Lauren Zumbach – Anis Hidayah, executive director of Migrant Care, was one of seven people around the globe awarded the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism, Human Rights

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – An economist warned here on Tuesday that Indonesia will likely not be able to benefit from the gloomy economic outlook looming over developed markets if it fail

The Indonesian Bishops Conference has added its voice to those of other religious-based organizations calling for environmental group Greenpeace to be evicted from the country if it is

Niniek Karmini, Cikeusik, Indonesia – When Dani bin Misra was released from prison last week after serving just three months for smashing in the skull of a member of a Muslim sect, this

Elisabeth Oktofani – The lenient sentences handed down to the killers of three Ahmadiyah followers were the result of "manipulated" legal proceedings, which began when police launched t

Jakarta – The government is being urged to prioritize dialogue over a militaristic approach in resolving the Papua problem.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A watchdog, which is a member of a team assigned to track down the profiles of the remaining 10 candidates to fill four top posts at the Corruption Eradication Co

Meulaboh, Aceh – Public Order Agency officers in West Aceh, Aceh, arrested three Muslims for failing to fast on Sunday.

Makassar – Dozens of members of the Islamic Defenders Front attacked and ransacked a food stall in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Monday.

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology launched close to 2,000 Mobile Internet Service Centers on Monday to cater to rural areas in six province

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must take strategic action to defuse the violence in Papua that has already claimed many lives, the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Viol

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Nine of the nation's major political parties have ignored Indonesia Corruption Watch's demands to release their financial records, an ICW researcher said on S

Kupang – The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) has urged East Nusa Tenggara Governor Frans Leburaya to revoke the operation permit for mining company PT Fathi Resources, which is b

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Ronna Nirmala – A transvestite arrested for forging documents to marry a man has been jailed for eight months after the court ruled that he had promised to "become a real man as nature

Arientha Primanita, Ulma Haryanto & Farouk Arnaz – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, welcoming news of the arrest of fugitive graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin in Colombia on Mond

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has voiced doubts over a recent public opinion poll conducted by the Indonesia Survey Institute (LSI), which alleges t

Arientha Primanita – The image and name of Nachrowi Ramli may have been splashed across billboards around the capital and newspaper advertisements over the past few months, but Jakarta

Karishma Vaswani, Jakarta – The US mining firm Freeport McMoRan has been accused of everything from polluting the environment to funding repression in its four decades working in the In

Jakarta – Following Central Kalimantan Governor Agustin Teras Narang, green activists voiced on Sunday their rejection of the government's plan to build a 135-kilometer railway connecti

Dessy Sagita – The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry said on Sunday that it had warned companies about paying this year's Lebaran bonus on time, and invited the public to report thos

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Eight months have passed, but the words remain as clear as ever in Rina Prasarani's head.

Ulma Hariyanto – Increasing numbers of Indonesians do not trust the once respected Corruption Eradication Commission, a new poll has revealed.

Vento Saudale, Bogor – The Bogor police will continue deploying personnel to safeguard a controversial church and a nearby street where the congregation has held Sunday services since t

David Webster – What does a mining company need to do to get a top score for "corporate social responsibility"?

Jakarta – At least 50 people from Papua are scheduled to meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday to discuss intentions to form a new Central Papua province.

Newmont Nusa Tenggara, a unit of US miner Newmont Mining Corp, said on Sunday there had been no significant impact on production from several days of protests at its Indonesian copper a

The latest regulation by the Justice and Human Right's Ministry which bans journalists from entering prisons has come under scrutiny from the Press Council.

Zubaidah Nazeer – Indonesia's two largest Muslim groups count a third of the country's population as followers, but appear to be losing ground in shaping the national conversation about

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Banjir Ambarita – As the separatist Free Papua Organization claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on soldiers in the Puncak Jaya district, lawmak

Banyumas – Nearly 9,000 teachers in Banyumas, Central Java, demanded the local education office Thursday pay their overdue allowances, which they claim had not been disbursed in the las

Presi Mandari – Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa on Friday defended the country's judicial system after a court sentenced Muslim radicals to a few months in jail for killing

Rizal Harahap and Yemris Fointuna, Pekanbaru/Kupang – Angry mobs set fire to three houses believed to be used illegally as churches in Logas Tanah Darat district in Riau's Kuantan Sengi

Jakarta – The political elite in this country should use the holy fasting month of Ramadan as a moment for introspection and evaluation, to ask whether their policies side with the ordi

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Thin Lei Win, Bangkok – Indigenous Papuans are at risk of further marginalisation and the forests and ecosystems on which they rely face destruction due to an ambitious food security pr

Banjir Ambarita, Papua – The separatist Free Papua Organization on Friday admitted that it was responsible for a series of recent attacks against the military in Puncak Jaya district.

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Since its inception on July 16, 2010, the much-hyped National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) remains wedged within a protracted bureaucracy that slows down its efforts to go full steam,

Jakarta – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the demand for a referendum as voiced by a group of Papuan people recently was supported by few members of the region's community.

An official from a religious court in Indonesia has blamed social networking site Facebook for a rise in the number of cases of teenage pregnancies and early marriages in a town in cent

Makassar – The South Sulawesi provincial government is drafting a law to ensure that maids receive a minimum wage and have the right to at least one day off a week.

Arientha Primanita – A new political party bent on putting former Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati forward for the presidency in 2014 officially registered itself with the Justice

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Papua Police said on Wednesday that the killing of four people in Nafri on Monday was simply a criminal act and had nothing to do with the separatist

Wider autonomy granted to Papua in 2001 and a new deal to accelerate development in the resource-rich region in 2006 raised fresh hopes for its people to realize their long-standing que

This week marks the 48th anniversary of the West Papuan struggle for independence from Indonesia.

Jakarta – The Indonesian army said here on Thursday that it had launched no military action in reaction to recent attacks and ambushes by alleged separatist OPM members.

The Indonesian Army has threatened to take firm military action against separatists allegedly involved in the recent spate of violence in Papua.

Farouk Arnaz & Camelia Pasandaran – The National Police said on Wednesday that they had sent members of their elite counterterrorism unit to Papua after a recent spate of violence i

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – The chairman of the Papua and Aceh special autonomy supervisory team, Priyo Budi Santoso, urged the government to send the military to Papua if the referendum