Tom Allard, Jakarta – As they cowered in a flimsy shack in a banana grove, the Balibo Five were killed by ferocious volleys of gunfire from…

Candra Malik, Yogyakarta – The country's justice system has once again found itself uncomfortably in the spotlight, this time over the arrest and…

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Underpaid female workers are turning to prostitution to make ends meet, union activists say.

In a meeting with…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Jakarta hopes to bring historic people-smuggling legislation before parliament as soon as next year, with penalties…

Stephen Fitzpatrick – The retired Indonesian commando at the centre of the Balibo Five killings says he will refuse to give evidence to an…

While President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has pledged to root out persistent case brokers undermining law enforcement by the police force, the…

Indonesia added some local spice to International Anti-Corruption Day on Wednesday, chanting "Hang the corruptors!" in Banda Aceh, attacking a KFC…

Camelia Pasandaran & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – So at what point did the public decide that enough was enough?

Indonesia has long been…

Camelia Pasandaran – The Indonesian public needs real action on corruption instead of "heavenly" promises, a political analyst said on Wednesday,…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-171-2009

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Right Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the…

Jakarta – Forget about competing with China – Indonesia lags behind Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia in terms of trade and investment relations with…

The US Department of State in October published the latest in its series of "Background Notes" regarding Indonesia. (…

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Amid the high spread of HIV and AIDS through sexual contact in Indonesia, youths are still finding it hard to discuss…

Manokwari – A group of people attacked Monday the West Papua governor's office in Manokwari, injuring several civil servants and…

Khairul Saleh, Palembang – Residents of Rengas subdistrict, Ogan Ilir regency, reported Monday the regency police's Mobile Brigade Unit's (Brimob…

Papuan priest Yohanes Jonga has been named the recipient of the 2009 Yap Thiam Hien Award, the country's most prestigious human rights accolade,…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ashlee Betteridge – The Armed Forces on Tuesday shrugged off a former soldier's statement that Indonesian military…

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Amsterdam – Balibo is just one shameful chapter in our Indonesia's past, but it could be viewed as a symbol for so many human…

Nivell Rayda – A number of activists on Tuesday refuted the government's claims that rallies to mark World Anti-Corruption Day were designed to…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The country's top security officials said on Monday that they were preparing for possible riots in Central Jakarta and…

Camelia Pasandaran – Demonstrators on Monday burned photographs of President Susilio Bambang Yudhoyono's son Edi Baskoro, Coordinating Minister…

Simon Montlake Bangkok – A movie that depicts Indonesian war crimes in East Timor has become a lightning rod for free-speech activists in…

Riyadi Suparno, Jakarta – An alliance of mysterious forces is aligning its power to unseat Vice President Boediono and/or Finance Minister Sri…

Talek Harris, Sydney – Relatives of five journalists killed in the East Timor border town of Balibo in 1975 on Tuesday welcomed a former soldier's…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-168-2009

Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission has been informed that an indigenous…

Rod McGuirk, Jakarta – A former Indonesian army colonel has told a magazine that soldiers deliberately killed five Western journalists in East…

A former Indonesian army colonel has admitted Indonesian soldiers deliberately killed the so-called Balibo Five journalists to cover up the…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – The Balibo Five were deliberately killed during Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor, according to a retired…

Matt Crook, Dili – The UN mission in East Timor needs to hand over formal control of the country's national police force as soon as possible to…

Ulma Haryanto – The days of demonstrators converging on the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle are numbered.

The Jakarta administration said it…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The government's plan to issue a regulation on lawful wiretaps has been deemed by antigraft activists as repressive and…

Among other bad practices, the anti money-laundering agency listed that corruption has so far this year become the main source of activity leading…

West Papua contains some of the last great tracts of undisturbed rain forest in the Asia-Pacific region. Figures vary but total forest cover in…

Arwa Damon – Driving through Indonesia's central Sumatra, it appears that all life on earth has been obliterated, like a scene from some…

Farouk Arnaz & Nurfika Osman – Despite President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono saying they were politically motivated, anticorruption and rights…

Camelia Pasandaran – Political analysts on Sunday said it was wrong for the new government to claim it had performed satisfactorily during its…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Amid rising political tension over the Bank Century scandal, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party on…

Camelia Pasandaran & April Aswadi – Under growing pressure over the PT Bank Century fiasco, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono alleged on…

Nivell Rayda & Kinanti Pinta Karana – Just two days after she lost an appeal in the Banten High Court over a civil defamation suit brought…

Khairul Saleh, Palembang – Eleven residents in Renggas village, Payaraman district, Ogan Ilir regency, South Sumatra, were wounded when members of…

Emmy Fitri – As Golkar's Idrus Marham, a friend of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, was being voted in on Friday to chair the House of…

Febriamy Hutapea – Howls of protest immediately followed the appointment on Friday of Golkar Party lawmaker Idrus Marham as chairman of the House…

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – In response to questions about Governor Fauzi Bowo's statement about limiting the use of the Hotel Indonesia (HI)…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Medan District Court on Thursday sentenced a former North Sumatra legislator and a journalist to a four-year jail…

Jakarta – Prolonging the debate over the Film Censor Institute's (LSF) ban on Balibo – the Australian film about the killings of five…

The Indonesian government has supported the decision of the country's censorship board to ban the film "Balibo" with the Minister of…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Former rebels of the Free Aceh Movement celebrated the 33rd anniversary of the founding of their now-disbanded…

Stephen Fitzpatrick – Indonesia's national journalists association plans to defy a government ban on the movie Balibo, kicking off a countrywide "…

Irawaty Wardany and Novan Iman Santosa, Jakarta – The government and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) are still in dispute on the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – The Indonesian Armed Forces said on Friday that it expected everyone to respect the decision of the…