Jakarta – Around 4,000 activists nationwide will gather at the Proclamation Monument in Central Jakarta between June 23 and 25 to…

Rika Panda, Jakarta – Starting from today, Monday June 16, the planned schedule for protest actions or demonstrations by the public in…

Syaipul Bakhori, Jambi – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) is predicting that forests in Sumatra will be gone within five years as…

A joint ministerial decree banning the Jamaah Ahmadiyah sect from spreading its beliefs has sparked debate across the country. National Commission…

Jakarta/Brussels – Conflict between Muslim and Christian communities in Papua could erupt unless rising tensions are effectively managed.…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – An activist and a councillor have lambasted the East Nusa Tenggara government, saying it did nothing to address…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Blitar, East Java – For 54-year-old Sugito, owning a plot of land with a yard and a field in his village was previously just…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups is seeking help from the Constitutional Court to put pressure on President Susilo…

Jakarta – Pressure is mounting for the President to dismiss Attorney General Hendarman Supandji for the latter's alleged failure to fight…

Jakarta – Prosecutors have again rejected the dossier of a mud volcano case because police insist human error, not an earthquake, was behind the…

Marie Leadbeater – Indonesia is trying to build an international reputation as a nascent democracy and is proud of having been re-elected in 2007…

Jakarta – Activists throughout Indonesia will change their strategy in the war against the government, which they say is issuing policies that…

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – "Awas, ada orang Islam!" (Watch out, Muslims are coming!) is now a joke among activists after the brutal attack by…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – UN police in East Timor will hand over responsibility to the national force sooner than expected, despite a high-…

Lucy Williamson, Dili – Lily's wide, gentle face crumples when I ask her why she is doing it.

Sitting outside the corrugated tin walls of…

Jakarta – Owing in part to the relative strength of Indonesia's economy, last month's on-average 28.7 percent fuel price increase will have a…

Jakarta – Public consumption of illegal textile imports rose to 70.6 percent last year from 49.9 percent in 2006, costing the local industry…

Dicky Christanto, Denpasar – Victims of the June 1 National Monument (Monas) attack have said demands for the Ahmadiyah sect to be banned are part…

Jakarta – PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) paid at least Rp 6.4 billion (US$684,800) to exploit forests using illegal permits issued by…

Jakarta – State Minister for State Enterprises Sofyan Djalil said Friday there is nothing wrong with state officials holding commissioner…

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today said the promotion of Brigadier General Pramono Edhie Wibowo to chief of Kopassus,…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Despite tougher measures to combat graft, Indonesia remains at the top of the corruption index in the East Asia…

Jakarta – Most factions at the House of Representatives gave their support on Thursday to the controversial decree restricting the activities of…

Brig. Gen. Pramono Edhie Wibowo, now appointed chief of the Indonesian Army's notorious Special Forces (Kopassus) by his father-in-law, President…

West Bandung – The investigation into the murder of human rights fighter Munir continues to roll along. A new suspect linked with the case has…

Jakarta – The National Police has adequate evidence to arrest the mastermind of the September 2004 murder of rights activist Munir…

Reh Atemalem S., Jakarta – Head of the National Child Protection Commission, Seto Mulyadi, said 6.5 million children have to work due…

Jakarta – As new information emerges about the links between bribery suspect Artalyta Suryani and top officials at the Attorney General's Office,…

Desy Nurhayati and Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, the paramount leader of the National Awakening Party (PKB), lost…

One of the widows of the Balibo Five has expressed surprise at Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's decision to visit the cemetery where veterans of the…

Stephen Coates, Jakarta – Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Friday promised a "new phase of cooperation" with Indonesia on disaster response…

A former general and a successful entrepreneur once sounded like the perfect partnership to lead this vast archipelagic country given their…

The widow of one of the Balibo Five killed in East Timor says she is offended Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is visiting an Indonesian cemetery for war…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Twenty-one children under the age of five have died from malnutrition in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) during the past six…

Jakarta – Public health care in Indonesia has improved, but it still needs more efficient regulations, greater private sector involvement and…

Harry Bhaskara, Jakarta – A prominent Catholic priest said Wednesday that the June 1 attack by Muslim hard-liners on a peaceful rally in Jakarta…

Hamish McDonald – Senior Indonesian political leaders are looking to Kevin Rudd to restore the warmth in bilateral relations felt under the…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's brother-in-law Brig. Gen. Pramono Edhie Wibowo has been promoted to chief of the Army's Special…

Jakarta – The National Commission of Human Rights has found 15 rubber bullets at the National University (Unas) campus in East Jakarta…

Dili – In rural Timor-Leste, who owns the land and who uses the land are often two very different things.

Pedro da Costa Xavier is a 24-year…

Jumadi, Makassar – The elections for mayor and deputy mayor in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar is heating up. An activist from…

Mark Forbes – The Indonesia that will greet Kevin Rudd when he arrives in Jakarta tonight is marked by chaos and conflict, alongside progress and…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A foreign company in Medan, North Sumatra, has reportedly dismissed workers for planning to form a labor union at their…

Aubrey Belford, Tibar, East Timor – East Timor, which gained formal independence in 2002 after a long history of occupation under Portugal and…

Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta - International scientists said Tuesday they are almost certain a mud volcano that has displaced tens of thousands of…

Tito Belo, Dili – About a thousand students rallied outside East Timor's parliament on Wednesday to protest against a decision to buy 65 Toyota…

Jakarta – The World Bank (WB) predicts Indonesia will experience a shorter period of repercussions from the global food price crisis compared to…

Philip Setunga, Hong Kong, China – Since the amendment to the Indonesian constitution in 2000, Indonesian citizens are guaranteed the right to…

Dicky Christanto, Denpasar – The upcoming Bali gubernatorial election is a legally-tainted political process, a legal expert claimed Monday.