Paul Stewart – My mother has had one contact from the Australian federal government in the 37 years since my brother, Tony Stewart, was murdered at Balibo in East Timor.

Jakarta – The decision by Lady Gaga's management to cancel her planned June 3 concert reflects a government that is weak in the face of intolerant political groups, according to human r

Jakarta – The Islamic People's Forum (FUI), made up of several hard-line Islamic groups including the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that Lady Gaga'

After the announcement that pop diva Lady Gaga's Jakarta concert was off, thousands of her fans, who call themselves "little monsters," sent a flurry of Twitter messages to persuade her

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum has been fighting for his political survival since he was implicated months ago in several graft cases.

Zakir Hussain – As Indonesians over the past week marked the anniversary of the reform movement that toppled strongman Suharto 14 years ago, several major newspapers ran a photograph of

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – The Corruption Eradication Commission admitted on Thursday that it was struggling to name suspects in its investigation into the Rp 1.52 trillion ($164 million

Farouk Arnaz & Arientha Primanita – The governor of West Kalimantan has come out and denounced a sex tape allegedly featuring his lawmaker daughter as a political attack on his fami

Arientha Primanita & Bayu Marhaenjati – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto did not want to be troubled by an Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)

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Agustiyanti, Surabaya – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar on Thursday called on regional governments to help return 10,000 child workers across the country to schoo

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo has called on government institutions to make serious efforts to deal with massive abuse of travel budgets, which has

A member of House Commission I called on Friday for the Indonesian military to confiscate a luxurious Porsche Cayenne Turbo allegedly owned by a member of the military.

Febriamy Hutapea & Ezra Sihite – The Geneva-based Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) deplored on Friday President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's move to trade clemency for a convicted Au

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Arientha Primanita – Opposition from hard-line Muslim groups to Lady Gaga's planned concert in Jakarta should not be heeded by the police, a senior government minister said on Thursday.

The Indonesian government reiterated its claim on Thursday that the country's deforestation rate has drastically declined over the past two years, defying critics and environmental acti

Karlis Salna – Indonesia is facing fresh criticism over its human rights record following a year of continued unrest and the jailing of leading political activists in Papua.

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – Farmers and activists in Central Java are expressing concern over what they claim is rampant conversion of agricultural fields.

Dessy Sagita – Indonesia Corruption Watch has questioned the results of Indonesia's latest national exams, calling the nearly perfect pass rate suspicious.

Countries attending the United Nations' four-yearly human rights review in Geneva have criticized Indonesia for a rise in intolerance and attacks against religious minorities, as well a

Illegal forest clearing in Kalimantan potentially cost the state Rp 321 trillion ($34.6 billion) in losses last year, largely because law enforcement efforts on the ground remain weak,

Edward Rees – Last weekend, a number of uniformed Indonesian military officers were lounging about the Dili Beach Hotel drinking coffee, laughing, and shooting pool.

Kate Hodal – Young, blonde, and Australian, she was an unlikely undercover agent for an unlikely cause: a far-flung province on a Southeast Asian island that had been in a bloody fight

Jakarta – Members of the National Unity Party (PPP) visited the National Police Headquarters in South Jakarta on Thursday to support the police's ban on Lady Gaga's planned June 3 conce

Jakarta – Former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri said on Thursday that the ongoing Lady Gaga controversy reflected the na

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The government is drastically cutting the budgets of three independent commissions that focus on rights protections, potentially crippling their advocacy programs and studies.

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The trouble with Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa is that he has probably spent too much of time travelling abroad to really understand what's going on in his own country.

Rizky Amelia & Lenny Tristia Tambun – Indonesia Corruption Watch has alleged that Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo used Rp 9.7 billion ($1 million) from the 2012 provincial budget for pr

Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Faisal Basri is calling on police to stand up against aggressive organizations threatening violence over US singer Lady Gaga's concert in the c

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – At least 24 people were injured, some severely, as a clash broke out between local residents and security guards hired by state plantation company PTPN II in Na

Bayu Marhaenjati – More Islamic organizations came to Jakarta Police headquarters on Wednesday to denounce Lady Gaga's upcoming concert in the capital, as the Jakarta Police stuck to it

Jakarta – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar says Indonesia is imposing a moratorium on the travel of Indonesian migrant workers to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait and

Alexandra Di Stefano Pironti – Unless the rapid deforestation in one of the world's most richly-forested countries is controlled, Indonesians may one day wonder, "where are all the flow

Arientha Primanita – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali refuted claims that the Indonesian government had poor record protecting minorities on Wednesday, calling Indonesia "the

The Asian Human Rights Commission called on Bekasi district Chief Neneng Hasanah Yasin to safeguard religious freedom and to enforce the law following several cases of assault, violence

Jakarta – After a two-hour meeting deliberating whether they would grant US pop diva Lady Gaga a recommendation to perform in Jakarta, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) decided on Tues

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Islamic People's Forum (FUI) – a unit of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) – said on Tuesday that Indonesian Christians should be upset with Lady Gaga, an

Lenny Tristia Tambun – The Jakarta Police say they were ready dispatch 4,000 officers to secure Lady Gaga's Jakarta concert, scheduled for June 3, and warned the Islamic Defenders Front

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Islamic People's Forum, one of the hard-line groups that has come out against Lady Gaga's upcoming concert in Jakarta, said it had been offered a bribe by

Agus Triyono & Bayu Marhaenjati – An antigraft group, the Indonesia Budget Center, has highlighted a recent surge in the value of grants issued by the Jakarta administration, which

Agus Triyono – Trying to counter the growing intolerance in Indonesia, the country's two largest Muslim organizations have expressed support for the protection of people's constitutiona

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Dili – With UN peacekeepers set to leave East Timor at the end of the year, local police are striving to shed a reputation for rough justice as the nation learns to fend for itself 10 y

Jakarta – Fourteen years ago, it was normal to see dozens of soldiers guarding Jl. Cendana in Menteng, Central Jakarta, which was then probably the nation's most famous address.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Wiranto, a retired Army general who was strongman President Suharto's last military chief, said on Tuesday that he would run for president in 2014, claiming t

Bayu Marhaenjati – With his Democratic Party struggling to produce a strong presidential candidate to put up in the 2014 election, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appears to be looki

Mataram – The West Nusa Tenggara government put dozens of Ahamdiyah Muslims at the bottom of its list to register for an electronic identity card, known as e-KTP.