M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – The state, through President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), should issue an immediate apology and rehabilitate the…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Trouble appears to be brewing in East Timor again as security forces step up roadblocks and increase security around…

Heri Retnowati, Tenggulun, Indonesia – Three Indonesian militants executed on Sunday for the 2002 Bali bombings were buried by their families at…

Jakarta – Believing that the government has failed to side with them, workers have started campaigning for people not to vote in the 2009…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – With the elections drawing near, political tension is already heating up with Golkar Party leader Jusuf Kalla and…

Jakarta – A government task force has undervalued the net worth of the Indonesian Military's (TNI) business units with just a year to go before a…

Arlina Arshad, Tenggulun – T-shirts praising the Islamists behind the Bali attacks went on sale in the village of bombers Amrozi and Mukhlas on…

Jakarta – Global rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has maintained its outlook on Indonesia' debt rating as stable, thanks partly to a…

Denpasar – Despite Golkar's support for the recent passage of the controversial pornography law at the House of Representatives in…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Indonesian filmmakers had for decades been dealing with censorship in the name of politics and morality. And they have…

The once famous anecdote Petrus (mysterious shootings) probably re-emerges in the minds of many people in reaction to the newly appointed National…

Ruslan Sangadji and Indra Harsaputra, Palu, Surabaya – Three organizations held a peace rally at the Hasanuddin traffic circle in East Palu,…

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Three days after the National Police declared its war against thugs, questions still remain as to whether the…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy head Muchdi Purwopranjono employed a pilot to murder human rights…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) proposed to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday that the retirement age of…

Khairul Saleh, Palembang – Home Minister Mardiyanto is scheduled to install Alex Noerdin and Eddy Yusuf as South Sumatra's new governor and vice…

Dini M., Surabaya – Around 500 laborers representing East Java's Indonesian Laborers Union Alliance Congress (KASBI) has urged the…

E. Mei Amelia R, Jakarta – Five protest actins will be held today in various parts of Central and South Jakarta. Those passing through…

Jason Tedjasukmana, Jakarta – It's a moment that has been many years in the making. The far-reaching anti-pornography bill, according to the…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Three former House of Representatives legislators admitted Wednesday they received Bank Indonesia money in exchange for…

Ati Nurbaiti, Sanur, Bali – Women's groups, NGOs and lawyers said Wednesday they might file for a judicial review of the newly passed anti-…

Henni Marlina, Jakarta – Hundreds of demonstrators from the Workers Challenge Alliance (ABM) held a demonstration against a joint…

Jakarta – Islamic extremists rallied in the Indonesian capital Thursday against the imminent execution of three Bali bombers, as defence lawyers…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Having expanded by a fairly healthy 6.4 percent in the third quarter, the economy is facing a slowdown in the last…

Dwi Riyanto A., Jakarta – Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR) urged the government to immediately respond to a demand of…

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Churches in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) have rejected the passage of the anti-pornography bill, saying it…

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Members of Bali's tourism industry declared their support Tuesday for efforts to legally challenge the recently…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – A national task force has recommended the Indonesian Military (TNI) hand over control of cooperatives and companies it…

Eko Ari and Cunding Levi, Jakarta – West Papua Religious Community Forum chairman, Bram Maudoma, will urge voters in his region not to vote in the…

Martin Lundqvist, Hong Kong, China – "Witch hunting" has historically been, and still is, a common phenomenon in Papua among the indigenous people…

Rita Sastrawan, Paris – The establishment of oil-palm plantations in Kalimantan and Sumatra poses the greatest threat to orangutans today. In fact…

Kompas – The families of missing activists hope that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will not take conventional measures in completing the…

Mustaqim Adamrah and Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The manufacturing sector grew slower in the third quarter of the year, due to a decline in output…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – New political parties are stepping up pressure for a revision of the newly passed presidential election bill, with…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – It is unlikely the recently passed anti-pornography bill will be enacted in several provinces as top officials there have…

Andra Wisnu, Denpasar – Following calls made by their Balinese leaders, many members of the island's public declared their intention to have the…

Pandaya, Jakarta – Last week's passage of the controversial antipornography law, a symbolic victory for conservative Muslims, can further…

Tom Allard, East Java – Family and supporters of the Bali bombers are using the time before their executions to peddle anti-Australian conspiracy…

Indah Setiawati – The Bali Manpower and Transmigration Agency will unlikely be able to meet its target unemployment rate of 3.5 percent due to the…

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Banda Aceh – The top leader of former rebel group the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), Teungku Chik Hasan Muhammad di Tiro, may be…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Human rights groups have cast doubt on the effectiveness of the newly enacted law against racial and ethnic…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Papua – Around 100 protesters from the International Parliament for West Papua (IPWP) staged a rally Monday against an alleged…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Inflation eased in October, according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), providing leeway for the central bank to…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – New political parties are stepping up pressure for a revision of the newly passed presidential election bill, with…

Muhammad Nur Abdurrahman, Makassar – Scores of students from Papua demonstrated in front of the Mandala monument on Jl. Jenderal Sudirman in the…

Jakarta – A series of three explosions, damaging administration and council buildings, occurred about 02:30 a.m. local time in Ternate…

Jakarta – A Malaysian council has detected activities of the Indonesian Islamic State Movement (GNII, Gerakan Negara Islam Indonesia)…

Jakarta – People swarmed the East Jakarta Immigration office, jostling in and out of different rooms just to get a small yet important gateway…

Susan Harris Rimmer – Will the date October 30 mark the last best chance for justice for survivors of occupation in East Timor?

In 1999,…

Laurencius Simanjuntak, Jakarta – Leaders from the Communion of Christian Churches (PGGK) covering five regencies and municipalities in West Papua…