Reports from the Indonesian province of Papua say four men have gone on trial in Jayapura in connection with an event last May when…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Conservationists in Lampung are up in arms over the resumption of gold mining in the Bukit Barisan Selatan…

Camelia Pasandaran & Anita Rachman – For the first time, the Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled an entire law.

It revoked the…

Achmad Faisal, Surabaya – Deputy Governor Saifullah Yusuf has proposed that the Surabaya municipal administration close down and quarantine the…

Jakarta – A video posted on the Internet of a little boy smoking, swearing and making lewd sexual gestures has shocked Indonesia,…

East Timor has marked the tenth anniversary of the founding of its own police force. At a weekend ceremony, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao said he…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Democratic Party of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has suggested reopening the high-profile mudflow case in…

Peter Gelling, Jakarta – Despite the government's best efforts to curb the consumption of alcohol, the party here is as rollicking as ever.

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James Scambary – Here is the destruction of '99; here is the destruction of 2006, and here is the destruction of 2007," exclaims Mateus, a wide…

Farouk Arnaz & Nivell Rayda – He was an unknown tax official a few weeks ago, but when Gayus Tambunan arrived in Jakarta on Wednesday…

Camelia Pasandaran & Anita Rachman – The Constitutional Court, criticized last week for rejecting a judicial review of the Anti-Pornography…

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Jakarta – Men and weapons are sometimes seen as a pair of symbolic importance in maintaining the greatness of the state. In…

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) found Tuesday that several army officers abused four minors…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Anti-death penalty activists welcomed Tuesday that the Indonesian government did not carry out executions in 2009, the…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – An activist from a leading Indonesian rights group on Wednesday called for a comprehensive investigation into the…

Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – Debate over whether the party will move closer to the ruling coalition looks to highlight the national congress…

Anita Rachman – Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin on Wednesday said stepping completely out of politics was an impossibility for the country's…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI)'s plans to split its military district command in Kalimantan and to deploy a new army…

Katrina Nicholas – Indonesia will allow foreigners to buy property in the country and own bigger stakes in health-care companies as it completes a…

Alfian, Jakarta – Former energy and mineral resources minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the delay in phasing out leaded fuel had nothing to do…

Dili – The tiny, impoverished nation of East Timor is on the cusp of an economic explosion that will eclipse even China in terms of growth, a top…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has finalized the invitation list for its upcoming congress…

Jakarta – Constitutional Court chief Mahfud M.D. said Monday the court's recent refusal to review the highly controversial pornography…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A community group in Papua has denounced the Constitutional Court's recent rejection of a judicial…

Jakarta – Thousands of prisoners have been denied copies of their verdicts, a top official said on Monday.

The absence of these…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Nine of Indonesia's main rivers are contaminated with dangerously high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) due to the…

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo, East Java – The President has instructed Lapindo Brantas Inc. to speed up the paying of compensation to victims of the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Victims of human rights abuses on Sunday called for thorough investigations into serious cases as the Association of…

Rory Callinan – The Indonesian soldier alleged to have stabbed Australian journalists to death at Balibo has denied any involvement in the 1975…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Activists have accused the police and several religious groups of breaking the law by shutting down a planned…

A number of NGOs have raised concern over the Indonesian government's plan to develop a massive food estate in Papua province.

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Jakarta – Four Indonesian organizations are calling for the public to support a seafaring community known as Bajau Pela'u, whose members are being…

Damien Kingsbury – American journalist Allan Nairn's game of cat and mouse with the Indonesian military is a brave attempt to show that it…

If there is a silver lining for US-Indonesian relations in President Obama's latest trip postponement, it might be that the two countries have…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The military should conduct an independent investigation to prove its personnel were not involved in the killing of…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Vice President Boediono's concerns over the coalition's lack of support for the government will not prompt the…

Senior cleric and deputy chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama's legal advisory board Masyhuri Na'im said on Friday that Muslims should not use the term…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women on Friday slammed the Constitutional Court for its decision to reject a…

I Wayan Juniartha, Denpasar – Bali People Component (KRB), a coalition of rights activists, pledged Thursday to continue opposition to the…

Anita Rachman – The country's largest Islamic organization, the Nahdlatul Ulama, on Friday said that its clerics should help the fight against…

Amir Tejom Surabaya – Led by the East Java chapter of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), hardline groups descended on a Surabaya hotel on Friday,…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Politicians from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party have called the police's…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) says a gay and lesbian congress initially scheduled to take place…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court almost unanimously turned down Thursday a judicial review filed against the…

Nivell Rayda, Heru Andriyanto & Dessy Sagita – Police on Friday declared a tax official who was found with Rp 25 billion ($2.75 million) in…

Surabaya – The cancelled gay-lesbian conference in Surabaya has incited further resistance among the people. The Islamic Forum (FUI) of East Java…

Nurfika Osman, Anita Rachman & AP – Anti-pornography laws judged women's bodies according to religious and moral values, which was not only…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The role of the National Police Commission should be strengthened to give it teeth when dealing with complaints about…

Tim Lee – There are two distinct seasons in East Timor – the wet season and the dry season.

For many East Timorese, the time in between…

Makassar, South Sulawesi – The country's largest Muslim organization proclaimed on Friday that underage marriage is allowed, even if the bride or…