fax communication to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murray McCully, urging him to respond to the leaked video evidence of…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's deputy chairwoman, Puan Maharani, has stressed it would remain a steadfast…

Jakarta – The Democratic Party should be wary following findings from a new nationwide survey that indicated public support for the country's…

Fitri, Mataram – Dozens of villagers have stopped construction of the Lombok International Airport by blocking the road to the site in protest of…

Tom Allard Jakarta and Kirsty Needham – The conduct of Indonesia's security agencies was sometimes "not up to our standard", the head of Australia…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The government has failed to deliver on one of its main re-election campaign promises of prioritizing efforts to…

Jakarta – The nation's cities are experiencing a housing crisis fueled by overpopulation, a lack of new homes, and poor access to lending, all of…

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – How can a graft suspect stop a criminal case in its tracks? Simple: Just file a judicial review request with the…

Nusa Dua, Bali – Indonesia on Monday called for greater vigilance and cooperation in the fight against terror, as counter-terrorism chiefs from…

Rahmat & Antara, Jakarta – National Police have reiterated a ban animals being used during the expected nationwide protests on Wednesday…

Peter Alford, Nusa Dua, Bali – Indonesia's military will be "activated" to support police fighting terrorism, says the chief of the government's…

Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono flew into restive Makassar on Tuesday, a day after violent protests against Yudhoyono's…

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A volley of international criticism was unleashed at Indonesia on Monday over a video…

19 October, 2010

The Right Hon. William Hague, MP
Foreign Secretary,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
King Charles Street,
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Ismira Lutfia & Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Minister of Justice and Human Rights Patrialis Akbar declined comment on an Internet video that…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Iskandar Hasan admitted Tuesday that detectives had dropped an…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Hundreds of farmers in West Lombok have protested against an almost completed water pipeline project, fearing water…

Jakarta – Indonesia harbors nearly a third of the world's neglected tropical diseases, despite there being cures for many of them, largely due to…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Anita Rachman & Fidelis E. Satriastanti, Jakarta – Talk of a cabinet reshuffle has reached a fever pitch on the eve…

Bilhuda Haryanto, Jakarta – The nation's most prominent antigraft watchdog, Indonesia Corruption Watch, says capital punishment is not the way to…

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Are education councils effective? Activists on Monday said no. They urged Indonesia to re-evaluate the primary functions…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives said Monday it would question Indonesian Military (TNI) Chief Adm. Agus Suhartono over an…

Jakarta – Indonesian police said Monday they would investigate fresh reports of torture by security forces against civilians in restive Papua…

Ulma Haryanto & Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Vice President Boediono has received cautious praise after calling on the "silent majority" to take a…

Julian Drape – Australia will pay a "significant proportion" of the cost of building a refugee processing centre in East Timor, a senior…

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Activists have slammed the government for not allocating more funds to aid poor students while preparing to spend billions…

The newly-formed union SPK-PPBI (Security Workers Union, aligned with the United Movement of Labour Indonesia) is calling for solidarity from…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – A graphic and disturbing video shows a Papuan man being poked in the genitals with a fiery stick as he is interrogated by a…

Jakarta – The Islamic People's Forum (FUI) demanded that the National Police do not release pop star Nazriel "Ariel" Irham from detention.

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Radicalism is a cancer that is slowly devouring our nation. From attacking churches to more recently breaking up wayang performances, radicals are…

Fidelis E Satriastanti, Jakarta – International environmental group Greenpeace is denying accusations that it is waging a foreign-funded campaign…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie insisted on Sunday that the party would stay inside the ruling coalition, despite…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Tantalizing suggestions from the upper reaches of the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle that it may join…

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Naming former President Suharto a national hero would spark controversy across the country, as the jury is still out on…

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Though activists and businesspeople have welcomed a ministerial decree ending a dispute between two bodies with…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Angry human rights activists are set to carry their opposition to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's choice of Comr. Gen…

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Hong Kong – The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received video footage from sources in West Papua, who…

Nivell Rayda, Bogor – For the past two weeks, 35-year-old Ahmad Nuryamin has been sharing a four-by-six meter cell with 11 other detainees at the…

Jakarta – A coalition of activists is commemorating World Food Day, on Oct. 16, by demanding that the government shift focus from big food…

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The Ministry of Women and Child Protection is consulting the National Commission of Violence Against Women as it presses…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The country's main opposition party has denounced plans to topple the administration of President Susilo…

Jakarta – Indonesians say they want five political parties to vie in the next general election to make the voting process simpler, a recent survey…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The nation's oft-maligned regional legislature is trying to claw its way back from obscurity through the revision of a…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – In a move condemned by critics as totalitarian, the government announced plans to bar the sales of certain books…

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – After grilling Cabinet ministers and putting Vice President Boediono in the hot seat in plenary sessions, legislators…

Piers Akerman – Tomorrow marks the 35th anniversary of the killing of five Australian newsmen at Balibo in East Timor.

Their executions by…

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Media watchdogs have condemned the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for reportedly ordering private TV station SCTV to…

Jakarta – The Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (Elsam) called on the government Thursday to immediately take measures to…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Regional Representatives Council (DPD) will host a meeting between ministers and Papuan leaders on Monday to break…

Camelia Pasandaran, Farouk Arnaz & Fidelis E. Satriastanti, Jakarta – The government aims to speed up development of two economic clusters of…