Hera Diani, Jakarta – Women's crisis centers in Indonesia are in dire need of financial support, say women's rights activists.

The National…

Jakarta – A group of non-governmental organizations hailed Monday the Constitutional Court's decision to remove articles dealing with…

Elistiawaty, Jakarta – Not satisfied with the Constitutional Court's decision of only abolishing the articles on insulting the president, former…

Tanja Vestergaard – The elections constitute the culmination of the peace process initiated in 2005 between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra provincial administration has seen the number of people living below the poverty line in the province…

Banda Aceh – Thieves could have their hands amputated in Indonesia's Aceh province under a proposed Islamic law that may alarm rights activists…

Jakarta – Elections in Indonesia's tsunami-devastated Aceh province have swept a former rebel leader to victory, unofficial results show as…

Nani Afrida and Ati Nurbaiti, Banda Aceh – Former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) spokesman Irwandi Yusuf is leading with over 39 percent in unofficial…

One bad article in the newly passed Civil Registration Law spoils the whole legislation. The article, requiring citizens to provide their religion…

Activists say sharia law bodes ill for their rights as province today elects governor, writes Fabio Scarpello

Norma Susanti, 31, says she is…

Jakarta – Thousands of Indonesians commemorated Human Rights Day by highlighting cases of unresolved rights abuses Sunday.

In Jakarta…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Sex discrimination in the home is dangerous to the health and prosperity of the family, according to a new report.

The…

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – Even though the West Sumatra Prosecutor's Office is considered a pioneer in investigating graft cases in Indonesia…

M. Taufiqurrahman and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta/Bandung – Prominent women activists threw their weight over the weekend behind the government's…

Nur Raihan, Banda Aceh - Around 100 Aceh activist held a demonstration in front of the Aceh Independent Election Commission (KIP)…

Ian Timberlake, Banda Aceh – Former separatist rebels have no alternative but to follow the political path after laying down their weapons, a key…

Robin McDowell, Banda Aceh – A former rebel leader appeared headed to easy victory Monday in the first elections in Aceh province since the…

Semarang – Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin has said his organization has no connection with a new political party called the…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has agreed that a transitional period is needed in order to synchronize all related laws before…

East Timor activists are calling on Australian authorities to cooperate with an inquiry into the deaths of five journalists in Timor…

Achmad Sukarsono, Meunasah Bak'you – Teungku Sobirin lost his seven children and home to the tsunami that devastated Indonesia's Aceh province two…

Dili – The political leaders of unrest-plagued East Timor on Sunday pledged to work together to return peace and order to the fledgling nation.…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Public trust in the government's efforts to fight corruption has plummeted from 81 percent last year to 29 percent this…

Yogyakarta – Dozens of students from Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah University staged a protest against polygamy Friday by distributing…

Five young Australians were executed on the orders of Indonesian military chiefs, according to sensational evidence omitted from official…

Hamish McDonald – A dramatic new lead into the deaths of five Australia-based newsmen in Balibo, East Timor, 31 years ago suggests they were…

Canberra – New evidence claiming five journalists were executed by Indonesian troops in 1975 while working for Australian media was hearsay and…

Suherdjoko, Semarang – More than 30 women have died after being the victims of violence in Central Java during the past year, an activist said…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – A leading environmental group has urged the Jakarta administration to stop converting green areas into industrial…

Jakarta – Indonesia's parliament has passed a controversial law requiring citizens to state their faith on official documents despite objections…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – The Lebanese poet Kahil Gibran once said "Your children are not your children" – that is, they are the property only of God…

Multa Fidrus, Banten – Hundreds of high school and university students took to the streets Thursday in Serang, Banten. They were not there to…

Ary Hermawan and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Rights activists have condemned the government for its lack of commitment to settling unresolved…

Jakarta – Two people including an Indonesian military officer were killed in a clash between security forces and separatists in the…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The end of the Truth and Reconciliation (KKR) law raises further questions about the government's commitment to the human…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Aceh was like a wild horse in need of a brave jockey to tame it, the former rebel leader making a strong run for…

Jakarta – State oil and gas company PT Pertamina said Friday it had discovered that tens of thousands of liters of kerosene designated for…

Chris Brummitt, Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court has ruled the country's much criticized truth and reconciliation commission is illegal…

Amnesty International welcomes the decision of the Indonesian Constitutional Court to decriminalise the act of insulting the President or the Vice…

Dayah Tanoh – Before last year's peace deal, Cek Bi used to lie awake at night listening to gunfire rattling through her village. Now, the 40-year…

Amy Chew, Banda Aceh – He was convicted of treason and imprisoned at the Keudah Prison in the provincial capital here in 2003.

When the epic…

Jakarta – The government's plan to extend the ban on polygamy is being blown out of proportion by those who oppose it, President Susilo Bambang…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court scrapped Thursday an 2004 law mandating the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives urged the government Thursday to set up an independent team to investigate the 2004…

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – Hundreds of angry people surrounded the office of the Timor Tengah Selatan regent Wednesday to protest…

Jakarta/New York – The decision by Indonesia's Constitutional Court to strike down a deeply flawed law establishing a Truth and Reconciliation…

Jakarta – The editor of the Indonesian version of Playboy went on trial accused of publishing "indecent" material in the first issues of the adult…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Insulting the president is crime no more after the Constitutional Court on Wednesday scrapped three articles in the old…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The government should postpone reviving grassroots spy networks in the regions to fight terrorism, pending the passage of…

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – Pushing ahead with its plans to harness nuclear power, the government will hold a tender in 2008 to select suitable…