Michael Casey, Surabaya – With the dollar a day he earns scrounging for scrap metal and paper, Jumadi can't buy his family beef or even chicken.…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has decided not to reopen the Bank Indonesia liquidity assistance (BLBI) case…

Jakarta – Golkar Party politicians Hamka Yandhu and Antony Zeidra Abidin demanded money from Bank Indonesia (BI) officials to speed up the…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Stigmatized as rebels, victims of the bloody Talangsari tragedy in East Lampung asked the government on Friday…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is set to push through the pornography bill in October, despite ongoing controversy over the…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Minister of Social Services Bachtiar Chamsyah called on parents Thursday to take care of their children instead of…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – State prosecutors on Thursday defended their charges of premeditated murder against former State Intelligent Agency (…

Nongovernmental organizations on Thursday threw their support behind mudflow victims from Sidoarjo, East Java, by urging the government to…

In true keeping with the classic political adageare no permanent friends or enemies, but interests", some politicians have decided to put old…

Dili – Rosalina Soares has no idea who cut off her fingers. She also has machete scars across her upper back and neck. The middle-aged mother of…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – While police, prosecutors and judges are busily denying accusations of wrongful arrest and prosecution over the murder of…

Desy Nurhayati and Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday ordered state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina to roll…

The chairman of the MRP, Drs Agus Alua believes that the flag-raising incident that resulted in the shooting dead of Opinus Tabuni, a Papuan in…

The government must help 1.5 million Indonesians find work before the end of the year if it is to meet its target of filling 2.5 million jobs in…

Jakarta – A disgraced Indonesian prosecutor was sentenced to 20 years' jail Thursday for accepting a 660,000-dollar bribe from a businesswoman to…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Expert witnesses testified that the decision made by Bank Indonesia's board of directors in using Rp 100 billion (US$10…

The legislative election is half a year away, and yet the existing legislation regulating the electoral process, which is still party- rather than…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – East Timor's top prosecutor, Longuinhos Monteiro, is flying to Canberra to be briefed on the investigation into the…

Aubrey Belford, Jakarta – With his sculpted abdominals proudly displayed on his Facebook profile, male model Adrian Maulana cuts a very different…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Public hopes for a democratic election received a new boost on Wednesday, with the government throwing its weight behind…

Simon Roughneen, Dili – East Timor's post-independence politics have confounded outside observers, and for the most part the Timorese themselves.…

East Timor's prime minister has signalled a gradual reduction in the number of international troops needed in his country. Xanana Gusmao said…

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Former senior intelligence official Muchdi Purwopranjono pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the 2004 murder of a prominent…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The predominately Muslim province of Aceh Nanggroe Darussalam is requiring thousands of its legislative candidates…

Agus Maryono, Purwokerto – Sex workers are out in force in the tourist resort of Baturaden, despite an official ban by the local administration on…

Laurencius Simanjuntak, Jakarta – In the lead up to the 2009 general elections many legislative candidates are using advertisements in the mass…

Jakarta – Islamic minority sect Jamaah Ahmadiyah plans to file a protest to the government against the gubernatorial ban in South…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Victims of the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster urged the government to speed up compensation payments to them, following a new…

Eko Ari Wibowo, Jakarta – The National Election Commission rejected on Tuesday the application of Pelopor Party for failing to meet…

Jakarta – Three activists has filed for a judicial review with the Constitutional Court on Wednesday to demand it annul several…

Another State Intelligence Agency (BIN) official had a stronger motive for murdering human rights activist Munir, Muchdi Purwopranjono…

Jakarta – A former top Indonesian spy pleaded not guilty Tuesday to ordering the murder by poisoning of a celebrated human rights activist who had…

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Paskah Suzetta, the current national development planning minister, was involved in attempts to cover up the alleged…

Executives of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nadhlatul Ulama for East Java, reject Ramadan sweeps because of their violent…

Khairul Saleh, Palembang – Bowing to pressure from radical organizations, South Sumatra administration on Monday officially banned Ahmadiyah, an…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) and the National Law Commission are planning to establish a body to review…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Scores of Golkar politicians have questioned the party's seriousness in adopting an open system to determine its…

Sam King – This year's May Day demonstrations in Jakarta took on a special significance because they came 10 years after General Suharto was…

[Review essay by Dr Clinton Fernandes, UNSW@ADFA The UN in East Timor: Building Timor Leste, a Fragile State, by Dr Juan Federer, Charles…

The Australia-based Mineral Policy Institute is urging all multi-national companies which pay for military protection of vital assets…

For the part six weeks, a group of forensic anthropologists from Australia and Argentina have been in East Timor searching for a mass grave…

East Timor's six month gun amnesty has ended. The opposition is describing it as pointless, saying the government should be trying to recover the…

Laurencius Simanjuntak, Jakarta – It appears that fasting is not deterring some people from taking to the streets to voice their…

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – Families across Indonesia are tightening their belts during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as rising food and fuel…

Analysts say a US federal court ruling involving energy giant Exxonmobil and Indonesia's military has major implications for…

Jakarta – Scores of Transjakarta bus drivers serving the Corridor II (Pulo Gadung - Harmoni) and Corridor III (Kalideres - Harmoni)…

Table of Contents

Executive Summary
I. Introduction
II. The Security Sector

1. Allegations of human rights…

Jakarta – The majority of suspects in Jakarta are subjected to brutality while in police custody, a recent study claims.

According to a…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives celebrated its 63rd anniversary on Friday amid a growing public perception that corruption had taken root…

Jakarta – Indonesia has seized 134 million dollars from a firm linked to Suharto's youngest son, reports said Saturday, in the latest move to…