Kupang – The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) is asking the government to shut down all manganese mining in West Timor in a bid to he

Kuala Lumpur – Haze caused by fires burning in Indonesia blanketed parts of Malaysia on Thursday, sending air pollution at its largest port up to unhealthy levels.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Families of victims and human rights activists began a campaign this month to remind the people and government about the tragedy that occurred 13 years a

The chairman of Papuan Anti Militarism Solidarity, SRPAM, Elias Petege, has called the DPRP, the provincial legislative assembly, a body that always breaks its promises.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The Aceh Jaya district administration has banned four nongovernmental organizations from conducting relief work after the groups were accused of carrying out

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Four new political parties have announced they would join the 2014 elections, claiming they had every reason to be optimistic about meeting stricter electora

Nivell Rayda, Cianjur, West Java – After failing to kick-start a revolution through massive protests echoing those in the Middle East this year, hard-line Muslim groups are now plotting

Jakarta – The National Police agreed on Monday to let the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) monitor complaints of rights violations involving police officers throughout t

Elisabeth Oktofani – A preliminary verdict handed down by the Central Jakarta Disctrict Court on Wednesday dropped the case against a 14-year-old boy on trial for allegedly stealing a R

Ulma Haryanto - A revision of the law governing plantation farming is needed to stave off increasing land disputes and protect indigenous communities and farmers across the country, exp

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The country's top antigraft body is seeking international support at an international conference in Bali to gain the authority to probe foreigners who bribe gover

Heru Andriyanto – Prosecutors on Tuesday said they had no knowledge of the whereabouts of former antigraft czar Antasari Azhar's laptop, which contains classified information on major c

Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta – The death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of United States Special Forces in Pakistan this month has turned a lens on the sustainability of his al-Qaeda radic

Thousands of people from a village in Bogor rallied outside the House of Representatives in Jakarta on Wednesday, demanding the government hand back land they claim is rightfully theirs

Nurfika Osman – Violence on the scale of the May 1998 riots that marked the downfall of former President Suharto could occur once again amid the growing climate of intolerance, activist

Elisabeth Oktofani – When 80-year-old Madi has no money to buy food for him and his wife, he casts a net in the polluted waters of the East Flood Canal hoping to haul in fish.

Anita Rachman – A state budget watchdog has released another eyebrow-raising report, showing House members collectively spend Rp 151 billion ($18 million) on phone bills each year.

Fairfax newspapers are reporting news of East Timor rejecting an offer from China to build a surveillance radar facility on its territory fearing it would be used for spying.

Candra Malik & Camelia Pasandaran, Yogyakarta – First Jakarta ruffled feathers in the special territory of Yogyakarta by pushing for the direct election of the governor there instea

Nurfika Osman – A newly established organization of scholars has declared war against the extremism that has penetrated the academic world.

Jakarta – Legislators questioned a plan to construct a new House building, while protesters threw pamphlets on them during the first session after a month-long recess at a half-empty Ho

Jayapura – Jakarta frequently intimidates Papua in the name of the unity and integrity of the Republic of Indonesia, even though such a stance creates a culture of fear among Papuan off

Anita Rachman – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle on Tuesday promised that it would take a serious look into cases of violence against journalists, stating that the party woul

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – The East Java Police internal affairs division is currently questioning 21 police officers for allegedly attacking journalists who were covering a Falun

Philip Dorling – China recently tried to establish a spy base in East Timor, according to leaked US diplomatic cables.

Elisabeth Oktofani – A human rights watchdog has warned against rushing the passing of the intelligence bill and making revisions to antiterror laws simply because people are more aware

Jakarta – Ari Malangjudo, a witness in a vote-buying case involving the appointment of Miranda S.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A Democratic Party official on Monday said an investigation into a graft case allegedly involving some of its members was not the result of divisions between

Elisabeth Oktofani – Indonesia Corruption Watch on Sunday expressed distress at what it said was the slow implementation of the year-old freedom of information law.

Ali Kotarumalos, Jakarta, Indonesia – Osama bin Laden was a "warrior" who will be rewarded in heaven for the "great sacrifices" he made for Islam, Indonesia's best-known radical cleric

Indonesian prosecutors today dropped the most serious terror charges against radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for lack of evidence, leaving him facing a possible life sentence instead of

Vento Saudale, Bogor – A church community at the center of an ongoing dispute with the Bogor administration on Sunday was again forced to hold its services on the roadside because its b

Jakarta – A lawmaker from the House's commission overseeing security and defense said over the weekend that Indonesia would not revive the New Order's anti-subversion law amid rising ca

An East Timor court has acquitted the country's deputy prime minister of corruption and abuse of power charges after he was accused of securing an overpaid job for his wife.

The rate at which the Lapindo mudflow is spewing in East Java might have slowed, but there is still no telling exactly when it will cease, the Sidoarjo Mudflow Mitigation Agency said on

Jakarta, Indonesia – Video cameras captured 12 critically endangered Sumatran tigers, including mothers with their cubs, in Indonesian forests slated to be cut down, wildlife activists

Armando Siahaan – Speaking at an international conference in Jakarta last week, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono mentioned that he was trying "to get Oprah Winfrey to say something ab

Fitri R., Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Indonesian migrant workers from West Nusa Tenggara expressed relief and happiness upon returning home on Friday, after having spent months surviv

Joe Cochrane – An outcry is growing over the government's move to restrict imports of cattle and beef.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Nusantara Marijuana Network (LGN) staged a march Saturday to campaign for the legalization of marijuana.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Not everyone connected to a movement to establish an Islamic state in Indonesia should be painted as a terrorist, a reformed radical said on Friday.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta - The Nationwide Marijuana Circle (LGN) staged a march on Saturday to campaign for the legalization of marijuana in the country.

Novi Christiastuti Adiputri, Jakarta – The Nusantara Marijuana Circle (LGN) held a long-march through the Farmers Monument area in Central Jakarta on Saturday May 7 to commemorate the G

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh - Officials have lambasted an Australian carbon broker for selling the marketing rights for carbon credits created through a forest conservation project to a Ca

Elisabeth Oktofani – When Islamic hard-liners in Bekasi and Bogor were questioned recently about what influenced them to take up causes or attend demonstrations, most pointed toward an

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of Muslims in Medan, North Sumatra, performed Friday prayers outdoor at the location of a demolished mosque.

Jakarta – The Tangerang municipal administration – which is still continuing to pursue its vision of a more moralistic society through regulation – will in the near future likely be com

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – The country's effort to increase employment has not been followed by assurances of decent work and worker protection as the number of contract-based work

Kupang - The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) said the Belu military battalion was responsible for the death of local resident Charles Mali last March.

Ulma Haryanto – Prospective whistle-blowers are one step closer to being assured of stronger protection and "rewards" in the eyes of the law after a draft bill left the witness protecti