Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court on Monday ruled to uphold the controversial Blasphemy Law, a decision that plaintiffs…

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The discovery in late February 2010 of a jihadi training camp in Aceh came as a surprise in…

The Constitutional Court's decision on the blasphemy law poses a real threat to the beliefs of Indonesia's religious minorities. If…

Anita Rachman – One of the lawmakers who initiated the House of Representatives inquiry into the Bank Century scandal has warned political parties…

A Papua analyst says the US should not re-engage with Kopassus, the Indonesian Army's special forces unit, while it remains…

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences, or LIPPI, says there is support in Jakarta for dialogue over the key issues concerning Papua…

A Papua analyst says a visit to Indonesia by US President Barak Obama in June could be pivotal in preventing a further deterioration…

Nurfika Osman – The case of two elderly widows threatened with eviction from their government-owned homes continues to draw the ire of citizens'…

Johannes Nugroh – Horrific scenes during last week's riots in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, have led to a welter of accusations of human rights…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – A six-month asylum-seeker deadlock in Indonesia has finally been broken, with more than 200 Tamils agreeing to be…

Anita Rachman & Amir Tejo – Legislators overseeing religious affairs say they expect the Constitutional Court today to issue the "correct"…

Taufik Darusman – Sometime in mid-1998, in the aftermath of the fall of the Suharto regime, a number of kidnapped antigovernment activists…

Heru Andriyanto – The full extent of an ingrained culture of graft in the judicial system has come to light after police officers, prosecutors and…

Dimas Siregar – For years, the residents of Muara Baru, North Jakarta, have had to rely on vendors selling drinking water door to door at inflated…

Amir Tejo, Sidoarjo (East Java) – Another bubble has emerged on the Porong highway near Sidoarjo in East Java after the appearance of gas bubbles…

Jakarta – An upcoming amendment of the 2008 Political Party Law must require political parties to fill a 30 percent female quota for their top…

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo suspended the city's Public Order Agency head Harianto Badjoeri on Friday, while the probe…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Ahead of the much-awaited ruling on the controversial Blasphemy Law, plaintiffs are holding their breath in…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi said Friday the government plans to exclude individuals with no experience in governance from…

Rana Akbari Fitriawan, Bandung – The outdated and inefficient national archives system must be renovated quickly to streamline bureaucracy and…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Newly re-elected Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leader Megawati Soekarnoputri is said to be…

Wednesday's rioting and bloodshed at Tanjung Priok, sparked by an apparent misunderstanding over the fate of the historic tomb of an 18th-century…

Jakarta – The International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKNOW Politics) launched its website, iknowpolitics.org, in Indonesia on…

Jakarta – The ongoing Judicial Commission examination team review of the Munir assassination case trial of former National…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nurfika Osman – Amid human rights activists' demands for it to face justice, the Army's elite force marked its 58th…

Jakarta – For decades, the song Genjer-genjer sent shivers down the spines of those who heard it, especially listeners born in the 1980s.

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Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A new book is challenging the long-held claim that Soeharto was the initiator of the historic March 1, 1949,…

Camelia Pasandaran – In what is sure to be a highly controversial move, the Ministry of Home Affairs is moving to increase eligibility criteria…

Cameron Bates – Celebrity Julia Perez has lashed out what she considers a government attempt to prevent her from contesting the elections for the…

Indah Setiawati and Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The national rights body is demanding the government review the function of the Jakarta Public…

Armando Siahaan – Clear signs of an unhealthy democracy continue to crop up in regional elections, an analyst said on Thursday.

Members of…

Arientha Primanita & Nivell Rayda – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday ordered a thorough investigation into the bloody clashes…

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives should let law enforcement agencies do their job first before using…

Jakarta – During a judicial review hearing on Wednesday, Constitutional Court judges questioned the AGO on its criteria for public order…

Nivell Rayda, Arientha Primanita Dimas Siregar – What began as a misunderstanding evolved into a conflict that turned Tanjung Priok port into a…

Farouk Arnaz – The man controversial former chief detective Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji has called a powerful case broker operating at police…

Ulma Haryanto & Arientha Primanita – Wednesday's violent clash between the North Jakarta municipal forces and Muslim residents in Tanjung…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Hundreds of fishermen in Marunda, Cilincing, North Jakarta, are facing doubtful job prospects.

They can no longer…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The government is drafting a regulation on peatland protection that would allow businesses to utilize the areas…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment has handed over to the antigraft commission further evidence that it claims…

Ulma Haryanto – The area where the violence took place on Wednesday was also the site of massive human rights violations on Sept. 12, 1984, when…

An Australian Parliamentary delegation is visiting Indonesia (from 11 to 16 April) as part of regular official exchanges to strengthen links and…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The remains of three people, who were shot and killed by an armed group in Bremele village, Mewulok district in…

The Australia West Papua Association has questioned why an Australian parliamentary delegation which is visiting Indonesia this week…

Armando Siahaan – A violent tribal conflict between two groups in Kwamki Lama, a village in Mimika district in Papua, erupted again on Thursday,…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) pledged to finish the transfer processes of its businesses worth Rp 3.2 trillion (US$320…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-045-2010

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A radio station in Indonesia – Radio Era Baru – has been forcibly shut down…

Rana Akbari Fitriawan, Bandung – Around 150 traders grouped under the association of traditional kiosks and markets (Pesat) staged a rally on…

Jakarta – Press and law experts worry that the vagueness of the 2008 Freedom of Information Law, which will take effect in late April, will have a…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – After deriding President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's call to go after the "mafia" involved in illegal logging last week,…