AHRC-STM-056-2010

On 6 January Lt. Gen. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin was appointed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to the position of…

Nurdin Hasan & Nurfika Osman, Banda Aceh – A day after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook Sumatra Island, Aceh is starting to count the…

Camelia Pasandaran, Dion Bisara & Anita Rachman – The head of the tax office on Wednesday sought to stress how harassed and upset his staff…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Observers said Wednesday a meeting between a leader of the antigraft commission with figures close to Finance Minister…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A human rights activist on Thursday slammed the humiliating punishment meted out to a teacher in Aceh Barat and the…

An Darwin woman found not guilty of trying to assassinate East Timor's president two years ago says the country needs to review its…

Sara Everingham – East Timorese president Jose Ramos-Horta says it is time to break the impasse between Australia and his country over the…

East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao pledged Wednesday to increase government investment of the tiny country's oil wealth to boost economic…

Camelia Pasandaran & Farouk Arnaz – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday ordered the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force to…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – In response to the emergence of high-profile corruption cases, the government says it would hand down more severe…

National Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri said on Tuesday that he would fire police officers found guilty of engineering criminal cases.

Hans David Tampubolon, Denpasar – Megawati Soekarnoputri looks certain to lead the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) for another…

Biak Traditional Council under threat as BIN and Kopassus move to set up an alternative traditional council.

On 7 April, three Indonesian…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Business will continue as usual for Indonesia's largest universities despite a recent annulment of a 2009 law on…

Nurdin Hassan and AFP, Banda Aceh – A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Sumatra island early Wednesday, injuring at least four people, one of…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Relatives of rights abuse victims have protested a presidential decree appointing Lt. Gen. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin…

Matt Crook, Dili – East Timor police have declared war on mysterious "ninjas" accused of murder and subversion in a new twist to the young country…

Jakarta – Military Police have arrested four officers from the Army's Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad) over accusations that they had…

Bandung – Six former hotel employees who were fired from their jobs two years ago marched from Bandung to Jakarta on Monday to appeal…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Farmers in Teluk Rendah, Tebo Ilir district in Tebo regency, Jambi, have planned to report a shooting incident to the…

Pingit Aria, Jakarta – A coalition of environmental and rights groups have launched another call for the government to end the expansion of…

Convicted case broker Artalyta Suryani, who outraged the public after her luxury life behind bars was revealed by the Judicial Mafia…

Jakarta – On Monday April 5 the victims and families of victims of the abduction and forced disappearance of activists in 1997-1998, Semanggi I…

Nurfika Osman – The National Commission for Child Protection on Tuesday condemned the alleged beating of four minors by Army soldiers.

"It…

Denpasar – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's (PDI-P) national congress in Bali will see a transition in the party's paradigm and its…

Guruh Sukarnoputra held a news conference on Tuesday to urge his sister, former President Megawati Sukarnoputri, to "take a rest" and…

Nivell Rayda, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – On the eve of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's national congress in Bali…

Five demonstrations of unknown size are scheduled for Monday, adding to already congested roads following the long weekend.

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The Constitutional Court recently gave a nod to one of the most controversial laws in Indonesia's history: the pornography law, promptly igniting…

After waiting for some time, we finally heard encouraging news coming from the National Police that they at last moved against police generals…

Jakarta – The Setara Institute, a non-profit organization which promotes tolerance and pluralism in Indonesia, has asked the police to…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Noted lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution, the defense counsel for disgraced tax official Gayus Tambunan, has urged the…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – With globalization favoring certain groups over others within Indonesia's 33 provinces, its population and administration…

The news that Indonesia's government is planning a vast new agricultural project in the south-eastern corner of its Papuan region is a disturbing…

Anita Rachman – Forming special committees to investigate corruption scandals is understandable, but for lawmakers to meanwhile neglect their main…

Ismira Lutfia – Human rights activists on Sunday criticized last week's inaugural meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' human…

Anita Rachman – Lawmakers who initiated the House of Representatives inquiry into the bailout of Bank Century said on Sunday that their only…

Made Arya Kencana & Anita Rachman – Supporters of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle leader Megawati Sukarnopoutri claimed she was a shoe…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta has thrown his weight behind a plan to set up a food estate in Merauke,…

Cilacap, Central Java – The amount of cash sent back home by Indonesian migrant workers to families in Cilacap regency last year…

Bagus BT Saragih and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The National Police dismissed a top officer implicated in case tampering from his post on Friday…

Jakarta – The tax evasion case involving taxation directorate officer Gayus H. Tambunan is likely to implicate more players, indicating that the…

Tom Allard – Indonesia's government plans to create a vast agricultural estate in the restive province of West Papua, sparking fears of…

Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto – After rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan was questioned by police following his surrender in Singapore,…

Nurfika Osman & Dessy Sagita – Tens of thousands of Indonesians are expressing their disapproval of apparent corruption in the tax office on…

While most Christians peacefully held Good Friday services across the country on Friday, at least 1,000 churchgoers in Pa-rung, Bogor, had to pray…

Dessy Sagita – In a claim likely to cause consternation from Muslim smokers, a Dutch author has published a book that claims that pig blood is…

Anita Rachman – Unsatisfied with the government's response to the House of Representatives findings on the Bank Century scandal, lawmakers on…

Anita Rachman & Nurfika Osman – Political analysts don't see anyone among the current figures gunning for chairmanship of the Democratic Party…

Indonesia stocks approached a record high on Thursday after inflation data stoked expectations the central bank will keep its interest rate at a…