Jakarta – Farmers from Toili, Banggai, Central Sulawesi, plan to erect a tent and camp in front of the presidential palace on Tuesday for three days to seek support after their land was

Jakarta – The government made its boldest move in the drama surrounding the country's soccer association on Monday by denouncing its leaders and suspending all financial support.

Aubrey Belford – It was a cloak-and-dagger moment in Indonesia's culture war between peddlers of titillation and Islamist conservatives.

Vanuatu's opposition leader, Edward Natapei, says the country should reconsider its membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG).

Anita Rachman – The government announced on Monday that it was drafting a new bill on juvenile offenders that would offer minors better protection from discrimination and physical abuse

This is the second of two reports about internal rifts besetting the Islam-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).

This is the first report on the deplorable internal rift besetting the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).

Anita Rachman – With lawmakers turning a deaf ear to criticisms of the controversial new House of Representatives office building, a group of watchdogs is preparing to file a lawsuit to

Ulma Haryanto – The Depok administration said on Sunday that it would seize an Ahmadiyah mosque previously sealed off by a mob and turn it into a "normal" mosque.

Anita Rachman – The Speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday questioned the claim that nongovernmental organizations represented the people, emphasizing that the lawmakers were

Nurfika Osman & Farouk Arnaz – The threat of a coup by hard-liners and ex-military generals has been overblown and there is no reason for government officials to panic, analysts hav

Hasyim Widhiarto and Rendi Akhmad Witular, Jakarta – Supported by solid constituencies, mainly comprising young and educated Muslims living in urban areas, the Prosperous Justice Party

Yohanes Sulaiman – Early on Saturday, on Twitter, I read the news about how Roy Suryo, Democratic Party lawmaker, managed to delay the 6:15 a.m. flight of Lion Air to Yogyakarta.

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Ina Parlina – Critics say that the government's proposed amendments of the 2001 Anticorruption Law will reduce the legal penalties for corruption and allow some graft convicts to avoid

Hasyim Widhiarto and Rendi Akhmad Witular, Jakarta – Similar to other political parties in the country, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has not been immune to graft cases involving i

Jeremy Thompson – Immigration Minister Chris Bowen says an agreement for an offshore immigration centre on East Timor will not be reached at a regional meeting in Bali this week.

Samarinda – Muslims should not fear making Islam their political ideology, United Development Party (PPP) chairman and Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali says.

Ismira Lutfia – It is a pitiful sight, but one that Jakarta residents are used to and that tourists encounter within days or even hours of arriving.

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More than 10,000 Indonesians have rallied peacefully to support pro-democracy movements in Libya, Yemen and Bahrain.

Nurfika Osman – The Papua chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists has expressed frustration with the sluggish pace of police investigations into the stabbing of local journal

Jayapura – Thaha Alhamid, secretary general of Papuan Presidium Council, (PDP), has welcomed the initiative taken by the Papuan Peace Network, the JDP, to seek to solve the Papuan probl

Nivell Rayda – In little more than a year, Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji went from being one of the National Police's most powerful figures to becoming its worst enemy.

Shirley Christie – Youth unemployment in Indonesia is five times higher than average, presenting a clear challenge to the government, according to the World Bank.

Dili – United Nations police have returned full control of East Timor to the national force, more than four years after bloody clashes threatened to push the country into civil war.

The federal government will attempt to rally support for a regional asylum seeker processing centre in East Timor during a meeting in Bali this week.

Nurfika Osman – While some would argue that Indonesia is still a male-dominated society, recent economic data suggest that women are playing a larger and increasingly more important rol

Anita Rachman – Indonesia Corruption Watch has criticized the government for proposing a raft of changes that if implemented would seriously weaken anticorruption laws and further stall

Indonesian Twitter users woke up on Satuday to an early morning plane seat mix-up incident that ended with lawmaker Roy Suryo being asked to leave a Lion Air flight.

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Decades of armed conflict in Aceh may be officially over, but scars remain from that tumultuous time that, as people like Reza Idri insist, should never be fo

Elisabeth Oktofani – Indonesia must have a law focused solely on the mechanisms, controls and procedures on wiretapping, human rights organizations say.

Religious Minister Suryadharma Ali reiterated once again that two controversial decrees governing religious issues would not be revised or revoked despite increasing protests against th

Heru Andriyanto – Hard-line cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was a different man during a hearing at the South Jakarta District Court on Thursday.

Ismira Lutfia – An activist for migrant worker rights has welcomed a plan to sign an agreement on the placement of Indonesian workers in Malaysia, but warns the deal falls short of ensu

Ismira Lutfia – Ahead of an expected revision to the Broadcasting Law, a coalition of media watchdogs has lashed out at the government and regulators for allowing television station own

Zubaidah Nazeer – Last week's string of mail bombs sent to several moderate Muslim leaders in Indonesia have helped to highlight their work, even as loud noises made by radicals continu

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Heru Andriyanto – After months of allegations and counter allegations, controversial police Comr. Gen.

Nurfika Osman & Farouk Arnaz – Islamic figures on Wednesday admitted to involvement in a plan last year to set up an Islamic revolutionary cabinet, but denied it was an attempt to o

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Dion Bisara & Shirley Wibisono – A groundswell of consumer anger is building against the rising tide of text messages offering collateral-free loans from banks.

Dessy Sagita – Lack of good political leadership is one of the major causes why democracy in post-1998 Indonesia is not taking off as well as it should be, experts said on Wednesday.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ulma Haryanto – Legislators are expected to approve a government proposal to give the National Intelligence Agency the right to wiretap without court perm

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A squad of Aceh's "fashion police" was berated and attacked on Wednesday by a group of men angry over the officers' attempt to escort what they deemed to be a

Camelia Pasandaran, Vento Saudale & Nurfika Osman, Bogor – Fresh from attending a trial hearing of men accused of burning down schools and an Ahmadi mosque in Bogor last October, so

KontraS Papua, the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence, is convinced that the detention of five nurses by the police in Papua is a violation of their human rights.

Vanuatu's opposition leader, Edward Natapei, says he has grave concerns at the decision by the Melanesian Spearhead Group giving Indonesia observer status.

Anita Rachman – The Regional Representatives Council has begun lobbying political parties to support amending the 1945 Constitution, a council member said on Wednesday.

As the Melanesian Speahead Group meeting goes ahead in Suva, an Australia-based pressure group is calling for full membership for West Papua.