Connie Levett – Guy Campos, the East Timorese man accused of high-level collaboration with the Indonesian military involving kidnapping and…

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Members of two organizations clashed outside the Central Jakarta district court building Thursday as Rizieq Shihab's…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has failed in its apparent attempt to keep chief justice Bagir Manan in office, after the House of…

Andra Wisnu, Denpasar – The recent legal battle over the ownership of traditional motifs has demonstrated the failure of Indonesian copyright law…

Dili – As a girl, Laura Pina was not expected to slave in the kitchen simply by virtue of her gender. Then she got married.

Pina was shocked…

For many in East Timor, access to the justice system is almost impossible. Institutions are weak and the remoteness of many villages means it can…

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – East Timor is drawing up plans for a deep sea pipeline and petrochemicals plant to tap an estimated $90 billion in…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Support for Islamic-based parties is expected to remain low in the 2009 elections as Muslims look set to vote for…

Jakarta – State electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) has projected its fuel consumption this year to reach 11.1…

Pramono U. Tanthowi, Jakarta – During the last ten years of the Soeharto regime before his fall in May 1998, there were ubiquitous signs of…

Ajay Chhibber, New York – On Sept. 25, 2008, at the midpoint towards achieving the Millen-nium Development Goals (MDGs), world leaders gathered in…

Urgent Appeal General: AHRC-UAG-012-2008

Dear friends,

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

Dili – The United Nations aims to complete investigating nearly 400 cases related to the bloodshed surrounding East Timor's 1999…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Groups of women's rights activists from eight provinces have intensified pressure on legislators to cancel the…

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Global food prices are to remain high until 2012 given high demand amid fast-growing population and rapid biofuel…

Jakarta – Former Bank Indonesia governor Burhanuddin Abdullah revealed that Cabinet minister Paskah Suzetta attended at least two meetings with BI…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Former prominent justices on Wednesday joined the chorus of mounting opposition against a bill that will extend the…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Responding to mounting public criticism, the House of Representatives has begun revising several contentious articles…

The Indonesia Human Rights Committee has sent Minister Goff about the latest arrests in West Papua – following attempts by the people to join…

Dicky Christanto/Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika has said the House of Representatives should modify existing laws…

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – National Alliance for the Freedom of Faith and Religion (AKKBB) activists M. Guntur Romli and Nong Darol…

Newly-elected National Police chief Comr. Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri reaffirmed his commitment Wednesday to eradicating illegal levies in a move…

The leader of a group of 43 Papuan asylum seekers now living in Australia says he has concerns for the long-term safety of two Papuans who have…

The Indonesian authorities must take immediate action to investigate the torture of Papuan prisoner Ferdinand Pakage, who is detained at Abepura…

[Submitted by the West Papua Advocacy Team and the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network for the hearing on Extracting Natural Resources:…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Top intelligence officials held a series of meetings with former Garuda Indonesia chief Indra Setiawan to plot the…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The revision of the Supreme Court law allowing justices to stay in office until the age of 70 will obstruct reforms within…

Markus Makur, Timika – The police have arrested 18 individuals for allegedly hoisting the separatist Bintang Kejora (Morning Star) flag Tuesday in…

Jakarta – A coalition of anticorruption groups on Tuesday reported 77 legislators to the House of Representatives' disciplinary council for…

Dian Kuswandini and Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – A higher court has ruled in favor of a decision by the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to halt a probe…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Indonesia scored better on this year's Corruption Perception Index (CPI), thanks mostly to an aggressive crackdown by the…

Just days after the Australian Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon met with his Indonesian counterpart Juwono Sudarsono, 18 West Papuans are arrested…

Two of the 43 Papuan asylum seekers at the heart of a diplomatic rift between Australia and Indonesia two years ago have returned to their…

Jakarta – House special committee drafting the bill on the president and vice president election have agreed to include a provision to fine…

Dili – It's no secret that charity clothes cast off from rich countries end up on the backs of some of the poorest people on earth.

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Lucy Williamson – One day, perhaps, the place where Isabel sits will be a five-star hotel, its private villas looking on the beach, its grand…

Timika – Eighteen men have been arrested after an outlawed separatist flag was raised in the Papua province, Indonesian police said…

Denpasar – Hundreds of people protested Tuesday in the Indonesian resort island of Bali against a proposed anti-pornography law.

Bali…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The National Resilience Institute (Lemhannas) has recommended the government curb separatist movements in the country by…

Jakarta – A witness Tuesday supported earlier testimonies that the alleged plot to murder human rights activist Munir Said Thalib was linked to…

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – All three hearings related to the ambush at the National Monument (Monas) park were cut short Monday after two…

Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch issued a statement Tuesday urging the House of Representatives' Ethics Council to probe 77 former and…

Olivia Rondonuwu and Ed Davies, Jakarta – Retired Indonesian general Wiranto, a controversial figure over rights abuses in East Timor who looks…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Monday approved Comr. Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri as the new National Police chief to…

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The central bank and the Finance Ministry have refused to take blame for the compromised supervision of foreign banks…

Slamet Susanto and Blontak Poer, Yogyakarta, Surakarta – Hundreds of residents in Yogyakarta and Surakarta staged separate rallies Monday in…

Muchus Budi R., Solo – Scores of artists in the Central Java city of Solo went to the Surakarta Regional House of Representatives building today…

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – The recent dismissal by management of two contract-based workers at a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food restaurant…

TMC/Ronald, Jakarta – The Metro Jaya regional police Traffic Management Centre (TMC) reports that eight protest actions will be held in Jakarta…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – People are longing and struggling for peace, although it's painful for some.

"Peace is beautiful if there is…