Jakarta – A lack of post-literacy education and poor infrastructure are hampering the country's efforts to eradicate illiteracy, the National Education Ministry says.

Wendy Frew – A new documentary about East Timor has raised questions about a Gold Walkley-winning ABC TV program that led to the resignation of Mari Alkatiri as prime minister in 2006.

An imam preaching against violence in Aceh was attacked and beaten as he delivered his sermon during Friday prayers, a report said.

Once again, violence has been used in Papua, this time against a television journalist working for the local TV station in South Sorong, TOP TV.

East Timor's opposition called Thursday for Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to step down as his cabinet faces scrutiny over corruption claims ahead of elections.

The head of East Timor's armed forces stepped down last week, leading to speculation he may be preparing to run for President in nest year's elections.

A massive upsurge in "mysterious acts of violence" around the Jayapura region of West Papua has many local observers blaming Indonesian security forces.

Camelia Pasandaran & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has finally signed a letter dismissing disgraced graft suspect and former Democratic Party treasur

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The religious-based Prosperous Justice Party has asked the House of Representatives (DPR) to dismiss disgraced legislator Arifinto, who was caught watching po

Bagus BT Saragih and Adianto P.

Arto Suryodipuro, Jakarta – Members of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) are regrouping on Sept.

Arientha Primanita & Camelia Pasandaran – Seven years after the death of human rights defender Munir Said Thalib, his widow's pain has not eased.

Although thirteen of the fifteen Papuans who were arrested on 31 August have since been released, the National Human Rights Commission's (Komnas HAM) Papua branch is continuing to pay s

Jakarta – National Intelligence Agency chief Sutanto scoffed at a WikiLeaks cable allegation that he funded hard-line group The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) while serving as National Pol

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – Antasari Azhar presented new evidence supporting his case review request to the South Jakarta District Court on Tuesday, hoping to overturn his conviction for

Arientha Primanita – About 50 protesters have gathered outside the State Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday to mark the seventh anniversary of the murder of Indonesian human rights defender

Jakarta – Local and international human rights advocates are clamoring for further investigation of the death of activist Munir Said Thalib, who died from arsenic poisoning on a Garuda

Jakarta – A peaceful rally, to commemorate the death of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib in front of the State Palace on Wednesday, turned violent as the police attempted to prev

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will not interfere in the legal case centering on the alleged murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, who died on board a Garuda

An animal rights group is urging the government to be more proactive in putting a halt to the illegal trade in orangutan skulls.

House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie said on Tuesday that the public should not blindly support calls to dissolve the House Budget Committee amid allegations that it was infest

A group of Papuan independence activists in Auckland are hoping Pacific leaders have heard their calls for self-determination and the inclusion of West Papua in the Forum.

Olivia Rondonuwu, Jakarta – Kusniwati travelled more than 300 kilometers to visit one of the gleaming malls in Indonesia's capital.

Muhamad Al Azhari & Dion Bisara – Indonesia has dropped two places in this year's Global Competitiveness Report, bringing a sudden halt to an impressive climb that had seen it climb

Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) said that the abundance of transactions conducted by Bank Century (now Bank Mutiara) makes it difficult to swiftly complete the bank's forensic

John McBeth – About a week before East Timor's 1999 referendum, an Indonesian general asked me how I thought the United Nations-administered ballot would turn out.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – London-based rights group Amnesty International has urged the Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) to initiate a new investigation into the alleged murder

Tifa Asrianti – Nurhayati, 38, a resident of Sukamaju village in Majalaya, Bandung regency held up her right hand.

Jakarta – Lawmaker Rieke Dyah Pitalok says the Indonesian government would have had to approve the controversial granting of a University of Indonesia honorary doctorate to Saudi Arabi

Jayapura – Police have detained two people identified as EK,17, and PK,19, for their alleged involvement in several murders in Jayapura, Papua, on June 7, 2011 and in Nafri on Aug.

Camelia Pasandaran – Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi frustratingly joked on Tuesday that exhausted mudik travelers could be given illegal ecstasy pills to keep them awake during

Camelia Pasandaran – The government announced on Monday that it would not respond to any information found in US diplomatic cables presented by whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks, sayin

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – At least 72 villages in East Sumba regency in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) are facing a severe food crisis that has prompted the central government to send bags of

Ronna Nirmala & Dofa Fasila – A chaotic morning could be in store for the millions of Jakartans heading back to work today after the long holiday, with the promised weekend solution

Ismira Lutfia – Human rights activists have called for an independent investigation into the deaths of two men shot dead by police during an attack on oil field facilities in Tiaka Isla

Ulma Haryanto – The Justice and Human Rights Ministry said on Monday that out of the 14 new political parties registered for the 2014 general elections, only three had met the requireme

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – It would not be a political party if it were unwilling to snatch any opportunity to attract public support.

Jakarta – Monday is supposed to be the first day back at work after the Idul Fitri hiatus, but most civil servants in West Java failed to show up, the West Java governor says.

Dofa Fasila – The Jakarta administration will focus on boarding houses, or kost, when it begins a series of raids against unregistered newcomers to the capital later this month, Governo

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Links between the state security apparatus and militia groups, such as the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), have long been alleged but remain unsubstantiated as no real proof has ever eme

Jakarta – Jayapura district police have been accused of torturing 15 witnesses who were initially suspected of being members of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) in a violence related case

Ulma Haryanto – A leaked confidential US diplomatic cable reveals that the US Embassy in Jakarta believed the 2007 gubernatorial election won by Fauzi Bowo had been "rigged" by the capi

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Representatives from the constituent parties of the ruling coalition say they will reject efforts to impose a party line on lawmakers to back specific candid

The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) said on Sunday that the Law and Justice Ministry should put a moratorium on giving sentence reductions to corruption convicts until the Law on Sent

Camelia Pasandaran – Maybe it got lost in the mail?

Leaked US diplomatic cables paint a negative picture of Megawati Sukarnoputri's presidency and predict the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) would do poorly in the 2009 el

Tom Allard, Indonesia – Ulil Abshar Abdalla is one of Indonesia's most perceptive intellectuals, a Harvard-educated Islamic reformer and an adviser to the President, Susilo Bambang Yudh

Ulma Haryanto – The police and the Islamic Defenders Front have denied again allegations of collusion that resurfaced with the latest release of leaked US embassy cables from WikiLeaks.

As security in West Papua deteriorates, local groups have stepped up their calls for dialogue with Jakarta.