Tangerang – The Tangerang municipal administration warned all industrial firms not to directly dispose untreated waste into rivers.

Elisabeth Oktofani – Environmental activists on Tuesday called on the Indonesian government to declare the inability of fishing families nationwide to earn a living because of months of

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Although it appears not to have been made as a complaint, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's recent statement about his lack of a pay ri

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The single floor medium-sized building looked like an ordinary house.

Jakarta – The National Education Ministry says it will investigate allegations of publication of books on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono using funds intended for education.

Washington – The US says Indonesia must hold its armed forces accountable for rights violations after three soldiers accused of torture received only 8 to 10 month jail terms.

Jerry Omona, Jayapura – Thousands of Papuan occupied the Papua People's Council (MRP) offices in the provincial capital of Jayapura on Wednesday January 26 demanding that the government

Papua New Guinea's acting deputy police commissioner says the 77 Papuans arrested in a border crackdown near Vanimo are being assessed for links with the Papuan liberation movement, the

Hundreds of Papuans protested on Wednesday rejecting the region's special autonomy within Indonesia and demanding a referendum on self-determination.

Rahmat, Makassar – A district chapter of the Indonesian Council of Ulema in South Sulawesi has issued an edict declaring a religious group a deviant Islamic sect, and called for a polic

Amir Tejo, Sidoarjo, East Java – A nurse in East Java is at risk of being fired for wearing a Muslim headscarf while on duty, in what her husband calls a clear case of religious discrim

Nivell Rayda & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The state antigraft agency on Tuesday confirmed that it had launched a probe into the alleged tax office bribery involving graft convict Ga

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says it welcomed the Attorney General Office's decision on Monday to drop prosecution of two KPK deputies, despite lingeri

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government, employers, labor unions and insurers have called for a revision of the 2004 national social security system law to include five mandatory s

Sara Everingham – A bitter dispute between East Timor's Government and the Australian-based oil and gas company Woodside is continuing.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has decided to let the Judicial Mafia Taskforce finish its work, despite claims that the presidential special unit has pol

Jakarta – One Indonesian Twitter user claiming to be in possession of "intelligence" information on a number of politicians and the murky world of politics has become something of a sen

Banjir Ambarita, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nivell Rayda, Indonesia – A military tribunal in Papua that handed light sentences to three soldiers involved in torturing two civilians

Nethy Dharma Somba and Bagus BT Saragih, Jayapura/Jakarta – In what one rights activist called a "miscarriage of justice", a military tribunal sentenced three soldiers to eight to 10 mo

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Three soldiers who tortured two Papuan men were yesterday handed prison sentences of less than a year and will be allowed to continue their careers, despite assura

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The government will set aside about Rp 1 trillion (US$110.34 million) from the 2011 State Budget to build the foundations for the Merauke food estate project in

Heru Andriyanto, Indonesia – It's official now.

Aleksius Jemadu – When President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told senior officials from the military and police last week that he had not received a pay raise in seven years, the statement

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police's elite antiterrorism unit on Tuesday arrested eight suspects wanted in connection with a recent series of bombings in Central Java.

Joe Cochrane – I've been spending a lot of time in my front yard lately. Not that I'm an avid gardener, mind you.

Jakarta – A group of demonstrators from the Crescent Star Party (PBB) gathered in front of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) on Monday, urging prosecutors to stop investigating a graf

Palembang, South Sumatra – Angry because their roads have been damaged by large coal-hauling trucks, residents of Prabumulih set up a blockade preventing trucks from passing between Mua

There are two conventions in this country that obstinately evade a resolution.

Jakarta – Most of the people reporting HIV/AIDS infections in Papua last year were housewives, accounting for 164 individuals, the government says.

Jakarta – Investment in Indonesia rebounded to an all-time high of Rp 208.5 trillion in 2010 on the back of the improved economic fun-damentals in the Southeast Asia's largest economy,

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Nivell Rayda – The military has vowed to clean up its tarnished human rights record by educating soldiers on the issue, but rights activists remain skepti

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – An NGO is planning to file a judicial review regarding the 2010 Law on the 2011 State Budget, calling it unconstitutional for not allocating adequate funds f

Jakarta – A rights watchdog said on Sunday the Jakarta administration has opted to do less to improve the welfare of the city's low-income population and has instead decided to oppress

The horrific torture of two Papuan men by military officers last year caught the nation by surprise and sullied the image of the Indonesian armed forces.

Lindsay Murdoch – Another senior East Timor leader has questioned Prime Minister Julia Gillard's plan to build a regional centre to process asylum seekers in East Timor, suggesting Aust

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Liberal and moderate Muslim scholars expressed concern that their voices were being drowned out as the public and mainstream media were more inclined to listen

Heru Andriyanto – Gayus Tambunan says prosecutor Cirus Sinaga holds crucial information in the murder conviction of a former antigraft chief, which helps him evade punishment for leakin

Heru Andriyanto – Former tax official Gayus Tambunan on Monday filed an appeal against his bribery conviction and seven-year sentence, despite previously lauding the court's decision to

Sydney – East Timor has again rebuffed Canberra's proposal that it host an immigration detention centre where asylum seekers arriving in Australia could be held while their applications

Jakarta – According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), Indonesia suffered Rp 7.1 trillion (approximately US$781 million) in financial losses caused by the Mount Merapi e

Camelia Pasandaran, Pangkal Pinang, Bangka-Belitung – An amendment to the Regional Governance Law is expected to include provisions barring criminals and the "morally flawed" from runni

Peter Alford, Jakarta – Three Indonesian soldiers have been sentenced to short prison terms over the torture of two Papuans, bringing an unsatisfactory close to another discreditable ep

Thousands of people took part in coordinated rallies across the country on Sunday to protest what they said was the government's poor performance and failure to provide basic services.

Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives on Friday said it would try to raise public awareness of its need for a controversial new office tower in a bid to counter criticisms that t

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The light sentences sought for soldiers who tortured two Papuans, coupled with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's dismissal of the torture as "a minor incident"

Indra Harsaputra, Kediri – Two female junior high students from Kediri, East Java, have been expelled from their school for allegedly defaming and insulting a teacher on Facebook.

Jakarta – A group of non-government organizations have called the 2010 Law on the 2011 State Budget "unconstitutional" for alledgely failing to provide adequate funds to improve people'

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Activists have lambasted "lenient" sentences sought for three soldiers accused of torturing two Papuan men, but the military has urged the public to reserve j

Nurfika Osman – Children in half of all Indonesian households don't get enough vitamins or minerals, either because their families can't afford a healthy diet or are ignorant about prop