Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A coalition of Indonesian civil society groups wants the government to focus on human rights at an international conference on Internet governance in Bali Island

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Ira Guslina Sufa, Jakarta – Newly elected Papua governor elected on January 29 Lucas Enembe believes that adding military troops in Papua will not solve the security issues in the area.

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The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs said this year a technical team from Ministry of Foreign Affairs will measure the Timor Sea.

Since the Anti-Corruption Commission (KAK) was established in 2010, it has investigated 27 corruption cases and some of those cases have now been closed after going to court.

According to an Anti-Corruption Commission (KAK) survey released in 2012 a lot of the Timorese community still do not understand what corruption is.

Fishermen in western Indonesia rescued more than 60 ethnic Rohingya asylum-seekers from Myanmar found adrift in a wooden boat, police said Friday, in the second such arrival this week.

Farouk Arnaz – A teacher of Islamic studies in East Java was arrested on Friday for allegedly molesting at least 13 elementary school students.

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – A tall monument that occupies a 3,800 meter plot of land located at Kemusuk Lor Hamlet, Bantul regency, in the southern part of Yogyakarta has been erected

Robertus Wardi – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that Indonesia has successfully managed its transition toward democracy, which started in 1998, a success he attributed to a col

SP/Fana F.S. Putra – A student has reported to police that the deputy headmaster of a Jakarta high school threatened to withhold her diploma if she refused to give him oral sex.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The leadership of the Golkar Party and the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party have shrugged off a Democratic Party threat to thwart their presidential

Bagus BT Saragih and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono risks losing full control of his Democratic Party as former party chairman Anas Urbaningrum's lo

Anastasia Wienanti Resardhy – Former military general Prabowo Subianto's bid for the presidency next year has been given a boost, with a survey declaring him to be the most popular cand

Lawmakers from House of Representatives Commission III are planning a working committee to monitor the performance of the National Polices counterterrorism unit, Densus 88.

Jakarta – Muslim groups have called on the National Police to dissolve the country's anti-terror squad (Densus 88) in the wake of allegations it has tortured, wrongfully arrested or kil

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Presidential spokesperson Julian Adrian Pasha is calling Human Rights Watch (HRW) "naive" for its report released on Thursday highlighting abuses against rel

Indonesia's rupiah fell by the most in a week as the nation posted its fourth monthly trade deficit in January, weighing on the current account.

Rebecca Lake – Failures in government leadership and law enforcement are fueling a surge of religious violence in Indonesia and have rendered religious minorities vulnerable to attack,

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Bayu Marhaenjati – Thousands of workers on Thursday gathered in the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle and at the State Palace to rally against the government's d

Local communities around Sinak, Gurage, Mulia and Tingginambut in Puncak Jaya regency have felt the first effects of Indonesian military reprisals, after West Papuan independence guerri

Robert Isidorus, Jayapura – The National Liberation Army of the Free Papua Movement, led by Goliath Tabuni, said it had no interest in money or power and that it was purely fighting to

Tom Clarke – If you thought the debate over East Timor's oil and gas resources had been put to bed, think again.

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Last week's ambush in two remote Papua areas that killed eight Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers and four civilians is a strong reminder to the nation that peace remains elusive in the

Jakarta – Indonesia's government, security forces and courts must do more to protect religious minorities from growing episodes of intolerance and violence, an international rights grou

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Depok – Hundreds of housewives and their children staged a protest outside the Depok municipality office on Wednesday over the implementation of the administration's h

Jakarta – National Mandate Party (PAN) deputy chairman Drajad Wibowo criticized on Thursday the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) plan to question Sri Mulyani, former Indonesian

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Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said Wednesday that there was no 'political pressure' behind his nomination as the Bank Indonesia (BI) governor.

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesia has experienced a "sharp uptick" in religiously motivated violence, with Islamic gangs regularly attacking Christian churches as well as "deviant

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Yeremia Sukoyo, Carlos Paath & Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – A member of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has officially apologized to the Indonesian Military (T

Zakir Hussain – Congested streets and growing consumer demand suggest that Indonesia's robust economic growth continues to benefit many.

Mimin Dwi Hartono, Jakarta – Violence returned to Papua as 12 people were shot dead on Feb. 21, eight of them soldiers.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Unfazed by the harsh public criticism that has consistently greeted each overseas trip by lawmakers, the House of Representatives Commission X is planning to

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Humbang Hasundutan Police on Tuesday detained 31 people involved in vandalism during a clash with PT Toba Pulp Lestari (TPL) security guards in an incense f

Yeremia, Carlos Paath & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Newly elected Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe says he will form a special team to resolve conflicts and violence in the province as s

Andjarsari Paramaditha, Jakarta – Bejo Untung was a 17-year-old Indonesian schoolboy when armed soldiers came to his village in 1965, forcing him on the run for years until he was caugh

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Human Rights defenders suspect the government's recent initiative to hold discussions on the possibility to open human rights tribunals were politically moti

Jakarta – The lineup for the ethics board tasked to investigate the leak of a classified document within the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was unveiled on Monday with the anti

SP/Carlos Paath & Anastasia Winanti Riesardhy – The Indonesian military has demanded a public apology from the commissioner of the country's human rights watchdog, who on Friday mad

Nethy Dharma Somba, Papua – Paniai police apprehended two members of the Free Papua Organization (OPM) led by John Yogi, after a tip off from locals on the Paniai Lake.

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SP/Roberth Vanwi & SP/Carlos Paath, Jayapura – The two armed attacks in Puncak Jaya that left eight soldiers and four civilians dead last week were linked to the local district elec

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Andi Hajramurni and Novan Iman Santosa, Makassar/Jakarta – Two out of the six Sukhoi Su-30 MK2 jet fighters ordered by the Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) arrived at Sultan Hasanuddin Air

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Evidence has been presented to The Jakarta Post that may implicate yet another Democratic Party politician in a kickback scandal.

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