Jakarta – Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono says the public need not worry about the State Secrecy Bill, citing democratic progress.

"There…

Indonesia Raya, the national anthem, is played at every state ceremony, but on Friday during the House of Representatives General…

Purwokerto – Hundreds of students at the University of Soedirman (Unsoed) staged a demonstration on their campus on Thursday against…

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Civil groups, legislators and experts expressed regret over Indonesia's decision to cancel a meeting held by members…

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – Hundreds of pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) located in the northern coastal area of West Java have declared an anti-…

Eras Poke, Kupang – Authorities in East Timor arrested an Indonesian on Sunday over his alleged role in a deadly attack at a church there during…

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The second quarter of this year saw the manufacturing sector grow at its slowest rate since the start of the crisis,…

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia's key rate is yet to affect lending rates despite its drop by 300 basis points to 6.5…

Camelia Pasandaran – The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday said it was examining the effectiveness of decentralization and preparing new rules on…

Febriamy Hutapea & April Aswasdi – The Golkar Party on Thursday agreed to hold its national congress, which will be critical in deciding the…

Tangerang – Praying is meant to be a simple act, but not in Indonesia, which proclaims itself the world's biggest God-fearing democracy, and…

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Society still strongly refuses to accept the lifestyle choices of gay men in Indonesia, causing many to lead double…

A West Papuan human rights activist visiting New Zealand has thanked local outdoor furniture retailers who have stopped selling…

Ismira Lutfia – After enduring a police raid on Wednesday, exiled Burmese pro-democracy leaders in Jakarta managed to meet again on Thursday and…

Farouk Arnaz – Indonesia's most wanted terrorist, Noordin M Top, may disguise himself by wearing a women's Islamic headscarf and a…

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – Indonesia's government has stopped a group of exiled Myanmar opposition activists from holding a conference in the…

Lilian Budianto and Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The police on Wednesday banned an international meeting organized by members of the Burmese (…

Mark Naglazas – When Damon Gameau was preparing to play Greg Shackleton, one of the five Australian journalists massacred by Indonesian troops in…

Jakarta – Papua Police have intensified security measures along a road connecting Timika and Papua following three shooting attacks on…

A West Papuan human rights activist is in New Zealand this week to lobby support for international dialogue on issues surrounding…

Nethy Darma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Papua military commander Maj. Gen. Azmyn Yusri Nasution called on the public Thursday to stop…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono secured his re-election Wednesday after the Constitutional Court issued a…

Jakarta – The Press Council says the current State Secrecy Bill is an ironic twist on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's election…

Camelia Pasandaran – To fight terrorism fight poverty, Islamic scholars said on Thursday.

Speaking at a panel discussion called "Terrorism…

Fadli, Batam – Over 90 percent of the 350,000 workers employed in Batam, Bintan and Karimun Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in the Riau…

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Activists on Thursday said that a decision by the East Java Police to withdraw criminal charges against energy company…

Anita Rachman – Regional autonomy has been a failure, with just 10 percent of about 500 districts and municipalities in the country having…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Environmental groups said Wednesday inconsistency in government policies had played an important role in forest…

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court unanimously dismissed on Wednesday the complaints of Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Jusuf Kalla over…

Members of the US-based East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) will gather in Timor-Leste later this month to commemorate the tenth…

The director of the film Balibo has renewed calls for a coronial inquest into the death of Roger East, the Darwin-based journalist…

Shirley Shackleton wondered whether the truth of her husband's murder could ever be communicated to Australian cinema audiences. This is her…

Putri Prameshwari – Despite the official peace agreement and apparent calm in Maluku, violence has continued to bubble beneath the surface of the…

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court issued a verdict on Wednesday against losing presidential candidates Megawati Soekarnoputri and…

Jakarta – The Java and Lampung chapters of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) have issued a fatwa that debus, the Banten traditional…

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – A suspected militant slain during a 16-hour siege with counterterrorism forces last week was not Indonesia's most-…

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) issued a report Tuesday alleging that suspended Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Nusa Dua, Bali – Papua has intensified its campaign promoting the use of female condoms, after reports emerged of an increase…

Luh De Suriyani, Nusa Dua – A number of youth groups at the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) made a stand today for…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The National Commission on Human Rights will go ahead with its lawsuit against the President and PT Lapindo Brantas…

Candra Malik, Solo – There's an environmental drawback, after all, to the rising trend toward ecological tourism, where nature lovers flock to…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Military officers will be deployed to monitor the closure of an illegal mining site on Mt. Merapi, Central Java, a…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – There are 1.23 million people in Central Java unemployed says a manpower agency official.

Siswo Laksono,…

Arti Ekawati – More than 200,000 hectares of Aceh's rain forests were cut down between 2006 and 2008 for use in the province's post-tsunami…

Makassar – Some 50 students from the Makassar Solidarity for Polongbangkeng Residents group staged a protest on Tuesday before the…

Shohib Masykur, Jakarta – Thirteen protest actions will be held in Jakarta today. As usual, it seems that traffic jams will be unavoidable,…

Clinton Fernandes – In October 1975, the Indonesian military was conducting a terror and destabilisation campaign in the border regions of East…

Candra Malik & Febriamy Hutapea, Yogyakarta – Aggrieved nurses from around the country are expected to demonstrate outside the House of…

Febriamy Hutapea – Experts and activists have warned that the country's fight against corruption will suffer a serious blow if the House of…

Makassar – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said Monday that police officers had committed human rights violations…