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Carlos Paath – A conservative legislator has sprung to the defense of a proposed article against witchcraft in a newly drafted revision to the Criminal Code, insisting it addresses a mo

The death of Malawian national Adami Wilson – Indonesia's first execution in four years – heightens the urgency for the government to end the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said on F

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The government will not set up an ad hoc human rights tribunal to prosecute those believed responsible for the 1998 kidnapping of activists in the near futur

Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – Despite massive criticism for irrational pronouncements, the House's legal commission members plan trips to three European countries including Russia to '

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Nivell Rayda – In a room of 20 people, Linda stands out.

A draft of a criminal code (KUHP) revision proposed by the government for debate earlier this month punishes unmarried people caught having sex, a report said on Thursday.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Anti-graft watchdogs suspect that graft suspect Insp. Gen.

Camelia Pasandaran – The Bekasi district government will demolish a church in Setu, Bekasi on Thursday because the church has no building permit.

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Robertus Wardi – A coalition between former military general Prabowo Subianto and National Mandate Party chairman Hatta Rajasa for next year's presidential race is just a step away, one

Senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Guruh Soekarnoputra said that popular Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was not ready to become the country's next

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The head of the Lhokseumawe Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) and Shariah Police in Aceh has tested positive for marijuana use after slamming his car into a tree and a house on Sunday nig

The Jakarta administration said on Tuesday that companies who were not willing to pay the new minimum wage to their employees should just leave the capital.

Dion Bisara – The World Bank has cut its growth forecast for Indonesia this year as the pace of domestic investment recedes and pressures on the country's external balance intensify due

GMPTL President MP Josefa Soares said abortion is a crime and it violates the rights of the child.

The Portuguese secretary of state for Energy, Artur Trindade, is due Tuesday to begin an official visit to East Timor in the company of Portuguese businesspeople, the State Secretariat

The Vanuatu opposition leader, Edward Natapei, has called on the government to reverse its stance on West Papua ahead of the July summit of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

Jayapura – Melanesian support for the independence of the West Papuan people has always been very strong.

Jakarta – The National Police said on Sunday that a member of the Islamic Students Association (HMI) may be prosecuted for planning to throw shoes at President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Dessy Sagita – Indah Kristina, a working mother with a 5-year-old daughter, is deeply concerned about the string of media reports on sexual abuse of children in Indonesia over the past

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Leaders of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) are not ruling out nominating popular Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo instead of PDI-P c

Jakarta – An antigraft watchdog has called on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to question Edhie "Ibas" Baskoro Yudhoyono without delay, following a statement by graft convic

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – An election watchdog is questioning the merger of several political parties ahead of next year's legislative elections, saying the moves violate the law as we

Jakarta – A member of Commission I which oversees foreign affairs at the House of Representatives, Muhammad Nadjib, said that Indonesia might decline to ratify the Arms Trade Treaty (AT

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has verified as genuine a video depicting officers from a police counterterrorism squad allegedly using

Ongoing repression on peaceful dissent and acts of torture on civilians by Indonesian police (Polri) in Yapen has drawn a sharp reaction from West Papuan pro-independence guerrillas, wh

Anastasia Winanti & Ezra Sihite – Candidates from nationalist parties have trumped their religious-party counterparts in the latest survey of presidential contenders conducted by th

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A group of activists grouped together as the Assembly of the Sovereignty of the Indonesian People (MKRI), has called for the creation of a transitional government

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Hopes of seeing the generals allegedly responsible for the May 1998 riots dragged into an international rights tribunal have been dashed, after the Internati

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Jakarta – The popularity of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has rebounded, with the Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) publishing the resul

Prabowo is "somebody who is perhaps the greatest violator of human rights in contemporary times among the Indonesian military."

Yosie Sesbania – After winning a case in the Constitutional Court over an election dispute, Lukas Enembe is now on his way to being sworn in as the governor of Papua.

Indonesia's Forest Ministry will investigate claims of continued deforestation in Riau's protected Tesso Nilo National Park after lawmakers lashed out at the World Wildlife Fund's alleg

Munawwaroh, Jakarta – Former Pancasila Youth (PP) chairperson Yorrys Raweyai objects to the bad image sometimes held by the public about the youth organisation PP, which is now more th

Indonesia's national antigraft body says they have no evidence to charge Agriculture Minister Suswono as a suspect in the beef import quota bribery case.

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) in Depok gathered outside the mayoralty office compound on Friday to protest, what they deemed

Dessy Sagita – A group of educators, experts and parents have delivered a petition with more than 1,500 signatures to the Education Ministry, rejecting Indonesia's new school curriculum

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Five years after executing the three Bali bombers in 2008, Indonesia sent a drug convict to the firing squad on Thursday night, in a move human rights activi

Jakarta – Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection has highlighted the lack of women participation in politic in Indonesia, hence they will push the female contribution throug

Indonesia's life expectancy has climbed but education levels have fallen in the past year, in aggregate allowing the country to inch forward in the latest United Nations Human Developme

Vento Saudale, Depok – An Islamic fundamentalist group has demanded city officials in Depok knock down a rundown, illegal building that they claim has been used to run a prostitution se

Hans David Tampubolon, Reportage – Prostitution has existed since the beginning of civilization and in some parts of the world, like in Dolly, Surabaya, it has become part of the commun

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been holding a series of meetings with several prominent figures as he approaches the tail end of his time in office a

Jakarta – When the government's moratorium on deforestation expires on May 20, forest areas in Papua province will be in peril, activists say.