Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – On September 9, 2003, Governor Sutiyoso launched the distribution of 50,000 16-page manuals containing information on…

Sidney Jones, Singapore – Indonesia has more victims to mourn after yet another attack that killed and maimed ordinary civilians. The same…

Jakarta – An Indonesian general indicted for war crimes in East Timor has been appointed to lead a probe into the shooting deaths of two American…

Relations between Indonesia and Australia are going through another testing time following the bomb attack outside the Australian Embassy in…

Tiarma Siboro and M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The bulk of Muslim voters will choose Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over Megawati Soekarnoputri in the…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta/Mark Forbes, Canberra – At least nine people have been killed and 182 injured by a massive bomb attack on the Australian…

Jakarta – At least seven were confirmed killed and over 180 injured in a bomb explosion outside the Australian Embassy on Thursday morning, just…

President Megawati Soekarnoputri called for calm and urged people to remain on the alert following Thursday's huge bomb blast in front of the…

Abdul Khalik and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – It didn't take the police long to pin the blame for the deadly blast in front of the Australian Embassy…

Ibnu Mat Noor, Banda Aceh – The death of Munir has shocked activists and leaders in the nation's capital, as well as many Achenese, whose rights…

Sidney Jones, Singapore – When I think of the people who had the most impact in bringing about a democratic Indonesia, Munir would be up there…

David Jenkins – General Benny Moerdani, who has died in Jakarta at the age of 71, was a special forces officer who went on to become the head of…

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – Jakarta stocks and rupiah closed lower on Thursday on the back of renewed security fears stemming from the deadly bomb…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The House of Representatives will unlikely be able to finish deliberating the Indonesian Military (TNI) bill before…

Jakarta – Thursday's bombing at the Australian Embassy, which killed at least seven people, drew strong nationwide condemnation, with many saying…

The Malaysian government has again deported Indonesian illegal workers, which has added to the unemployment issues here. The Jakarta Post's Medan…

Jakarta – Indonesian security forces killed 11 suspected rebels during gunbattles in the country's restive Aceh province, a military…

Munir's life and career exemplify that of a man who answers his calling to the end. The diminutive rights activist championed a great cause during…

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Another former military chief, Gen. (ret) Andi Mohamad Jusuf, died on Wednesday, just a week after the death of Gen.(…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Six years after a banking bail-out that cost some US$60 billion (Rp555 trillion), Bank Permata, Indonesia's second-largest…

The death of Indonesia's most outstanding human rights activist, Munir, while still in the prime of life, is a profound loss to the NGO community…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Attempts to heal the wounds of those victimized by large scale human rights violations in the past should be…

Irwan Firdaus, Jakarta – General Andi Muhammad Jusuf, a former Indonesian army chief who played a pivotal role in the rise to power of former…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – In order to ensure fairness within the Indonesian Military (TNI) forces, several factions in the House of…

Jakarta – General Andi Muhammad Jusuf, a former Indonesian army chief who played a pivotal role in the rise to power of former dictator Suharto…

Indramayu – Almost twenty-five percent of school buildings are damaged in Indramayu regency, West Java province, it was reported…

Indonesia will investigate atrocities including the East Timor slaughter after agreeing on a truth and reconciliation commission.

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Tiarma Siboro and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Condolences poured in on Wednesday for the family and relatives of top human rights campaigner…

Last week was the fifth anniversary of the independence vote in East Timor and the Indonesian atrocities that followed. At the time of the…

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The haze in Jambi and Central Kalimantan provinces worsened on Wednesday, prompting local authorities, particularly in Jambi…

Jane Perlez and Evelyn Rusli, Uyat Bay Beach – First the fish began to disappear. Then villagers began developing strange rashes and bumps.…

Papang Hidayat and Usman Hamid, Jakarta – Amid the fanfare and bustle of this year's general elections, the trial of the gross human right…

East Timor's foreign minister reaffirmed his opposition to an international rights tribunal Wednesday, telling parliament that the country's…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Defying criticism from human rights activists and victims of rights abuses, the House of Representatives unanimously…

Jakarta – Indonesian troops shot and killed five alleged separatist rebels – all but one of them unarmed – in the country's…

Munir was in a class by himself. He had an electric intelligence and an encyclopedic memory. In meetings, he was able to draw on a kaleidoscope of…

ID Nugroho and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Two weeks to go before the election runoff on September 20, both presidential candidates are…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) blamed on Monday flawed campaign regulations for "disguised campaigning…

Kiki Verico, Jakarta – On July 31, 2004 in Geneva, Director General Supachai Panitchpakdi successfully led the meeting of 147 WTO member…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The government demanded on Monday that the Indonesian Military be granted the power to take preemptive measures against…

Samarinda – Hundreds of Mulawarman University students held a rally on Monday here, demanding that the local government allocate a…

Jakarta – Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) clerics have issued conflicting statements to voters grouped in the country's largest Muslim organisation in the…

Jakarta – The Golkar Party has officially reprimanded all members who have defied the party's official decision to support Megawati Soekarnoputri…

Richel Langit, Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tanjung is not contesting the September 20 election, nor is he a member of either political…

Maryadi, Jakarta – Hundreds of people from the Committee Against the Criminalisation of the Press (Komite Anti Kriminalisasi Terhadap Pers, Kakap…

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Hundreds of villagers in East Lampung blocked off a section of the Sumatra East Coast Highway that is under…

Together with journalists of other printed media, The Jakarta Post's Sri Wahyuni was recently invited to join an investigative team formed by the…

Jakarta – Thick haze from forest fires and farmland burnings blanketed the Indonesian province of Jambi, delayed flights to and from the eastern…

Semarang – Some 25 former residents of East Timor descended upon the Central Java provincial administration on Monday, demanding that…

Munir, one of Indonesia's most respected and courageous – yet also most humble – human rights activists, passed away Tuesday (7/9/04), apparently…