Indonesian man Alexander Aan who made international headlines after he was arrested for questioning the existence of god in a post on Facebook was considering renouncing atheism, police

Pontianak, West Kalimantan – Officials in Pontianak have vowed to thoroughly investigate the alleged assault of a gasoline vendor by two soldiers on Saturday.

Vento Saudale, Yuli Krisna & Ulma Haryanto – The embattled GKI Yasmin church in Bogor questioned on Monday whether there was police discrimination in the naming of one of its member

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – The mix of workers emboldened by recent labor victories and a fear of higher costs from the state's plan to limit subsidized fuel consumption could spark more ra

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – With several renovation projects in progress, the House of Representatives (DPR) has built a comfortable nest for the legislators.

Fitri, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Residents of Bima district in West Nusa Tenggara have demanded that police withdraw the counterterrorism squad sent to the area in the wake of massi

Ezra Sihite – Indonesia lost as much as Rp 2.13 trillion ($238.6 million) to corruption in 2011, although authorities should have been able to easily detect the methods used for graft,

It was a rare victory for the labor movement.

Jakarta – Hundreds of congregation members of the GKI Taman Yasmin church, which is situated in Bogor, Greater Jakarta, staged a protest on Sunday in front of the State Palace.

Human Rights Watch on Sunday called on Indonesia to drop treason charges against five peaceful protesters, a day ahead of their expected trial in the remote province of Papua.

Indonesian Christians held a prayer vigil in Jakarta on Sunday urging President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to re-open their church and stop intimidation by Muslim hardliners.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – An expert says she does not understand why the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have decided to detain lawmaker Wa Ode Nurhayati in relation to the on

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Lt. Gen.

Nick Chesterfield with sources – West Papua's civil resistance movement is believed to be organising major demonstrations to support West Papuan leaders facing treason charges in Indone

Jakarta – The country's leading journalist organizations have expressed doubt over the credibility of a report by the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RWB), which puts Indonesia a

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Indonesia is liable to fail to meet its Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) target in reducing mother and infant mortality rates by 2015, given the lack o

Medan – A protest against the relocation of Raudhatul Islam Mosque by a housing businessman in Medan, North Sumatra, turned wild on Friday.

Jakarta – Rights activists and religious leaders have urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to dismiss Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali for his frequent statements that cou

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – As the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) searches for the benefactors of the 2004 central bank's vote-buying case, a coalition of antigraft activists has ur

Desiree Tay – Glodok was once the vibrant heart of this capital city's Chinese community.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Government workers have apparently found another way to make personal gains by manipulating documents for official travel.

Anita Rachman – Friday's mass labor action in Bekasi which crippled traffic, shut down stores and led to billions of rupiah in losses, showed how Indonesian workers are increasingly fin

Tom Allard – With its brightly lit glass cubicles displaying scantily clad women to passing pedestrians, there's no place in Indonesia, or the Islamic world, quite like Surabaya's Dolly

Ulma Haryanto – In an unprecedented move, a messenger from the National Police arrived on the doorstep of the National Commission on Human Rights on Friday with the autopsy report on tw

West Sumatra Police are refusing to supply human rights investigators with the autopsy reports of two teenage brothers who were allegedly tortured to death in custody.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Investors are not taking advantage of existing tax breaks, despite their claims that they need additional fiscal incentives, according to Finance Minist

There was no exaggeration when senior Democratic Party politician Marzuki Alie allegorized the conundrum currently facing the ruling party as a "devastating tsunami".

John McBeth, Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is in danger of being caught in the crossfire between a newly emboldened parliament and the Indonesian military over

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The Asian Human Rights Commission released an urgent appeal on Friday calling on Indonesian authorities to allow a political prisoner suffering from a tumor to receive medical treatment

Agus Triyono & Nurdin Hasan – The decision earlier this month by polling officials in Aceh to postpone February's local elections to as late as April was approved by the Constitutio

Lisa Siregar – Every Indonesian knows that corruption is common for smoothing every bureaucratic process. You got a speeding ticket? Pay the officer. You want to renew your passport?

Sita W. Dewi, Bekasi, West Java – Tens of thousands of Bekasi workers staged a rally on Friday, blocking the Jakarta – Cikarang toll road access to Bekasi from KM 21 to KM 26.

Bayu Marhaenjati & Carla Isati Octama – In a heated dispute over minimum wages, thousands of Bekasi workers blocked the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road after noon prayers on Friday to pr

Arientha Primanita & Ezra Sihite – The Democratic Party is trying to head off any in-fighting as the bribery scandal involving the construction of an athletes' village threatens to

Hundreds of religious hard-liners from the Islamic Defenders Front attempted to raid a store in Garut, West Java, on Thursday with some help from the police because they believed it was

Jakarta – With numerous electoral disputes that arise from local elections across the country, the time is ripe for the government to set up special courts at the district level to spee

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Many provinces across Indonesia have not properly implemented the Public Information Law, which was enacted in 2010, Public Information Commission (KIP) c

Anita Rachman – If violence and intimidation was the order of the day for Indonesia's journalists in 2011, this year is shaping up to be no better, press freedom advocates and pundits c

Farouk Arnaz – Police are calling on activists in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, who fled detention when a mob set fire to a government building and stormed another facility to return to cus

Jakarta – For a syndicate of rogue but innovative tire repairmen in Jakarta the key to improving business is simple: bring potential clients to a piercing halt.

Rizky Amelia & Novianti Setuningsih – The person who allegedly managed the shady businesses and bribery schemes of graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin is a woman of surprisingly small

Fitri Pikong & Antara, Mataram – A district office in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, was burned to the ground along with several motorcycles and cars by a mob of thousands of residents d

Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs has demanded the government ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

Regarded as an authority on Indonesian affairs, Australian academic Richard Robison is the author of the best-selling book, Indonesia: The Rise of Capital, which looks at the growth of

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono claimed that his government has achieved successes in its antigraft campaign, in spite of a series of public opinion surve

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Angela Dewan – Tolerance of Islamic vigilantism is helping to breed a new generation of terrorists in Indonesia, the International Crisis Group warned in a report on Thursday.

Samuel Rubenfeld – Businesses owned by militaries around the world pose unique corruption risks to the sectors in which they operate, a new report found.

Ulma Haryanto – When dealing with religious conflict in the field, police officers and other law enforcement officials tend to put their beliefs before their uniform, a researcher said