Gunmen shot dead a political activist during a campaign rally for a new party headed by former East Timor President Xanana Gusmao, a…

The Sydney coronial inquest into the deaths of the five Australian based journalists at Balibo in East Timor on October 16, 1975 has just…

Mita Valina Liem, Jakarta – It's one of the few countries that still has vast swathes of tropical rainforests left. But conservationists say maybe…

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – Human rights groups have called for the trial over the recent deadly military shooting in Pasuruan, East Java…

Singapore – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates met here Sunday with his Indonesian counterpart to discuss ways of deepening military relations…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Corruption remains widespread among lawyers, judges and police in Indonesia despite the government's attempts to crack…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Pasuruan – Unfinished grated cassava sits outside a small mosque in a green aluminum bowl. A military police line blocks off…

Hamish McDonald – Families of the five newsmen killed at Balibo, East Timor, in 1975 have told a Sydney inquest they were tricked by Australian…

Janet Fife-Yeomans, Sydney – The families of five young Australian journalists "executed" by Indonesian forces at Balibo in East Timor called…

Lindsay Murdoch – East Timor's ruling Fretilin party says it will support the prosecution of people responsible for atrocities committed in the…

The commander of an Indonesian special forces unit accused of murdering five Australia-based journalists in East Timor in 1975 has more lately…

Tom Allard – East Timor's former prime minister, Mari Alkatiri, and his officials were convinced the Australian Government was spying on them…

Reporter: Mark Colvin

Mark Colvin: "Shakedown" is a slang term for an act of extortion, and a shakedown is what the writer Paul Cleary calls…

Ben Saul – As the coronial inquest into the killing of five journalists at Balibo draws to a close, the critical question is: what happens next?…

As leaders of churches in West Papua who are concerned about all aspects of our people's life, we are deeply concerned that the Special Autonomy…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Just when it seemed Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was making significant progress in tackling the country's…

When the governor of Jakarta, Sutiyoso, rejected a request earlier this week to attend and testify at the inquest into the death of British…

My husband was convinced he would die young – that's why I married him. Just before he went to Timor Leste, as it is now called, I asked him, "…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana and ID Nugroho, Pasuruan, Surabaya – A protest over a disputed plot of land in Pasuruan regency, East Java, turned deadly…

Anwar Khumaini, Jakarta – The raid by New South Wales police on Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso's hotel room in Sydney, Australia, should be considered…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Last year Governor Sutiyoso received an award proclaiming him Asian Air Quality Champion. But since then, less than…

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – A government plan to begin the construction of a nuclear power plant by 2016 has been labeled environmentally…

Jakarta – Hundreds of villagers gathered Thursday for the funerals of those killed when Indonesian marines opened fire on protesters, officials…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – A photograph of a top military officer bowing and shaking hands with murder convict and graft suspect Hutomo "Tommy"…

Jakarta's slighted Governor Sutiyoso says Australia's ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer has personally apologised for his alleged ill treatment…

Reko Rennie – Police ordered staff at a Sydney hotel to use a master key to gain entry to the room of an Indonesian governor, a hotel employee…

Hamish McDonald, Craig Skehan and Mark Forbes in Jakarta – The inquest into the 1975 killing of five newsmen in Balibo has exploded into a…

Iqbal Fadil, Jakarta – The raid on Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso's room at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney, Australia, is related to his past when as a…

Anwar Khumaini, Jakarta – Non-government organisations from Indonesia's NGO Coalition for International Human Rights Advocacy (Koalisi LSM) say…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Indonesia's real sector is still hampered by poor infrastructure and access to financing, resulting in continued slow…

Jakarta – Gang activity in South Jakarta's Kebayoran Lama market will be hard to eradicate since both local authorities and illegal street traders…

Atnike Nova Sigiro, London – During a recent UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, Indonesia was re-elected a member for the period 2007-2010…

Andreas Harsono, Washington – A long string of human rights abuses had put Indonesia in a deep hole with the United States, but then the September…

Andreas Harsono, Washington – A long string of human rights abuses had put Indonesia in a deep hole with the United States, but then the September…

Tito Belo, Dili – Four people were injured on Wednesday when a grenade exploded during gang fighting in East Timor's capital as campaigning for…

Jon Lamb – Amidst allegations of intimidation and politically orchestrated violence in the wake of East Timor's recent presidential election,…

Sydney – The killing of five journalists in East Timor in 1975 returned to haunt Indonesia and Australia Wednesday as an inquest into their deaths…

Jakarta – Indonesian marines shot and killed Wednesday at least four villagers who were among hundreds protesting over land ownership on the main…

James Balowski, Jakarta – On May 20, a group of women activists in Indonesia's northern-most province of Aceh declared the formation of a new…

Reporters Without Borders voiced support today for Glebe deputy coroner Dorelle Pinch after her inquest into the 1975 murders of journalist Brian…

It's one year now, and the problems surrounding the mudflow in Sidoarjo remain unresolved. Even worse, there seems to be no light at the end of…

A senior Indonesian politician has demanded an apology from Australia over an attempt to have him testify at a politically sensitive inquest into…

Raden Rachmadi/Aqida Swamurti, Jakarta – The United States government and parliament has questioned the independence of the Indonesian military…

Hamish McDonald – An Indonesian politician visiting Sydney yesterday had an awkward reminder of an event in his past he must have thought long…

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The National Police should create a progress report on its investigation into human…

Irmawati, Jakarta – The police have examined several key witnesses in the murder of human activist Munir. One of them is Ongen.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Continuous heavy rainfall across parts of North Sumatra over the weekend caused a landslide in Deli Serdang regency and…

Sydney – An Indonesian marine said five Australian-based journalists killed in East Timor in October 1975 had been "completed" or finished off by…

A truth commission investigating the violence surrounding East Timor's historic vote for independence in 1999 says it is having trouble accessing…

Former Aceh Monitoring Mission chief Pieter Feith recently made his first visit to Jakarta and Banda Aceh since the mission's mandate expired in…