Tim Mann – Television, air conditioning, internet, karaoke, maids. These are not luxuries one would normally associate with Indonesian's maligned corrections system.

Kate Walton – In Indonesia, where same-sex marriage is illegal and homosexuality generally frowned upon, a group of young lesbians are discussing whether marrying a gay man is the way t

Dominic Berger – On the night of 22 March 2011, bricks smashed the windows of a McDonald's branch in Makassar – A note was left by the attackers: 'We are aware of what you multinational

Antje Missbach and Frieda Sinanu – On 28 February 2012, Taqi Nekoyee, a young man from Afghanistan died in the Pontianak immigration detention centre in Kalimantan.

Andy Fuller – Suharto's portrait is commonly seen on the streets of Yogyakarta – It appears on the back of trucks, motorcycles and, less frequently, on private cars.

Jakarta – Senior lawyer and human rights activist Adnan Buyung Nasution has urged people not to choose 36 names recently listed by the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW), as legislative

Ap Inyerop – Otto is sitting in his cell in Abepura prison. It is early evening, and he is drinking coffee and discussing politics with his cellmates.

Jason MacLeod – West Papua has just won an extraordinary victory at the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) meeting in Noumea.

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Rizky Amelia – Indonesia Police Watch says relations between the police and the public are deteriorating and have called on the government to take urgent action.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A number of prominent members of the House of Representatives have threatened to file a defamation report against Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) for produ

Alice Farmer – In February last year, guards at the Pontianak Immigration Detention Center in West Kalimantan beat Taqi Naroye, an Afghan asylum-seeker, so badly that he died.

Jakarta – The Democratic Party has approved the membership of former Indonesian Army chief Gen.

Jakarta – Antigraft activists are urging the House of Representatives to not pass the mass organizations bill into law as it would limit people's freedom of of expression.

Jakarta – Legal experts have called on the judiciary to use the principle of shifting the burden of proof in all courts, especially for trials of corruption and money laundering.

Jakarta – It appears that for some suspects in high-profile graft cases, allegedly abusing their power in office runs alongside their polygamous practices at home.

Jakarta – The government has promised to remove all the permits deemed to have hampered investment activities both in the manufacturing sector and oil and gas sectors amid growing conce

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The National Commission on Tobacco Control (KNPT) alleged on Friday that the deliberation of the tobacco bill at the House of Representatives' Legislative

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A study by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has found that the number of cases of torture committed by members of the National

Jakarta – A human rights activist says that the water throwing incident that recently took place during a TV discussion was a blatant display of both personal and organizational arrogan

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House Speaker Marzuki Alie, the Democratic Party's Edhie Baskara Yudhoyono and the Prosperous Justice Party's (PKS) Fahri Hamzah are among 36 lawmakers accuse

Dessy Sagita – Police in Riau say they have arrested a total of 18 people for starting fires in Riau that led to the worst air pollution in the region since 1997.

A spokesman for the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) threw a glass of tea over a fellow TV talkshow panelist on Friday morning and later said "I'm not afraid of going to jail; I'm afraid o

The Indonesian government denied accusations of a conspiracy to oust Shiite Muslims from the conflict-prone district of Sampang, Madura Island, following the forced relocation of 162 Sh

More than half of Indonesians say they are unhappy with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's leadership performance, adding to the weight of evidence that the leader has lost his touch

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – An new opinion poll by the state-run Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has found that the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) could suffer virtual annihi

Ben Bland – Lunch with Prabowo Subianto, the former special forces commander who is running to be president of Indonesia, was never destined to be straightforward.

Jakarta – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) spokesman Munarman threw water over sociologist Thamrin Amal Tamagola during a morning talk show aired by private television station TV One on Frid

Dessy Aswim – The credibility and accuracy of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's recent claim to have lifted nine million people out of poverty in the past five years has left some sk

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The Dili District Court (TDD) has sentenced police officer Mariano da Silva to 16 years jail after finding him guilty of shooting dead Armindo Pereira soares in Hera on June 16, 2012.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The families of the four men, who were murdered by members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) at Cebongan Penitentiary in Sleman, Yogyakarta, are dou

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Ardy Laplante had his first sexual thoughts as a 12-year-old boy watching a shirtless man cleaning the mosque near his house.

The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) warns of politicians bribing journalists ahead of the 2014 general elections to write favorable stories.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Nearly $1 billion in funds intended for social aid programs was misused by just two government ministries, a government audit body has found, prompting claims

SP/Robertus Wardi – With his popularity steadily skyrocketing, political analysts have said that Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo is considered the man to beat in the 2014 presidential elec

Lambertus Pekikir, the leader of Free Papua Movement's (OPM) military wing, the Papua Liberation Army Front (TPN) said that the organization will unilaterally proclaim the independence

Opposition lawmakers have branded the government's temporary direct cash assistance program as mere pork barrelling, as ministers with no connection to the scheme scramble to be seen di

Dili – Timor-Leste is on track to post growth of 9.5% in 2013 the strongest rate in the Pacific region but some downside risks for the economy loom, says the latest Pacific Economic Mon

Sri Wahyuni and Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Twelve members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) accused of killing four detainees at a Cebongan Penitentiary in Sleman, Yogyakarta,

Diska Putri Pamungkas – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's much-publicized tree-planting campaign in a Bali mangrove forest on Wednesday was nothing more than hollow posturing to burn

Kasparman Piliang, Pekanbaru, Indonesia – Indonesian authorities have arrested eight farmers for setting illegal fires on Sumatra island to clear land after numerous blazes created a th

Jakarta – The political system in Indonesia is controlled by a capitalist oligarchy.

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry launched the 12-year compulsory education program on Tuesday, officially named the Universal Secondary Education (Pendi

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – After busting politicians from almost every major political party for graft, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is now casting its beady little ey

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Rizky Amelia – Antigraft investigators raided the central bank on Tuesday as part of a widening probe into alleged irregularities in the Rp 6.7 trillion ($677 million) bailout of Bank C

A West Papua rebel leader has claimed responsibility for the killing of three Indonesian soldiers.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – The Free Papua Movement (OPM) has claimed responsibility for the fatal shooting of an Indonesian Military (TNI) soldier, which also left a civilian dead in t

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Central Jakarta District Court decided on Tuesday to proceed with the class-action lawsuit over the privatization of the city water supply by PAM Jaya and its two