Jakarta – How long will the country tolerate the prolonged slavery of housemaids? The government insists it is difficult and potentially…

John Aglion, Dili – Jose Ramos-Horta, East Timor's president, has called for those responsible for the death of Sander Thoenes, the Financial…

Heru Andriyanto – The Attorney General's Office is putting together a new corruption case against Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra in an attempt to…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesia has been dealt a blow by Britain's highest court of appeal, with a ruling in favour of convicted murderer…

Camelia Pasandaran – In somewhat unusual circumstances, two beautiful North Sulawesi women wearing skirts slit all the way up to their waists and…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The publisher of a popular Indonesian Islamist website and magazine has been arrested by counter-terrorism authorities,…

Camelia Pasandaran – Commercial interests, self-censorship and fear of lawsuits are hindering the growth of high-quality news media in Indonesia,…

Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesian media have yet to take full advantage of freedom of the press, senior editorial staff members said.

It's…

Jakarta – Drivers working for the US-based company PT Freeport Indonesia have demanded a security guarantee in the wake of shootings…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Claims that local election officials demanded payment from political parties for legislative seats have emerged…

Febriamy Hutapea & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A Democratic Party official is once again stirring controversy by saying that current…

Jakarta – Migrant Care, an NGO advocating for the rights of migrant workers, has urged the government to immediately ratify the 2003 ILO…

Nurfika Osman – Industry experts on Thursday blamed corrupt city officials for the sharp decline in the amount of green space in the capital.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Human rights activists on Thursday criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for using the military in the fight…

The nation's best strategy in its battle against terrorism would be to increase the capacity of civilian law enforcement and not provide more…

The terror network blamed for the Jakarta hotel bombings is "larger and more sophisticated" than thought, a think tank said Thursday.

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Havana – The National Parliament of the Democratic Republic of East Timor has passed a resolution to constitute the Parliamentarian…

Often it takes the death of a white man to get the story of West Papua past the gatekeepers of the media.

With the shooting death of…

Long-term development in East Timor – which celebrates the tenth anniversary of its vote for independence on Sunday 29 August 2009 – will be "…

Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – The United Nations Security council should set up an international criminal tribunal to investigate abuses in East Timor…

East Timor's stability is threatened by the failure to prosecute those behind the 1999 violence.

Adam Gartrell – The failure to pursue and…

A decade after Timor-Leste voted for independence, a culture of impunity continues to haunt the country's people.

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Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for the People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie claimed Tuesday that he was the most popular candidate for the next…

Yemris Fointuna, Dili – A solidarity network for Timor Leste will hold a conference in Dili from Aug. 27-29 to rally international…

Three key industries – food and beverages, cosmetics and pharmacy – are bracing for hefty additional costs and to risk losing trillions of rupiah…

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Madalena is 16 but weighs just 13 kilograms, her arms and legs thin and twisted. If she could speak, she would say how…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-105-2009

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that…

A junior high student in Bandung, West Java complains her religion teacher burned her and fellow students with blown-out matches to…

Camelia Pasandaran – The voters list fiasco of this year's legislative and presidential elections was not solely the fault of the General…

Ricky Gunawan, Jakarta – Indonesia ratified the UN Convention against Torture almost 11 years ago. This means Indonesia is legally obliged to take…

Agus Maryono, Banjarnegara – The poverty rate in Banjarnegara regency, Central Java, has increased sharply to more than 60 percent as of the first…

Jakarta – Parliament will most likely pass the corruption court bill proposed by the government, which places the graft court under the…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House of Representatives members responsible for drafting the military tribunal bill were criticized on Wednesday for…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – ASEAN countries must consider forming a regional human rights court if they are truly committed to protecting the basic…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The Attorney General Office's (AGO) latest admission that a prosecutor was involved in a mediating attempt to save PT…

Anita Rachman – Malaysia has agreed on a minimum monthly wage for Indonesian maids and other migrant workers in the informal sector, a key demand…

Mark Dodd – East Timor has called for an end to delays over the development of the oil and gas-rich Greater Sunrise field in the Timor Sea after…

Debnath Guharoy, Consultant – Just a few weeks ago, the Mega-Pro ticket proclaimed that the "cultural invasion" by the West must be stopped. The…

Jonathan Wootliff – Although Indonesia covers only 1.3 percent of the planet's land surface, this island nation is home to about 17 percent of…

Patrick Guntensperger, Jakarta – Under former dictator Suharto, the military linked Golkar party dominated Indonesian politics for decades. Now,…

Fadli, Batam – The police in Natuna regency, Riau Islands, on Monday released three NGO activists who had allegedly been involved in a free Natuna…

Arientha Primanita – The new Jakarta Legislative Council was sworn in on Tuesday afternoon, with more than two-thirds of the council comprised of…

The Jakarta office of the International Committee of the Red Cross says as far as it knows negotiations are ongoing over the agreement…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The country's top naval official said on Sunday that Indonesia would provide training and possibly sell equipment to…

Jakarta – The 30-year-old woman stuttered as she tried to tell the story of when she had been arrested by a group of police officers in 2005. "…

East Timor's president says corruption is still a serious problem in his country but he is committed to stamping it out.

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Australian governments, both Labor and Coalition, knew what was happening.

James Dunn – I saw an early screening of the film Balibo and was…

Dili – Ten years after East Timor's historic independence referendum, victims are still waiting for justice for crimes and rights abuses committed…

Dessy Sagita – City planning experts called on the Jakarta administration on Monday to tighten supervision of land use, building permits and…

Nivell Rayda, Abe Silangit & Camelia Pasandaran – A corruption watchdog on Friday urged the chairwoman of a House of Representatives committee…