M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – An international human rights watchdog has accused the Indonesian government of detaining Papuan activists for their…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Environmental activists Wednesday accused powerful military and police officials in North Sumatra and Aceh of keeping…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Dozens of environmental protesters rallied in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, on Wednesday against the issuance of a permit…

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) said today that the joint Indonesia-East Timor Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) can not…

Radzie, Banda Aceh – The Preparatory Committee for the Acehnese People's Party (Komite Persiapan Partai Rakyat Aceh, KP-PRA) will hold its first…

Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection urged the House of Representatives on Tuesday to pressure the government to restrict the…

Commercialized courts and limited access to legal aid have caused poor people to face inequality before the law, say observers.

"Every time…

Peter Boyle, Jakarta – Dita Sari is arguably the most well-known progressive activist in Indonesia today. A former trade union leader and…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Rectors of 61 universities told the government Tuesday to tackle poverty and unemployment, as they were key problems…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Manokwari – Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu and West Papua Governor Abraham (Bram) O. Atururi signed an agreement here Tuesday…

Ed Davies, Jakarta – Indonesia is continuing to arrest and hand down heavy prison sentences to activists in Papua for peacefully supporting…

Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso is still a popular target of protests by victims of recent floods. Carrying…

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – A plan to plug the Lapindo exploratory gas well at the heart of the East Java mudflow might be ineffective and…

Brett Morris – On Monday, a commission set up by Indonesia and East Timor began its first hearing to further reconciliation between the two…

Mark Forbes, Denpasar – Tales of blood and tears are flowing from a Commission of Truth and Friendship hearing into the atrocities committed in…

Dili – UN police have arrested 148 people suspected of involvement in a resurgence of street violence in the East Timorese capital, the UN envoy…

Paul Mulvey – The widow of one of the Balibo Five has renewed calls for former prime minister Gough Whitlam to appear as a witness at the inquest…

Mark Forbes Denpasar – Australia was overzealous and "gung-ho" towards East Timor, the former Indonesian foreign minister, Ali Alatas, has said at…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Bali – A plain-clothes Indonesian soldier gave the order to attack an East Timor churchyard where thousands of civilians were…

Dili – Parliament agreed to ratify an agreement with Australia over the management of oil and gas resources in the Greater Sunrise…

The mudslinging between the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and State Secretary Yusril Ihza Mahendra poses yet another test for the…

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – To help make state companies more efficient and competitive, the government plans to reduce the number of nationalized…

Jakarta – Legislators in the House of Representatives said Monday the National Police had performed well under the leadership of Gen. Sutanto, but…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Legislators have described as unethical a minister's move to counter an ongoing investigation by the Corruption…

Jakarta – Devastating floods in the Indonesian capital earlier this month have caused nearly one billion dollars worth of damage and losses.

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – Lenny had been waiting almost two hours Sunday for the truck delivering low-cost rice to arrive at the Pasar…

Jakarta – Activists said Sunday that district and Islamic religious courts, particularly in Jakarta, had violated the child protection law in…

Church leaders in Papua say as many as 5,300 people have been displaced because of fighting between Free Papua Movement Rebels and Indonesian…

Reporter: Geoff Thompson

Mark Colvin: Indonesia's former Foreign Minister, Ali Alatas, has identified a letter from John Howard as the…

Karen Michelmore and Olivia Rondonuwu, Bali – Indonesia could not have anticipated the scale of violence that followed East Timor's historic 1999…

Hamish McDonald – When nominations close at the end of this month for East Timor's April 9 presidential election, expect to see the start of a…

Jakarta – A coalition consisting of 56 non-governmental organizations is seeking support from religious organizations to revoke the government…

Jakarta – Indonesia faces a growing AIDS problem – particularly among drug users and prostitutes – while a recent survey shows two percent of the…

Fadli, Batam – Sand continues to be smuggled from Indonesia to Singapore despite a recent crackdown, Riau Islands Police chief Brig. Gen. Sutarman…

Rita A. Widiadana, Nusa Dua – If you wished to better understand the condition of Indonesia's tropical forests, you could imagine them as a person…

Jakarta – Outstanding loans to small and medium enterprises amount to Rp 426 trillion (about US$47.33 billion), or more than 50 percent of the…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Residents of Menteng, Central Jakarta, reported Governor Sutiyoso to the city police Friday over the ongoing…

Indrasari Tjandraningsih, Bandung – On Jan. 29, 2007, The Jakarta Post editorialized about labor and business. The editorialist identified the…

ID Nugroho and Yemris Fointuna, Jakarta – The draft revised Criminal Code currently being deliberated at the House of Representatives contains…

Slamet Susanto and Oyos Saroso H.N., Yogyakarta/Bandarlampung – Authorities have responded to rising rice prices by releasing stocks of the…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – New York-based Human Rights Watch on Friday urged the Indonesian government to take over all military-owned…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Activists have said that they are skeptical of the House of Representatives' commitment to bringing to justice…

Mark Forbes – Indonesia is planning to abolish its anti-corruption court in a move likely to reduce sentences for graft, prompting a walkout by…

Jakarta – Indonesia needs to speed up development in the eastern area of Papua, a remote part the country where a low-level armed rebellion has…

Jakarta – The central bank uncovered more than 130 cases of banking-sector crimes involving losses of more than Rp 1.2 trillion (US$133 million)…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Singapore's aggressive regional investment strategy has already taken bilateral relations with Thailand to an all-time low…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The International Labor Organization (ILO) urged the government to take a comprehensive approach to eliminating the…

An Australian millionaire is preparing to run television ads across Southeast Asia urging Jakarta to let human rights monitors into the Indonesian…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives will ask President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to set up an ad hoc court to hear rights…

The Commission for Disappeared and Victims of Violence (Kontras) expresses regret toward the tardiness of Indonesian government to release…