Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Scores of activists from the Cental Java Network for the Protection of Women and Children (JPPA) demonstrated…

Dili – Efforts to return the remaining internally displaced people (IDPs) to their homes are being hampered by squatters.

Some 100,000…

Bramantyo Prijosusilo, Ngawi, East Java – Just as observers were commending the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) for distancing itself from the…

Ida Indawati Khouw, Jakarta – If lawmakers working on the pornography bill had taken the time to study the criticisms of the draft law found in so…

Rohman Taufiq, Surabaya – Hundreds of people from the East Java Civilian Community Network (JMSJ) and other NGOs protested against the…

Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission, Komnas HAM, has sent an investigation team to investigate the incident on 9 August which led to the…

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Scores of residents in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held an action today opposing the enactment of the Draft…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) is being urged to immediately list the names of potential voters in next…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Most people in the country believe all political parties offer empty promises and are unable to change Indonesia for the…

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – The Muslim fasting month of Ramadan has marked the start of the seasonal prime time hours for Indonesian television…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Activists, including religious and public figures, will meet Sunday amid candlelight to commemorate the International…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The East Java Police have accepted responsibility for recent fatalities caused by two separate incidents in Pasuruan…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – A severe water shortage in East Nusa Tenggara threatens the livelihood of thousands with many forced to drink from…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia is unlikely to meet its target for access to drinking water set in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – A House of Representatives' working committee is rushing to pass an amendment to the Supreme Court law later this month,…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) promised Friday to move to take over the investigation into a huge loan…

Dili – National police in East Timor, one of the poorest countries in Asia, are being criticized for a crackdown on snack vendors working a…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Indonesian and Australian defense companies will jointly build military equipment for both countries in the near future…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – A proposed bill to advance the privatization of top universities in the country may lead to classism and conflict, as…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – It is 11 a.m. and three Indonesian children – two boys and a girl – are busily picking up palm oil seeds that have been…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and other hard-line Islamic groups may not be able to present the pornography bill as…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – As debate rages over a proposed bill to ban pornography in the country, House of Representatives legislators said…

Dicky Christanto, Denpasar – An estimated 5,000 Balinese flocked to the local legislative council building here on Wednesday, demanding…

Andra Wisnu, Sanur – Executives of the Association of the Indonesian Tour & Travel Agencies (ASITA) and tourism businessmen in Bali announced…

Markus Makur, Timika – In a bid to prevent further bombings at copper and gold miner PT Freeport Indonesia, Papua Police on Wednesday disposed of…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The raising of a Bintang Kejora (Morning Star) flag by Papuans should be considered an attempt to seek attention rather…

The Federal Defence Minister has told East Timor's Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmao, that Australia will not pull its 750 troops out of East Timor…

The remains of five people have been uncovered from eroded soil on the boundary of Dili's international airport. Human rights campaigners claimed…

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• Section I. Religious Demography
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A new report by the World Bank shows it's no easier to run a business in East Timor now than it was a year ago, despite the government's efforts.…

Juan Diego Nusa Penalver, Havana – Never were two nations as united as Cuba and Timor Leste through links of cooperation and solidarity at such…

Dili – East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta on Thursday rejected reports that rebel leader Alfredo Reinado was executed rather than killed in…

Nethy Dharma Somba and Markus Makur, Jayapura, Timika – Members of the Papua Customary Council (DAP) on Wednesday demanded the Papua provincial…

Connie Levett – Jose Belo identified the face in the picture as Guy Campos, claiming the East Timorese man was present when he was interrogated…

Matt Crook and Domingos Fernandes, Dili – Disgruntled Timorese living in one of Dili's camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) were told on…

Former leader of the Council of Indonesian Jihad Fighters (MMI), Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, has declared a new political organization based on what he…

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Members of the National Alliance for Freedom of Faith and Religion (AKKBB) decided not to appear as witnesses in court…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Pasuruan – While Rp 20,000 (US$2.3) or even Rp 30,000 might be considered an insignificant sum, it is for that amount that…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Some 100 students from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) staged a rally Tuesday to protest the swearing-in…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Slavery practices at palm oil plantations in Sabah, Malaysia, have affected thousands of Indonesian migrant workers and…

Dili – Slain East Timor rebel leader Alfredo Reinado had an Indonesian citizenship card in his pocket when he was shot on February 11 during an…

Denpasar, Indonesia – Thousands of Balinese in traditional outfits rallied on the Indonesian holiday island Wednesday against an anti-pornography…

Aditya Suharmoko and Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – The Indonesian stock market rebounded Tuesday after tumbling for the sixth consecutive day, as…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – A witness on Tuesday testified that the alleged plot to murder prominent human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib was…

Dicky Christanto, Denpasar – Golkar officials in Bali have declared their opposition to the pornography bill, saying they accepted the risk of…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Aceh might be dubbed the "Veranda of Mecca", but that seems to have done little to help the 81 candidates for the…

M. Husni Nanang, Jakarta – Dita Indah Sari, the former (sic) general chairperson of the National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas), who is a…

Andra Wisnu, Denpasar – The much debated pornography bill may hurt Bali's tourism if it is passed, posing the risk of possible violent conflicts…

Jakarta – The Corruption Court will continue its trial of Golkar Party politicians Hamka Yandhu and Antony Zeidra Abidin, charged with…

Denpasar – Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika on Monday stated the proposed bill on pornography, which is at the heart of a heated controversy on…