Lenny Tristia Tambun & Bayu Marhaenjati – Just before dusk on Friday, devotees at the Al-Muttaqin Mosque sat in neat rows as the preacher took the podium to deliver his sermon.

Farouk Arnaz – Blood has been spilled in the holy month of Ramadan.

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Reports of Islamic preachers or speakers who direct the vote of their followers in the second round of the Jakarta gubernatorial elections in prayer houses are be

Ansyor and Oyos Saroso H.N., Palembang/Bandar Lampung – The central government and the National Police have been called upon to help put an end to the conflict between PT Perkebunan Nus

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar Lampung – The Lampung Coastal Care Community Alliance (AMPPL) has increased its protest over the construction of a terminal and coal stockpile area on the Panja

Ezra Sihite – The House of Representatives Ethics Council says it will study a report filed by a human rights group objecting to Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso's statement that the v

Jakarta – Hundreds of people blockaded the toll road serving Jakarta-Bekasi near the Jatibening toll road entrance and set a pickup, owned by state toll road operator PT Jasa Marga, on

Jakarta – Human rights watchdogs and environmental NGO have slammed the police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) shooting on Friday of Limbang Jaya residents in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, which

Ezra Sihite – The government is being urged to form a task force to investigate and solve past cases of human rights violation.

Arientha Primanita, Ezra Sihite, Ronna Nirmala & Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Indonesia is hurting from skyrocketing soybean prices, but few people are in agreement over what to do about

The Supreme Court has acquitted former Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker Muhammad Misbakhun of forgery charges linked to the controversial Rp.

Ezra Sihite – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence has reported House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso to the House Ethics Council over a state

Jakarta – Victims of human rights violations and their relatives have denounced Deputy House Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso for making negative comments about human rights investigations.

Bahri Kurniawan, Jakarta – Commemorating 16 years since the attack on the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) headquarters on July 27, 1996, banners and a billboard filled the former site

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Lapindo mudflow disaster is widely seen as an Achilles' heel that could destroy Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie's chances for presidency.

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Jakarta – When Hari Suwandi's 25-day trek from Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java to Jakarta, wrapped up on July 8, many considered it as a triumph of human spirit against the injustice that

Anita Rachman & Ezra Sihite – A Sidoarjo mud volcano victim's tearful request for forgiveness from Aburizal Bakrie comes as a slap in the face to the rest of the victims of the disa

Senior high schools students in the capital should no longer have to pay state school fees as the Jakarta administration has decided to disburse funds for its 12-year compulsory educati

Bruce Gale – On July 23, when Nazriel 'Ariel' Irham of the Bandung-based Peterpan pop group was released from prison, the local singer's fans were elated.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Former Justice Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra has denied reports that he helped graft fugitive Djoko Tjandra obtain Papua New Guinean citizenship.

The West Jakarta Court sentenced two men to five years in prison in connection with the April 2011 suicide bombing of a police station in Cirebon, West Java.

The country's self-appointed morality police says they would rather be praying and worshiping during Ramadan, instead of raiding restaurants and nightclubs, if only the National Police

A. Lin Neumann – We hear a lot about the greatness that is just around the corner for Indonesia, and much of it rings true.

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The government has temporarily scrapped taxes on soybean imports to make more affordable.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to follow-up on the findings of the National Commission on Human Rights (K

Bandung – An official with the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) has urged police to take legal action against celebrities Luna Maya and Cut Tari, saying it is not fair that only singer

Jakarta – The government says that it expects to recruit 20,000 to 25,000 more police officers, half of whom will be trained later this year.

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – A preliminary report on Indonesia's mineral exports for the month of June shows at least three commodities were severely affected by a set of new regulation

East Java's Sidoarjo Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) chapter has labelled firecrackers haram (forbidden) for Muslims during Ramadhan, as they are considered dangerous.

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Jakarta – Sumardi, 44, a Karawang resident says the days when Karawang villagers repeatedly found bodies from the penembakan misterius (mysterious shootings), or Petrus, in the area of

Markus Junianto, Rangga Prakoso & Viriya Paramita – Human rights activists on Wednesday lambasted remarks made by House of Representatives deputy speaker Priyo Budi Santoso, who sai

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Surabaya – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has called on the police to launch a probe into the apparent disappearance of Ali Azhar Akbar, author of

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) announced on Tuesday that the summary execution-style killings between 1982 and 1985, known locally as penembakan misteriu

Police arrested 165 tribesmen from the village of Kwamki Lama in Mimika, Papua, on Wednesday, after yet another outbreak of violence between residents of three neighborhoods in the vill

Olivia Rondonuwu – Indonesia's mosques are trying to sound their best for the Ramadan fasting month, splashing out on high quality loudspeakers to woo the faithful and avoid upsetting n

Laurencius Simanjuntak – Founded on July 22, 1996, or when Suharto's New Order regime was still savage and cruel, it was not an easy time for the People's Democratic Party (PRD).

Rangga Prakosa – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the attorney general to follow up on the National Commission on Human Rights' recent report on human rights violations du

Rangga Praksoso, Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Despite a landmark ruling from the National Commission on Human Rights on Monday confirming that there were serious human r

Rangga Prakoso – The chairman of the Public Prosecution Commission said on Tuesday that he would question Attorney General Basrief Arief about why his office had such a difficult time i

Ismira Lutfia – For the first time on Tuesday, a government agency confirmed what many people believe: that the mysterious petrus killings of the early 1980s, in which hundreds, perhaps

Jakarta – Rival political parties have said that they are not concerned about reports that their lawmakers in the House of Representatives have struck a deal with the National Democrat

Ronna Nirmala – The country's child protection agency has received an average of 100 complaints each month related to violations of children's rights through its hotline service in the

Rizky Amelia – The trial of graft suspect Miranda Goeltom opened on Tuesday with the prosecution alleging that the University of Indonesia economics professor was the driving force behi

Yoga Rusmana & Fitri Wulandari – A shortage of electricity in Indonesia may hamper President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to ban all raw-ore exports by 2014 as he seeks to increa

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is looking into suspicious transactions involving the bank accounts of 10 members of the House of Representatives.

Kamana Shrestha – In a tiny alleyway, the sound of laughter fills the air. Then you see them: a trail of children running behind a tall Dutch man.

Ronna Nirmala – The National Commission on Human Rights has called the orgy of violence that shook the country in 1965 following a failed coup attempt blamed on the communists a serious