Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Thousands of Tangerang residents living along the Cisadane river are at risk of various illnesses due to the increasing…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – It is rare to get a behind-the-scenes look at historic events. But Tuesday's conference commemorating one year of the Aceh…

Michael Morfit, Jakarta – The Free Aceh Movement, known locally as the Gerakan Acheh Merdeka (GAM), and Indonesia's government on Monday marked…

Mark Dodd – East Timor's highest court has declared legal the controversial "show of hands" vote that endorsed the leadership of then prime…

Nurdin Hassan, Banda Aceh – Tens of thousands have rallied in Indonesia's Aceh, celebrating a full year of peace but calling on Jakarta to honour…

Fakhurradzie M. Gade, Banda Aceh – Thousands of protesters accused Indonesia's government Tuesday of failing to deliver on promises made when…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The formerly rebellious Free Aceh Movement(GAM) is dissatisfied with several articles in the newly enacted law on Aceh…

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The government should take all the necessary measures to prevent Indonesian jihadis from leaving for Lebanon or they will…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Five-year-old Trimo is placed in an old babywalker every now and then. Although his feet can touch the ground,…

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Depok – Suci Islamiyah will never forget the fact that her mother died in one of the leading government hospitals in Central…

Cath Hart and Samantha Maiden – John Howard has pulled the plug on his controversial migration bill to avoid facing a defeat in the Senate.

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Jakarta – For more than two decades, the brutal military occupation of East Timor, a distant, impoverished, peripheral territory, brought…

Hasballah Saad and Michael Shank, Washington DC – The United States Congress recently passed a contentious bill that allocates over US$6 million…

Titis Setianingtyas, Jakarta – The First Minister of GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka) Malik Mahmud Al Haytar has declared that the…

Banda Aceh – Thousands of people from various regions of Aceh have began arriving in Banda Aceh to commemorated one year since the Helsinki…

Refugee and Free West Papua supporters this afternoon welcomed the Prime Minister's decision to scuttle the Migration Amendment (Designated…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – A rosier economic picture is expected to emerge in the second half of the year, with increased growth forecast after a…

Tom Hyland – The Indonesian Army manipulated the voyage to Australia of 43 West Papuan asylum seekers in a secret pyschological warfare operation…

Jakarta – Thick and acrid haze from fires set to clear land is blanketing parts of the Indonesian section of Borneo island, a…

Tiro – Eyes red with tears, Alamsyah Mahmud recalls how in 2001, Indonesian paramilitaries swooped on his village in Tiro, the birthplace of Aceh'…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – The National AIDS Commission is running a trial on the use of female condoms in Papua to reduce the rate of new HIV…

Arvin Fikriansyah, Palu – A last-minute reprieve for three Indonesian Christians on death row has been welcomed by activists and relatives as they…

Jakarta/Surabaya – Permanent effects from the huge mudflow engulfing Sidoarjo, East Java, may keep thousands of displaced residents from ever…

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – The National Commission on Human Rights has asked the government to guarantee the security of Ahmadiyah followers to…

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration will have to rethink its plan to increase public awareness about paying taxes in an SMS reward program after…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) is coming under fire for allocating funds to security…

Rendi Akhmad Witular, Jakarta – The delays in the spending of development funds by many local administrations are believed to be partly the result…

Yemris Fointuna and Ruslan Sangadji, Kupang/Palu – Large rallies were held across East Nusa Tenggara on Thursday to protest the impending…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has replaced the chiefs of three military commands and of the Army Special Forces (…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Military analysts Thursday blasted the military probe into an arms stash scandal as neither transparent nor credible…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Residents of Mane village in Pidie, Aceh, who lost family members and homes during the 30-year conflict between the…

The following are the tangible impacts of the hot, toxic mud that has flooded part of the East Java town of Sidoarjo since the end of May: nearly…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Almost a year after the signing of the Helsinki peace accord that ended 29 years of fighting in Nanggroe Aceh…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Indonesia's tobacco market, the world's fifth-largest, is primed for foreign takeovers. Tough economic conditions have…

Jakarta – A controversial religious leader and a feminist writer were named winners of an award for freedom of expression Thursday. They are…

Nothing has changed since John Howard's ill-judged and dangerous migration amendment bill was first introduced into the federal parliament in May…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Weeks after a lawmaker was dismissed for acting as a middleman in a government-funded haj dormitory project, seven…

Agus Maryono, Purwokerto – Corruption is a deep-seated and pervasive problem that affects all levels of governance, from neighborhood level up.…

Achmad Sukarsono, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to hold the first direct elections in once-volatile Aceh province by December 10, a government…

Rudy Madanir and Christine Tjandraningsih, Jakarta – A recent survey has found that the majority of people in Aceh are satisfied with the current…

Jakarta – Some 90% of people in Indonesia's Aceh province say they agree with Islamic laws that punish gamblers with caning and force women to…

Jakarta – A former senior separatist from Indonesia's Aceh said Thursday that a new generation of rebels could be spawned within a decade amid…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's most senior officials has admitted that his country was directly responsible for failing to stop…

Reporter: Geoff Thompson

Tony Eastley: One of Indonesia's most senior officials has said that his country ran East Timor like a police state…

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Tony Hotland, Jakarta – A military police investigation found the massive arms hoard of a deceased Army officer was for his…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Hundreds of residents of Cipanjalu village in Bandung regency, who have been struggling to survive since 90 percent of…

East Timor's parliament has passed the 2006-7 fiscal year budget, the young nation's largest ever at 315 million dollars, after a delay caused by…

Andy Alcock – For those who have supported the independence of Timor Leste (TL) for over 30 years, Timorese and others, the events occurring there…

Gary LaMoshi, Bali – Another high season after another bomb attack, and another struggle to recover for Bali's tourism-driven economy.

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Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Lawyers for seven men charged with the 2002 killings of two Americans and one Indonesian in Papua province entered a not…