Camelia Pasandaran – Political prisoners held at Papua's Abepura Prison rejected President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's offer to grant them clemency as part of the Home Affairs Ministry's

[An interview with Mugiyanto, a victim of enforced disappearance, published by the Asian Human Rights Commission.]

Wasti Atmodjo – The Indonesian government has proposed the adoption of "Eastern values" during the prestigious Miss World competition scheduled to take place in Jakarta and Bali in Sept

Jakarta – Former vice president Jusuf Kalla said that, in spite of his flawed performance, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono deserved the World Statesmen Award from New York-based inte

Camelia Pasandaran & Ezra Sihite – Indonesian Embassy officials denied claims that the office paid Indonesians living in the United States to rally in support of President Susilo Ba

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – A controversial bill that calls for a mandatory draft has polarized opinion at the House of Representatives.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Rights groups are strongly opposed to the proposal for mandatory military service, saying that the plan would compromise the capability of the Indonesian Mil

Jakarta – Indonesia recorded its second-largest trade deficit ever of US$1.62 billion in April, data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS)revealed on Monday.

Ritchie King – That extreme outlier in the chart above, the one throwing off the entire scale – that's East Timor.

Jakarta – As politicians from the older generation call for the strengthening of the state ideology Pancasila, members of the younger generation believe the sanctified five principles h

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – A recent public opinion poll inferred that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's second term was a complete failure.

Jakarta – Election watchdog the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) predicted that political parties will use election campaigns to collect as much illicit funding as pos

Kanupriya Kapoor & Andrew R.C. Marshall – Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the governor of Jakarta, might well be the future of Indonesian democracy. Here's why.

According to an English translation of a report by newspaper Independente, the Deputy Prime Minister of East Timor, Fernando Lasama Araujo, has appealed to both the police and military

Rangga Prakoso – Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold reported another death at its Grasberg mine in Papua on Sunday after a worker was seriously injured while conducting maintenance on a

Jakarta – A protestant church in Cipinang Muara, East Jakarta, was sealed off by the Building Supervision and Regulation Agency (P2B) on Monday for not having a renovation permit.

Singapore – The United States will step up its military cooperation with Indonesia, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in Singapore on Friday after meeting his Indonesian counterpart Pu

Rebecca Lake & Sandra Siagian, Jakarta/New York – Standing in front of the two-meter concrete wall, barbed wire and corrugated iron fence that surrounds his mosque, Muhammad Iqbal s

Novianti Setuningsih & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Djoko Susilo, former National Police Traffic Corps. chief, received billions of rupiah from Budi Susanto over a two-year period.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has claimed success after putting Aru regent Teddy Tengko and former National Police chief detective Susno Duadji, both graft

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Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Friday that it would investigate whether House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso had

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A number of activists grouped under the Indonesian Kretek Community (KKI) staged a rally in Medan, North Sumatra, not to commemorate World Anti-Tobacco Day on F

Ian Dulkowski – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received in New York on Thursday evening the World Statesman Award from a US interfaith organization for his role in promoting religio

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – While it cannot technically prohibit Miss World contestants from donning bikinis during the event's final in Bali, the Indonesian government has suggested

Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – Prabowo Subianto, a former Army general widely considered the leading candidate for next year's presidential election, says he will not be swayed by a rece

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Gabriel Kereh – When the Australian government released its 2013 defense white paper earlier this month, a key point that emerged was the prominent role played by Indonesia in Canberra'

Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali is planning to send Islamic preachers to help address the long-running ethnic separatist insurgency in South Thailand.

Acts of violence against journalists in Indonesia will continue to increase in line with political tensions ahead of next year's legislative and presidential elections, activists warn.

Dessy Sagita – Five-year-old Bayu was watching a movie on television. During the ad break, a barrage of cigarette ads streamed across the screen.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received in New York on Thursday evening the World Statesman Award from a US interfaith organization for his role in promot

Jakarta – As President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono prepares to accept the controversial World Statesman Award, a joint-ministerial meeting on the Ahmadiyah issue on Thursday concluded that

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Hundreds of people affected by the Lapindo mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, have yet to receive compensation seven years after the disaster.

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Balikpapan – The city of Balikpapan is gearing up for a vice crackdown involving enforcement of alcohol restrictions, a moratorium on new karaoke bars and spas

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Depok – Hundreds of students and kiosk owners at the University of Indonesia (UI) station in Depok fought against the demolition of the kiosks by officials of the stat

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua provincial administration and the central government will revise Law No.

Bagus BT Saragih and Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta, Jayapura – Frightened by a series of reports of missing persons in the past few weeks, several residents of Puncak Jaya, Papua, have le

The secretary of the KNPB – National Committee for West Papua – Ones Suhuniap has said that the governor of Papua, the chief of police and the commander of XVII Cenderawasih Military Co

Jakarta – Forum LGBT Indonesia, a coalition of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, has recorded 47 cases of abuse against gay individuals across the country over

Rebecca Lake – As local authorities debate over banishing Indonesia's Ahmadiyah Muslim sect and several congregations remain barred from their houses of worship, President Susilo Bamban

A leading Australian research firm has dismissed as "very wrong" and "potentially dangerous" the findings of a US-based think tank that concluded the majority of Indonesian Muslims want

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Jakarta Corruption Court heard on Wednesday a recorded conversation between former Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq and his ai

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Karen Barlow – Foreign Minister Bob Carr insists Australia and East Timor remain on good terms despite reports the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) broke into and bugged Ea

Indonesian cities may soon be a bit quieter, as an influential Islamic body has announced it will issue a ban on the amplification of mosque services.

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono deserved his forthcoming award for letting religious harmony flourish in Indonesia.

The problem with religious disputes, Albert Hasibuan, a presidential aide, said lies in local leaders' defiance of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Gabriel Kereh – Indonesian companies face the prospective problem of the inability to hire qualified employees due to a shortage in skilled labor and will need take action to meet the c

Yeremia Sukoyo – The graft-addled Prosperous Justice Party may be changed with corporate crime offenses that could eventually lead to its disbandment, a former Islamic student leader ha