Batam/Samarinda/Jakarta – Hundreds of Indonesian workers in Malaysia began returning home on Friday, marking the first day of the 17-day amnesty…

Cunding Levi and Lita Oetomo, Jayapura – Thousands of demonstrators from the Papua People's Anti-Militarism Front (Front Rakyat Papua Anti…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – A group of armed men shot dead an elementary school teacher and injured his son and a neighbor in Sawang district, South…

Jakarta – Two Acehnese non-government organisations, the Acehnese Popular Democratic Resistance Front (Front Perlawanan Demokratik Rakyat Aceh,…

Jakarta – The two opposing factions in the House of Representatives remained locked in their respective positions on Friday, raising the…

As the nation clamors for change, the conduct currently being exhibited by the honorable members of our national legislature, the House of…

Nigel Wilson – East Timor is demanding the Australian Government pay more than $2.6 billion in compensation for oil produced from Timor Sea fields…

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – When asked about the decision of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to oblige his ministers to sign a "political…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Responding to the war on corruption launched by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the National Police and the Attorney…

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Oyos Saroso, Jakarta/Lampung – Pardede, a truck driver, had just eaten a meal at a busy roadside Begadang Restaurant,…

Jakarta – A number of non-government organisations (NGOs) who are concerned with issues of human rights are supporting the Indonesian government's…

East Timor on Friday indicted eight Indonesian soldiers and two militiamen for allegedly killing two UN election workers and attacking…

Nala Edwin, Jakarta – The Committee to Monitor the New Order (Komite Waspada Orde Baru, Tewas Orba) says that the Indonesian Cabinet of Unity is…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The absence of clear-cut domestic regulations sanctioning the debt-for-nature-swap (DNS) scheme has hampered the way…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Smack in the middle of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, hordes of international and local reporters have descended on a…

Agus R/Supriyantho/Dian Y/Mahbub, Surabaya – Commemorations of Youth Pledge Day in various parts of the country yesterday were enlivened by a…

Newly-elected Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he would consider becoming a globe-trotting advocate for moderate Islam,…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Employers can no longer dismiss striking workers or those implicated in crimes without due process of law, the…

The press in our former colony, the tiny East Timor, is much more free than ours; the new nation ranks number 57 together with Ghana and a notch…

Ivy Susanti, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will review the visa procedures for foreign diplomats to facilitate their travel to Indonesia,…

[The following report was filed by the Aceh Working Group on 18 October, following their investigation of three places of detention, in Aceh and…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Press freedom in Indonesia remains under serious threat due to the existence of outdated laws, and killings and physical…

Radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Baasyir says charges that he was behind the deadly Bali and Marriott Hotel bombings were trumped up by US…

Flamboyan, Jakarta – The head of the European Union's Troika Delegation, Bernard Bot, said on Thursday October 28 that they were…

Meriam Debora, Jakarta – Moves to nominate Indonesia as the head of the United Nations Human Rights Commission and as a permanent member of the…

Rowan Callick/Melbourne and John McBeth/Jakarta – Fresh from a re-election victory, Australian Prime Minister John Howard's government is raising…

Sunariah, Jakarta – The Acehnese Popular Democratic Resistance Front (Front Perlawanan Demokratik Rakyat Aceh, FPDRA) has rejected a decision by…

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – Newly inaugurated Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, also known as SBY, is borrowing a page from another…

The Golkar Party, which dominated Indonesian politics under former dictator Suharto, may have lost this year's presidential election but it now…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Five factions supporting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono boycotted on Tuesday a House of Representatives (DPR)…

Nani Farida and Tiarma Siboro, Banda Aceh/Jakarta – Peace, safety and justice for local officials implicated in corruption are all that the…

Luhur Hertanto, Jakarta – Home affairs minister M. Ma'ruf has prohibited all of the staff in his department from living with a women or men as man…

James Balowski, Jakarta – On October 20, former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono – popularly known as SBY – and business tycoon Jusuf Kalla were…

Indonesia's new President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has refused to accept the resignation of military chief General Endriartono Sutarto.

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Abu Bakar Bashir, the Muslim cleric who was cleared last year of leading Jemaah Islamiah, goes on trial again on Thursday accused of involvement…

Sydney – As East Timor-like tragedies unfold in Aceh and Papua, at both ends of our giant and important neighbour, how real is the democratic…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government is making the necessary preparations to facilitate the return of an estimated 160,000 Indonesian…

Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The new government under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will push efforts to resolve protracted problems in state-…

Palembang – More than half of South Sumatra's residents have no access to electricity, due to the remote locations of their homes, a…

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Tuesday it would devote much of its energy to alleged graft in the sale…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The environment in the country's major cities is poor condition and adversely affects the population's health, a…

Zakki P. Hakim and Sri Wahyuni, Jakarta/Yogyakarta – The new government remains committed to liberalizing the country's education sector in line…

Banda Aceh – A district court in the restive province of Aceh sentenced Tuesday the mayor of the capital, Banda Aceh, to five years in…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – After leaving the post vacant for more than two months, the Indonesian Military (TNI) appointed Lt. Gen. Hadi Waluyo as…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Indonesia's self-appointed guardians of morality, the once disbanded radical Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI), have once…

Tom Allard – East Timor is making a last-minute attempt to secure a $3 billion liquid natural gas processing plant and pipeline on its soil as…

Agus Sumule, Manokwari – The downfall of former president Soeharto on May 21, 1998, undoubtedly fueled the widespread revival of free speech among…

Jakarta – At the very start of his tenure, newly installed Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono has fired his first shot. He has promised that he…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Calls are mounting for Cabinet members to relinquish their posts in political parties and business enterprises to…

Jakarta – While giving assurances that there would be no populist measures in its economic policies, the new government remains cautious over…