Phil Robertson – On June 29, 2007, a village teacher led more than 20 young men into an Ambon stadium in an unauthorized performance of the…

Armando Siahaan – Aceh's government has failed to eradicate corruption in the province and has instead become mired in more graft, according to a…

Candra Malik, Solo – The head of the district where former President Suharto and his wife are buried has confirmed the local government will…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Critics are divided over a judicial review request against the Judicial Mafia Taskforce filed by a number of activists…

"Political drama" is the reason respected journalist Goenawan Mohamad, returned the Bakrie Award he received in 2004.

"To me, the peak was…

Linda Mottram, Canberra

East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta is using a state visit to Australia to fight against plans to process gas…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Ignoring a storm of criticism over the nomination of a well-known human rights activist and government official to the…

Ray Brindal and Rachel Pannett, Canberra – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said Wednesday a decision on a site for a plant to process gas…

Ulma Haryanto, Zaky Pawas & Made Arya Kencana - A day after the Bekasi government sealed another Protestant church because of constant…

National Police have charged Peterpan frontman Nazriel "Ariel" Irham under Indonesia's strict Anti-Pornography Law in relation to the Peterporn…

With millions of Indonesian absolutely transfixed for almost a month over the widespread distribution of homemade videotapes involving three…

Jakarta – The newly enacted information access law is exposing two worrying conditions – that Indonesia's excessive bureaucracy is an instrument…

Imprisoning activists for peacefully voicing their political views is an ugly stain on Indonesia's recent improvements in human rights. It's…

Jakarta – The human rights monitor, Imparsial, says it is willing to support the provision of the right to vote to individual members…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The appointment of noted human rights activists as members of the Democratic Party's new leadership structure is…

Armando Siahaan – High-ranking members of the country's three largest political parties on Monday said they were not threatened by the Prosperous…

A Vanuatu government MP says it's hoped that parliament's passing of a motion to raise issues around the status of Indonesian…

Vanuatu's Prime Minister, Edward Natapei, has said he will sponsor the issue of Papua to the Melane sian Spearhead Group and Pacific…

Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel may get to vote in the 2014 elections with most parties supporting the idea to end a decades-long policy…

Hong Kong. Moody's Investors Service raised the outlook on Indonesia's local and foreign debt to positive from stable, underlining the…

Vanuatu's parliament has unanimously passed a motion calling for the International Court of Justice to investigate the the legality of West Papua…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Armando Siahaan – The House of Representatives is divided once again, this time over a renewed date over whether…

Report Aria Danaparamita – The doors to the airport open and the heat hits you in the face. As your eyes adjust to the light, you are bombarded by…

Yogyakarta – Scores of Papuans from the group Solidarity for Papua (SUP) held a protest action at the Yogyakarta monument in the Central Java city…

More than 2,500 homes were "badly damaged" and 17 deaths in Wednesday's 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Papua, Andi Arief, the…

William Mellor – At 8am on a sunny day, industrialist Muhsin heads out for his usual workout of a swim and a few laps around a running track. His…

Heru Andriyanto – Major law agencies appear to be used increasingly by their leaders to pursue personal interests, avenge rivals and protect their…

Ulma Haryanto – In a sign of increasing religious tension in Bekasi, members of hard-line groups gathered on Sunday to discuss a coordinated…

Armando Siahaan – The Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party's national congress ended Sunday with a big push toward pluralism and a goal of…

Nivell Rayda& Heru Andriyanto – A group of activists over the weekend called the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force a front for protecting…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Around 2,000 Papuans went on a 20-kilometer march Friday to demand the Papua Legislative Council overturn the…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Nusa Dua (Bali) – An insurance expert and legislators warned the government on Friday against politicizing and manipulating…

Jakarta – Witnesses and whistle-blowers are not sufficiently protected by the law, which is open to abuse and does not stipulate the need for risk…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The Bandung authority is at loss to uncover cases of covert prostitution involving junior and senior high school…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) may have a plan to embrace pluralism and become more inclusive in order to woo…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Democratic Party chief patron Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono lashed out at the Golkar Party for resorting to threats to have…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The police monitoring commission should scrupulously examine candidates for the next police chief, a human rights NGO…

Erwida Maulia, Cipanas, West Java – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday military personnel might be allowed to vote in the 2014…

Banjir Ambarita & AFP, Jayapura – An estimated 2,000 Papuans took to the streets of provincial capital Jayapura to demand independence from…

The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) opened its congress Thursday with a vow to remain in the ruling coalition led by the President's Democratic…

Aubrey Belford, Pacitan (Indonesia) – In Indonesia, a singing politician is hardly a novelty. Candidates belting out karaoke are a common sight…

Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday his country must not stand "naked" before modern information technology,…

Ismira Lutfia – Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring has used an incident in which a teenager had sex with a cow…

Mangadar Situmorang – The call for Papuan independence remains strong. Although activists are likely to exaggerate the number of independence…

Knut D. Asplund, Oslo – Despite the postponement of US President Obama's visit to Indonesia, the debate regarding full restoration of military…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Djoko Santoso says his institution plans to conduct a feasibility study into…

Anita Rachman & Farouk Arnaz – The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology may find the recent sex video scandal to be a blessing…

Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring vowed on Thursday to issue a decree by the end of the year to "save the young…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Press Council is eager for the establishment of a regional human rights court so that Indonesia can achieve greater…