Ridwan Max Sijabat, Banda Aceh – State-owned insurance company PT Jamsostek has called on companies in tsunami-ravaged Aceh to provide lists of…

Much has been made of Makarim Wibisono's appointment as chairman of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR). The honor signifies recognition of…

For the second time since the tsunami destroyed his house, Kamaruzaman slogged his way up the steep hill on the broken road to Ligan, still…

Lisa Clausen – Built from scratch like so much of East Timor after the militia rampages in the wake of 1999's independence vote, the nation's…

We have just received a tragic message from a Papuan contact (copied below), letting us know that three more Papuans have died in just one of the…

Detikom, Muhammad Atqa – Indonesia's foreign minister, Hasan Wirayudha, clarified that the Truth and Friendship Commission [TFC] being formed by…

Shifts among command posts within the Indonesian Army are underway, with those in Aceh taking the limelight.

A warming-up is taking place…

Tim O'Connor – Recently returned from Aceh, academic Ed Aspinall has been traveling regularly to Aceh for several years and written extensively on…

Surabaya (Miol) – The East Java United Opposition Front (BOB) is asking the East Java Regional Parliament (DPRD) to oppose fuel price increases…

Fears of a post-tsunami disease explosion in Indonesia prompted the influx of huge medical resources, but with no sign of epidemic, a surfeit of…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The government's move to amend legislation on security and defense has split legislators, with a Golkar Party lawmaker…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) launched a campaign on Friday opposing a proposed official secrets…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – After four years of pleading by the government, the global money laundering watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The government insisted on Friday it would sue Malaysian employers who refused to pay their undocumented…

Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta – The public has high hopes that the planned government team assigned to hunt down graft suspects residing overseas…

Christopher Bodeen, Banda Aceh – In this tsunami-ravaged Indonesian city, the streets couldn't seem safer. Rifle-toting Indonesian soldiers patrol…

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar recently ordered a major reshuffle affecting four senior officers, including police…

Saturday afternoon, February 5. A historical day for the village of Perdamaian in the Langkat regency sub-district of Stabat, North Sumatra. Since…

Yang Razali Kassim – Within days of the tsunami disaster, several Indonesian organisations sent volunteers to Banda Aceh to provide humanitarian…

Tangerang – Tangerang District Court ruled on Tuesday that 455 dismissed workers of Kingstone Indonesia had precedence over China…

Semarang – An Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Reform Movement was launched at the Panti Marhaen Building on Jalan Brigjen Katamso…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A grouping representing 52 trade unions expressed disappointment about what it said was the poor performance of…

Jakarta – Prosecutors recommended that hard-line cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir be sentenced to eight years in jail for his alleged role in a string of…

Fadli, Banda Aceh – Hundreds of Syiah Kuala University students protested on the Banda Aceh campus on Thursday to demand that their tuition be…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Dissatisfied with the disbursement of its share of the royalties paid by mining firm PT Freeport Indonesia, the Papua…

Jakarta – The idea of dividing West Papua into five provinces has been mooted again. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is reported to have…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Some members of the House of Representatives have expressed opposition to articles in the draft revision of the Criminal…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Ministry of Defense has finalized the first drafts on the revision of legislation on security and defense, which aim…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is expected soon to ratify the international bill on human rights, a move that could…

Gordon G Benton – It is more than likely that there will be an unholy battle over the desolation in Aceh and North Sumatra on who is going to…

Dili – East Timor's leaders want national consensus on how to deal with Indonesian atrocities committed in 1999, but will move to set up a Truth…

Among the donors to tsunami survivors in Indonesia's Aceh, Turkey stands out. Not for bringing money, shelter or food, but for flying their flag…

Jakarta – Teachers and academics doubt the government's planned national final exam will be able to narrow the gap in education between schools…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – In a party held to celebrate his 80th birthday at the Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) building Indonesia's most credible…

Not too long ago there was a time when the public, and journalists in particular, lived with a collective daily dose of fear. A fear of speaking…

Dear Secretary Rice,

We, The Forum of Aceh People, an Acehnese civil society group who work for peace and democracy in Aceh, have read that…

Laksamana.Net – The government has reportedly accepted a proposal to divide resource-rich and rebellious Papua province into five provinces by…

Teams collecting corpses in the Indonesian province of Aceh have estimated it will take at least another six months to find all the tsunami…

Indonesia has urged the global community to heighten vigilance to ensure rampant corruption does not swallow billions of dollars of tsunami aid as…

Ken Guggenheim, Washington – Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz praised "a new era" of democratic rule in Indonesia, but said no decision has…

Dili – The port authorities of the East Timorese and Portuguese capitals signed an accord Wednesday for broad bilateral cooperation.…

Zely Ariane has been the secretary-general of the Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) since 2003. Indonesia's only openly operating socialist party, It…

Thousands of Indonesians left homeless by the tsunami will be able to move into newly-finished barracks next week, but despite the promise of…

Indonesia's capital Jakarta and five provinces have been placed under alert for a possible dengue epidemic following a growing number of…

[The following open letter was sent by the UK base human rights organisation Tapol to British Foreign Office Minister, Douglas Alexander, on 9…

Jon Lamb – A 30-second television advertisement screened on January 26 during the Australian Open tennis tournament has returned to the limelight…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The government has set up a team tasked with reviewing Indonesia's membership of the Organization of Petroleum…

John Mcbeth – Moulding tragedy into a political turning point in disaster-stricken Aceh presents both a glittering opportunity and a dangerous…

The measure of a nation's greatness lies in its ability to reconcile its diversity.

There continue to be many things wrong with this country…

Veronica Brooks – East Timor's bid to establish a viable oil and gas exploration industry has received robust early interest from multinational…