Farouk Arnaz & Antara, Kuningan, West Java – The forcible closure of Ahmadiyah mosques, which led to rioting in Manis Lor village in Kuningan…

Jakarta – A high-profile prisoner sentenced to 15 years' jail for raising a banned flag in Indonesia's Papua province returned to…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Questions over the thoroughness of a police investigation into the implausibly large bank accounts of several high-…

Jakarta – Junior attorney general for internal monitoring Marwan Effendy has criticized Attorney General Hendarman Supandji for asking a business…

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo, East Java – PT Lapindo Brantas' latest effort to win public support after triggering a disastrous mudflow in Sidoarjo…

Nana Rukmana, Kuningan, West Java – Three people were allegedly injured and houses damaged when clashes broke out between an angry mob and members…

Banjir Ambarita, Papua – The body of Ardiansyah Matra'is, a journalist for Merauke TV, was found in the Gudang Arang River in Merauke, Papua, on…

Jakarta – A second journalist death reported today (30/7) four days after a senior journalist with Indonesia's major paper Kompas found dead at…

Presi Mandari, Jakarta – An Indonesian lawmaker on Wednesday accused the security forces of secretly supporting Islamist vigilantes as a kind of…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri was criticized on Friday over his vague responses to the existence of…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – A wiretapped conversation between Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chief Insp. Gen. Ade Rahardja…

Makassar, South Sulawesi – Part time teachers in Makassar demanded Thursday the local authorities promote them as civil servants as…

Jakarta – Veteran actor Pong Harjatmo, who was arrested after spray painting a protest message on the roof of Jakarta's Parliament Building, said…

Nurfika Osman, Ronna Nirmala & Camelia Pasandaran – As the standoff between West Java villagers and followers of the Ahmadiyah sect entered…

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Ethics Council has said that it will scrutinize lawmakers' attendance at all meetings, not…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The main opposition party will convene a key national meeting next week to put a stop to a spate of defections among…

New York – An Indonesian search team this morning recovered the body of reporter Ardiansyah Matra'is in a river in the small town of Merauke, on…

Jakarta, Jakarta – Indonesia's educational and civil registration systems violate the constitutional right to freedom of religion of people who…

Camelia Pasandaran& Fidelis E Satriastanti, Jakarta – Government officials on Thursday said more compensation was needed to pay for the Timor…

Greenpeace has made fresh allegations that units of Indonesian paper and palm oil giant Sinar Mas are logging in high conservation-value forests…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A planned dialogue between the central government and Papua to seek a comprehensive settlement to long-standing…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ismira lutfia, Indonesia – Embattled purveyors of "infotainment," or gossip, shows could be dealt another blow in…

Jakarta – Charismatic Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) cleric Sahal Mahfudh has been re-elected chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), which wrapped…

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – The Communications and Information Technology Ministry says it can block access to up to 3,000 pornographic Web sites a…

Heru Andriyanto & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The controversy over a secret meeting between media mogul Hary Tanoesoedibjo and prosecutors…

Candra Malik, Batang, Central Java – Thousands of local officials and civil servants staged a protest in Batang, Central Java, on Thursday to…

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Session-skipping lawmakers on Wednesday reacted with anger to the House of Representatives…

Jakarta – The capital city has entered an "age of extremity" where some families spend billions of rupiah to bury relatives in luxury graves, and…

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Renewed notions of relocating the nation's capital from the chaos of Jakarta may have merits, but the difficulties of…

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – Disappointed at the slow pace of regional development, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday vowed to make…

Abdullah Alamudi, Jakarta – The discovery of a grave in a South Jakarta cemetery of the five Australian-based journalists killed in Balibo, East…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar, South Sulawesi – Hundreds of people blockaded the road connecting Gowa regency and Makassar on Thursday in a bid to…

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday demanded an audit of Papua's special autonomous status following…

Ismira Lutfia – The recent passage of a bill aimed to protect US citizens from libel lawsuits in foreign countries has once again put the…

Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – A student on Thursday reported police officers to the National Commission on Human Rights for a hit-and-run that happened at…

Donny Syofyan, Padang – During his visit to Indonesia, US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced Thursday (July 22) that the US government…

Jakarta – An Indonesian student protester struck by a police car during a demonstration in 2008 filed a complaint with the National Commission of…

Jakarta – Jakarta Police said that a 15-second video that depicts a police cruiser hitting a student protester and flinging him into the air was…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Fourteen years after "Black Saturday" on July 27, 1996, when several democratic activists were killed and hundreds…

Dili – East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta said Wednesday his country had "no plans" to build a detention centre for asylum seekers as…

Meulaboh, Aceh – Almost a full week after three American citizens were deported from Indonesia's Aceh province for allegedly…

Nivell Rayda & Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch have reacted strongly to reports that police in Bengkulu Province sexually…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Indonesia – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro denied on Tuesday that the US government had negotiated with Indonesia…

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission said on Wednesday that a planned joint investigation with the House into bribery…

Nurfika Osman, Indonesia – Rolling out laws based on Islamic values would address the "degradation of morality among Indonesia's students," a…

Kuningan, West Java – Violent scenes erupted in Kuningan, West Java, early on Wednesday morning when police and local government security officers…

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Jakarta – Millions of households in Indonesia depend heavily on the services of domestic workers, such as nannies and housemaids, who are…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The government has done virtually nothing to bring to justice those who 14 years ago launched a violent attack on pro-…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Overlapping policies blamed for severely hurting competitiveness will remain effective until the end of 2011 unless…