Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – While the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) on Friday concluded its 15-month mandate to supervise the implementation of the…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday the Corruption Court must disband in three years, unless the House of…

Jakarta – In another move to tighten the screws on those involved in white-collar corruption, the country's capital market watchdog, Bapepam-LK,…

Adi Sucipto, Gresik – As many as 15 people from the Gresik chapter of the Preparatory Committee for the National Liberation of Unity or KP-…

Jakarta – US gold mining giant Newmont Mining Corp. has objected to a documentary nominated for Indonesia's top film award which it says…

Dr. Vedi Hadiz, Associate Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore, is writing his fifth book Local Power in Post-…

The State Grahadi Building on Jl. Gubernur Suryo in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya is a popular target of protest…

Rafiqa Qurrata Ayun, Jakarta – Political parties are already starting to make preparations in the lead up to the 2009 general elections. New…

With two former members of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) apparently set to claim victory in last week's landmark gubernatorial election…

Fabio Scarpello in Banda Aceh – A draft sharia law in Aceh that calls for thieves to have their hands chopped off has angered many in the province…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The government has finalized a draft regulation to establish local political parties in Aceh, which will only allow…

Multa Fidrus, Banten – Residents of a Bintaro housing complex have threatened to ram road blockades developer PT Jaya Real Property plans to use…

Jakarta – Victims of human rights abuses should move on because the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (KKR) is currently dead in the water,…

Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – The Legal Aid Insitute (LBH) urged the annulment of Decree No. 27/1999 on Criminal Code Revision. "Especially the Article…

Jakarta – The country has lost over Rp 219 billion (some US$24.3 million) in potential tax revenue annually because of counterfeiting, research by…

Jakarta – A documentary on the life of East Timor President Xanana Gusmao has won the human rights award from Amnesty International at an…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Planned revisions of political laws should include amendments to regulations on campaign funding to prevent corruption in…

Dili – More than 400 Christians have been sheltered in East Timor's capital, Dili's largest mosque since Friday, when fighting between rival gangs…

Jonathan Dart, Banda Aceh – Every time Ibrahim bin Yatim gets a new DVD, people squeeze into his tiny warung in Montasik, near Banda Aceh.

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Jonathan Dart – The task of rebuilding Aceh after the war and the tsunami has changed the role traditionally played by women.

Groups such as…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) should dissolve itself after establishing a local political party within six months, the EU-…

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – A sharia bill that would see convicted thieves have their hands amputated has sparked strong…

Hundreds of gang members battled with guns and machetes in East Timor's capital Dili today, officials and witnesses said, killing one and injuring…

Tom Hyland – Two mysteries have shrouded the deaths of five Australia-based newsmen, killed while reporting the Indonesian attack on the East…

Karen Michelmore, Jakarta – The world had been too optimistic about the early achievement of East Timor, the new boss of the United Nations…

James Kallman, Jakarta – "For seven months Jakarta's motorists have waited patiently in traffic even heavier than normal as they watched the…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Public doubt and skepticism of the government's anti-corruption moves were contributing to the downfall of programs meant…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – A youth organization, with backing from the police, raided a bookstore in Bandung on Thursday night that was hosting a…

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Banda Aceh – The imminent victory of the Irwandi-Nazar ticket in the Aceh gubernatorial election is a GAM (Free Aceh Movement…

Nani Afrida and Tony Hotland, Banda Aceh/Jakarta – The Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) on Friday officially ended its 15-month mandate to supervise…

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – The firm at the heart of the mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java might have agreed to buy all affected land,…

Nani Afrida and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Banda Aceh – Foreign monitors on Thursday reported to the local poll supervisory body (Panwaslih) a number of…

Nani Afrida and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Banda Aceh – While peace finally has descended upon Aceh, past wounds have yet to heal. A hundred people,…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Former Free Aceh Movement leader Irwandi Yusuf, who leads Aceh's gubernatorial race, will face an uphill struggle to…

John McBeth, Jakarta – The new Democrat-dominated US Congress is not good news for Indonesia. But Washington watchers say the jury is still out on…

Lisa Allan, Sydney – A NSW coroner says former intelligence workers may have important information about the deaths of the Balibo Five journalists…

Janet Fife-Yeomans – Former prime minister Gough Whitlam should be forced to finally tell the truth about what his government knew of the fate of…

Banda Aceh – Human rights protesters demonstrated in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday, urging international monitors overseeing a historic…

Jayapura – Suspected Free Papua Movement (OPM) rebels on Wednesday seized a rifle from a police officer patrolling near the Kurilik…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The imminent victory of former rebel candidates in the Aceh gubernatorial election is a signal of the popularity the…

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Hundreds of workers in East Java held street protests Wednesday to show their opposition to the new minimum wage level set…

A display of individual commitment to peace by millions of Acehnese is what we are likely to see in the near future, following Monday's elections…

Jakarta – New Zealand has restored defence cooperation by inviting Indonesian officers to join a military training in the New Zealand…

Jakarta – Tens of youths from Papua demonstrated in front of the Gedung Plaza 89 in Kuningan, South Jakarta, where PT Freeport…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The central government brushed off worries Tuesday about the likely victory of a former rebel leader in the landmark Aceh…

Mark Forbes, Banda Aceh – Voters in Aceh have delivered a massive rebuff to Jakarta, overwhelmingly endorsing a radical rebel candidate as their…

The timing could not have been worse. On the eve of the International Human Rights Day, the Constitutional Court last week annulled the…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – A petition presented by Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmakers to the House of Representatives…

Ian Timberlake, Banda Aceh – Civilians in Indonesia's Aceh province show levels of combat-related stress, depression and anxiety comparable with…

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – Microfinance programs led by women tend to be better run and more successful than those controlled by men,…