The market price of turtles varies depending on their unique features, including their rarity in the wild or their status as a protected species…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The widow of murdered human rights campaigner Munir is planning to lobby American and United Nations officials to help her…

Jakarta – Hundreds of students at Bogor's Pakuan University protested at the campus Monday, demanding that the administrative staff…

Reporter: Tony Jones

Tony Jones: Well, we're joined now by the East Timorese Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta, and, as you've seen, he's just…

Choking once again on what has become a yearly haze, Indonesia's neighbors could be forgiven for thinking that Jakarta could care less about other…

An oil company behind allegations that East Timor's former prime minister accepted bribes from oil giant ConocoPhillips, says banking…

Dili – East Timor violence could return to East Timor ahead of general elections next year, a conflict-prevention group warned Tuesday,…

Ahmad Pathoni, Jakarta – Giving jobs to some 600 military rebels whose dismissal triggered deadly violence in East Timor this year is crucial to…

East Timor will need to tackle security sector reform to get back on track after deadly unrest earlier this year, the International Crisis Group (…

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Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – The row over former president Habibie's allegations about an aborted military coup on the second day of his short term…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – A coalition of non-governmental organization has rejected a government plan to introduce a single identification…

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – Human rights groups on Sunday criticized a Supreme Court decision overturning the 14-year prison sentence of a man…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The reappointment of Brig. Gen. Surya Dharma Nasution to lead the police team probing the murder of human rights champion…

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – A civil society activist in Poso, Central Sulawesi, denied Friday military accusations that he had been involved in the…

Jakarta – Frustrated with the government's handling of the murder of her husband, human rights campaigner Munir, the activist's widow Suciwati…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Non-governmental organizations called on the Yudhoyono administration Friday to press on with corruption cases involving…

Tangerang – It was business as usual at the construction site of Pamulang Square near Lake Tujuh Muara on Jl. Siliwangi in Tangerang…

The hot mud that is surging from PT Lapindo Brantas Inc.'s gas well in Sidoarjo, East Java, has remained unstoppable after over three months. The…

Markus Makur, Timika – Papua Police apprehended 47 traditional gold miners Friday for their alleged involvement in a blockade against work at the…

Paul Kelly – The Howard Government must rethink its policy towards Papua to prevent tensions or even hostilities with Indonesia and to terminate…

Jakarta – Politicians and activists are blasting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration for "not being serious" about resolving the…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Within a week, Indonesia will finish repaying all its debts to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), ending an eight-year…

Jakarta/Batam – Haze from land-clearing fires in jungle-clad Kalimantan and Sumatra worsened Thursday, disrupting travel and shutting schools…

Jakarta – Greenpeace activists literally smoked out the forestry ministry in Jakarta on Thursday to protest the government's failure…

B. Herry-Priyono, Jakarta – The recent exchange of words between former president B. J. Habibie and retired General Prabowo Subianto gives us more…

Four Indonesians have been arrested in the United States charged with conspiring to ship arms illegally to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas and…

Debate about human rights in this country seems to be too often all sound and fury that signifies nothing. Our politicians posture and make the…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – The tug-of-war between the government and the powerful pharmaceutical industry over drug price rationalization and labeling…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reiterated his call Thursday for the once all-powerful military to press ahead with internal reform…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Outspoken legislators from the major political parties are criticizing the state secrecy bill, which they say has…

Fadli, Batam – A wheelchair was the closest companion that Dian Elfina's brought back home from Malaysia.

The 25-year-old sustained a broken…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – It has been eight years since the National Commission on Violence Against Women was established following the mass rape of…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – A civil society activist and local officials are some of the people the military blame Thursday for the recent…

Jakarta – Indonesia's justice system failed in overturning the conviction of a pilot for the murder of a leading rights activist, Human Rights…

The Indonesia Supreme Court quashed a judgment by the Court of Appeal which affirmed the 14 year jail sentence pronounced by the Central Jakarta…

Dili – East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao expressed on Thursday his gratitude for the Cuban medical and education cooperation in…

Shinta Shinaga, Jakarta – Female circumcision is indeed already a tradition in Indonesia. However the medical world is now becoming concerned…

Raymond Bonner and Muktita Suhartono, Kedungbendo – It started as a natural gas well. It has become geysers of mud and water, and in a country…

Try, Jakarta – Who knows if it's just for fun or has a political purpose, but T-shirts with a picture of the hammer and sickle (the symbol of the…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – As it observes its 61st anniversary, the Indonesian Military (TNI) is still reluctant to abandon its old political…

Cath Hart – Labor has thrown its support behind Coalition moves to ensure the asylum system is not manipulated for international political…

As in the previous few years, the anniversary of the Indonesian Military (TNI) will be commemorated without fanfare. The ceremony to mark the 61st…

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is under pressure to release a report which implicates his security forces in the murder of a high…

Nograhany Widhi, Jakarta – Feeling that there has been a miscarriage of justice, the families of the defendants in the Abepura case have lodged a…

Denpasar – Two musicians went on trial Wednesday at the Denpasar District Court in Bali for allegedly singing a song that likened a police officer…

Jongker Rumteh, Manado – Residents of North Minahasa, North Sulawesi, are protesting a future gold mining operation in the regency because of a…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Prominent human rights groups lashed out Wednesday at a statement from the military intelligence agency chief, which…

Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Agung Laksono asked Gen. Sutanto on Tuesday to clarify Corruption Eradication Commission findings his…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – The Indonesian military is scrambling to distance itself from claims it is linked to terrorist networks after the…