Jakarta – Some 200 Metromini bus drivers from around Jakarta staged a protest Monday in front of the company's main office on Jl.…

Jakarta Post – Indonesia may face a food crisis within the next 10 years should it fail to overcome the disparity between its rapidly growing…

Jakarta – An Indonesian court jailed three Islamic militants for 14 years and another for 19 years on Tuesday for attacks on Christians in a…

Jakarta Post – Human rights activists say there has been no significant improvement in human rights protection in the country this year.

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Banda Aceh – Commemorating World Human Rights Day, hundreds of activists in the provincial capital of Banda Aceh held a torch-lit procession from…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A human rights group has reported that inmates at Tanjung Gusta penitentiary in Medan were being brutalized by prison…

Earlier this year, Indonesia succeeded in extending its membership of the UN Human Rights Council for a three-year term. The Indonesian Government…

Surabaya – Hundreds of protesters from the Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) and the National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas) almost clashed…

Is all really quiet on the front line in the war against human rights abuses? Some people in Indonesia certainly think so. And one would hesitate…

Rofiqi Hasan, Denpasar – Hundreds of Balinese student activists held a demonstration at the US Consulate General in provincial capital of Denpasar…

Alfian, Jakarta – Activists proposed Sunday a model for a truth and reconciliation commission in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam aimed at accommodating…

Gede Suardana, Denpasar – The United States' stand in refusing to reduce emissions in order to overcome global warming has received a…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Southeast Asia's biggest economy has a brand new bourse, a long-awaited merger of two pre-existing financial markets aimed…

Jakarta – The Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating for the third quarter of 2007 remained steady, increasing a mere 0.1 points to 112.8 from the…

Luh De Suryani, Contributor, Denpasar, Bali – More than 2,000 members of local and international civil society organizations gathered at Bajra…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Countries in Asia and the Pacific may have reduced the threat of terrorism but were warned by prominent terrorism…

Jakarta – Memories of murdered human rights activist Munir are still strong in the mind of many activists. Thus it was on December 8, when a…

Jakarta – Indonesian human rights activists said Friday that despite many shortcomings, the efforts to improve human rights awareness in Indonesia…

Nusa Dua, Bali – More than 200 hundred people from four of the world's continents gathered here in a forum called Solidarity Village for a Cool…

Jakarta – Dozens of transvestites and activists staged a peaceful protest at City Hall on Wednesday, demanding the city administration investigate…

Jakarta – Dozens of journalists gathered in front of the National Police Headquarters in South Jakarta on Friday, protesting violence…

Munawwaroh, Jakarta – As many as five different protest actions will colour Jakarta's streets over the weekend. "People should keep away from…

Although the 7 December 2000 Abepura case is now closed according to the law, victims of this bloody incident are not satisfied. On Friday this…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights said it would soon decide if human rights abuses that occurred under former president Soeharto's…

Ian Munro – East Timor is pressing for an extension of the United Nations mission (UNMIT) to support the country's fledgling democracy.

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Ruslan Sangadji, Poso – Two explosions marred preparations for Thursday's opening of the revived Poso Lake Festival, which had been canceled…

Jakarta – The National Police needs to improve its recruitment and training if it hopes to reform its image as a corruption-riddled institution,…

Jjakart – The Indonesian public ranks the police the most corrupt government institution, followed by the judiciary and legislatures, according to…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The House passed on Thursday the bill around political parties and freedom of association, pluralism, gender quality…

Jakarta – A new study by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences has examined the way different communities in the country were impacted by the 2005…

Jakarta – A recent survey by the National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) has revealed that some 60 percent of Indonesians are against…

Jakarta – Outgoing Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Marshall Djoko Suyanto has confirmed that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will…

Jakarta – A member of the President's Advisory Council, Adnan Buyung Nasution, has stated his disappointment with the Corruption Eradication…

Jakarta – The victims and families of victims of human rights violations say the government is reluctant to resolve past human rights cases. Cases…

Alfian, Jakarta – The selection of a government prosecutor to lead the much-anticipated anti-corruption commission has seen a law expert say close…

Jayapura – The case of the hoisting of the Kejora flag on 1 December in Timika is being intensively handled by the Mimika police with back-up from…

Mark Forbes – Papua will ban all log exports from next month, in a radical move to preserve one of the world's largest remaining tracts of…

Fabio Scarpello – The diminutive Maria Ana Pereira, 28, does not look for excuses. The widow simply accepts that life is tough in Hudi Laram, a…

Actor Anthony LaPaglia says he expects his new film Balibo, about five Australian-based newsmen killed in 1975 in East Timor, to cause some…

Joe Collins – The 1st of December was West Papuan National Day or National flag day. Forty-six years ago on the December 1, 1961, in the then…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – An Indonesian corruption watchdog representative accused the House of Representatives of bias in the ongoing process…

Jakarta – State institutions reconfirmed their commitment to fighting corruption through internal investigations, monitoring and bureaucracy…

Alfian, Jakarta – An NGO alliance called Ganofo said Tuesday the government should combine the 2009 legislative and presidential elections in…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Former three-star general Sutiyoso is Indonesia's epitome of a strong leader, first as Jakarta's military commander and…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – If a market becomes blighted by monopolistic, price-fixing or other uncompetitive practices at the expense of consumers,…

Ary Hermawan and Stevie Emilia, Denpasar/Bali – Forest-rich countries' plan to push for incentives to conserve their forests as carbon sinks is…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Members of the Pasundan Protestant Church (FKP) on Monday urged the local administration to issue a permit entitling…

I wayan Juniartha, Jakarta – Dozens of students and environmental and human rights activists from the People's Alliance for Democracy and Human…

Jakarta – Experts and activists on Monday urged the government to reject the pornography bill because it was "unnecessary, legally inappropriate…

Erick Priberkah H/Rana AF, Bandung – The Bandung Immigration Bureau in West Java decided to deport three environmental activists from the United…