Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The government is intensifying efforts to bolster the domestic market, already boosted by the introduction of import…

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-014-2009

Dear Friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) regrets to inform you that we have…

Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – In order to discover the truth behind the murder of human rights activist Munir, the National Human Rights Commission (…

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – In a rare day off from housekeeping and childcare Sunday, maids emerged from the domestic sphere to gather at the…

Jakarta – The increasing use of contract labour is undermining the strength of national trade unions and making it difficult for workers to…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Environmental activists have mounted a challenge against the government's plan to allow palm oil companies to set…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Female legislative candidates and activists remain pessimistic that their representation at the House of…

Jakarta – An average of 2.3 million women, 30 percent of whom are teenagers, report having abortions in Indonesian each year,…

Wasti Atmodjo, Jakarta – A simulation exercise held in Denpasar, Bali, over the weekend showed that 44 percent of eligible voters…

Alfian, Jakarta – As it tries to ward off the fallout from the global recession, Indonesia's economy should focus more on developing the…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The Golkar Party will ultimately "tie the knot" with the Democratic Party in backing President Susilo Bambang…

Urgent Appeal Case - AHRC-UAC-013-2009

Dear Friends,

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

Ati Nurbaiti, Kuala Lumpur – Equality is necessary and possible in Muslim families, and not just so-called modern women demand such equality,…

Indonesia – Jaipong artists slammed president of the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Tifatul Sembiring for his statement…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – It has been more than a decade since Suharto relinquished power, yet some political parties are still seeking political…

Jakarta – The quality of life for women in Aceh has greatly improved since the end of a three-decade separatist conflict and the 2004 tsunami,…

Nivell Rayda – "Freddy" – who entered Jakarta's huge pirated video and later pirated DVD market more than 20 years ago – has experienced police…

Jakarta – The Golkar Party is eyeing alternative coalitions with other key major political groups, in case the current Yudhoyono-Kalla pairing…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Four years after the Boxing Day tsunami that wiped out large parts of coastal Aceh, almost everyone involved in the…

Jakarta – The slow pace of development in Papua 12 years after the implementation of special autonomy has lead observers to believe that a…

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Amid the increasing threat of mass layoffs in the province, business continued as usual Friday in the industrial areas of…

Febriamy Hutapea – The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, on Wednesday denied allegations that it used "backdoor channels" to secure its…

Concerned with the KPK's weakening performance in early 2009, journalists presented the agency with a canvas of handwritten valentines…

Andra Wisnu, Denpasar – Opposition parties took jabs at the ruling ones for allowing last year's passage of the pornography law, ensuring the…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court overturned Friday a demand to scrap the parliamentary threshold of 2.5 percent giving a major…

Alfian, Jakarta – Despite their fundamental ideological differences, the secular-prone Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the…

Yayat Supriatna, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade minister said on Saturday export volumes for non-oil and gas are set to fall 20-30 percent this year…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Hopes abound for Indonesia to further boost ties with the US under President Barack Obama, with the upcoming visit of his…

Anita Barraud – Democracy in Indonesia is fragile and the economy struggling. In a nation of 240 million, half the population live on less than $2…

M. Syafi'i Anwar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council's (MUI) edicts on smoking, yoga and vote abstention have been challenged by many Muslim…

Indra Harsaputra and Ridwan M. Sijabat, Surabaya – Home Minister Mardiyanto urged new East Java Governor Soekarwo to address a number of pressing…

Yogyakarta – Around 50 students from the University of Gadjah Mada (UGM) campus' Proselytizing Institutions Goodwill Forum held an action on…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Members of the Indonesian military, or TNI, should be given exceptional treatment under the law when suspected of…

Jakarta – The Golkar Party is nearing breaking point over whether to name its own presidential candidate or maintain its coalition with the…

Eny Wulandari, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has turned down a request by several political parties to review a number of articles in the…

Camelia Pasandaran – The Constitutional Court on Friday ruled to reject a demand for a judicial review filed by 11 minor political parties against…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, Megawati Sukarnoputri, defended her 2001-04…

Jakarta – A former rebel whose wife is contesting regional elections in Indonesia's Aceh province has been fatally shot, raising fears…

David Greising, Tanjung Priok Port – Indonesia-Customs officer Tiko Murtiadji is no economist, but as he watches a truck-size X-ray machine…

It is very hard to believe that Tommy Soeharto could so easily knock down the Attorney General's Office (AGO) twice in two separate court battles…

Medan, North Sumatra – The Indonesian government must not deport Rohingya asylum-seekers stranded in Aceh Province, a Muslim organization said on…

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A House member on Wednesday sought help from the Army to prevent local political parties in Aceh Province affiliated…

Jakarta – Sales of new cars, vans and trucks declined in January on the slowdown in economic growth which dampened local purchasing power.

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Panca Nugraha, Mataram – The West Nusa Tenggara Social, Demography and Vital Statistics Agency recorded 227,633 cases of child neglect in 2008, 24…

Jakarta – The police has named a total of 66 suspects allegedly involved in violence that led to the death of North Sumatra Provincial…

Jakarta – Despite an apology from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the Golkar Party is still up in arms over Democratic Party (PD) deputy…

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Around 3000 victims of the Sidoardjo mudflow took to the street in Surabaya, East Java Province on Tuesday to demand that PT…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Legislative candidates said Wednesday they would be careful in sending out SMS campaigns to voters because it could…

Peter Gelling, Jakarta – Wani, an Indonesian domestic servant, tells Human Rights Watch in a new report that when she was 13 years old, her female…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Politician and campaigner for pluralism Zannuba Arrifah Chafsoh Rahman Wahid, better known as Yenny Wahid, was…