Putri Prameshwari, Cipayung – The room is not big, but there's just enough room for Fariba to let her four children run around with dolls in their…

Ulma Haryanto – It's thirsty work for residents in Muara Baru, North Jakarta, who on Sunday said they felt trapped between a city water operator…

A far cry from 2006, when thousands took to the streets to protest George W. Bush's half-day visit to Bogor, Indonesian Muslim organizations have…

Nurfika Osman – Noted political dissident George Junus Aditjondro and his book alleging Bank Century bailout money was siphoned off by the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Delegates at the People's Conscience Party's first national conference in Surabaya over the weekend wasted no time in…

The country's easternmost territory has been a bane of security and development for a long time. With Timor Leste separated from the republic and…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Politicians and observers apparently are talking about something this weekend: Is the cabinet reshuffle proposal from the…

Bagus Budi Tama Saragih, Jakarta – More than a decade after the fall of Soeharto, Indonesia's fledgling democracy is yet to fully benefit its…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – One of the first rules of being in the public eye is not to give away free kicks – especially when your public is…

Rob Taylor, Canberra – High-profile prosecutions will not end widespread corruption in East Timor and a long public re-education campaign will be…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's increasingly flustered Democratic Party says it…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) says that the Supreme Court has yet to display a serious commitment to…

Rumbadi Dalle, Jakarta – A group of fishermen in Riau Islands, Sumatra, have launched a legal complaint against and demand for compensation to an…

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Indonesia will file a demand to Australia asking for compensation after the latter's oil rig leaked in Indonesian…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – A coalition of activists called on the government to take stern action against forest mafia masterminds to combat…

A coalition of some of the country's well-known NGOs has called on the Corruption Eradication Commission to investigate cases of alleged…

Emmy Fitri & Ismira Lutfia – Slapping criminal libel charges on journalists constitutes a major threat to freedom of expression, because such…

Febriamy Hutapea, Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Camelia Pasandaran – Top leaders of the Democratic Party, obviously exasperated by the antics of…

Tom Allard – The notorious Indonesian people smuggler Abraham Louhenapessy, better known as Captain Bram, is likely to receive only a fine for…

Jakarta – Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri and former vice president Jusuf Kalla were among political bigwigs who turned up for…

Hudaiva gazed into the distance as she spoke about her son Arif, who disappeared in Jakarta in May, 2008. A day later police found the mutilated…

Muninggar Saraswati & Antara – Declaring that he would not back down in the race to assume the chairmanship of the Indonesian Democratic Party…

Putri Prameshwari – A film deemed suitable by the country's censor was reportedly pulled from distribution on Thursday night after the Islamic…

Camelia Pasandaran – Minister of Home Affairs Gamawan Fauzi is fast becoming a political liability for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, with a…

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Religious minorities have expressed their support for a group of NGOs that have requested the 1965 Blasphemy Law…

Jakarta – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) said they would defend the controversial blasphemy law, calling the…

Nivell Rayda – The Constitutional Court on Thursday held its first session to review the 1965 law on religious blasphemy, much to the chagrin of…

Farouk Arnaz – Investigating the reasons for the disbursement of Rp 6.7 trillion ($710 million) for the bailout of PT Bank Century was no longer a…

Ismira Lutfia – The Corruption Eradication Commission's performance is "still far from what is expected" and is not properly performing its three…

Bagus Budi Tama Saragih, Jakarta – Lobbying between politicians has intensified and observers now say the President, the Vice President and…

Nivell Rayda – The country's most prominent antigraft group on Thursday condemned a Corruption Eradication Commission official for allegedly…

When you call my name, it's like a little prayer, sang Madonna, the diva with a Catholic background who later followed the Kaballah faith, which…

Febriamy Hutapea & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – How should the PT Bank Century scandal be settled? Why have preliminary recommendations not been…

Sukmawati, Makassar – The South Sulawesi Moslem Women for Islamic Shariah Enactment Corps has asked that women be involved in formulating Islamic…

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Adianto P. Simamora – At least 10 provinces have submitted proposals for revisions of spatial planning bylaws to convert forests into commercial…

Nurfika Osman – In another blow to Indonesia's drive for religious tolerance, a report released on Wednesday said 200 violations against freedom…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Ismira Lutfia – A faction within the United Development Party is considering withdrawing from the ruling coalition…

A political analyst from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Syamsudin Haris, has said that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should not have…

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has said that they are very concerned about the content of a new Indonesian horror flick, titled "Hantu Puncak…

Police have thwarted an attempt at a protest comeback for a controversial buffalo that offended Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.…

Camelia Pasandaran, Cipanas (West Java) – The otherwise successful 100-day program were plans to develop the country's first integrated food…

Erwida Maulia and Dicky Christanto, Cipanas/Jakarta – The ongoing gubernatorial meeting has added an unusual topic to its agenda: President Susilo…

Amir Tejo – Dozens of villagers demolished an auditorium on Tuesday night that was being used for Koran recital activities by a hardline Islamic…

Rana Akbari Fitriawan, Bandung – Violations of freedom of worship and intolerance among different faiths in West Java remained high last year,…

Nivell Rayda – Corruption was the root cause of the country's rapid pace of deforestation, threatening to hamper the government's effort to cut at…

Muhammad Taufik, Jakarta – Hundreds of residents in East Java Regency of Mojokerto joined a protest on Wednesday (3/2) at a local…

Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta – United States President Barack Obama will make a much-anticipated official visit to Indonesia in March, raising…

Dili – An academic and human rights activist has been named East Timor's first anti-corruption commissioner.

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Bagus Budi Tama Saragih, Jakarta – Receiving gratuities, kickbacks and bribes has been business as usual for local officials across the country in…