Jayapura – Seventeen activists grouped in the Papuan Solidarity for Abepura group continued their hunger strike on Wednesday as part…

Dimas, Jakarta – The surrender of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) weapons that will begin on September 15 will be done in three stages. Before being…

It was exactly one year ago that we were left in shock at the news of the death of Munir Thalib Said, one of the country's boldest and most…

Muhammad Nur Hayid, Jakarta – The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) is apparently made up of many factions. If one of these fractions disagrees with the…

Today's acquittal of two senior Indonesian police officers, accused of allowing the killing of three Papuan students and the torture of over a…

Jakarta – The Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) has prepared a contingency plan for the eventuality that the peace agreement signed by the…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited Indonesian Military (TNI) headquarters on Wednesday in order to…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – Providing more protection to farmers against surging imports and nurturing agriculture-based manufacturing were two of a…

Ismoko Widyaya, Jakarta – After demonstrating at the offices of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), around 200 people from the Solidarity…

Alan Ramsey – Stuart Rees is the director of Sydney University's Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. On July 29 he emailed Labor's Kevin Rudd…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – A group of prominent figures established a forum on Tuesday to increase public participation in the efforts to…

Our condolences go out to the families of those who died on Mandala Airlines flight RI 091. We also grieve for the residents on the ground in…

Jakarta – One year after leading human rights activist Munir was murdered onboard a flight from Jakarta to the Netherlands, the government has…

New York – One year after a leading Indonesian human rights activist was murdered after boarding a flight from Jakarta to Europe, the Indonesian…

Melly Febrida, Jakarta – Hundreds of supporters have called on the government to solve the case of the murdered human rights activist Munir. The…

Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said that the holding of human rights trials scheduled to try human rights…

Banda Aceh – Sofyan Dawod, military spokesman of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), said he believed that the peace process in Aceh would run smoothly…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Muslim hard-liners have continued intimidating the Liberal Islam Network (JIL), an organization that promotes pluralism…

Students and residents claiming to be from the Papua Solidarity for the Abepura Incident staged a protest in Jayapura on Monday, demanding the…

Nigel Wilson – A technical argument about what activities may occur between the sea bed and the surface of the joint petroleum development area in…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung/Jakarta – The closure of churches in Bandung and surrounding areas over the past two years has caused concern among…

Awan Wibowo Laksono Poesoro, Jakarta – Since the fall of Soeharto in 1998, the military has gradually pulled out of the political arena but has…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – A leading non-governmental organization is set to file a class action lawsuit against 10 companies in…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – With his four-year-old son Salman al Farizi sitting on his lap, Teungku Syafiie bin Syamaun, a member of the Free Aceh…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Two weeks after the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) signed a peace deal in Helsinki, many continue…

Dili – The top two leaders of East Timor on Monday separately said that, should the need arise, they were ready to appear in international courts…

Jakarta – Dozens of Acehnese rebel prisoners eligible for release under a historic peace agreement remain behind bars, separatists said Sunday,…

Jakarta – Hundreds of Indonesian bus drivers, vendors and factory workers staged a noisy rally in Jakarta on Sunday to protest against…

Chris Brummitt, Banda Aceh – Developments in Aceh have been "very encouraging" since last month's peace accord, but political resistance to the…

Tony Hotland and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has warned the government to take all possible measures to block…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – Amid lingering uncertainty over the economy, as evident from the volatile rupiah, the Central Statistic Agency (BPS)…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – A government-proposed bill on official secrets is prone to abuse by officials and could undermine human rights, an…

This is a powerful and moving reminder of the horrors visited on East Timor, a tiny scrap of land that was exploited and neglected by its…

Bill Geurin, Jakarta – war on drugs has been ramped up as the tourist and clubbing season on the resort island of Bali reaches its peak.

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Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Calls for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to quickly shake up his Cabinet received more support on Thursday as senior…

Jakarta – Indonesia could be forced to cut back on a state funded compensation scheme for the poor which was supposed to compensate for a…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The government brushed aside on Wednesday any possibility of the Aceh peace agreement faltering despite foreseeable…

Muhammad Nur Hayid, Jakarta – TNI (armed forces) troops will not remain silent if the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) fails to comply with the substance…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has joined the chorus in condemning the much-criticized forced closure of dozens of…

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – To support the government's forest protection program, the participation of local people living in the vicinity of forests…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – People are losing confidence in the government's economic team, who they see as responsible for the current…

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – The Malang District Court handed down a two-year prison sentence for a Muslim cleric who was charged with despoiling Islam…

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court on Tuesday turned down a request by a key suspect in the murder of rights activist Munir for the case…

Tom Allard – Indonesia's intelligence services recruited a senior, long-serving Australian spy whose role as a double agent was eventually…

Jakarta – The government must work hard to provide legal certainty – particularly in the area of tax regulations – if it wants investment in the…

Jakarta – Out of so many companies, foundations and cooperative enterprises managed by the Indonesian Military (TNI), only a few meet the…

[Dita Sari, president of the Indonesian People's Democratic Party (PRD), and a leader of the militant Indonesian National Front for Workers'…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono installed former justice minister Muladi as the National Resilience…

Hundreds of Acehnese rebels walked free from Indonesian jails today, under a sweeping amnesty that forms a vital plank of a landmark agreement…

Banda Aceh – Hundreds of Acehnese rebels walked free from Indonesian jails on Wednesday under a sweeping amnesty that forms a vital plank of a…