Indra Harsaputra, Madura – Eyes glistening with tears, Lina (not her real name) slowly, painfully recalled for her visitor the horrors she had…

Women and children in East Timor will continue to suffer in poverty unless the nation is able to determine its own wealth, East Timor's first lady…

Reporter: Rachel Carbonell

Elizabeth Jackson: A dispute between the church and state in East Timor has escalated, with fresh calls from…

The government of the Philippines and the University of the Philippines say they do not support a meeting discussing the issue of independence for…

Jakarta – Vice-President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla has requested the Phillippines government not to interfere in Indonesia's internal…

Jakarta – Police investigators questioned on Friday another Garuda stewardess in connection with the poisoning death of human rights…

Tony Hotland and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's introduction of concrete antigraft measures at state…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – After 10 years of implementing the declaration of the United Nations conference of women in Beijing, most Asian countries…

The Timor Sea Justice Campaign today welcomed signs that the Australian Government was taking on board public pressure to give East Timor a fair…

The United Nations will stay in East Timor (Timor Leste) for another year under a new political mission that will significantly reduce the UN…

Abdullah Alamudi, Jakarta – The controversial bill that seeks to revamp the Criminal Law is turning back the clock 90 years to the time when Dutch…

Otto Syamsuddin Ishak, Jakarta – Law enforcement is one of the Indonesian government's strategies for the settlement of the war in Aceh. Which law…

Indonesia is open to be a partner of a commission set up by the UN Security Council to review the prosecution of human rights abusers…

A new UN mission for Timor Leste but what of the future of the serious crimes process?

Yesterday the United Nations Security Council adopted…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is facing an imminent split, with members opposed to the leadership of Megawati…

Budi Hartadi, Singosari – Although the TNI's (armed forces) interest in participating in regional elections has drawn criticism, army chief of…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Activists have warned that the government blueprint for the reconstruction of tsunami-stricken Aceh and North Sumatra, may…

Greens Senator Kerry Nettle was in Darwin today to meet with local East Timorese and join the call for a just outcome from the Timor Sea boundary…

Nana Rukmana, Indramayu – Fishermen on West Java's north coast have complained that their operating costs since the increase in fuel prices have…

Jakarta – Representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Indonesia, Peru, Ghana, Romania, and the United States state…

A strong quake measuring at least 6.0 on the Richter scale has hit Indonesia, causing panic on Nias island, which was hit by a giant…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – They fight "infidels", they rail against city nightlife, and now they have turned their overzealous worldview against…

Banda Aceh – Attacks by separatist rebels in the tsunami-hit Indonesian province of Aceh have intensified in recent weeks despite a renewed peace…

Jakarta – "Do you believe that the Rp 41 trillion in funds apportioned to finance the rehabilitation and reconstruction of disaster-devastated…

Australia and East Timor appear to remain at loggerheads over multi-billion dollar oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea, with no resolution…

The commercial television networks have refused to screen advertisements lambasting the federal government over Timor Sea oil and gas…

Zakki P. Hakim, Jakarta – While welcoming last week's declaration of the New Asia-Africa Strategic Partnership, a coalition of NGOs criticized the…

We heard resolute words from Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Wednesday – that in three years, there should be no more elementary school buildings on…

Jakarta – National Police (Polri) Chief Da'i Bachtiar said here Wednesday (27 April) setting up police stations in conflict areas and regions…

Ridwan M. Sijabat and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Despite requests from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the former secretary of the National…

Lisbon – East Timor's government and the nation's powerful Roman Catholic Church have settled a dispute over an end to compulsory religious…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The government issued on Wednesday a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) that will enable the…

Aguswandi, London – Oppression is bad for a government's image, especially a government such as Indonesia that is still struggling to repair its…

Popular rock group Dewa has been reported to city police by a number of Muslim organizations led by the Islamic Defender Front (FPI) for using the…

Malcolm Brown – Fifty East Timorese who came to Australia 10 years ago or more as refugees, settled in the country and sent their children to…

The latest TV ads about the Timor Sea dispute, financed by Australian businessman Ian Melrose, have been refused approval by the Commercials…

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Five private companies in East Java have been included on the environment office's blacklist of polluters, State Minister…

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – It's been seven months since rights activist Munir Said Thalib, popularly known as Munir, died of arsenic poisoning on…

Jon Lamb – A series of rallies organised by the Catholic Church in East Timor is another sign of the simmering discontent and frustration held by…

Tom Allard – Australia and East Timor are close to a historic agreement on sharing the revenue from the lucrative gas and oil fields in the Timor…

Max Lane, Sydney – On April 26, a new round of negotiations will start between the Australian and East Timorese governments over the…

Reporter: Tony Jones

Tony Jones: Sister Susan Connolly is one of Australia's best-known and longest-serving advocates for the East Timorese…

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister of People's Welfare Alwi Shihab says that one of the clauses which is currently being prepared for…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – The city administration has been urged to prepare a concrete action plan to make Bylaw No. 2/2005 on air pollution…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Fresh violence broke out on Sunday in Mamasa regency in West Sulawesi province, leaving four people dead and two…

Agus Supriyanto, Jakarta – TNI (armed forces) chief General Endriartono Sutarto has again said that he will allow active TNI members…

On Saturday April 25, hundreds of people from the Liberation Front against the Oppression of Papua (Front Pembebasan Penindasan Papua, FP3) went…

Jakarta – Prof Dr Muladi, chairman of the Golkar Party's legal, human rights and regional autonomy department, has urged the government to…

Jakarta – Several Islamic organizations, led by well-known vigilante group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), have reported popular rock band Dewa…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang (West Nusa Tenggara) – The West Nusa Tenggara provincial administration called on the central government to hold talks…