Putri Prameshwari & Antara – The search for victims of the landslide at the Dewata tea plantation near Bandung will be halted at noon today,…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Tension is building three days before the parliament's plenary session on the Bank Century bailout inquiry, with…

Anita Rachman & Ismira Lutfia – Local and international rights advocates will detail the government's lack of progress in protecting human…

Surabaya – During the colonial era communism flourished in Indonesia. One of the reasons was the behaviour of the native elite (elite bumiputra)…

Febriamy Hutapea & Ulma Haryanto – While the odds so far seem to be stacked against the Democrats after most of the factions in the House of…

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the mandate of its mission in East Timor (UNMIT) for another year.

The…

Dion Bisara – The government plans to increase this year's subsidies for energy and other basic commodities in what some analysts see as a…

Suwardiman – After nine years, support by various elements of society for special autonomy (otsus) is weakening. The problematic nature of the…

The Solidarity for Peace in Diversity (Solidaritas) on Thursday launched a website titled Nusantara Online, aimed at providing complete and…

Jakarta – The government should be aware that there is more than just one source of carbohydrate in the diet of Indonesians, activists said…

The report about Bahtiar Angkotasan, 47, who tied up his mentally disabled daughter in bed at their home in Bekasi, West Java, before he left for…

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today urged the Obama administration not to offer military assistance to Indonesia.

"US…

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on US President Barack Obama to press Indonesia over rights progress, military reform…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang, East Java – Their salaries might be too small to suffice daily needs, but loyal cigarette workers are ready to…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The ministry of energy and mineral resources has proposed that the government postpone the implementation of the 2009 law…

Edith M. Lederer – The Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the UN peacekeeping mission in East Timor for a year and backed plans…

Nivell Rayda – Human Rights Watch on Friday called on US President Barack Obama to make human rights a key issue for discussion during his visit…

Nurdin Hasan & Farouk Arnaz – Terrorism expert Sidney Jones said on Friday that four suspects arrested during recent police operations in the…

Ilya Gridneff, Port Moresby – The suspicious death of an Australian journalist filming Papuan guerrillas fighting Indonesia's hardline military…

Nivell Rayda – A task force assigned to crack down on corrupt middlemen in the Indonesia's legal system vowed this week to conduct more surprise…

Eko Widianto, Jakarta – Mining company under the politically-connected Bakrie Brothers group, Lapindo Brantas, sent on Thursday (25/2) another…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesian police have launched a manhunt for up to 50 members of a suspected terrorist group in Aceh amid reports that an…

Indonesia is reviewing its 1965 Blasphemy Law, a law brought in by then-President Sukarno, who, activists say, used the law to repress minority…

A prominent West Papuan human rights lawyer is using a speaking tour of Australia to promote the need for a peaceful solution to…

Christopel Paino, Gorontalo – After the hard work of preservation, a mangrove area of 20 hectares in Popayato, Pohuwato Regency,…

Febriamy Hutapea – Claiming that it is not about to allow stinging recommendations to break the ruling coalition apart, President Susilo Bambang…

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should use his visit to Papua New Guinea next month to discuss ways to work with…

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring said Wednesday he would press ahead with a…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia has bowed to government pressure on alleged violation of regulations concerning operating in…

Jakarta – The findings made by a parliamentary inquiry into the Bank Century bailout may be scathing of the Vice President and the finance…

Jakarta – While the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) was pointing its finger at Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and at…

Dear President Obama,

We write as you prepare to depart for Jakarta to launch the US-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership. We urge you to…

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry fears implementation of a new environmental law may lead to problems that could…

Camelia Pasandaran – Residents of the Dewata tea plantation in Tenjolaya village, Bandung, had just started the day on Tuesday when they heard an…

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – Activists continued the recent trend of using animals as protesters when they rallied against UN…

Clinton Fernandes – Australia conducted two military interventions in East Timor during the 20th century and both have been falsely reconstructed…

Makassar – Efforts to evict residents from a disputed 4,900-square-meter land parcel failed Tuesday after squatters, laying claim to…

Febriamy Hutapea & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – With two factions from the ruling coalition officially naming Vice President Boediono and…

Heru Andriyanto & Nurdin Hasan – Aceh offers many advantages as a safe haven for Jemaah Islamiyah to regroup, experts and sources said on…

Adianto P. Simamora – Legislators have urged the government to take action against 11 mining companies that have been operating in areas of…

Hans David Tampobolon, Jakarta – Two ruling coalition parties have demanded that Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani…

Febriamy Hutapea – The People's Consultative Assembly has scheduled a plenary session for Monday to endorse detailed impeachment procedures, just…

Markus Makur, Timika – PT Freeport Indonesia has not helped develop human resources in Papua, particularly in the Amungme and Kamoro tribes, a…

Nivell Rayda, Nurfika Osman & Heru Andriyanto – The Corruption Eradication Commission and the National Police said on Wednesday they would not…

The death toll has risen to seven and more than 60 people are still missing after a landslide struck a remote part of West Java's…

David Weber – The oil leak from a wellhead platform in the Timor Sea late last year appears to have spread into Indonesian waters.

A test…

Ref: IOR 40/2009.177
AI Index: ASA 57/002/2010
H.E. the Permanent Representative

23 February 2010

Open letter to all members…

Heru Andriyanto – The militant group led by the late Noordin M Top had allegedly sought funding from Saudi Arabia to launch the biggest attacks…

AHRC-STM-032-2010

US President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Indonesia, the place of his childhood, in March. It is important…

Bagus Budi Tama Saragih, Jakarta – More than a 1,000 village heads and their subordinates staged a rally in front of the House of Representatives…