Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Jakarta Police on Wednesday named the head of the Bekasi branch of the Islamic Defenders Front a suspect…

Eras Poke, Kupang – A nongovernmental organization in East Nusa Tenggara has lodged a claim for a scientific evaluation of the long-term health…

The alleged torture of six Christians in Maluku at the hands of Indonesia's counter-terrorist police unit, Detachment 88, has thrown a spotlight…

Jakarta – Human rights groups on Tuesday demanded the government investigate alleged judicial irregularities in the 1984 Priok Riot trials at the…

Nurfika Osman & Antara, Jakarta – Some good efforts, but could try harder. That was the report-card takeaway for the government as a number of…

Jakarta – Indonesia has gained the notorious distinction of being among seven countries that are home to two-thirds of the world's one billion…

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Damien Kingsbury – As the new consolation prize, Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd's first job will be to try to implement the government's "…

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – Islamic leaders on Tuesday defended a government regulation that requires local consent before a house of worship can be…

Candra Malik, Jakarta – About 4,000 people have signed a petition demanding that the government do more to protect Constitution-enshrined…

Nivell Rayda – The Australian government has rejected reports it is investigating allegations that Indonesia's elite counterterrorism unit…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Twenty-six years after soldiers killed dozens of demonstrators in Tanjung Priok, rights groups are demanding that the next…

Jakarta – Religious leaders are widely regarded as playing a significant role in promoting the government's family planning program, religious…

There are questions over the benefits of New Zealand's police training programme in Indonesia's Papua and West Papua provinces.

The New…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Detachment 88 has a legitimate role in countering separatism and will remain in Papua, where a long-simmering independence…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Analysts have dismissed the efforts of several small political parties to court former president Suharto's son…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – With the Home Affairs Ministry proposing 11 new provinces and dozens of districts and municipalities by 2025, the House…

Jakarta – The anti-graft commission should keep an eye out for legislators insisting on the construction of an expensive new parliamentary…

Paul Toohey – Attempts by Julia Gillard to get moving on her proposed asylum-seeker processing centre in East Timor have come at a bad time for…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Australia has sent an official to Maluku to investigate the alleged torture of political detainees by Indonesia's elite…

Jakarta – Mochamad Tjiptardjo, general director of taxation, said on Tuesday that the Finance Ministry was preparing to offer investment…

Daniel Flitton – Julia Gillard's plan to turn East Timor into a regional hub to process refugee claims has been boosted after the government in…

Jakarta – Indonesian police said on Tuesday that they will investigate new allegations that political activists have been tortured by members of…

Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri has rejected any suggestion that the Australian government would investigate…

Nivell Rayda, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Antara, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has called on the antigraft agency to explain why it has been…

Jakarta – Indonesia will maintain a conservative fiscal policy despite pressure to fast-track infrastructure projects, the Coordinating Economic…

Jakarta – With the Idul Fitri holiday now coming to a close, thousands of people have started to make their way from Central Java back to Jakarta…

Jakarta – Two days after the Idul Fitri celebration traffic has started to gain steam, as many holiday travelers began leaving their hometowns on…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Islamic Propagation Institute (LDII) and the Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI) have called on Muslims in the…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – We are not in competition with each other. That was the message Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie and media mogul…

The Indonesian government has been urged to investigate today's death of a Maluku political activist who was denied urgent medical care in prison…

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Contrary to earlier media reports on Monday, a Bekasi police official says that they have yet to name suspects for…

Arientha Primanita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Experts have warned that Sunday's attack on churchgoers in Bekasi could be…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said his ministry received a proposal to make use of 500,000 hectare areas for the…

Jakarta – Tertiary education is becoming more elitist compared with the 1990s and 1990s, with the participation of those from less well off…

Hamish McDonald – The minority government era of openness and co-operation has begun with strike one for secrecy against an attempt to open up 35-…

Adam Gartrell – Australia should press Indonesia to ensure its elite anti-terrorism squad obeys the law and upholds human rights, an expert says…

Tom Allard, Maluku – Australia has sent an official to the Indonesian province of Maluku to investigate claims that Indonesia's elite counter-…

Tom Allard – Yonias Siahaya's eyes, wide open and full of fear, shift constantly. They dart from left to right, across the crowded ward at Ambon's…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – After years of being denied access to proper medical treatment, Yusuf Sipakoly, a political prisoner being detained in…

Dev Nadkarni – John Otto Ondawame, Vice President of the West Papua National Council for Liberation, was a deeply disappointed man at the end the…

Ulma Haryanto, Bekasi – A church leader was stabbed in the stomach and a reverend beaten during an attack on a group of Christians…

Tom Allard – Special Detachment 88, or Densus 88, is a crack counter-terrorism unit that officers dream of joining.

Many…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – A string of new candidates might be eligible to take over as the nation's next top police officer despite the National…

Deborah Cassrels – On a flawless day in Bali, tourists are revelling in sun and surf and padding about plush hotels. Beneath the highly developed…

Indonesia has welcomed Kevin Rudd's appointment as Australia's new foreign minister, saying the bilateral relationship will benefit…

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The Indonesian prison authorities must ensure that political activist Yusuf Sapakoly receives full and…

Jakarta – The government has awarded remission to 25 corruption and terrorism convicts serving their jail terms at Cipinang…

Jakarta – The armed forces will improve discipline among soldiers to prevent incidents of subordinates openly criticizing their…

Indonesia's government has been accused of clamping down on the most prestigious and well-established NGOs operating in the Papua region following…