Sara Webb, Jakarta – Indonesia's improving political and economic outlook was a big draw for investors this year, but a fight between reformers…

Heru Andriyanto - A hearing began on Monday for a pre-trial motion filed by a group of lawyers who challenged a decision by the Attorney General's…

There is not a single reason why the Film Censorship Board should ban the screening of Balibo at the current Jakarta International Film Festival.…

The ban on screening Balibo recalls the 1975 deaths of five foreign journalists in East Timor. One witness of this incident, a former intelligence…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Regional autonomy in Papua poses a threat to forests in the province because the infrastructure development…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The government will need a law, and not a mere, decree, if it wishes to regulate wiretapping operations, say…

The Timor Leste (formerly East Timor) story and that of Col. (ret) Gatot Purwanto, 62, are intertwined. This former Special Forces (Kopassus)…

Ulma Haryanto – Noordin M. Top was apparently on a lot of Indonesian's minds this year, as he topped the overall list of search terms used in the…

Nivell Rayda – Officially, 37-year-old Yudho is a chauffeur for a senior officer at the Jakarta Police, but in actuality the unassuming father of…

Nurfika Osman – The National Commission on Children Protection has noted an 82-percent increase in recorded cases of abandoned babies, and has…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti & Arti Ekawati – The international environmental group Greenpeace has ruled out any discussion with PT Sinas Mas…

Dion Bisara, Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Camelia Pasandaran – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati launched a counterattack against her…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Employers have tasked the government and labor unions with settling unresolved issues on contract hiring and high…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Police are questioning 10 officers from their Mobile Brigade (Brimob) unit in connection with a shooting incident last…

Irawaty Wardhany, Jakarta – The son of a woman who was sentenced 45 days imprisonment after being found guilty of stealing three cacao fruits…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Activists and observers have urged the public to continue to safeguard efforts to combat corruption, saying Wednesday's…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The government has moved to bolster the domestic defense industry by requiring the military and police to purchase…

Febriamy Hutapea – The Bank Century bailout scandal is likely to end up costing Indonesia at least an additional Rp 5 billion ($530,000).

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Febriamy Hutapea, Muninggar Sri Saraswati, & Nivel Rayda – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Vice President Boediono may be highly…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy may expand closer to 6 percent next year if the government can address problems related to sea…

Arientha Primanita – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo has rejected calls from labor unions to boost the minimum wage for local workers.

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Luh De Suriyani and Wasti Atmodjo, Denpasar – Hundreds of NGOs, community activists and victims of legal and human right abuses commemorated…

Camelia Pasandaran – Labour relations problems are holding back the growth of Indonesian industry, Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin…

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Despite claiming to have the most women worldwide employed in its ranks, the job of domestic worker is a marginalized…

Jakarta – As thousands of people joined rallies across the country to mark International Human Rights Day on Thursday, human rights watchdogs…

Jakarta – A Papuan priest and a late labor activist were conferred Thursday with the prestigious Yap Thiam Hien Award, presented to those showing…

Kinanti Pinta Karana – The civil lawsuit against Prita Mulyasari would be dropped, a spokesman for Omni Hospital said on Friday, however her…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Activists in Aceh on Friday criticized the lack of civil involvement in the autonomous region when they met with Martti…

Anita Rachman, Camelia Pasandaran & Farouk Arnaz – In the end, the street rallies against corruption in Jakarta on Wednesday were somewhat of…

Sydney – Australia said on Thursday that it would reduce its troop commitment in East Timor by more than a third following a prolonged…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Hundreds of asylum seekers have escaped Indonesian immigration detention centres and boarded boats to Australia this year…

Febriamy Hutapea – Political parties are lining up to remove Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati from their much…

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has accused Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie of trying to discredit her in an interview published in…

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of the Human Rights Day 2009

On the occasion of the International…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights has renewed its call for the government to compensate the thousands of people affected by the…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women urged the government to review a number of sharia-based bylaws deemed…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Commission on Human Rights declared on Wednesday that the 2006 mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java,…

Irawaty Wardany and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – A mass rally to mark World Anti-Corruption Day lacked clear focus but ended peacefully Wednesday,…

Agustina Wayansari, Melbourne – The director of Balibo, Robert Connolly, is excited with Indonesians' enthusiasm toward his movie despite its…

Censoring a film is a step backward for the Indonesian democratic progress.

Indonesia's transition to democracy has been so rapid and smooth…

Patrick Guntensperger, Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's political troubles are being compounded by a street movement led…

Farouk Arnaz & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Abuse of power continues to be a problem during police raids, the National Commission on Human…

Markus Makur, Timika – Members of the House of Representatives Commission I on security and defense affairs have accused security authorities of…

Camelia Pasandaran – Thousands of human rights activists converged in Central Jakarta and the State Palace on Thursday to mark International Human…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Antigraft activists say the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is the true hero in the fight against…

What was supposed to be a key environmental speech from West Kalimantan Governor Cornelis in the increasingly deforested district of Kubu Raya,…

Adam Gartrell, Jakarta – An Australian Federal Police (AFP) probe into the Balibo Five killings is still in its early stages and it's too soon to…

Dessy Sagita, Heru Andriyanto & Febriamy Hutapea – A week after losing her appeal in a controversial defamation suit, Prita Mulyasari now has…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has insisted the foreign journalists known as the Balibo Five were accidentally killed in East Timor in…

Heru Andriyanto – Activists on Tuesday held a rally outside the Attorney General's Office in South Jakarta, demanding that prosecutors challenge…