Armando Siahaan – So far, 2011 has not been a good year for the Democratic Party.

The Jakarta Administration has expressed concerns about the "alarming" condition of the waterways that crisscross the capital, most notably the Ciliwung River.

A new club in Indonesia that encourages women to be totally obedient to their husbands and focus on keeping them sexually satisfied has generated an outcry from activists.

AMPTPI, the Association of Students from the Central Highlands, has urged the DPRP to summon the police chief in Papua to ask him about how the investigation into shooting in Moanemani,

The chairman of Commission A of DPRP.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) says it wants to regain the public's trust by creating smart, clean and honest members through a system of rewards and puni

Ambon, Maluku – Housewives emerged as the third largest group of HIV/AIDS infected people in Maluku in 2010, presumably because of their husbands' extramarital behavior, according to th

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Recent female figures named corruption suspects have broken the long-established assumption that women are less corrupt than men due to women's compassion and ten

Makassar – South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo has approved a proposal to ban Ahmadiyah activities in his province.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papuan people want only one People's Assembly (MRP) for the entirety of native Papuan land because they fear that separate MRPs will lead to disparity in

Pekanbaru, Riau – Hot spots have reappeared in Riau province over the last few days with thick haze blanketing Rokan Hilir regency and Dumai mayoralty, disrupting local residents' daily

Jakarta – The House of Representatives should accelerate the deliberation of the domestic workers bill and ratify the UN convention on migrant workers to improve legal protection for ho

Jakarta – After 13 years of the ostensible reform in the National Police, the institution remains one of the most corrupt institutions in the country, critics said ahead of the force's

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – The 15-year jail term handed to convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Bashir this week is sparking debate, with analysts suggesting it was kept light to avoid angering t

Acts of violence and terror that have been perpetrated against human rights defenders as well as against journalists have led to a sense of deep concern among human rights NGOs and reli

The 15-year jail sentence for internationally known Abu Bakar Ba'asyir definitely fails to satisfy both his supporters and those who demanded maximum punishment for the firebrand Muslim

Harison Citrawan, Jakarta – A recent IndoBarometer survey found that 29.7 percent of 1,200 respondents were satisfied with the Yudhoyono administration and 40 percent thought the New Or

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Abu Bakar Bashir, sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for inciting terrorism, sat slumped in his chair in a South Jakarta courtroom after a five-month trial,

Arientha Primanita – While the prospects for a fledgling party seeking to nominate Sri Mulyani Indrawati as its presidential candidate in 2014 look bleak, the impact of the move could n

Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives will next week launch an investigation into alleged polling fraud cases that may have granted seats to the wrong candidates, a legislator sa

Jakarta – A freshly inked two-year forest moratorium was breached on its first day as a plantation company burned carbon-rich peatlands on Borneo island, an investigation by an environm

Human Rights Watch has criticized Indonesian authorities for failing to uncover the people behind February's brutal attack on the Ahmadiyah community in western Java.

The jailing of radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on terrorism charges will not diminish his influence on militant extremists unless he is strictly controlled behind bars, analy

Dessy Sagita – Indonesians have been urged to report candidates competing for the top post of the country's anti-graft body that have been involved in any scandal or crime.

Ulma Haryanto – For most of Abu Bakar Bashir's zealous supporters, his conviction on terrorism charges on Thursday were part of an ongoing conspiracy against the cleric.

Nivell Rayda & Ulma Haryanto – It is likely the only common ground they will ever have, but terrorism analysts and supporters of militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir do agree on one thi

Nivell Rayda – Under the scorching sun, members of Jamaah Anshorut Tauhid struggled to stay awake on Thursday as judges at the South Jakarta District Court read out the lengthy verdict

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Tension is reportedly gripping the Indonesia-Timor Leste border, where hundreds of residents have attempted for the past two days to stop the neighboring count

The country's path to becoming a full-fledged democracy is at stake.

Ulma Haryanto – A court on Wednesday began reviewing the case of a former Garuda Indonesia pilot jailed for killing an activist, with the convict submitting papers he said proved the vi

Siami, the woman who reported systemic cheating at a Surabaya elementary school, attended a meeting via video conference with NGOs on Thursday.

Abu Bakar Bashir is regarded as a spiritual leader of militant Islam in Indonesia and is a vocal supporter of Al Qaeda-style jihad, but the 72-year-old has always denied being a terrori

Anita Rachman – New evidence has been uncovered in the long-running probe into the Bank Century bailout, antigraft investigators announced on Wednesday.

Nethy Dharma Somba – West Papua Governor Abraham O Atururi swore in the new board members of the province's Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) on Wednesday, amid criticism that it violated

Jakarta – After sentencing whistle-blower and politician Agus Condro to 15 months in prison, Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday sentenced three other defendants in to between 18 and 2

Cheating is rampant in our school system. Not a year goes by without incidents of wrongdoing during the national examinations making headlines.

Farouk Arnaz – The death of a suspected militant while in the hands of police has added to concerns about torture and ill-treatment by the country's elite counterterrorism unit, which i

Elisabeth Oktofani – Talk of the 2014 elections has been heating up over the past few months, but most of the country's Muslim youth don't seem to have taken much notice.

Arientha Primanita – A group of public figures identifying themselves as supporters of Sri Mulyani Indrawati are seeking to have a controversial law declared unconstitutional in an atte

Anita Rachman – The number of parties in the House of Representatives should be capped at five, according to a proponent of a measure designed to make it harder for smaller parties to g

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government and civil society have placed their hopes in the public to help eradicate corruption following a presidential instruction that is expected to open

Ulma Haryanto – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center said on Wednesday that it had detected thousands of "suspicious transactions" involving bank accounts belonging to

Jakarta – Khoirul Anam of the Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (Kasum) said the purportedly new evidence brought to court by Pollycarpus and his lawyers was nothing new.

With a Hollywood movie ban already in place, the Film Censorship Board is taking aim at the current mainstay of Indonesian cinema – sex and ghost-themed films.

Camelia Pasandaran – Witnesses for a former deputy gubernatorial candidate in Papua told the Constitutional Court on Tuesday that his disqualification from the 2005 poll was against the

Stephen Schaber – Aceh will hold its second post-conflict election in November and, according to the International Crisis Group, it will be bitterly contested by two former Free Aceh Mo

Ismira Lutfia – Backed by prominent lawyers, animal lovers and rights groups on Tuesday demanded the government respond to recent cases of abuse by introducing legislation mandating the

Anita Rachman & Ulma Haryanto – The government and House of Representatives have agreed to a set of amendments that would effectively limit the powers of the Constitutional Court, a

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Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Dozens of students from Jaringan Mahasiswa Peduli Tangerang (Jampat) staged a rally at Tangerang General Hospital (RSUD) on Wednesday following the death of a