Laura MacInnis, Geneva – Indonesia's police, armed forces and intelligence services routinely torture and degrade criminal suspects to extract…

Nazry Bahraimi – Horrified by the bloody riots that left some 1,200 people dead in Jakarta at the height of the Reformasi movement, human rights…

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – The government doesn't need to be concerned about the massive demonstrations by students opposing planned fuel price…

Nograhany Widhi K, Jakarta – A former director of the State Intelligence Coordinating Body (Bakin), Dr. A.C. Manullang, says he is not surprised…

Nograhany Widhi K, Jakarta – Devide et impera. It appears that the strategy of pitting one side against the other during the Dutch colonial period…

[The following comment was posted on the East Timor list in response to a May 14 report that appeared in Green Left Weekly titled "East Timor:…

Ramadhian Fadillah, Jakarta – Fifteen protest actions will rock Jakarta today, Thursday May 15, all of which have the potential to create traffic…

Jakarta – Workers in the 1-3 million rupiah per month wage group will be further squeezed if the planned fuel price increases come into effect.…

Stephanie March – The United Nations in East Timor is on the defensive after being lambasted by its own top lawyer in New York for hiring…

Paul Toohey – The UN will wait until February to consider whether it will continue its peacekeeping mission in East Timor, despite President Jose…

Dicky Christanto, Denpasar – An alliance for religious freedom protested the government's ambiguous stance toward violence committed by some…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – While welcoming the government's newly launched book regulation for schoolchildren, critics say the policy lacks clarity…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – West Java Police announced Monday they had raided the separatist group Indonesian Islamic State (NII) in West Java and…

Jakarta – With national elections around the corner, the House of Representatives has limited time to meet its legislation target.

Trimedya…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The Indonesian Environmental Forum's (Walhi) Riau branch urged the government Tuesday to revise numerous controversial…

Tony Iltis – A realignment of political forces appears to be underway in East Timor, with the signing of an agreement for a strategic alliance for…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office has sparked controversy by resisting a court order to reopen a Bank Indonesia liquidity…

Achmad Syafriel, Analyst – Many problems need to be solved before Indonesia can increase food production and mitigate food prices.

Many…

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Six middle-aged women stood on a stage while dozens watched them take turns in reciting a poem about their family members…

Over the last few days good news has come in on the formation of a new Left united front formation, called the National Liberation Front (FPN).…

Ken Yunita, Jakarta – Protest actions will again colour Jakarta today, Tuesday May 13. Aside from the State Palace, the House of Representatives (…

The battle drum of the Indonesian people's resistance to the planned fuel price increases has been sounded – students, the urban poor, workers,…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned lawmakers Wowo Ibrahim of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and…

Jakarta – Around 2,000 students from universities across the country rallied in front of the State Palace on Jl. Medan Merdeka Utara, Central…

Jakarta – Thousands of students across the country took to the streets Monday in opposition to fight the government's plan to raise fuel prices.…

Jakarta – Participants at a defamation seminar hosted by ARTICLE 19 and the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) in Yogyakarta are calling on…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The controversial Morning Star flag has again created tension between the central government and Papuans, who are…

What a mess greeted air travelers to Jakarta last Thursday when for the third time in the past six months the toll road to Soekarno-Hatta…

Jakarta – Only 25 of 139 state enterprises managed to book profits last year, although overall profits had risen significantly from a year earlier…

The family of the lover of rebel leader Alfredo Reinado has called on the Australian government to withhold aid to East Timor until she is "…

High food and oil prices will put thousands in the Pacific at risk this year and could spark fresh violence in East Timor, an economist has found…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Major political parties are throwing their support behind the government's unpopular plan to raise fuel prices early next…

Presi Mandari, Jakarta – As Indonesians prepare to mark the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Suharto regime this month, the terrible first act…

It is the duty of the State security forces to anticipate any expression of any aspiration for independence or any rejection of…

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – State oil and gas company PT Pertamina is struggling to control the distribution of subsidized fuels as panic buying…

The government's draft regulation on compensation, restitution and assistance will obstruct victims of human rights violations in their quest to…

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Despite peaceful conditions, the reintegration of ex-combatants and victims of human rights abuses in the once-…

Kediri – Protest actions against the government's planned fuel price hikes continued in a number of cities around the country. Demonstrations by…

Duncan Graham, Contributor, Malang – A campaign is underway in East Java to push the next provincial governor to ease the plight of the disabled…

Our founding fathers hit it on the nail when they declared that one of the goals for establishing the state of the republic of Indonesia was to "…

Jakarta – Ahmadiyah followers outside the office of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) in Central Jakarta on Thursday demanded the Islamic body…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Forest conversion has reached an alarming level in Indonesia with more than 10 million hectares of protected forest…

Dili – The government's attempt to hold on to power is dangerously depleting the country's reserve of rice and could lead to social disorder,…

Jakarta – Airport workers staged strikes at five airports Wednesday due to continued disagreements between state-owned PT Angkasa Pura I and its…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Conservationists say protected wild orangutans in Central Kalimantan may be extinct in three years unless the…

Arnaldo Musa – East Timorese Foreign Minister Zacarias Albano da Costa met with Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque in Havana…

[The following information was released by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)]

Geneva, Switzerland – The Committee against…

Adi Warsidi, Banda Aceh – Former President of Finland Martti Ahtisaari has said that in general the peace process in Aceh is running well, however…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Four people were injured and six others detained for questioning after hundreds of university students staged a rally…

Julia Suryakusuma, Jakarta – With everyone becoming more health-conscious there's a growing trend away from unhealthy and calorific food. In most…