Nivell Rayda & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – After weeks of uncertainty, the Corruption Eradication Commission is officially without a leader…

Anita Rachman – Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji, the controversial former chief of detectives at the National Police, has found an ally in a group of…

Camelia Pasandaran – The likelihood of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle joining President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party-…

According to senior Indonesian officials and police and details from government files, the US-backed Indonesian armed forces (TNI), now due for…

Aidi Yursal, Medan – In a massive rally to defend the rights of Palestinians, thousands of supporters of the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice…

Farouk Arnaz – A day after one of its former senior officials accused three high-ranking officers of accepting as much as Rp 25 billion ($2.75…

Adianto P. Simamora, Depok – Research shows customary laws that were implemented by a number of local communities were far more effective than…

It's Thursday afternoon, March 18, and dozens of family members of victims of human rights violations are holding another "Kamisan" (Thursday…

Putri Prameshwari – The country has reduced its slum population by at least half in the last two decades, the fastest among Southeast Asian…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Two more experts recommended Friday that the controversial 1965 Blasphemy Law be revised as critics warned of…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The choice made by a group of alleged terrorists to center its training operations in the jungles of Aceh province…

The parents of a six-month-old baby who died after she was allegedly denied treatment by Tangerang's Sari Asih Hospital are planning…

Ivansyah, Jakarta – Executives of the State oil and gas company Pertamina in its facility in Balongan, West Java met protesting…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – During interrogation, a recently arrested terrorism suspect said his group was aiming to build an Islamic country…

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) is calling on the United States not to cooperate with or provide…

Investigative journalist and activist Allan Nairn reveals US-backed Indonesian armed forces carried out a series of assassinations of civilian…

[Note: This article was written before United States President Barack Obama's visit to Indonesia was postponed until June.]

Gary LaMoshi,…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) warned Thursday that direct elections across the region would be prone to…

US President Barack Obama on Thursday postponed his trip to Indonesia and Australia until June as he attempts to push his historic…

Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – Two political foes – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of…

Nivell Rayda – Thirty-nine former and current members of the House of Representatives were formally accused in court on Thursday of taking…

Farouk Arnaz & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Police on Thursday rejected claims by Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji, formerly the force's…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has dropped graft charges against three officials from the Indonesian Embassy in…

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The United States has once again put Indonesia into its Priority Watch List of countries with rampant copyright…

Febriamy Hutapea – The Prosperous Justice Party, which broke ranks with the Democratic Party-led coalition during the legislative probe into the…

Officials, analysts and economists who have held fast and predicted that Indonesia's economy is destined for great things in 2010 were rewarded…

Farouk Arnaz & Dessy Sagita – An anti-tobacco group on Thursday reported a current lawmaker and two former legislators to the National Police…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – A new report by environmental activists warns that after decades of deforestation from widespread illegal logging,…

Jakarta – Activists are calling on all household workers to stop working and march in the streets during the nationwide strike called…

John McBeth – It is only when United States Ambassador to Indonesia Cameron Hume orders a cone of silence over the issue that you get a full…

Jakarta – Around 35 representatives of students and civil society groups from Papua demonstrated on Wednesday March 17 in front of the United…

Sunanda Creagh – Some things in the Central Jakarta district of Matraman have barely changed since the late 1960s, when US President Barack Obama…

Febriamy Hutapea – The Prosperous Justice Party on Wednesday urged the government not to use the highly publicized discovery of a nest of…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Former members of House of Representatives' inquiry team on Bank Century bailout have lambasted the antigraft body for…

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Corruption Eradication Commission took immediate fire on Wednesday after it announced it was…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Despite the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) efforts to punish graft suspects, law enforcement officials…

Ed Davies and Olivia Rondonuwu, Jakarta – Indonesia has won praise for cracking down on Islamist militants behind a string of deadly attacks and…

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court must be firm on members of hard-line Islamic groups who intimidated petitioners of the blasphemy law judicial…

Ulma Haryanto – Two laws that give the Attorney General's Office power to ban books should be reviewed, a lawyer representing the Islamic Students…

Ulma Haryanto – The Constitutional Court on Thursday put an end to the long and bitter dispute between the nation's two election oversight bodies…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri said on Tuesday that armed militants on the run in the remote…

Fidelis E Satriastanti – With tigers living in ever-closer proximity to humans due to the continued destruction of their forest habitat, the…

Arti Ekawati& Reva Sasistiya – After having already opened up protected forests for development, the government is now moving to allow the…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – In a show of defiance, the Corruption Eradication Commission on Monday upped the ante in the ongoing standoff with the…

AI number: ASA 57/004/2010

Amnesty International has written today to President Jose Ramos-Horta to follow up on his meeting on 5…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The Democratic Party has been working behind the scenes to see if its governing coalition can be salvaged to ensure a…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Still smarting over the perceived treachery of its coalition partners in the Bank Century bailout investigation, the…

Ismira Lutfia – An environmental group on Tuesday condemned lawmakers' decision this week to approve plans to build nuclear power plants in…

US President Barack Obama must be welcomed as a guest during his much-anticipated state visit next week, say moderate Indonesian Islamic groups,…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Australian soldiers in East Timor have been accused of asking Timorese their political views, in violation of the…