Jakarta – Top women activists issued a warning on Monday about the increasing threat of intolerance toward minority groups in the country.

Jakarta – The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) saw yet another plenary session spiral into chaos on Tuesday, as internal power struggles continue to intensify.

Jakarta – Newly inaugurated Constitutional Court (MK) Justice Saldi Isra signed an integrity pact at his new office on Tuesday, vowing to step up efforts to restore the court's reputation after mul

Muhammad Tanziel Aziezi – Legal scholar Saldi Isra will be installed as the new Constitutional Court judge today, replacing the disgraced Patrialis Akbar, who was recently named a corruption suspec

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The number of prisoners being held in Indonesia increased by 12,000 within two months this year, raising concerns about unresolved prison overcrowding problems.

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – More than 60 people were sentenced to death in Indonesia last year but proposed changes to the country's penal code could save the lives of future pris

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Adam Harvey, Indonesia – A video recording of Indonesian vigilantes detaining two young gay men captures them kicking, slapping and insulting the pair, shortly before they are turned over to the pr

Chris Biantoro – Since Suharto stepped down in 1998, and political reform occurring for the last 18 years, Papua has yet to enjoy real reform, as enjoyed by other provinces in Indonesia.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – A court hearing the blasphemy trial of Jakarta's Christian governor has been accused of succumbing to political interference after it agreed to delay proceedings until on

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Prosecutors postponed the reading of the sentence demand against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama until April 20, a day after the runoff, saying t

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – The highlands of west Java provide a calmness that can't be found in the Indonesian capital.

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – An Indonesian court has adjourned the high-profile blasphemy trial of the city's Christian Governor until after a bitterly fought election next week.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – In another move to balance out his firm stance against Muslim radicals participating in sectarian rallies, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has toned down earlier st

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and his running mate Djarot Saiful Hidayat have found themselves facing criticism after their recently released campaign adve

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's recent ruling curtailing the central government's authority to revoke regional bylaws may embolden local politicians to

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – The Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) has elected former Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Moeldoko, who is also a close aide to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, as its ne

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – New paddy seeds – M70D and M400 – invented by the Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) are said to improve the cultivation process of rice, in turn improving farmers' welf

Jakarta – Fairpoint Realty Indonesia, the property arm of conglomerate Gunung Sewu Group, said it is confident of attracting major corporate tenants to fill in a new office tower currently being de

Jakarta – Real Estate Indonesia (REI) has rejected the government plan to impose taxes on vacant apartments as it will discourage investment in the sector.

Tanggerang – Police have conducted an investigation into an officer who slapped a female labor protester in Tanggerang city, Banten province, for holding a demonstration in the middle of a car-free

Jakarta – Public transportation provider PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta) recorded that the number of Transjakarta passengers in the first three months climbed 41.3 percent to 36.7 million pa

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Jakarta – As the Indonesian Air Force celebrated its 71st anniversary over the weekend, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo praised the country's airmen for safeguarding national airspace.

Jakarta – The Independent Laborers Union Confederation (GSBI) held a demonstration on Monday in front of the Jakarta Police headquarters in South Jakarta to demand the dismissal of Adj. Sr. Comr.

Two Indonesians are to go on trial in an Islamic court for having gay sex and could receive 100 strokes of the cane if found guilty, officials in the conservative province of Aceh said, sparking ca

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government has been encouraged to heed the United Nations' call to abolish the death penalty from the country's judicial system.

Agus Maryon, Banyumas – Hundreds of members of Barisan Ansor Serbaguna (Banser), the youth wing of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), have taken down banners calling

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Gerindra Party chief patron Prabowo Subianto gathered a number of party elites and several political figures at his private residence in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakar

Jakarta – Jakarta has denounced the European Parliament's recent ruling on palm oil and deforestration that it considers to be damaging to the country's biofuel exports.

Jakarta – More than 1 million high school students across the country began taking the national exams that kicked off on Monday with some schools reporting delays caused by poor infrastructure.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police handed over on Monday a dossier on Buni Yani, who uploaded a video on his Facebook page of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama making a speech that some deem

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta administration's stance on banning street musicians is thought by some to have breached the economic, social, cultural, civic and political rights of t

Jakarta – Bambang Soesatyo, chairman of the House of Representatives' Commission III on legal affairs, on Sunday (09/04) urged National Police chief Gen.

Jakarta – Golkar chairman Setya Novanto has asked all party members to start putting up banners announcing President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo" as Golkar's presidential candidate for the 2019 election.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Police in Semarang, Central Jakarta, banned an event held by Islamic hard-line group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) on Sunday night, as they believed it to be a threat to reli

Police shot dead six suspected members of an Islamic militant group in Indonesia on Saturday, they said, after a failed drive-by shooting targeting police officers in East Java.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has clarified his statement about not mixing politics with religion, which generated a negative reaction from several Muslim organizations who accused him o

Jakarta – Leading Muslim intellectual Syafii Maarif said that religions should not be used as a political tool as "it could lead to national disintegration."

Jakarta/Surabaya – Muhammad Nadir Umar, member of East Java's Pasuruan Legislative Council, or DPRD, from the Prosperous Justice Party, or PKS, was deported from Turkey for allegedly attempting to

Angela Macdonald-Smith – The private company of Australia's Fuller family has signed a deal to explore for oil and gas onshore Timor-Leste, with the ambitious aim of beginning oil production within

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – Experts have warned that vibrant economic development in Southeast Asia has potential to trigger human rights violations, especially when the state fails to acknowle

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) administration is still waiting for progress in the Foreign Ministry's efforts to release 300 Indonesian citizens seeking t

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The elections ethics council reprimanded Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) head Sumarno on Friday, saying that he had failed to treat both Jaka

Jakarta – Attorney General HM Prasetyo said on Friday he agreed with the Jakarta Police's suggestion to the North Jakarta District Court to postpone the hearing of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tj

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Two men in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province each face up to 100 strokes of the cane after neighbors reported them to Islamic religious police for having gay sex.

Michael Hart – In the Indonesian province of West Papua, a movement for independence has existed since the early 1960s.

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Indonesia has long promoted its preference for peaceful diplomacy to end Syrian civil war Jakarta likely to seek maintenance of ties during Pence's visit, expert says

Andreas Harsono – The United Nations special rapporteur on the right to health did something remarkable last week: he traveled to the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua.

Sukoharjo (Okezone) – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says that politics and religion should be connected in the right context, not be totally separated.