Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has called on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to make investigating the…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the National Awakening Party (PKB) have been deemed the political…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas Ham) has concluded Riau Police officers committed rights abuses in…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The chance of female legislative candidates securing seats in next year's elections is likely to shrink further with the…

Human rights groups raise concerns about witness tampering

Brad Adams, New York – The verdict expected on December 31, 2008, in the…

Jakarta – Former Jakarta governor and presidential hopeful Sutiyoso said Monday three smaller political parties had pledged him their…

Jakarta – About 200 students and members of Muslim organizations staged a rally in front of the Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University in…

Mark Dodd – East Timor has lashed out at a UN report that labels the country's police and judicial systems as dysfunctional.

A statement…

Obama's new intelligence chief ran interference for Indonesia's butchers

Bradley Simpson - The presumptive appointment by President-…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – To prevent political parties from possible losses of votes at the 2009 legislative elections, the government is planning…

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Dozens of students followed their counterparts across the nation in protesting against the recently passed education…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – A poor approach to institutional change, along with discriminative responses to certain cases, is slowing down…

Agus Maryono, Purbalingga – Around 1,000 state-school teachers in Purbalingga, Central Java, have protested against a cut in their certification…

Erwida Maulia,, Jakarta – Police came under fire Friday from lawmakers and activists for their decision to drop an investigation into 13 forestry…

Hotli Simanjuntak – Thousands of Aceh residents held communal prayers in places of worship across the province on Friday as they…

Jakarta – There have been more than 1,140 cases of human rights' violations cases recorded in Jakarta this year, according to Jakarta Legal Aid…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Following the Constitutional Court's recent ruling that candidates with the most votes would get legislative seats,…

Mark Dodd – Australia is poised to take a bigger role in the training of East Timor's police force, described in a UN report as beset with "…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Approaching the year's end, the rupiah seems stable at around 11,000 per US dollar, after a wild volatility in the…

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia looms large in the Australian psyche as a dysfunctional country, besieged by natural disasters, financial crises,…

Bandung, West Java – Deputy chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Mochamad Jasin, said Tuesday that the body's…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has dismissed doubts cast over its promise of neutrality in the 2009 elections Thursday.

Dozens West Aceh citizens staged a rally Friday marking the fourth anniversary of the tsunami to demand the government organize the…

Jakarta – Rights group Amnesty International urged Indonesian police Wednesday to investigate a crackdown on protesting villagers in which…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The support for female candidates from political parties for next year's general elections is very small, activists…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Women politicians have been dealt a serious blow ahead of next year's legislative elections, after the Constitutional…

Agnes Winarti, Bekasi – The 2004 ruling against prostitution in Bekasi may have noble intentions but only targets sex workers while allowing pimps…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Democracy looks certain to prevail in next year's legislative election after the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The impacts of the global financial crisis should not be politicized to attack the incumbent government in the upcoming…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Political surveys have become a lucrative business ahead of next year's elections with reputable marketing firm…

Jakarta – Companies in Indonesia will have shed 40,000 jobs by the end of 2008 as a result of the global financial crisis, a…

Purwokerto – Hundreds of students at Jenderal Soedirman University (Unsoed) in Purwokerto, Central Java, staged a rally and blocked…

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta Post – In a clear sign of a slowdown, investment in the country's industrial sector is forecast to drop by 18 percent…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono has promised the families of victims of the Talangsari massacre and the late 1990s…

A respected newspaper in East Timor has been charged with defamation over a series of stories it published accusing the country's Justice Minister…

Dili – East Timor's president and the United Nations played down reports Wednesday that the tiny Asian nation was staggering under the weight of…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Indonesia has suffered major setbacks in upholding religious freedom and tolerance, enshrined in the Constitution, as…

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The footwear industry may earn zero profits in the second quarter of next year as the global economic downturn has…

Usman Hamid, Jakarta – 2009 will be the year of politics – electoral politics to be precise. Thus, when one attempts to speculate on the human…

Kuala Lumpur – Timor Leste, which witnessed assassination attempts against its president and prime minister February this year, is now making good…

Jakarta – Seputar Indonesia has named President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono the winner of the "People of the Year" award in politics.…

Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Agung Laksono has expressed concern that the number of lawmakers attending plenary sessions and…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – A nationwide community empowerment scheme for villages is causing trouble for the central government with many local…

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The nation's most powerful business lobby group ended its national meeting on Monday with reelected chairman Mohamad…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The protection of human rights across Indonesia is expected to remain bleak next year because most political…

Andra Wisnu, Denpasar – The Bali People's Component (KRB) organization has finished its draft judicial review of the recently signed anti-…

Wasti Atmodjo, Denpasar – To coincide with Mother's Day on Monday, women legislative candidates from different political parties in Bali banded…

Jakarta – Mitra Perempuan Women's Crisis Center reported Tuesday that 275 women came forward as victims of domestic violence this year…

East Timor risks a repeat of the anarchy that gripped the country in 2006, as it has a dysfunctional police force, a chaotic justice system, a…

Indonesia has specifically stated that people's productive years are between the ages of 18 and 55, but there is little agreement on an…