Mafoot Simon – In this Indonesian city of almost 1,000 Islamic religious schools, it comes as no surprise that the Muslim parties will slug it out…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Having seen the current pre-election political maneuverings in the country, nobody would argue the classic adage in…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The National Police have deployed over 7,000 reinforcement personnel to three conflict-prone areas to help the existing…

Indra Harsaputra and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta/Surabaya – The historic verdict by the Constitutional Court to scrap a ruling which…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A constitutional law expert has called on the General Election Commission (KPU) and the Constitutional Court to have a…

Robert Go, Jakarta – The Indonesian public received a huge shock yesterday when restructuring agency Ibra closed its books for good and handed…

Jakarta – Indonesian police have released eight activists detained earlier this month in war-torn Aceh province but plan to charge two…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – In funeral services, preachers often say, "May he rest in peace". But you can't take that on face value if you are a…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Students, parents and teachers of the SMPN 56 state junior high school opposing a controversial property deal sought…

Jakarta – Two months and more than 300 deaths after a deadly outbreak of dengue fever across the country, Indonesian President Megawati…

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – Aceh police declared two of 11 student activists arrested recently as treason suspects on Friday, saying that they had…

Dewi Santoso, Jakarta – The start of the academic year is four months away, but schools in Jakarta – including kindergartens, high schools, state…

Semarang – State Minister of the Environment Nabiel Makarim says it is very difficult to end illegal logging across the country as…

Taufik Kamil, Jakarta – Indonesian State Minister of Environment Nabiel Makarim has said that indications of Malaysia's involvement in receiving…

Andrew Burrell, Jakarta – Indonesia's Foreign Minister, Hassan Wirajuda, has claimed that lobbying by his government led Australia to slash…

Mafoot Simon, Tasikmalaya – The singer gyrated on stage in a red, body-hugging outfit with a plunging neckline as she belted out an upbeat version…

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has agreed in a plenary meeting to start a thorough inquiry into…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Conservation group Greenpeace is blockading two rivers in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, hoping a mounting pile of…

Jakarta – A panel of judges at Bengkulu district court sentenced on Thursday defendant Sardona Siliwangi, 23, to 10 years in jail for his role in…

Suherdjoko and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Semarang/Jakarta – Former suspected members of the Indonesia Communist Party (PKI) are urging the…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A panel of judges at Medan district court sentenced on Thursday 10 members of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to…

Banda Aceh – Police have admitted to arresting and detaining a number of student activists in Aceh. Of the eleven activists which were…

Matthew Moor, Jakarta – Indonesia's most senior intelligence official has warned of a threat posed by a "new Jemaah Islamiah" – the Asian terror…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Hundreds of fired workers from state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) welcomed the Jakarta…

Devi Asmarani – The coming Indonesia elections will not be fought and won in Jakarta or in Java alone. The mood of the people living elsewhere in…

Surabaya/Jakarta – Influential Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) member Taufik Kiemas expressed interest in a formal coalition with…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Chief of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) Lt. Gen. (ret.) A.M. Hendropriyono foresees no (major) security…

A. Junaidi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has pledged to maintain its neutrality in the upcoming general election, its chief said on…

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – The Aceh martial law administrator has vowed to go after non-governmental organization (NGO) activists in the province,…

Yogyakarta – Around 100 activists from the group People's Solidarity for Aceh (Solidaritas Rakyat untuk Aceh) held a street action in…

Jakarta – Rizal Ramli, the former head of the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) during the era of former President Abdurrahman Wahid, has said the…

Indonesian troops have killed eight separatists in Aceh province, the military said Monday.

Two of the eight Free Aceh Movement…

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's decision to reinstate the constitutional rights of former communist members and their families members has…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Recent floods in Jakarta that claimed six lives should serve as a warning for the city administration to build the East…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The decision by Kampar Regency Council to dismiss Kampar regent Jefri Noer and his deputy A. Zakir is not final,…

Indonesia has hit back at an American State Department report which criticised its human rights record.

A Foreign Ministry…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government plans to sell its controlling stake in 19 state firms this year as part of its continuing…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The human rights condition in the country has been deteriorating since the government announced wars on…

Washington – The Indonesian government's human rights record remained poor last year and it continued to commit serious abuses…

Anton Aliabbas, Jakarta – The chairperson of the People's Representative Assembly (DPR), Akbar Tanjung, has said that there is no need to be…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Golkar chairman Akbar Tandjung has come under fire from within his own party for suggesting that he will accept the vice-…

Rachel Harvey, Aceh – It has been more than nine months now since the Indonesian government launched its military campaign in the north-western…

Tiarma Siboro and Nani Farida, Jakarta/Banda Aceh – Six Acehnese students, mostly activists, have disappeared after they were taken by officers…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hailed on Tuesday the Indonesian…

Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – The House of Representatives Commission I has planned to set up a working committee of inquiry into alleged…

Richard Norton-Taylor – Arms companies and the government are evading export controls by supplying countries with components rather than complete…

Jakarta – On Monday morning, February 23, four non-government organisation (NGO) activists who have publicly rejected the military operation in…

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – As many as five student, youth and women's activists in Aceh have disappeared since February 16. Aceh Papua Solidarity…

Fedhly Averouss Bey, Jakarta – Allowing ex-political prisoners, in particular ex-members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), to become…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court moved closer to restoring the political rights of the former members and relatives of…