Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The botched bombing of a US-franchised fast food outlet in Indonesia at the weekend bears none of the hallmarks of…

On the fifteenth anniversary of the massacre of over 270 East Timorese civilians by the Indonesian military, calls for justice and accountability…

Hundreds of East Timorese youths, including members of rival gangs who fought each other in the streets of the capital earlier this year, have…

Aguswandi, Banda Aceh – Expectations are high while the possibilities for violence are likely slim in the scheduled December elections in Aceh.…

Anissa S. Febrina, Jakarta – Despite widespread poverty and alarming pollution levels, Jakarta has been named the best province in the country in…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Following Democratic victories in last week's US midterm elections, Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said Indonesia would…

Magelang, Central Java – A former military (TNI) chief says there is no reason to deny soldiers their basic right to vote in the 2009…

Indonesia said it was confident Australia will no longer be used as a staging post for separatist groups following the signing of a historic…

On the fifteenth anniversary of the infamous massacre at Santa Cruz cemetery in Timor-Leste, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN)…

Dili – More than 1,000 East Timorese gathered in the capital Dili on Sunday to mark the 15th anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre, when…

Ben Terrall and John M. Miller – This November 12 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the 1991 massacre at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili, East…

Lisbon – Timor Leste's former prime minister Mari Alkatiri, under investigation for his alleged role in violence that wracked the nation earlier…

Let's hope that the head of the Hutt River Province, His Royal Highness Prince Leonard, does not have many ardent followers in Indonesia. So far,…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta Post – The National Commission on Human Rights says the current government is responsible for finding 13 democracy activists…

John McBeth – Ms Patsy Spier sat through every hearing these past five months, quietly taking notes with the help of a translator and, just as…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta Post – Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Friday that there would be "no more fuss" about a new presidential advisory team, at…

Jakarta – A bomb blast at a fast food restaurant in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday wounded one person, police said.

Police said…

Jakarta/Makassar – Antigraft and human rights groups have warned the Judicial Commission it is risking its legitimacy by nominating corruption…

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) demanded Friday that the Air Force discipline the airmen who allegedly…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Aceh needs at least 10,000 election observers to help ensure just and democratic regional polls in Aceh on Dec. 11,…

Jakarta – An alliance of activists, politicians and experts has accused Forestry Minister M.S. Kaban of intervening in the police…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang – An official at a state-run river management agency in East Java has accused factories of dumping toxic waste into…

Indonesia is hoping a new security treaty with Australia will uphold the sovereignty of both countries, including restive areas such as Papua,…

Nala Edwin, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) is calling on the government to find the 13 missing activists who were…

The idea of heroes is far from the minds of most people these days, with so many non-heroic deeds going on around them. They know that those who…

Mustafa Moses, Jakarta – A hundred out of 600 regional languages in various Indonesian dialects are threatened with extinction. According to the…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Deposed prime minister Mari Alkatiri has accused the Catholic Church's hierarchy in East Timor of being behind a…

Karen Michelmore – The Federal Government has given a clear commitment under a new security pact to oppose Indonesian separatist movements,…

Magelang – The Indonesian and US army special forces will resume cooperation following the lifting of the US military embargo on Indonesia some…

Cunding Levi, Jayapura – many as 23 defendants and convicts of the case on March 16 in Abepura, Papua, disputed that the clash was…

Jayapura – Prisoners who have been convicted for the Abepura Clash and are now serving sentences in Abepura Prison held a press conference on…

Foster Klug, Washington – The head of the European Union-led peace monitoring mission in Indonesia's devastated Aceh province predicted on…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The government should quickly solve the Munir murder and other outstanding human rights cases to avoid becoming the target…

The Australia West Papua Association spokesperson Joe Collins expressed grave concerns at the new security treaty with Indonesia.

AWPA is…

Andra Jackson – Australia was "killing off" democracy in Papua with its impending treaty with Indonesia, a Papuan leader has said in Melbourne.…

Jakarta – The post-Idul Fitri influx of migrants to Jakarta may create opportunities for internal human trafficking from rural to urban areas,…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – One of three militants charged with beheading three Christian schoolgirls last year in Poso carried out the attack as an "…

The outlook is bright on this side of the world for convicted murderers, particularly those who plot to assassinate the law enforcers who punished…

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – A protest was staged Wednesday against the alleged assault of reporters by Air Force soldiers, who had been trying to…

Damien Kingsbury – On Monday, Australia's Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, and Indonesia's Foreign Minister, Hassan Wirayuda, will sign a so-…

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – John Howard and Alexander Downer should trumpet a new security treaty with Indonesia, but their attempts to play down…

Reporter: Lynn Bell

Mark Colvin: The Prime Minister John Howard has welcomed a new Australian-Indonesian security treaty as a sign of the…

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – Australia will help Indonesia develop a nuclear program, conduct joint border protection patrols, expand military and…

The wife of an American man murdered in Indonesia's troubled Papua province four years ago says she's satisfied justice has been done in the trial…

Ahmad Pathoni, Jakarta – Most people in Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh province want to vote in December's landmark elections but many wrongly…

Having conceded to Indonesian demands, the Howard Government has squandered an unprecedented opportunity to push for overdue reform in…

The decision announced by the Indonesian police on 7 November that he would not allow any international involvement in efforts to investigate the…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Eight pairs of candidates are eligible to contest Aceh's Dec. 11 gubernatorial elections, the Aceh Independent Elections…

Semarang – The number of people infected with tuberculosis has reached at least 34,761 in Central Java, an official said Monday.

Former East Timorese prime minister Mari Alkatiri has appeared under tight security escort at the General Prosecutor's Office for questioning over…