Nethy Dharma Somba and Markus Makur, Jayapura/Timika – Environmentalists insisted Thursday that the fatal flash floods in Wasior district in West…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A House commission on Thursday agreed to recommend Comr. Gen. Timur Pradopo as the new National Police chief after a long…

Camelia Pasandaran, Indonesia – The country's largest Islamic organization, the 40 million-member Nahdlatul Ulama, has denied being behind a…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – A coalition of watchdogs on Friday redoubled their calls for the next Attorney General to come from outside the AGO,…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Civil society groups are stepping up pressure on the government to honor its pledged moratorium on exploiting…

Jakarta – Global environmental pressure group Greenpeace said on Thursday that its Rainbow Warrior flagship had been denied access to Indonesian…

Ulma Haryanto & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – A long-awaited church in West Java faces the prospect of not being built at all, following objections by…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – In a move reeking of desperation, the police have resorted to charging former TV host Cut Tari under an antiquated law…

Camelia Pasandaran, Heru Andriyanto & Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – In a landmark verdict, the Constitutional Court on Wednesday struck out a law…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Migrant Care, an organization providing advocacy for troubled migrant workers, has recently been at loggerheads with…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Gone are the days when authors in the country had to live in fear of seeing their books outlawed by the…

Larine Statham – Fresh concerns have emerged that East Timor's economy will be dealt a savage blow, leaving hundreds of people without work, when…

Jakarta – The minister of manpower on Thursday vowed to "eventually" abolish labor outsourcing, starting with restrictions on the scope of the…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The Golkar Party is shaping up to be an increasing threat to the Democratic Party in the 2014 elections, a survey shows…

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The government has announced plans to overhaul the air transportation sector in an effort to address the country's…

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A top official on Wednesday confirmed speculation that the sole candidate to head the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A cabinet minister is being targeted for dismissal by members of the political party he leads, who question…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Ten civil-society groups, including Greenpeace, have called on the government to…

Abdul Khalik, Ambon – A young Ambonese, Hendrik Pohwain is occupied with feeding his family, while Maluku's economy is just starting to get back…

Kirsty Needham – East Timorese and Australian officials will develop jointly a proposal for a refugee processing centre to be put to both…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights says that National Police chief candidate Comr. Gen. Timur…

Dili – East Timor has many problems of its own and is not ready to accept thousands of asylum seekers under an Australian plan to build a refugee…

Irwan Firdaus, Jakarta – An environmental group has released video footage of a bulldozer buzzing trees in a protected forest that is home to…

That religious conservatism, or more precisely Islamic conservatism, is creeping into our state affairs comes as no surprise.

But when the…

Jakarta – The administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono is already facing a heavy challenge as it…

There is nothing more worrisome in a sovereign, rule-based state than the absence of legal certainty to ensure that laws and regulations are…

Jakarta – With 3,000 candidates vying for just 164 positions at the Indonesian Ministry of Trade, answering as many of the questions on the…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – The 2006 Witness and Victim Protection Law has been in force for almost four years, but implementation is…

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The level of intolerance among the Muslim community toward the Ahmadiyah sect has more than…

Farouk Arnaz, Nivell Rayda & Susilo Wardhani, Jakarta – Human rights activists on Monday objected to a new National Police regulation allowing…

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – A senior government official said on Tuesday that any attempt to force the president out of office through street…

Farouk Arnaz & Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The National Police have unveiled a new bureau within the detectives division to deal with public…

It is no wonder that the government is having to respond to criticism about its tardy response to the flashfloods that swept across Wasior area in…

Fidelis E Satriastanti, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – After denying that the deadly flash floods in Wasior, West…

Jakarta – The hardline group Islamic Defenders Front are planning to protest the upcoming release of an Indonesian horror movie starring American…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Red Cross have blamed "miscommunication" among emergency authorities for sending relief aid to the devastated town of…

Dear President Yudhoyono,

Human Rights Watch wishes to express its strong support for Indonesia's decision to sign the International…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Opposition by ulema and councilors in Aceh to a woman becoming district head is reportedly weakening.

Anisa…

Indonesia's signing of the disappearances convention means it recognizes the seriousness of the crime and its obligation to investigate ongoing…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Indonesia's formula for decentralized administrative regions has again come under fire as indigenous people in…

Muh Taufiqurrohman & Suharsana Aji – With just a day remaining before Comr. Gen. Timur Pradopo's "fit and proper" test at the House of…

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Legislators vetting the candidate to lead the National Police said they would question…

Bagus Tama Saragih, Jakarta – Observers are wary of institutionalized efforts to debilitate the fight against corruption, citing recent setbacks…

Madura, East Java – Manpower Minister Muhaimin Iskandar is calling on the education sector to equip students with skills that will help them in…

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – There is something gravely wrong about a justice system that would let a 55-year-old housemaid languish in jail for…

Fidelis E Satriastanti – A Papuan tribe fighting over its customary rights to land in court against US mining giant Freeport McMoRan on Monday…

Farouk Arnaz, Anita Rachman & Agencies – The National Police on Sunday played down the level of military involvement in the fight against…

Jakarta – The Directorate General of Taxation said on Monday it raised Rp 444.2 trillion ($49.74 billion) in tax revenues in the first nine months…

Jakarta – The mechanism of checks and balances that should be carried out by the House of Representatives (DPR) over the government is…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – A district head in West Nusa Tenggara announced plan to relocate 20 Ahmadiyah families to a deserted island, a move many…