Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The process of revising the 2008 Legislative Elections Law has come to a halt as factions in the House of Representatives continue to jockey to bolster the

Senior politicians from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party (PD) admitted on Wednesday that the party was in serious trouble as a result of corruption allegations leve

Anita Rachman – Press freedom has declined again in Indonesia over the past year, according to Reporters Without Borders, which released its 10th annual press freedom index on Wednesday

Ezra Sihite & Farouk Arnaz – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said on Wednesday that the GKI Yasmin church dispute did not come under his jurisdiction, insisting that sinc

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Candidate pairs for the Aceh gubernatorial election underwent Koran recital tests in Banda Aceh on Tuesday as part of an official examination of their Is

At least 83 homes were torched or destroyed on Tuesday afternoon during a clash in South Lampung that stemmed from a petty squabble over a parking fee.

Carla Isati Octama – The fate of East Kalimantan's Dayak tribes is inextricably linked to the success or failure of Indonesia's efforts to reduce deforestation, an international environ

Jakarta – The tension between manufacturing companies and labor unions in West Java and Banten is likely to escalate following a court decision on a proposed legal review on minimum wag

Ezra Sihite & Carla Isati Octama – Women's Empowerment Minister Linda Agum Gumelar lashed out at the notion that a string of rapes committed against women on or waiting for public t

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – For Puan Maharani, the 38-year-old daughter of former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, earning the top job in the country's third-largest party, the Indon

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Democratic Party hopes to open a new chapter in its story of internal rifts, with the party's chief patron President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono summoning p

Ulma Haryanto – After a four-day investigation in West Sumatra, Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights said it found that two boys who died in jail there were tortured to death

Dozens of journalists rallied outside the Trenggalek Police headquarters in East Java on Tuesday to protest the assault of a colleague by a civil servant on Friday.

Jakarta – Noted human rights group Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has praised the 2012 World Report issued by New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW),

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A regional election clash has once again erupted during campaigning for a local regent election in Papua, causing the death of a supporter of one of the e

Following a string of sexual assaults committed on lone women traveling aboard or waiting for angkot public minivans in the capital, Jakarta Police are advising that women carry protect

Ezra Sihite – The Armed Forces chief said on Tuesday that a final decision had not been made on a widely panned $600 million plan to buy secondhand tanks from the Netherlands.

Anita Rachman – A ministerial decree to support a court ruling limiting the use of outsourcing is on its way, Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said on Monday.

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Dessy Sagita – Since giving birth to her son three weeks ago, Airin Nofran has received a torrent of advice about her diet and that of her baby.

Agus Triyono, Arientha Primanita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives has until March to amend the law on elections, but one key issue remains contentious: the

A special team with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) recently indicated that government officials were allegedly involved in gross human rights violations in the aft

Agus Triyono – Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Indonesian authorities of using excessive force against peaceful protesters in Papua and standing by while mobs attacked religious mi

Bogor – At least 70 supporters of two hard-liner groups and officers from the municipality's public order agency forced the congregation of the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) at the

Ezra Sihite – The contribution of ethnic Chinese to Indonesia has not been clearly recorded in history books, and rectifying this could help to overcome lingering discrimination, a hist

Conn Hallinan – Why is the New York Times concealing the key role that the United States played in the 1965 coup in Indonesia that ended up killing somewhere between 500,000 and 1 milli

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Vento Saudale & Agus Triyono – The president is being challenged to uphold both his obligation as the head of state and his personal promise to resolve the

Vincent Lingga – For such an important policy reform that has been on and off the national agenda since late 2007, the debates on the need to limit subsidized-fuel sales that dominated

Marcel Thee – For too many years, local comics have sacrificed their pride and even their bodies for laughs.

Jakarta – Although the state no longer put up legal and institutional barriers to entry for Indonesians of Chinese descent to fully take part in public life, many are reluctant to open

Vento Saudale – Hundreds of people from various radical groups launched a search on Sunday to find the location of the Yasmin church congregation's service and prevent them from worship

A community in eastern Indonesia has placed 1,000 pink adenium flowers outside the local parliament, police station and courtroom, not to say thanks, but to send a message: leave our ki

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – An unidentified armed group shot dead a civilian in Mulia district, Puncak Jaya regency on Friday at 8 p.m.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The Aceh Party, founded by former Aceh Freedom Movement (GAM) combatants, finally registered its candidates at the Independent Election Commission Aceh (

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Activists were pessimistic that the government plan to allocate 45 percent of forests in Kalimantan as "the lungs of the world" would work, as mining act

Jakarta – Members of the Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) reportedly clashed again with rivals from Pemuda Pancasila (PP) on Friday, this time purportedly over the protection of a durian

Jakarta – Cornered by thousands of workers who oppose a lawsuit filed to revoke recently approved minimum wage increases, Indonesian business associations have played their trump card,

Arientha Primanita & Ulma Haryanto – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hit back on Friday at activists criticizing Indonesia's human rights record, saying recent violence could not

Fitri, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Protesters demanded on Friday a permanent end to gold prospecting activities in Bima district, but confusion still reigns over who actually has the

Ulma Haryanto & Rahmat – Yet another minor is being tried for a petty crime, this time in South Sulawesi, prompting activists to highlight the urgency of passing the Juvenile Court

Multa Fidrus and Fadli, Tangerang/Batam – In the latest of a series of rallies to demand better pay, tens of thousands of workers in Bekasi and Tangerang blocked roads connecting neighb

Cikarang, West Java – Thousands of workers took to the streets again on Thursday after it became apparent that the Indonesian Employers Association would not withdraw its lawsuit agains

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Ismira Lutfia, Ivan Dasa Saputra & Ezra Sihite – A revision of Indonesia's Labor Law that paves the way for outsourced workers to have equal benefits with per

Dessy Sagita – A high-profile member of Indonesia's large transgender community has registered to become a member of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas-Ham).

Camelia Pasandaran – Police on Friday confirmed that they had charged a man with blasphemy after he was reported by the Indonesia Council of Ulema.

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – A 30 year-old civil servant in the Dharmasraya regency of West Sumatra, identified as Alexander, was arrested Friday for blasphemy after creating a Facebo

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reprimanded on Friday nongovernmental organizations that often criticized how the Indonesian Military (TNI) handles security in Papua, sayin

Bayu Marhaenjati – Three people who were questioned by police for stoning the Home Affairs Ministry building last week are not Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) members, police said on Frid

Citra Dyah Prastuti – From his village around 160 km from East Timor's capital Dili, Miguel Amaral recalls the day his 6-year-old son Cipriano was taken away.