Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Human rights and anti-corruption activists lashed out at the House of Representatives on Tuesday for failing to…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The government has been accused of inconsistency in its promotion of public transparency in its administration.

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Jakarta – Victims of the Trisakti incident have demanded the reopening of rights abuse cases, citing the Constitutional Court's recent decision…

Reza M., Jakarta – The Metro Jaya regional police Traffic Management Center (TMC) is warning road users of the possibility of traffic jams as a…

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – The state of land transportation is not only poor but seems to be getting worse, a seminar revealed, citing a global…

From correspondents in London – Britain is being urged to order arrest warrants for two surviving former Indonesian military chiefs linked to the…

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – The banking sector needs to boost its lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) due to the sector's proven…

Even with so many laws and regulations already enacted to enforce the sustainable management of our forest resources, illegal logging has remained…

Debnath Guharoy, Consultant – The runaway development of shopping malls in Jakarta is living proof of reckless greed, a monumental disaster in the…

Jakarta – Distribution of left-over votes, parliamentary and electoral thresholds and vote casting methods were among the issues argued by House…

Joe Collins from the Australia West Papua Association said that "Mr. Debus is the 10th Federal Government Minister to visit Indonesia since the…

Michael Mckenna – A senior staff member of the East Timor Post newspaper was allegedly beaten and arrested at the weekend in the latest of a…

Jakarta – The Food Resilience Council, working directly under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono since late 2006, has come under fire for handling…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – University students in Medan on Monday rallied at the North Sumatra legislative council to protest against frequent…

Adi Warsidi, Banda Aceh – The GAM Party, one of the local political parties in Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh, has officially changed…

Arfi Bambani Amri, Jakarta – Two protest actions will be taking place in Jakarta today. The first protest will be at the Supreme Court…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Environmental activists insisted Saturday on rejecting a regulation imposing a new scheme of forest exploitation…

Kristin Roberts, Jakarta – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates landed in Jakarta on Monday, aiming to strengthen military ties with a country the…

Reporters Without Borders condemns the action of the police in arresting and beating a Timor Post journalist on the night of 22 February as he was…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Two senior campaigners of the Papua Free Movement (OPM) surrendered over the weekend with a statement praising the…

Jakarta – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Indonesia Monday to discuss potential sales of military aircraft and deeper military ties,…

Timika, Papua – Army chief Lt. Gen. Agustadi Sasongko Purnomo says he would urge the government to upgrade its arsenal which has…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has agreed to adopt a parliamentary threshold system for political parties to obtain seats in the…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – One of the pioneer organizations of the United Development Party (PPP) has thrown its weight behind the incumbent…

Jakarta – The House of Representatives officially announced Friday its special team would continue investigations into the mudflow disaster in…

Diane Farsetta – In May 1998, when General Suharto was forced to step down as president of Indonesia, the members of the Madison chapter of the…

Dessy Nurhayati and Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono defended Friday a new regulation to impose fees on non-…

Surabaya – Muslims protested in two Indonesian cities Saturday over drawings in Denmark portraying the Prophet Muhammad, with some…

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has come under fire for a ruling that, critics say, encourages the government not to raise the…

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – Two local leaders of the Al-Qidayah sect went on trial Thursday at the Padang District Court on charges of defaming…

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – Tubagus Noviarwan, an Indoglobal Mandiri University student in the South Sumatra city of Palembang, who died as a…

Indra Subagja Jakarta – The investigation into the murder of human rights activists Munir continues. Now that Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto has…

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – An alliance of entrepreneurs and workers groups has established a bipartite forum to help settle industrial labor…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The government said Thursday it would not license new mining companies to operate open-pit mining systems in…

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – Members of the Indonesian Forest Protection Committee and the Riau chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment…

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Civil society needs to play a bigger role in the fight against terrorism, an ASEAN forum heard here Thursday.

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Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – An alliance of non-governmental organizations have voiced strong opposition to the planned straightening of the Deli…

Erwida Maulia and ID Nugroho, Jakarta/Sidoarjo – A group on Thursday declared a movement to stop the mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, while…

Jakarta – Press organizations will request the Constitutional Court to review defamation articles in the Criminal Code, following the district…

Paul Toohey – Time reporter Rory Callinan has complained of heavy-handed treatment at the hands of Australian soldiers in East Timor after he and…

Jakarta/Sidoarjo – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Soetardjo Soerdjogoeritno was criticized Wednesday by fellow lawmakers for reversing a…

Agnes Winarti, Jakarta – Dozens of people with tense faces and a set of documents in their hands on Wednesday huddled in front of a healthcare…

Agnes Winarti – While other provinces have taken advantage of the health care system managed by state-owned insurance firm PT Askes (Askeskin),…

Mustafa Silalahi, Jakarta – Based on data from the Metro Jaya regional police Traffic Management Centre, at least five different protest actions…

Novia D.Rulistia and Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Hundreds of meat sellers from Greater Jakarta protested at the State Palace in Central Jakarta on…

The government has finally settled the sharia debate, which has dogged Indonesia these past few years, essentially rejecting demands that sharia-…

Charlotte Wheatley, Jakarta – You can learn a lot about someone over a cup of tea – starting with the way they drink it. Black with just one…

Jakarta – Despite slower growth in some business sub-sectors, Indonesia is not suffering from "de-industrialization", with manufacturing…

Kupang – The Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) has condemned alleged violence against three journalists in East Nusa Tenggara…

Jakarta – The murder of human rights activists Munir will be one of the cases taken up in the annual report on human rights in Indonesia, which…