There's no sign that Indonesia's government will release any more political prisoners in Papua region despite a large campaign…

Bhimanto Suwastoyo, Jakarta – In response to mounting public condemnation of law enforcement, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The House of Representatives ethics council said on Wednesday that it would look into 43 reports of ethical misconduct…

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Millions of Indonesians crammed into trains, ferries and in greater numbers than ever, motorcycles, as they poured out…

Guido Goulart, Dili – Prime Minster Xanana Gusmao said Friday that the resignation of his deputy, whose party has threatened to withdraw from the…

Indonesia's government has been accused of running a campaign to limit global awareness of Papua following its decision to ban another…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Despite President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's flagging popularity, his Democrats remain the party to beat, in part…

Candra Malik, Surakarta – The Karanganyar military district chief has been removed from his post the day after he sought out a reporter whom he…

The West Papua Advocacy Team says ordinary Papuans stand to lose considerable benefits after another leading NGO was banned from…

Minister Suryadharma's statements about banning the Ahmadiyah community are reprehensible, and President Yudhoyono should publicly say so.…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – National airline Garuda Indonesia has been criticized for delaying two flights over the last few days to accommodate a…

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The incumbent head of Boven Digoel district in Papua is leading the early vote count in his bid for re-election,…

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is at odds with data presented by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) in their latest report on this…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The much-anticipated trial of rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan got underway on Wednesday, with the defense team vowing to…

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – When a song called Vasectomy was aired by an independent Indonesian Internet radio station earlier this year, many…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – After a decade of waiting, Indonesia finally saw on Tuesday the birth of the interdepartmental National Antiterrorism…

Stephen Coates, Jakarta – The new chief of Indonesia's antiterror agency has complained that courts were being too easy on terrorists and called…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-128-2010

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The Asian Human Rights Commission has been informed about the killing of a…

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – Ignoring the outrage of rights activists, the religious affairs minister on Tuesday reiterated his belief that an…

Guido Goulart, Dili, East Timor – One of East Timor's deputy prime ministers said he has resigned after Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao publicly…

Jakarta – Hundreds of people from various groups including as human rights activists, victims of human rights violations and students demonstrated…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – There are strong indications that the police committed "serious violations of human rights" when people rioted after a…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Insinuations of corruption are being floated after a House of Representatives Secretariat member said the design of the…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The legal requirement that a third of a political party's executive board be comprised of female officials was being…

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Jakarta is heading toward "ecological suicide" if it doesn't stem overpopulation, an urban planning expert warned on…

Rosalina, Jakarta – A number of organisations that are part of the group Friends of Munir held a protest action in Jakarta on September 7…

Binsar Bakkara, Tanah Karo, Indonesia – An Indonesian volcano shot a towering cloud of black ash high into the air Tuesday, dusting villages 15…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has pledged to intensify the government's battle against companies operating…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Putri Prameshwari, Jakarta – The case of 63 Indonesian women who were tricked into practical slavery by an…

Jakarta – Six years have passed since Munir Said Thalib was fatally poisoned on a flight to Amsterdam on Sept. 7, 2004. Since then, his family,…

Jakarta – Demonstrators were finally granted a meeting with officials from the Corruption Eradication Commission in Indonesia on…

Jakarta – Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the son of deceased dictator Suharto, is suing state-owned airline Garuda Indonesia and the…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono assembled leaders of tiny political parties at his residence on Sunday evening, in…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – In the minds of human rights activists in Indonesia, two events stand out as reprehensible examples of the impunity…

AI Index: ASA 21/020/2010

On the sixth anniversary of the death of prominent Indonesian human rights defender Munir bin Thalib,…

Buol, Central Sulawesi – New evidence of alleged human rights abuses by Indonesian security forces in Buol, Central Sulawesi, has emerged.

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Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie said Sunday his party would retain members who had been named suspects in a high-…

Agus Maryono, Cilacap – It has been more than a year since any significant projects have been launched in Cilacap regency, Central Java. This…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – New research by a prominent watchdog reveals an alarming trend in the fight against graft, showing that well over half of…

Jakarta – The editor of the Indonesian edition of Playboy magazine refused to come out of hiding on Monday to face a two-year jail…

Ulma Haryanto, Bogor – Hitting back at the Bogor administration's unexplained decision to again seal off their half-built church last week,…

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – As the weekend saw protests in different parts of the country against an American church's plan to mark the anniversary…

Taufik Darusman – It is only a matter of weeks or even days before the Corruption Eradication Commission ushers in a new chairman. But in a…

Alie Usman, Jakarta – Scores of social and non-government organisations that are part of the Friends of Munir movement gathered today to…

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Leading human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on the government to establish a fact-finding team to probe…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Opposition is growing from within the House of Representatives about the controversial plan to build a lavish…

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – In the face of what appears to be a public relations nightmare, the Democratic Party on…

Jakarta, Indonesia – Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rallied outside the US Embassy in Jakarta on Saturday to denounce an American…

Farouk Arnaz, Anita Rachman & Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said on Friday that every officer…

Palu, Indonesia – Indonesian police said Friday they had arrested 11 colleagues over the killing of six people when officers opened fire on a…