Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Two antigraft activist from Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) have defied a police summons as part of a defamation probe into them.

Robert Isidorus & Alin Almanar, Jayapura/Jakarta – Police in Papua have detained two people deemed "mainly responsible" for allegedly establishing an office for the United Liberation Movement o

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police are determined to pursue their case against two Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) lawyers who were arrested when providing legal assistance to l

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The controversial assault case involving Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan is set to end today should there be no further legal interventio

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As a nation based on Pancasila including faith in one God, there is no place for sinful sexual deviants.

Ayomi Amindoni – The House of Representatives has been urged to openly supervise the government's assessment of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) to avoid misinformation on the cost and benefit o

Jakarta – Members of the House of Representatives have criticized the government's plan to grant amnesty to former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) member Nurdin bin Ismail, popularly known as Din Minimi.

Lazuardhi Utama, Bobby Andalan (Bali) – A group of people calling themselves the "Californians Against Reclamation in Benoa Bay-Bali" held a demonstration in San Francisco to welcome the arrival of

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The recent arrest of a Supreme Court (MA) official for allegedly accepting bribes has not only exposed possible rampant corruption within the country's highest judicial insti

Jakarta – A public opinion survey conducted by the Kompas daily research department found that the job approval rating of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was at an all time high.

Tanya Plibersek – Australia regularly calls on other countries to abide by international laws and norms to settle disputes.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has taken a firm stance in formally opposing the government's plan to punish sex offenders using chemical castration.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has opened an office in the town of Wamena in the Highlands of Indonesia's Papua province.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – A clash between security forces and Kalijododo residents seems unavoidable as the latter has vowed to fight the Jakarta administration's plan to shut down the r

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Over 110 followers of the Ahmadiyah Muslim minority group who have been living at the Wisma Transito shelter in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), for a decade are still de

Jakarta – Disbanding civil groups with long-time notorieties for violent acts in a country where they have been deeply rooted in the political economy would only lead to a backlash, a leading obser

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government has proposed that a mooted revision of the 2003 Terrorism Law contain a new category for terrorism offences.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie – The government and security apparatus, particularly the police, could use groups opposed to the Islamic State (IS) movement to counter IS in Indonesia, but doing so would b

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Before joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Indonesia might have to assess clauses in the pact that affect the government's capacity to provide affordable vital m

Jakarta – Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Yembise has said her ministry has finalized the composing of a draft bill on chemical castration as a punishment for sex offenders

Jakarta – The debate over lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals (LGBTs) has continued, with Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan throwing in his two cen

Haeril Halim, Hans Nicholas Jong and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – As the latest conservative stride in the wake of the LGBT paranoia gripping the nation, the government has demanded a UN body e

Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla asked the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Monday to not to finance lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community programs in the country.

Tanya Plibersek's announcement committing a future Labor government to good faith negotiations over a maritime boundary with Timor-Leste, with international dispute settlement in reserve, represent

The shift in Labor's position in regard to Australia's long running maritime border dispute with East Timor will likely appeal to diplomatic conventions and notions of equity but, of greater signif

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says good progress is being made by Papua New Guinea on registering all West Papuan refugees in the country.

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Jakarta – An Indonesian legislator criticized on Saturday the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for assistance it has rendered to the LGBT community in the country, calling it an interventi

Herlambang P. Wiratraman, Surabaya – There have been several threats to academic freedom in the last five years.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The government's plan to issue ID cards for children has met with criticism from activists who call for better public service with regard to birth certificate issuance and ch

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – As lawmakers at the House of Representatives pursue a controversial plan to revise anticorruption legislation, experts have called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesians suspected of plotting to carry out an act of terrorism could be detained for up to six months under proposed new laws in response to the Ja

Jakarta – Investigators of the general crimes directorate at the National Police Criminal Investigation Corps (Bareskrim) are looking to establish legal grounds on which to ascertain whether leader

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police has suggested that measures be taken to control the increase in private vehicles in a bid to tackle road congestion in Jakarta, which has the world's wo

Tom Allard – East Timor's Prime Minister has written to his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull asking him to open talks on a permanent maritime boundary between the two countries.

Anton Hermansyah, Business – Indonesia could fall into bankruptcy if the biggest market in Southeast Asia join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which would allow investors to sue the government

Ayomi Amindoni, Business – Indonesia recorded a surplus of US$50.6 million in the January trade balance, a 92 percent drop from the trade surplus in January 2015, which stood at $632 million.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The government's introduction of free visas for the citizens of 169 countries has been criticized by lawmakers.

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The government may yet again shelve its plan to impose a complete ban on raw material exports after acknowledging slow progress in the nation's smelter development.

Daniel Flitton – East Timor has hinted its international spying case against Australia could be abandoned should the two countries negotiate a new treaty to divide rich undersea oil and gas fields.

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – A number of local business players are anticipating tighter competition following the government's recent decision to completely open up business sectors like restaurants, c

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb and Hotli Simanjuntak, Padang/Banda Aceh – Floods that have submerged a number of regions in Indonesia over the past week have begun to result in major health consequences for

Tama Salim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The arrest of a Supreme Court official in charge of handling civil suits and appeals for receiving bribes has again exposed rampant corrupt practices at the co

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Ganug Nugroho Adi and Suherdjoko, Padang/Surakarta/Semarang – Farmers in Sumatra and Java are on the verge of another harvest failure as floods submerged thousands of hectares

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – Infrastructure companies recorded growth in assets value and profits last year thanks partly to the government's mammoth budget allocation in the sector.

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will boost lending to Indonesia to about US$10 billion within the next five years to finance the country's infrastructure projects.

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Ganug Nugroho Adi, Ruslan Sangadji and Arya Dipa, Klaten/Palu/bandung – Indonesia's bureaucracy is notoriously corrupt and inefficient, and the competition to secure positions within it is fierce,

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – After being largely left out of handling disputes resulting from last year's simultaneous regional elections, the Election Supervisory Committee (Bawaslu) has deman