Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) and economic analyst Hendri Saparini have voiced concerns over the government's prolonged import policy, which say could cause a

Setyo Budi – The Jakarta-Papua dialogue is a test of political will for the Indonesian government and the West Papuan leadership in their search for a long-lasting, peaceful resolution

Jakarta – Although reportedly prompted by the poor performance of some ministers, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says that the Cabinet reshuffle currently underway cannot be purely

Jakarta – Members of two NGOs were involved in a clash on Wednesday, after negotiations failed in a demonstration over waste management rights for factories in Cikarang.

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) criticized the speedy ratification of the Intelligence Law, saying that the House of Representatives had i

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The world's largest publicly traded copper mining firm, Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc., may have to wait a little longer to get its Indonesian ope

Nick Chesterfield and local sources – Plain clothes Indonesian police agents in Jayapura opened fire late on October 12 outside a student dormitory, in another violent act of security f

Yogyakarta – Scores of demonstrators from the People's Mining Militia held a free-speech forum in front of the Gedung Agung Presidential Palace in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on

In connection with the shooting dead of Petrus Ayamiseba who worked at the catering department for workers at Freeport, the Dewan Adat Papua has declared that it is essential to withdra

Dozens of journalists demonstrated in Manokwari to protest against the beating of a colleague, Duma Tato Sanda, a journalist working for Cahaya Papua, who was beaten up by workers of Fr

The naming of the KPU chief and his fellows as suspects on charges of alleged forgery connected to the West Halmahera election was an administrative error, the National Police says.

Jakarta – The Judicial Commission plans to take legal action in response to the controversial acquittal of Bekasi Mayor Mochtar Muhammad by Bandung Corruption Court on Tuesday.

Jakarta – Bandung Corruption Court's acquittal of Bekasi Mayor Mochtar Muhammad had raised many eyebrows, including at the KPK, which is known to only prosecute when it has solid eviden

Jakarta – A panel of judges at South Jakarta District Court has ruled in favor of Jusuf Supendi, one of the founders of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), who filed a civil lawsuit aga

Elly Burhaini Faizal – Quality education is the key to improving productivity during this era of high under-employment in the country, an ILO report says.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Which one tells lies, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) or the police?

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Dozens of NGOs grouped under the Coalition for Justice and Revelation of Truth (KKPK) welcomed the recent decision of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Jakarta – Issues concerning the Malaysia-Indonesia border in West Kalimantan which were played up by the Indonesian media, caused a group of Indonesians to stage a demonstration outside

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – It was not too early for National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Gen.

Jakarta – An NGO has voiced protests over the recent House approval of the 2011 Law on Intelligence, which grants intelligence officers authority to wiretap during investigations.

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An industrial dispute at the world's biggest gold mine in Indonesia's Papua province, has turned ugly, after a striking worker was shot dead by police.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The government will create an inter-ministry team to resolve long-standing salary and security problems involving mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia, acco

Officials in Puncak Papua have started moving children out of the conflict-torn district as the situation there continues to deteriorate.

Fitri Bintang Timur, Singapore – When one comes across new legislation, they should ask: What does this bill regulate?

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Rampant religious intolerance in North Sumatra has brought the government's commitment to upholding religious freedom into question, says the North Sumatra Join

Jakarta – Thousands of Papuans rallied in front of the Papuan People's Assembly in Abepura, Jayapura, on Tuesday, demanding a referendum on the province's independence from Indonesia.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – The situation in the highland district of Puncak Papua remained tense on Monday as a housing complex for local teachers was burned down in the continu

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Banjir Ambarita, Farouk Arnaz & Ronna Nirmala, Jayapura – In an escalation of the long-running Freeport mine labor dispute, one man was shot dead on Monday and several more injured

Jakarta – Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday urged Indonesia to investigate the use of "deadly force" by police who shot dead one protester and injured six others at a mining

On Tuesday, a group of farmers protested in front of the Trade Ministry in Jakarta against the arrival of imported potatoes that they say were having a detrimental impact on sales of ho

Ulma Haryanto – A tribunal on Monday began hearing a request for intelligence documents that the widow of the late human rights defender Munir Said Thalib believes would reveal the mast

Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has proven itself to be a party of trouble makers by threatening to disclose a political contract it signed with President Susilo Bambang Yu

Jakarta – The government intends to implement a subsidized fuel restriction policy starting next year, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Darwin Zahedy Saleh says.

Benny Wenda – As a child growing up in the remote highlands of West Papua, we often heard stories from the elders about how our ancestors' spirits lived in the mountains and forests.

Vento Saudale & Ulma Haryanto – The controversy-plagued Yasmin church in Bogor has received a "final ultimatum" from local authorities seeking its relocation.

Jakarta – The moderator of the World Council of Churches, Walter Altman, paid a visit to the embattled GKI Taman Yasmin congregation in Bogor, West Java, on Tuesday.

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali says that Islam in Indonesia has helped the country promote democracy and has had no relation with fundamentalism.

According to Communication and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring, a member of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had asked him to tel

The fresh unrest, which broke out on Monday morning at the mining site of Timika-based copper and gold company PT Freeport Indonesia in Papua and killed one company employee and wounded

Jakarta – Jakarta Park and Cemetery Agency chief Catharina Suryowati says her agency has faced problems in its efforts to close gas stations belonged to the military [TNI], sites it hop

Jakarta – Anti-capital punishment activists and experts have urged the abolition of the death penalty as it is believed to undermine human dignity as well as failing to deliver a deterr

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – A protest action by scores of students calling themselves the Democratic Concern Student Forum (FPMD) against the enactment of the draft Intelligence La

Jakarta – The enactment of the Intelligence Law by the House of Representatives (DPR) on Tuesday afternoon was greeted by protests by several different groups around the country.

Esther Samboh and Nani Afrida, Jakarta – With less than two weeks to go before the President is expected to announce a major reshuffle of his Cabient, rumors and hoaxes about who would

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A watchdog group says the 560 members of the House of Representatives are quick to put the government and state institutions under the microscope to find eve

Jakarta – The ruling Democratic Party has proposed that electoral constituents be shrunk and allocated fewer legislative seats so as to decrease the number of under-performing lawmakers

Rangga Prakoso – With just three months left in the year, the House of Representatives' performance for 2011 is on its way to being worse than last year's, activists say.