Liam Cochrane – The indictment of two senior ministers in the East Timor government over corruption allegations could disrupt…

James Balowski, Jakarta – In November 2004, Indonesia's newly elected president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, pledged to bring to justice the…

Max Lane – In the Indonesia News Digest 31, August 16-23 there are more than 70 news items covering a wide range of issues relating to struggles…

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – A leading human rights organization says its investigations found that political prisoners in Maluku have been tortured…

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) has become the first political grouping that openly supports Sri Mulyani Indrawati's…

Zely Ariane – We undertake united front work because it is a principal tactic with which to bring broader layers of the poor majority into the…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – A humid 9-square-meter cell equipped with an air conditioner, a modest queen-sized bed and a private bathroom is where…

Jakarta – Majority of Indonesians believe in elections as a means to influence political decision-making processes and support democracy,…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – In the eyes of many senior high-school students in Bandung, West Java, a famous New Order propaganda film documenting…

Nurfika Osman – Nine provinces have huge health problems because of a lack of medical practitioners and prevention efforts, the government says.…

Neles Tebay, Abepura, Papua – The central government under the leadership of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is committed to continue…

Nivell Rayda & Armando Siahaan – Antigraft activists on Thursday demanded that the House of Representatives put a stop to overseas comparative…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – In a surprising but likely welcome turn of events, the House leadership announced on Thursday that the…

On September 28, 2009 the House of Representatives issued several recommendations to the President to bring the perpetrators of the infamous…

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The propensity of Indonesian news media, particularly on television, for highlighting dramatic conflicts is not helping…

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said on Wednesday that the government would maintain the controversial joint…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – An "F." That, according to a respected Indonesian nongovernmental organization, is the report card for the country's…

Nicholas Jones – East Timor will lose more than revenue if a dispute with Woodside Petroleum over where gas from the Greater Sunrise field will be…

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Insulting, offensive, disappointing and illogical – just a few of the words used to describe Communications and…

Jessica Harkins, Jakarta – Indonesia's embattled Q! Film Festival continued on Thursday despite rumors of more protests and accusations that it…

M. Hernowo - On September 28, 2009, a House of Representatives (DPR) plenary session decided to accept the recommendations of the Special…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Indonesia observes the anniversary of the death of seven generals in the 1965 abortive coup, that led to a…

Fidelis E Satriastanti, Jakarta – Environmental activists have voiced suspicions of forest-clearing permits being issued illegally to palm-oil…

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – The government's lack of comprehensive strategy in preventing erosion along the country's coastlines will pose a threat…

Jakarta – Much-needed reform at the Attorney General's Office (AGO) is being held off by a reciprocating culture of nepotism and corruption that…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia's military will play a greater role in combating terrorism, supporting police on major investigations and…

Jakarta – The National Police has appointed Sr. Comr. Mohammad Syafii as the head of Special Detachment 88 antiterror squad, replacing…

Jakarta, Indonesia – An Islamic militant was critically injured when a homemade bomb strapped to the back of his bicycle detonated prematurely…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A leading figure in the eastern Indonesian community residing in Jakarta has alleged…

Jakarta – Newly-installed Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Adm. Agus Suhartono vowed Tuesday to carry on the TNI reforms, including speeding up…

Jakarta – Religious intolerance among Indonesian Muslims has increased in the last 10 years, a new study shows, indicating a link with the rise of…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Two men reportedly died in a brawl and a policeman was shot in front of the South Jakarta District Court where the…

Australia's Woodside Petroleum has promised East Timor it will re-examine Dili's demands for gas from the Greater Sunrise field to be processed on…

Karon Snowdon – Woodside Petroleum has denied reports it is willing to consider processing gas from the Greater Sunrise field in East Timor.

Jessica Harkins, Zaky Pawas & Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Fresh from protests against the presence of two churches in Bekasi, the hard-line…

Jessica Harkins, Jakarta – Indonesia's embattled gay and lesbian film festival has been forced to cancel another screening, this time at the…

Camelia Pasandaran & Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has dispatched his three coordinating ministers and their…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives urged the government on Tuesday to establish information commission offices across Indonesia in…

Just weeks after it was revealed that members of the Indonesian counter-terrorism unit Detachment 88 was accused of the torture of activists in…

Defence Minister Stephen Smith has defended Australia's involvement in a joint training exercise with Indonesia's controversial special forces…

Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission has criticised Australian training for the controversial Special Forces unit, Kopassus.

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The People's Consultative Assembly on Wednesday announced plans to bring together descendants of those…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office, and not the president, is to blame for the lack of resolution in the forced…

Jakarta – Despite a number of recent incidents stemming from interfaith issues in the country, political parties still do not consider…

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Environmental activists have called on the government to abandon its business-as-usual approach to granting forestry…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Following a deadly riot that resulted in a man's death, National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said that he…

The attacks by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) against the two-week International Q! Film Festival which opened in Jakarta on September 24 is a…

American Samoa's US congressman, Faleomavaega Eni Faleomavaega says the Pacific should not turn its back on the Indonesian region of…

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – As widely expected, the House of Representatives has unanimously approved the president'…

Bali – Soldiers from the Indonesian Military's controversial Special Forces and the Australian Army's Special Air Service held joint…