Biak – The traditional Papuan community in Biak reported the current social and political situation in Papua to the first secretary for political affairs at the US embassy, Melanie Higg

Responding to a report that the government plans to send more transmigrants to Papua, the chairman of DAP, Dewan Adat Papua, Forkorus Yoboisembut said this was a serious matter because

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Police on Tuesday arrested three people in connection with an attack by an angry mob on an Islamic boarding school in East Java.

Camelia Pasandaran & Bre Nanginna – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on the country's Muslims to forgo violence and emulate the wisdom and poise of Prophet Muhammad.

Jakarta – Ahmadiyah spokesman Ahmad Mubarik says authorities must not force Ahmadis to leave Islam because they are part of the religion.

Fitri R. & Antara – Forget saying it with flowers and candy. Instead, how about a wedding in jail or a late-night gay pride party?

Nurvita Indarini, Jakarta – Dita Indah Sari and labour are two things that are inseparable. But over the last three months, she has chosen to work within bureaucratic circles.

Elisabeth Oktofani – In a fiery speech in court that moved some to tears, a suspended Islamic Defenders Front leader on trial for inciting attacks against a Christian group in Bekasi co

The Indonesian Military (TNI) has accepted a grant from the United States of 24 F-16A/B Fighting Falcons as part of its overall program to upgrade the Air Force.

Karlis Salna, Jakarta – The Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir yesterday denied being the leader of a terrorist network found training in Aceh, and said a string of fresh charges

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Taufik Kiemas says he will meet with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to discuss the recent spate of religious-based violence.

Suzanne Woo – Indonesian women are splashing out on treatments at spas aimed at meeting Islamic values, including paying for special headscarf styling, as affluence rises in the world's

Muhamad Al Azhari – Indonesian commercial banks posted healthy 26.74 percent growth in net profit last year, central bank data showed Monday.

Speaking on behalf of the United Baptist Churches in Papua, the Rev.

Farouk Arnaz – Moving swiftly in the face of mounting concerns over religious violence, the Central Java Police have identified the alleged ringleaders of last week's riot and burning o

Heru Andriyanto – Prosecutors on Monday told a Jakarta courtroom of how firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir envisioned the establishment of an Islamic state by all means necessary, includ

Nurfika Osman – Roses, chocolates and candlelight dinner may be OK after all.

Activists will demand stronger protection of domestic workers from excessive working hours, physical and sexual abuse and underpaid and unpaid salaries during the observation of Domesti

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – For the sake of the Prosperous Justice Party's public image, the party should replace disgraced lawmaker Misbakhun in the Indonesian House of Representatives

Nivell Rayda – Following the dramatic arrest of yet another Indonesian prosecutor on extortion allegations, the spotlight is again on corruption within the Attorney General's Office and

Terror suspect Abu Bakar Ba'asyir allegedly raised Rp 1 billion (US$112,000) to buy firearms, ammunition and set up a terrorist training camp in Aceh, prosecutors say.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The public outcry over the attack against Ahmadis in Pandeglang, Banten, and the burning of churches in Temanggung, Central Java, reached a feverish pit

Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) says it was not behind the Tuesday attacks on three churches and the court building in Temanggung, Central Java.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Speeches by religious leaders that spread messages of hatred are believed to play a role in the increase in religious violence across the country as many lea

Zaky Pawas & Arientha Primanita – Dozens of demonstrators on Sunday continued their protest over plans to build a block of apartments in Rawasari, Central Jakarta, with at least two

Andi Saputra, Jakarta – Despite the drizzle, scores of domestic workers (PRT) remained indifferent to the falling rain and continued washing their bosses' clothing.

Yogyakarta – Scores of demonstrators from the Yogyakarta Domestic Worker Protection Network (JPPRT) took to the streets on Monday February 14 demanding decent wages and protection for d

Farouk Arnaz & Zaky Pawas – A nongovernmental organization has accused the National Police of being complicit in a deadly attack on members of the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect, saying the

Anita Rachman – A lawmaker on Sunday said the budget of the Religious Affairs Ministry would be re-evaluated after he accused Minister Suryadharma Ali of using state funds to woo cleric

Eras Poke, Kupang – Hundreds of students and church leaders took part in a peace rally on Thursday night in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, to urge a return to peace and interfaith harmony

Yemris Fointuna – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who led the 774/Satya Yudha Bakti (SYB) infantry battalion from 1986 to 1988, appeared moved when he briefed some 1,000 soldiers pa

Tom Allard, Lombok – The killing of three followers of the Ahmadiyah faith by a frenzied group of Islamists this week has left Indonesia reflecting on how closely it lives up to its nat

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The deadly attack on an Ahmadiyah community last Sunday has prompted lawmakers and the government to speed up work on a religious harmony

Apriadi Gunawan and Yemris Fointuna, Medan/Kupang – University students and religious leaders in some regions have called for the spirit of tolerance to be revived among people of diffe

Apriadi Gunawan and Sri Wahyuni, Medan/Yogyakarta – Conservationist have voiced fears that orangutans in Sumatra are facing extinction due to habitat destruction, while some have allege

Katherine Demopoulos, Jakarta – Indonesia's status as a thriving pluralist democracy is under threat as the country's religious minorities face increasingly violent persecution and Pres

Dessy Sagita – A Constitutional Court judge resigned on Friday, the first on that bench to do so, after an ethics tribunal ruled that he must take responsibility for bribes allegedly re

Jakarta – A joint report by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) and the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violenc

Jakarta – The political events of 1965 are estimated to have cost the lives of millions of people.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Unions representing thousands of employees of PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) have demanded that the state-run aircraft maker pay workers' January salaries a

Dessy Sagita – The head of Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Friday said calls by the president to disband violent organizations in the wake of the recent religious violence would do

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – An aggressive drive by Indonesia's banks has succeeded in putting more plastic in their customers' hands, but it seems to be giving rise to a generation mired in

The chairman of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) in Jayapura, Victor Mambor, has called on the press in Papua to regularly monitor cases of human rights violations in Papua

Jayapura – Although Law 21/2001 on Special Autonomy (OTSUS) provides for the establishment of a human rights court in Papua, the fact is that this has not been done even though OTSUS is

Two Papuans are due to go on trial in Manokwari for raising the 14-star flag.

Up to 100 people, arrested by Papua New Guinea police for allegedly illegally crossing the border from Indonesia, have been flown from Vanimo in Sandaun Province to Western Province.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Supreme Court is concerned about the rising number of incidents where angry mobs have intimidated judges and prosecutors during court hearings, and called the

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Farouk Arnaz – With the recent rise in religion-related violence and people seeking ways to curb the worrying trend, rights activists claim all that is ne

Heru Andriyanto, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Anita Rachman & Farouk Arnaz – While officials and analysts debated the merits of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's call to disband vio

Jakarta – Thirty percent of university graduates are unemployed, Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar says.