Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Attorney General Hendarman Supandji may have lost credibility among the public following a major bribery scandal…

Philip Dorling – Declassified ASIO files on East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta shed new light on the complex diplomatic and intelligence…

Philip Dorling – The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation has declassified hundreds of secret intelligence reports relating to the…

Jakarta – A student from National University (Unas) died Friday after being detained by police for 13 days and then treated at two Jakarta…

Antara, Wamena, Papua – Home Affairs Minister Mardiyanto officiated Saturday five new regencies in Papua as well as installing five…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Police are being urged to widen the probe on the murder of human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib following the arrest…

Rafiqa Qurrata A., Jakarta – The deputy chairperson of the House of Representatives Commission III on law and human rights, Soeripto says the plan…

Rafiqa Qurrata A, Jakarta – The plan to eliminate Munir was reportedly hatched during a National Intelligence Agency (BIN) leadership meeting that…

Nanang Sutisna, Purwakarta – Domestic Violence has increased every year. Activist from the Functional Group (Golkar), Nurul Arifin,…

Jakarta – Former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief Muchdi Purwopranjono said he did not know former Garuda pilot Pollycarpus…

Jakarta – Former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief Maj. Gen. Muchdi Purwopranjono was detained by the National Police late Thursday, a…

Jakarta – The naming of former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy Muchdi Purwo Prandjono as a new suspect by police in the murder of human…

Jakarta – With the naming of former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy Muchdi Purwo Prandjono as a suspect in the Munir murder case, it is…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Attorney General Hendarman Supandji admitted Thursday he approved the plan for his office to detain bribery suspect…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Violence by members of a radical Islamic group earlier this month has damaged the international image of Indonesian…

Malang – Munir's family, who live in the East Java city of Malang, have expressed their appreciation to the government for the progress made in…

The arrest yesterday of Muchdi Purwopranjono to face the charge of the murder of human rights activist, Munir, is a major step forward in efforts…

Tara Ravens – Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado would still be alive today if his Australian lover had not stopped him from surrendering, says East…

Nanang Sutisna, Subang – Hundreds of fishermen from Java's northern coast at Blanakan, Subang district, West Java, are unable to work…

Jakarta – Indonesia is good at attracting international trade with its relatively competitive tariff barriers, but our border controls and…

This last week has seen the release of convicted militia leader Joni Marques, and others, from Dili's Becora prison.

Following Timor-Leste's…

Jakarta – Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton and an Indonesian firm announced Thursday a massive nickel mining partnership that has…

Jakarta – More than a thousand protesters swarmed the State Palace and the Jakarta Police headquarters in Central Jakarta on Wednesday, demanding…

Cianjur – Around 150 militant Muslims have swept through housing complexes where members of the Ahmadiyah sect live, sealing off and…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Moderate Muslim organizations and political parties have come under fire for failing to demonstrate their religious…

Jakarta – A coalition of legal advocacy groups urged Indonesia Thursday to honor a promise to join the international Criminal Court by…

Angus Grigg, Jakarta – As soaring oil prices hit consumers and rattle global financial markets, one of the world's poorest nations, East Timor, is…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Proposals for the establishment of two new provinces in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam have met with criticism from a…

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office has been accused of trying to protect bribery suspect Artalyta Suryani by conspiring to help her evade…

Jayapura, Papua – In a bid to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS, the National AIDS Commission (KPAD) in Merauke has marked red light…

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is conducting an internal probe into several top officials implicated in the Artalyta Suryani-Urip…

Presi Mandari, Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme Court has come under the spotlight of an aggressive anti-corruption drive which has already shamed…

Lisa Macdonald, Sydney – Tim Anderson's new documentary on the East Timor-Cuba health cooperation program is an inspiration. The Doctors of…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Civil society groups have warned the government against including provisions dealing with defamation in the revised draft…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The new West Java governor's plans to revive a number of infrastructure projects were opposed Tuesday by…

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The disbursement of school assistance (BOS) funds has failed to prevent 125,850 children from having to drop out of…

Data Brainanta – Fuel price hikes have always sparked widespread mass protests in Indonesia since the overthrow of the dictator Suharto in a…

Jakarta – Lawmakers are using their policy monitoring right for the political benefit of their parties rather than for evaluating government…

Jakarta – The International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned Indonesia of potential communal conflict in the country's easternmost province due to…

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – Domestic investment in the January-May period dropped by 68.3 percent from a year earlier because of uncertainty…

Jakarta – The Corruption Court questioned Monday the role of presidential advisor Adnan Buyung Nasution, a former lawyer for Sjamsul Nursalim, in…

Jakarta – Indonesia's high rate of inflation will not be quelled by the central bank's decision to increase its benchmark rate earlier this month…

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – Rising tensions between hardline Islamic groups moving into Indonesia's Papuan and Christian communities could erupt into…

Jesse Wright – The United Nations, called in two years ago in the wake of a breakdown of East Timor's security forces that led to dozens of deaths…

Indonesia is refusing to give a date for the publication of a Truth Commission report on rights abuses during East Timor's 1999 independence vote…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups is pressing the governments of Indonesia and Timor Leste to accept the final report…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Lawmakers are joining the calls for the government to rid the Attorney General's Office (AGO) of corrupt prosecutors in a…

Jakarta – Human rights organisations the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), the Human Rights Working Group (HRWG)…

Jakarta – The government has been "dragging its feet" and "lacking seriousness" in solving the murder of human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Lhokseumawe – Residents in a North Aceh village almost cut off a thief's hand late Saturday, in what was the first known…