Jakarta – Children's rights activists are pushing for the passage of the juvenile criminal justice system bill that aims to provide more…

Jakarta – Ahead of an audit of Papua's special autonomy regional development fund, an NGO has urged the government to recognize that the root of…

Robin McDowell, Jakarta – The jumpy video shows a prisoner lying in a jungle clearing in eastern Indonesia moments after troops allegedly sliced…

No official decision was made at a special sitting of the upper house of the Papua provincial parliament to formally return special…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Yemris Fointuna, Jayapura, Kupang – Papuan journalists called on police Tuesday to thoroughly investigate acts of…

Nivell Rayda – Corruption cases handled by law enforcement agencies in the first half of the year cost the state nearly 25 percent more in losses…

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Governor Fauzi Bowo is today about Rp 9 billion ($1 million) richer than when he ran for office in 2007, with a…

Jakarta – The number of corruption cases in the first semester of this year doubled to 176, with state losses estimated at about Rp 2 trillion (US…

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Disgraced tax official Gayus Tambunan said on Tuesday that one of the sources of the extraordinary Rp 28 billion ($3.14…

Jakarta – Following Tuesday's explosive testimony from rogue Indonesian tax official Gayus Tambunan that a company controlled by the…

Ulma Haryanto – Indonesian Muslims are still vulnerable to being radicalized, according to a national survey by the Indonesian Survey Institute…

Dessy Sagita – Culturally entrenched gender inequality and a lack of bargaining power has kept much of Asia, and Indonesia in particular, from…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Prison failed to discourage some 100 poor housewives in Makassar, South Sulawesi, asking the authority to lock them up…

Dili – East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta said Wednesday he was waiting for the new Australian government to be installed before talks about…

Dion Bisara, Camelia Pasandaran & Reuters – Jakarta – The days when small shops give change in sweets instead of contemptible Rp 100 or Rp 200…

Nivell Rayda & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police could be charged with contempt of court should they fail to present key evidence in…

Djoko Widodo, Jakarta – The fugitive former co-owners of Bank Century stole hundreds of millions of dollars from their own bank before stashing…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence criticized the police Monday for being slow in handling the case…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A group of activists attempting to obtain details about the National Police's internal investigation into the…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Tensions are high ahead of the Merauke regional election in Papua province, with the police currently investigating…

Jakarta – Indonesia is letting radical Islamists trample the constitutional rights of minorities, leading to inter-communal violence, Human Rights…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The legitimacy and legal power of the judicial commissioners may be called into question by the judges they…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The prevailing violence being committed by police and military personnel to quell separatist sentiment in…

Norimitsu Onishi, Jakarta – It is the political relationship that has long mystified Indonesia's chattering classes, one whose ups and downs…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – In a third headline-grabbing protest against Indonesian politicians in five days, a middle-aged man stormed into the…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The government must shift its policy approach on Papua away from the welfare model and toward one focused on resolving the…

Rebecca Henschke, Jakarta – Papua's most well-known pro-independence leader, Filep Karma, is serving 15 years in jail for rebellion. Amnesty…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Human rights activists and a lawmaker have voiced concerns over the new antiterrorism agency, saying the agency may…

Indonesian officials have again reacted to official discrimination and vigilante violence against the Ahmadiyah by restricting their right to…

Bambang Djanuarto & Yoga Rusmana, Indonesia – Workers at the Indonesian unit of Newmont Mining Corp., the largest US gold producer, began a…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Despite a spate of recent criticism over lack of action in the House of Representatives…

Jakarta – In a major embarrassment for Indonesia's House of Representatives, journalists and House staff members were exposed to hard-…

Jakarta – Several cases centering on leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have greatly influenced its performance in probing…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Ibrahim has become the first Indonesian judge to be jailed for corruption after the respected Anti-Corruption…

Aubrey Belford, Indonesia – As one of the heads of the Indonesian Internet Service Provider Association, Valens Riyadi knows he has his work cut…

Lima, Lampung – There is no such thing as bad publicity – even for a form of coffee bean excreted by a civet cat for human consumption…

Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Legal and human rights activists say the government now has enough evidence to ban violent hard-line groups following a…

Zaky Pawas, Arientha Primanita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Legally recognized civilian organizations had no right to resort to…

Fifty members of the United States Congress have called on President Barack Obama to hold Indonesia accountable for what they call…

Banjir Ambarita, Ismira Lutfia & Antara, Merauke, Papua – Police in Merauke, Papua, have tightened security for a journalist who received a…

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Low turnout marked Sunday's re-vote for the mayor of Surabaya, with many citizens protesting the Constitutional Court for…

Dian Trisnanti, Jakarta – Under the theme "Unite against capitalism and the regime that supports it, build a united national labour movement that…

Jakarta – After a decade of implementation, the central government plans to thoroughly evaluate the special autonomy for Papua next year, an…

John M. Glionna, Jakarta – The video, shot in the jungle of Indonesia's restive Papua province, shows a wounded political activist lying face-up…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Ethics Council must censure legislators who have protested against a plan to…

James Balowski, Jakarta – At around 2.30am on June 28, a group of men arrived at a major news distribution outlet in Central Jakarta. "We want to…

Despite remarkable strides in the last 11 years after the economic, social and political chaos of the Asian financial crisis, Indonesia remains to…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Lawmakers facing intense public criticism over their truancy have set a new target to…

Arientha Primanita & Zaky Pawas, Bekasi – At least 300 Islamic hard-liners protested against a Christian prayer meeting in Bekasi on Sunday,…

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – It is the job of every Betawi organization across the capital to ensure that all Betawi people in Greater Jakarta…