Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Around 50 people representing over 3,000 migrants who were displaced following the East Timor debacle in…

The decision to exclude human rights from the topics to be discussed by the presidential and vice presidential candidates in televised debates…

Luh De Suriyani, Denpasar – Local anti-World Trade Organization (WTO) activists continued their protest Tuesday by staging a noisy rally in front…

Adianto P. Simamora and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – As the seventh-most corrupt country in the world, based on the Global Corruption Barometer 2009…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Mud dumped into the sea from the Lapindo mudflow through the Porong river will impact coastal ecosystems from eastern…

Five middle-aged Australians held for nine months in West Papua for immigration offences have been cleared by Indonesia's Supreme Court, clearing…

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Thousands of workers of shoe manufacturer PT Prima Inreksa in Tangerang, west of Jakarta staged a rally…

Jakarta – Hundreds of farmers, mostly from West Java and Banten, gathered recently at Ragunan Sport Center to support Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Five Australians jailed in Papua for illegally flying into the Indonesian province without visas last year have won…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) administration has reportedly dropped plans to buy assets of local Jamaah Ahmadiyah followers,…

Angela Flassy, Jayapura – The government is sending reinforcement to Papua ahead of the July 8 presidential election by deploying three platoons…

Hotli Simnjuntak, Banda Aceh – More than 5,000 homeless tsunami victims, who have lived in barracks since the 2004 disaster, have threatened to…

The other two presidential hopefuls may be suspicious of the rosy projection for the Indonesian economy made Friday by the International Monetary…

Debnath Guharoy, Consultant – The series of special polls keeping a finger on the pulse of the Indonesian consumer continues. Some 2,015…

Reporter: Peter Cave

Peter Cave: Indonesia's leading human rights advocate says Indonesia's military remains above the law but he remains…

Heru Andriyanto & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – He's rich, he's controversial, and he's unabashedly trying to amass power. And that, plus many…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy in the next six months will be supported by strong consumption and more investment, acting…

Infrastructure in Indonesia remains a crucial problem hampering growth, the government admitted recently in response to an assessment conducted by…

Nana Rukmana and Fadli, Cirebon, Batam – The Cirebon City Council is demanding the city administration stop issuing development permits for modern…

Tom Allard Herald, Jakarta – The re-election of the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, may not be the cakewalk many are expecting. A…

Camelia Pasandaran – A tetchy rivalry between election pollsters turned to embarrassment on Tuesday as three leading groups acknowledged that some…

Bandar Lampung – The Lampung province I regional leadership board (DPD) of the National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas) is calling on its…

Jakarta – Negative, personalized campaigns are intensifying among presidential and vice presidential candidates, which according to a political…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Presidential hopeful Megawati Soekarnoputri signed Saturday a political contract with labor unions in Kerawang, West…

Jakarta – In contrast to a survey conducted by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) less than a week ago, the results of a survey published by…

Dicky Christanto and Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – All presidential candidates contesting the July 8 poll have promised to better protect human…

Farouk Arnaz – Supporters of murdered rights activist Munir Said Thalib on Monday welcomed the Judicial Commission's decision to question the…

Surabaya – Despite recent surveys showing 70 percent support for incumbent president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, it is unlikely the…

Febriamy Hutapea – In these trying economic times, their self-allocated reward is sure to elicit public criticism. Lawmakers on Monday struggled…

Angela Flassy, Jayapura – After more than a month, police have finally managed to retake an isolated airstrip in the Memberamo Raya regency, Papua…

Nivell Rayda – Indonesia Corruption Watch has reported all the major political parties to the General Elections Commission for possible campaign…

Up until now, Dita Indah Sari has been known as a labour activist, while Vice President Jusuf Kalla is known as a business person. Sari however…

Kurniasih Budi, Jakarta – A group of workers who have declared themselves as a voluntary team to support Jusuf Kalla and Wiranto believe that…

Heru Andriyanto – The Judicial Commission has questioned the three judges who acquitted former top intelligence official Muchdi Purwoprandjono of…

Nivell Rayda – Despite an ongoing reform program, Justice and Human Rights Minister Andi Matalatta openly acknowledged on Sunday that the country'…

Jakarta – At least three people were killed after police from Indonesia's anti-terror unit stormed an isolated airstrip occupied by a…

While Vice President Jusuf Kalla spent the weekend campaigning, senior officials from his Golkar Party held a second round of meetings to discuss…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The Jambi Forest and Peatland Fire Response Center (Pusdalkarlahut) announced Friday that forest and peatland fires had…

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – A new traffic law that legalizes motorcycle taxis (ojek) will add to the chaos on Jakarta's roads and undermine…

Christian Motte – Papua Deputy Governor Alex Hasegem said illegal logging in the province had reached alarming levels and that the police needed…

Keno Gunawan & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Presidential candidate and businessman Jusuf Kalla struck back on Friday against a statement by…

The Jakarta Post's senior editor, Manggi Habir, and reporter, Aditya Suharmoko, recently met with several economists to get their views on recent…

US-based Human Rights Watch on Friday called on Indonesia to look into the reported torture and abuse of prisoners in a jail in the province of…

Caroline Damanik, Jakarta – Labour activist Dita Indah Sari believes that presidential and vice presidential candidates Jusuf Kalla and Wiranto (…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – The law governing electronic transmissions, under which housewife Prita Mulyasari was charged for e-mailing a complaint…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – residential candidate Jusuf Kalla and his running mate Wiranto have pledged to uphold human rights as…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – A Jakarta housewife facing six years' jail simply for writing an angry email to friends has become a cause celebre…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The rupiah fell below 10,000 against the US dollar Friday for the first time since last October, as strong economic…

Jakarta – The resilience of Indonesia's economy, which posted the third-fastest growth rate in Asia in the first quarter of 2009, has led the…

Jakarta – A former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist group member pledged Saturday to rally support for presidential candidate…