Anti-graft organization Indonesian Corruption Watch will report the subsidiary of US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan to the US Department of Justice next month for involvement in a briber

Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia workers have finally agreed to end their strike after the copper and gold mining giant decided to increase their wages by up to 40 percent.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Dozens of residents of Mesuji Regency in Lampung expressed their grievance before the House of Representatives on Wednesday over what they described as a "ma

People in over 80 countries in every region of the world have come together to demand the release of Indonesian prisoner of conscience Filep Karma, who is currently serving a 15-year pr

Jakarta – Police contributed to the mass killing in Mesuji, Lampung according to the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras).

Arientha Primanita, Ezra Sihite, Anita Rachman & Farouk Arnaz – The government moved quickly on Thursday to address the shocking allegations that farmers in Lampung's Mesuji distric

Jakarta – Ten students from Bung Karno University remain in detention at Jakarta Police headquarters on Thursday after a rally turned violent.

Zaky Pawas – Several police officers were injured and 10 students from Bung Karno University were arrested after an antigovernment rally in Central Jakarta turned to chaos on Wednesday.

Ezra Sihite – Four of the nine factions at the House of Representatives are calling on Minister of Justice and Human rights Amir Syamsuddin to revoke the tighter requirements for remiss

Camelia Pasandaran & Rahmat – The mob attack on a journalist's home that reportedly led to his newborn daughter dying of shock has been denounced as an inhumane act by his peers.

Anita Rachman – Tired of waiting, dozens of domestic workers and activists ambushed the office of the House of Representatives' Legislative Body on Wednesday to demand the domestic work

Indonesian members of parliament approved the final draft of a long-awaited land bill on Wednesday that investors hope will speed up land acquisition for government infrastructure proje

Jakarta – The lack of transparency and accountability in the distribution of the School Operational Aid (BOS) has cost the state billions of rupiah in wasteful spending, corruption watc

Fadli, Batam – Amid fears of security disturbances from potentially escalating workers' rallies, Riau Islands Governor Muhammad Sani has agreed to raise the workers' minimum wage in Bat

Catherine Wilson, Sydney – The Indonesian government's offer of development for West Papua, following the crackdown by security forces on a pro-independence meeting in Jayapura in Octob

Carmel Budiardjo – According to Djoko Suyanto, the coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs, there are no political prisoners in Papua – only criminals who have b

Ezra Sihite, Arientha Primanita & Anita Rachman – Lawmakers were aghast on Wednesday as a group of farmers from Lampung told them about the alleged killing of a large number of thei

Ami Afriatni – Almost a month has passed since Palembang hosted the closing ceremony of the Southeast Asian Games but the organizers still have a mountain of debt to settle.

Ambon, Maluku – A flare-up of violence in the restive city of Ambon on Monday night left dozens of people injured and several homes badly damaged.

Jakarta – Only 10 percent of the nation's local languages will survive by the end of the century, according to a researcher.

Ismoko Widjaya – PT Silva Inhutani, a company that was mentioned in land takeover case that resulted in 30 farmers died in Lampung, has denied about the rumored killings.

Ezra Sihite – Hundreds of members of the Anak Dalam tribe have rallied outside the House of Representatives in a second day of protests to demand ownership rights to their ancestral lan

Yayat Supriatna – Indonesia is concerned about domestic white sugar supplies between March and May next year when current stocks of 740,000 tons run out and the new crushing season has

Apriadi Gunawan and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Medan/Bandung – North Sumatra has been ranked second after Jakarta in terms of the highest number of human rights violation cases this year, the Na

Jakarta – The Free Papua Movement (OPM) has said that it is waiting for instructions to strike back after claiming that three of its fighters were injured in an armed clash with the pol

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A group of maids and activists has vowed to camp out in front of the legislative building in Jakarta until lawmakers make the domestic wor

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Aceh may soon lose part of its forests with the granting of a concession for commercial use to a private company by Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf, a decisi

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Deputy mayor Illiza Sa'aduddin Djamal says she doesn't mind getting her hands dirty in her crusade against the punk community of Banda Aceh, proudly telling o

Nurdin Hasan – Indonesian sharia police are "morally rehabilitating" more than 60 young punk rock fans in Aceh province on Sumatra island, saying the youths are tarnishing the province'

Banjir Ambarita – It has been revealed that the officer who died after setting himself and part of a police dormitory in Serui, Yappen Islands, Papua, on fire had a history of mental il

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – Papuan police have lifted the Indonesian flag, replacing the Morning Star flag, at an office believed to be the headquarters of the Free Papua Organiz

Ulma Haryanto – After dying from burns sustained when he set himself on fire in an apparent protest at the Presidential Palace, Sondang Hutabarat is becoming a rallying point for moveme

The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) is calling for the independence of West Papua and her people from Indonesia.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Dozens of young people were being held and punished by Aceh police on Tuesday for the supposed crime of being "punk," despite not being charged with any crime

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – About a thousand police officers, out of 13,000, in Aceh were identified as drug users, Aceh police chief Ins. Gen. Iskandar Hasan said on Tuesday.

Anita Rachman & Rizky Amelia – In his first comments since the arrest of his wife, graft suspect Nunun Nurbaetie, politician and former police general Adang Daradjatun called for ot

Hasyim Widhiarto, Bandung/Surabaya/Malang – Three state-owned companies in the defense industry are running low on manpower as budget constraints have hampered their ability to hire new

Rizky Amelia, Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite – Sidestepping questions about the nature of an allegedly inappropriate "close personal relationship" with a police officer, controversial l

A group of election watchdogs has called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to revoke the newly established election team designated to select general election bodies' members for no

A three-month labour strike at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Grasberg mine in Indonesia looks to be nearing the endgame, after sources said the US-based miner and a workers u

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A soldier from the Indonesian Military (TNI) and personnel from the North Sumatran police are reported to have been injured in what appears to be the latest in

Anita Rachman – Because they felt their stories had to be told properly, 11 women who have lived through some of the worst periods in the nation's history labored to write and publish t

Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Surakarta – Commercial sex workers in Surakarta, Central Java, have demanded a designated red-light district to ensure better organized outreach services, especi

Former President Megawati Sukarnoputri says she is "bitter" about the Nunun Nurbaeti corruption scandal, alleging the case had been politicized to target the Indonesian Democratic Party

Jakarta – The National Mandate Party (PAN) on Sunday officially announced its leader, Hatta Rajasa, as its presidential candidate for the 2014 elections, but doubts linger about the ele

Jakarta – The death of Sondang Hutagalung, a student who set himself on fire in an anti-government protest, has sparked an online movement to make him an icon for an antigraft movement.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The arrest of graft fugitive Nunun Nurbaeti may lead to the prosecution of more politicians in the politically charged Bank Indonesia bribery case, including thos

Ramadhian Fadillah, Jakarta – Justice and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin says that during the era of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) leadership there have been no huma

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Anita Rachman & Ronna Nirmala – Speculation is rife over whether the capture of Nunun Nurbaetie, and her return to Jakarta, will finally allow the public t

Arientha Primanita – Coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs Djoko Suyanto on Monday denied that there are political prisoners detained in Papua as alleged by hu