An Australian-based NGO is calling on Pacific Island leaders to go public over the intimidation of the indigenous people of the…

American Samoa's US Congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin says he drove moves to drop provisions on Indonesia's Papua from a Foreign…

Adam Gartrell – Five Australians trapped in Indonesia's Papua province for more than nine months expect to fly home on Wednesday after authorities…

Jakarta – Haze triggered by forest and plantation fires has continued to blanket Pekanbaru, Riau Province's capital, over the past…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesia's powerful anti-corruption agency has taken new steps to sideline its disgraced former head, with a…

Jakarta – A thirteen year old resident of Keerom Regency in Papua Province was shot to death by Indonesian military personnel…

Arientha Primanita – Dozens of Jakarta residents protested in front of City Hall on Tuesday demanding that the city administration pay more…

Filmmaker Frank Smith travelled with Rageh Omaar across Indonesia to see a struggle between two very different visions of the country's future.…

Jakarta – Two pulp and paper companies denied allegations human rights violations recently occurred at their forestry concession areas in Riau.…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – While the government appears to uphold human rights at the policy making level, it fails to actually implement the…

Vanimo – Members of the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation have called for peaceful dialogue with Indonesia as the only viable way to…

Dion Bisara – Legislators and businessmen on Monday criticized the government for the slow disbursement of stimulus funds, and argued that the…

Jakarta – While still the front-runner in the presidential race, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has seen his popularity drop days after the…

An NGO, the West Papua Advocacy Team, says it's sad that the US House of Representatives has scrapped provisions, highlighting the…

Jakarta – With billions of rupiah up for grabs, the 2009 presidential election has set the stage for a "survey war" among polling institutes as…

Jakarta – residential candidate Jusuf Kalla on Sunday refused to sign a political contract proposed by university students in Central…

Dalih Sembiring – On Friday, at 5 a.m., Nia Dinata temporarily abandoned her role as mentor at a documentary film workshop in Yogyakarta to head…

Jakarta – Three nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have threatened to destroy illegal villas built in the Ciater water catchment…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang, East Java – The Indonesian Workers' Union of East Java is demanding PT Bentoel International Investama explain what…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – It is sarcastically known as a "three-in-one" event – a reference to Jakarta's pointless peak-hour traffic…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Most victims of the Lapindo mudflow disaster in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, have expressed disappointment that none…

Jakarta – "Dear Bapak Bambang, I do not like it here, I would rather be at home, pak, I want to go to school again, pak; I miss my parents, I…

Metinaro, East Timor – On a sweltering day at a camp for displaced people outside East Timor's capital, children play excitedly in the dust as…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Rupiah lending has continued to grow up to the end of April, following a rising trend in the previous two months after…

Salim Osman, Jakarta – It was supposed to be the first face-to-face debate between presidential candidates in Indonesian electoral history.

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Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Anitgraft watchdogs are accusing the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) of applying double standards in its…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Indonesian migrant workers in South Korea, previously laid off due to the global economic downturn, have managed to find…

Jakarta – The government must take concrete measures to improve the skills of migrant workers in Indonesia and abroad, and put an end to the…

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – A legal aid institution advocating the protection of women and children called Thursday for public institutions to pay…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – A traditional forest in the western part of Lampung province is threatened by extinction due to the rampant…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Vice presidential candidate Boediono's perceived lack of religious credentials remains a continuing source of attention…

Pontianak – Supporters of presidential aspirant Jusuf Kalla have talked up his talents as a peace broker, saying it makes him fit for the office…

A new film about the killing of five journalists by Indonesian troops in East Timor in 1975 fails to depict the true cruelty of their deaths, East…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – We now have more and more hospitals to choose from. As of last year, there were 667 private and 653 government…

Armando Siahaan, Singapore – Scholars attending a conference discussing the 1965 mass killings agreed on Friday that the Indonesian government had…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Foreign Ministry said the United States House of Representatives had scrapped from the country's foreign…

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran – There was little real discussion or argument on Thursday night as candidates for the presidential election…

Jakarta – Prosecutors are continuing to hinder the release of five Australians detained in Papua for the past nine months, even though…

Jakarta – A legal aid foundation has accused the government of ignoring migrant workers by not ratifying the United Nations (UN)…

Christian Motte – Charges were filed on Thursday against 17 Papuans arrested during an initially peaceful pro-independence rally that degenerated…

Angela Flassy, Jayapura – Prosecutors told the district court in Jayapura, Papua, on Wednesday that pro-independence activist Bucthar Tabuni…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The State Ministry of Environment and the Supreme Court signed an agreement on Thursday to enforce law…

Anita Rachman& Farouk Arnaz – Victims of domestic violence do not just come from less educated families, a prominent legal aid agency said on…

Febriamy Hutapea & April Aswadi – The government has accused lawmakers of dragging their feet and not taking deliberations seriously for the…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – A relative of Indonesia's President will spend up to four-and-a-half years in prison for his role in a scandal involving two…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – More National Mandate Party members on Thursday denounced their party's backing of Democratic Party candidate President…

James Van Zorge – When I think about how to describe the current crop of Indonesian presidential hopefuls, I have a vision of the past. All three…

Patrick Guntensperger, Jakarta – Once dominant under an authoritarian regime, Indonesia's Golkar party is losing its popular appeal in a more…

Armando Siahaan, Singapore – Muslim organizations Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah played a significant role in the Indonesian Armed Forces'…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – State Minister for the Environment Rachmat Witoelar admitted Thursday law enforcement against…