Ref: TG ASA 21/2009/43. AI Index: ASA 21/019/2009

Minister for Justice and Human Rights
Republic of Indonesia
Mr Patrialis…

Once a beacon of integrity in the graft-ridden police force, the actions and involvement of Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji in the controversial case is…

Makassar. Residents of Bulogading in Makassar, South Sulawesi, demonstrated in front of Makassar's legislative compound on Monday to protest…

Australia West Papua Association, Sydney
PO Box 28, Spit Junction, Sydney, Australia 2088
email: bunyip@bigpond.net.au

The Hon Stephen…

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – Public calls mounted Monday for Indonesia's president to defend the top corruption-fighting body in what is seen as a…

Public figures and students gathered outside the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building in South Jakarta on Monday to show…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The now-infamous saga between the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the National Police, and the arrest of…

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – A new law on lobbying might ensure public accountability towards politicians, but on the flip side, such a law…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has started playing its political cards by criticizing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's…

Nurfika Osman – A Halloween party in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Saturday night got more spooks than it hoped for when public order officers…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The government has ensured the recommended special body to prevent and combat terrorism will not become a repressive body…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nurfika Osman – Public support for detained Corruption Eradication Commission deputy chairmen Bibit Samad Rianto…

More than just a regular criminal case, the arrest of two members of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has evoked a public outcry…

James Balowski, Jakarta – Street protests across Indonesia greeted the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President…

Tensions were high in Banten early on Sunday when radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was confronted by angry residents and asked to leave…

Irawaty Wardany and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Supports is mounting for the two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chiefs arrested by…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Golkar, the long-time political vehicle of former President Suharto, presented the deceased dictator with a posthumous…

Dili, East Timor – East Timor's struggle against Indonesian occupation may soon become a money maker. The government is considering plans to…

Emmy Fitri – The residents of Kalisari in East Jakarta used to dread the annual rainy season not just because of the floods. Rains also meant the…

James Crafti – As workers filed out from their shift at the Buana factory in western Jakarta, they were greeted by members of the Solidarity…

The Second National Unity Cabinet has finally been formed. For those who had been eagerly tinkering around with possible elite political…

Jakarta – The recent arrests of two suspended Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairmen, Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M. Hamzah,…

Jakarta – The poor teaching of the Indonesian language is to blame for the low literacy rates of students at the elementary level, according to a…

Jakarta – Public demand for National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri and chief detective Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji to step down over the…

Emmy Fitri – Inextricable traffic jams, even on toll roads, barely breathable air, heavily contaminated water and dwindling open spaces – problems…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The sharia regulation prohibiting women from wearing pants in West Aceh regency drew strong condemnation from…

Irvan Tisnabudi, Ulma Haryanto & Nurfika Osman – It took two days and more than 1,500 people to make a wish list for the next 100 days and…

Jakarta – Indonesia expects remittances from its overseas workers to rise to around $10 billion next year as the global economy…

Bandung – Hundreds of workers rallied outside the West Java governor's office in Bandung on Thursday, demanding that the governor…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Tanjung Pinang, and Paul Maley – Senior Indonesian officials have rejected outright a claim by Kevin Rudd that women and…

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – Indonesia on Friday gave an Australian customs boat another week to end a standoff with 78 Sri Lankan asylum…

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The local bylaw calling for adulterers to be stoned to death cannot be implemented because lawmakers who passed the…

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Thousands of dead fish and clumps of oil have been found drifting near Indonesia's coastline more than two months after…

Venisa Tjahjono & Aditya Wikrama – Consumer spending is continuing to drive Indonesia's economy, with telecommunications firms leading the…

Indra Harsaputra, Pamekasan – A number of ulemas in Madura have been urging the regional administration to issue bylaws against the use of…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Activists and NGOs signed a statement on Friday requesting that the president establish a team to investigate an…

Nurfika Osman – The government's lack of political will was part of the reason why women did not have the same access as men to quality education…

A suspected militia leader accused in a massacre of dozens of women, children and priests in a church in East Timor a decade ago, had been…

Dicky Christanto and Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – In a move that has incited a public outcry, the National Police arrested Thursday two suspended…

John McBeth, Jakarta – Florida's Dade County police special weapons and tactics (SWAT) squad conducts as many as five forced entries a day. In all…

Makassar – Dozens of Papuan students in Makassar staged a protest on Thursday, rejecting the special autonomy status given to Papua in…

Women trail men in economic and political power, but the Nordic countries come closest to closing the gender gap, according to a World…

Emmy Fitri – With the fiery spat between the Corruption Eradication Commission and the National Police unlikely to end soon, activists are…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The government is likely to reject an Australian push for its navy to be allowed to patrol Indonesian waters, in what…

Motorists beware – nine demonstrations to be held in Jakarta on Thursday are likely to cause traffic havoc in the capital.

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Heru Andriyanto & Farouk Arnaz – The National Police, seemingly unable to find enough evidence to link two suspended antigraft commission…

Maarten Kallenberg, Head of Consumer Confidence Index – Indonesian consumer confidence has seen a steady increase over the last six months.…

Berni Moestafa – Indonesia's stocks fell, with the benchmark index set for its biggest loss in almost a year, on concern a global…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday ordered an investigation into wiretapped telephone conversations in which his name was cited in an…

Nurdin Hasan, Candra Malik & Antara, Banda Aceh – Human rights activists protested on Thursday over a district-wide ban on women wearing tight…