Ulma Haryanto – The West Sumatra Commission on Human Rights has found irregularities in the police's account of the deaths of two young brothers who died while in custody in the provinc

Endy Bayuni – For years now, Indonesia has been basking in its status as the world's third-largest democracy after India and the United States.

Jakarta – The government is expanding its definition of "welfare" in its approach to Papua, and welcomes the assistance of foreign donors in developing Indonesia's eastern most province

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Six-year-old Selvia Rahmawati appeared undaunted walking between cars and motorcycles at an intersection in Karet Bivak, Tanah Abang in Central Jakarta.

Tangerang Police are defending their actions after a photograph emerged of officers reprimanding what appear to be underaged girls for wearing shorts.

Arientha Primanita & Camelia Pasandaran – The government signaled on Thursday that it may finally act against the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front after a mob of its members stoned

Arientha Primanita, Camelia Pasandaran & Carla Isati Octama – Members of Indonesia's hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) stoned the Ministry of Home Affairs in Central Jakarta o

Bayu Marhaenjati & Keyko Ranti Ramadhani – The Indonesian Association of Employers agreed on Wednesday to meet with protesting workers to try to settle a dispute over a recent incre

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Camelia Pasandaran – The Indonesian government signaled that it may finally act against the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) after a mob stoned the Home Affairs Ministry in a sho

Ronna Nirmala – A former director general at the Social Affairs Ministry was sentenced to 17 months in prison on Thursday for his role in the flawed procurement of sewing machines and i

Camelia Pasandaran – In the long-running battle for churches to open houses of worship, some are asking whether a solution will ever come.

Anita Rachman – With several rape and sexual assault cases dominating the news recently, a crucial question has so far been given little attention: Is media coverage of the cases proper

Dessy Sagita & Ezra Sihite – Indonesia's Home Affairs Ministry on Tuesday denied reports that it has canceled nine bylaws regulating the trade of alcohol after questions from politi

Agus Triyono – The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the not guilty verdict against inactive Bengkulu Governor Agusrin Maryono Najamuddin and sentenced him to four years in prison for

Camelia Pasandaran & Carla Isati – Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi has hit out at the Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) for "spreading lies" in the wake of the government's deci

Agus Triyono – Indonesia's much criticized House of Representatives is in the firing line again for its spending habits, this time a Rp 20.4 billion ($2.2 million) bill for relocating a

Ronna Nirmala – The regulation used by the police to justify violence against protesters, which has led to a string of deaths and other abuses of power in the past few weeks, was design

Multa Fidrus, Jakarta – Traffic was fouled for four hours and for up to 15 kilometers around Serang as thousands of workers blocked the toll road between Tangerang and Merak on Tuesday,

Keyko Ranti Ramadhani – A massive wildcat strike involving thousands of workers in Bekasi on outskirts of Jakarta on Wednesday will disrupt the investment climate and business in West J

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Most formal sector can expect bigger paychecks by early February, after the government approved a 9 percent minimum wage increase for workers in every prov

Jakarta – The head of the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) political division, Puan Maharani, leads thousands of party members and sympathizers in commemorating the party'

The government should pay attention to the campaigning being currently undertaken by Papua Merdeka groups abroad.

Jakarta – Vice President Boediono brushed aside fears of 'foreign intervention' in the event of donor development funds being more accessible in Papua.

Banjir Ambarita & Antara, Jayapura – Citing an improved security situation in the restive province of Papua in recent days, nearly 500 additional officers deployed there to bolster

Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite – An Aceh lawmaker's home was shot at and attacked with fuel bombs on Tuesday, an act that appears to undermine official claims that the province is calm

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – On a breezy, cloudy Tuesday afternoon, 45-year-old Yahya Hasan was trying to comfort his wife, Purwati, 47, who lay weak beside him under a makeshift tent er

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of people occupied the governor's office in Medan on Tuesday, prompting an end to administrative activities and throwing city thoroughfares into total

Jakarta – A team of relatives, historians and forensic scientists are pressing ahead with their efforts to carry out DNA tests on remains excavated in an East Java village three years

A contentious battle between Nike and laborers at a factory in Serang, Banten, was settled on Wednesday with $1 million in unpaid overtime being awarded to some 4,500 workers there.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Lawmakers used a House of Representatives plenary on Monday to call for a special meeting with the government to discuss the issue of the GKI Yasmin church in

That the lack of proper policing continues to be the biggest concern among the Indonesian people is instructive of how far the country has come over the last decade.

Indonesia sold dollar-denominated 30-year bonds for the first time in four years on Monday, after receiving more than double the amount offered, reflecting growing confidence in the cou

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – Bandung Mayor Dada Rosada brought Rp 2.45 billion ($267,000) to the West Java Prosecutor's Office in compensation as authorities investigated allegations of embez

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – As allegations are leveled at police officers for their involvement in human rights violations, the public increasingly doubts law enforcers will launch th

Camelia Pasandaran – With the GKI Yasmin church in Bogor still forced to hold services outdoors despite a favorable Supreme Court ruling, a church in Bekasi has been waiting since 2010

Rizky Amelia – The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights plans to build a Rp 70 billion ($7.7 million) special detention facility for suspects investigated by the Corruption Eradication

Calvin Michel Sidjaja – 2011 was not a good year for human rights in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Workers at a Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc Indonesian mine on Tuesday halted their gradual return to work one day after gunmen shot two contractors dead on the road t

Tangerang – The South Tangerang Branch of the Indonesia Ulema Council spoke out on Tuesday against a move by health authorities to distribute free condoms to sex workers to help halt th

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – As employees of miner PT Freeport Indonesia returned to work after their three-month strike, two men working for a contractor for the company were killed

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesia's controversial speaker of the House of Representatives, Marzuki Alie, has blamed the media for giving the House a bad name.

As in the past, the House of Representatives marked the first day of its first legislative session in 2012 with a high-sounding pledge on Monday.

Kupang – Hundreds of human rights activists in So'e, South Central Timor regency, East Nusa Tenggara, poured into the streets and distributed flowers to law enforcers.

Made Arya Kencana – A 15-year-old on trial for stealing a purse that contained Rp 1,000 (11 cents) was found guilty by a Denpasar court on Tuesday, but was released into the custody of

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – Golkar Party lawmaker Melchias Markus Mekeng is facing a possible investigation after he was identified by graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment says hundreds of conflicts over land ownership in 2011 have still not been resolved.

Mataram – Two tribes in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, have lodged complaints about their rights being abused by the local administration and investors.

Ulma Haryanto & Farouk Arnaz – Retired Army general Saurip Kadi said on Sunday that he was not concerned by reports that the police might charge him for spreading false information

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