Trefor Moss – Indonesia has long been the individualist of Asian geopolitics – a big country that behaved like a small one when all those around it were trying to do the opposite.

Jakarta – Discriminatory laws and bylaws in Indonesia have forever altered the personal lives of poor and marginalized women by denying them full control of their reproductive systems,

Gandang Sajarwo, Agromulyo and Jakarta – Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano killed 58 people and injured dozens when it erupted again on Friday, with scores more suffering severe burns an

Bandung – Students from the West Java Campus Advocacy Institute (LDK) coordinating body staged a rally at the Gedung Sate building in Bandung on Thursday to protest a planned state visi

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Human Rights Watch has lashed out at the Indonesian military, which it said had promised the trial of soldiers allegedly involved in the brutal torture of Pa

Nethy Darma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – Four Army soldiers from an infantry battalion in the Papua regency of Nabire began their trial at the Jayapura military court on Friday in connectio

Nethy Dharma Somba and Erwida Maulia, Jayapura/Jakarta – Four soldiers allegedly involved in recorded torture of Papuans, where two videos released on YouTube sparked a global outcry, w

Jayapura, Papua – Some 140 policemen from the Mobile Brigade (Brimob) police paramilitary unit in Jakarta assigned to Puncak Jaya regency in Papua since September this year have been se

Nivell Rayda, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – Rights activists fear for the welfare of two Papuans tortured by soldiers earlier this year, saying one is deeply

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Amnesty International on Thursday demanded that the government abolish laws infringing on women's reproductive health rights, including the law that forbids abor

Adhe Bhakti, Jakarta – The West Jakarta District Court on Thursday sentenced hard-line cleric Eko Budi Wardoyo to 10 years in prison for his involvement in gunning down a priest in 2004

Jakarta – Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should uphold freedom of religion in Indonesia and repudiate statements by his religious affairs minister calling for the banning

Lindsay Murdoch – Australian troops will withdraw from East Timor in 2012 – six years after hundreds of them arrived in the half-island nation to quell violent upheaval.

Jakarta Globe & Bloomberg, Jakarta – Indonesia has been hammered in a World Bank report ranking countries with the most business-friendly regulations.

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of the People's Conscience Party's (Hanura) founder Gen.

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – The government should allow people to use their own judgment in avoiding Web sites deemed offensive, rather than impose curbs that threaten free speech, media e

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has criticized provincial and regional administration officials for poor human rights enforcement.

Fitri – Three people in East Lombok were shot when police opened fire on a violent protest over a village water source on Thursday.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The restoration of cooperation between the Indonesian Army's Special Forces and the US military is already in the implementation phase and will not b

Arientha Primanita & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Jasuta stopped his empty Mikrolet minivan in front of the Tanah Abang market in Central Jakarta on Thursday, blocking traffic while he wai

Jakarta Globe & Antara, Jakarta – The Democratic Party has denied buying up the first print run of the latest issue of gossip tabloid C&R, which carries a cover story on rape al

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – Public servants who play online games or go shopping during working hours, be warned.

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Despite the resolution of several political parties to bar lawmakers from taking much-criticized trips overseas in the wake of recent disasters, two House deleg

Jakarta – An "unknown group" has purchased the entire print run of Indonesian Infotainment tabloid C&R featuring a cover story about rape allegations centering on a Indonesian legis

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' leaders came under strong pressure on Wednesday to expedite the fit-and-proper test to fill the vacancy in the Corrupti

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Providing a glimpse into the illicit world of high-level bribery, a former district court chief justice arrested for taking bribes said he had used the word "

Erwida Maulia and Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Gillard vowed to strengthen economic, political and security ties, and agreed to work together in handli

Tom Allard – At the Cendrawasih military command in Jayapura, Papua, five Indonesian soldiers tomorrow will face justice for the abuse of two Papuan men, one burnt repeatedly on his gen

Armando Siahaan & Anita Rachman, Jakarta – A watchdog and lawmakers on Wednesday called for the rapid completion of the long overdue bill on election organizers, by vote if necessar

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – A team comprising personnel from the police, military, Public Order Office and Transportation Ministry removed political advertisements from Merapi refugee

Jakarta – As the Mentawai Islands continue to struggle to deal with the loss of life and emergency response in the wake of the tsunami disaster, West Sumatra Governor Irwan Prayitno has

Medan – Hundreds of students rallied at the North Sumatra Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday, demanding that Medan's Mayor be detained after he was named a suspect in a graft case.

Robin Lee Santoso – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's speech against the persecution of minorities last month received much acclaim.

Sleman, Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X has criticized Indonesian political parties for potentially increasing the trauma suffered by victims displaced by t

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – A coalition of NGOs has criticized what they perceive as a sluggish relief operation following last week's deadly tsunami in Mentawai, West Sumatra.

HS Syahril, North Pagai, Indonesia – Indonesian tsunami survivors complained Monday they are being forced to scavenge for wild roots because aid had not arrived a week after the wave cr

Anwar Permana, Jakarta – A sitting legislator from the Prosperous Justice Party was jailed for just one year on Tuesday for forging documents to secure a massive loan from the now-defun

Jakarta – Six politicians from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) have filed a Rp 25 billion (US$2.8 million) lawsuit against the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The public thinks the integrity of state institutions is on the decline, a recent survey by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) shows.

A former Vanuatu prime minister and leader of the Melanesian Progressive Party, Barak Sope, has called on the government to continue to apply political, diplomatic and legal pressure on

Jakarta – Indonesia and Australia will start negotiating a new economic partnership agreement aimed at liberalizing bilateral trade and boosting investment, the leaders of the two count

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Amidst public condemnation, two commissions from the House of Representatives remain unmoved to conduct study trips abroad despite of the fact that two

Ulma Haryanto & Antara, Jakarta – The public was to blame for corruption within the police force, Comr. Gen.

Walter Balansa – This month, Indonesia will celebrate National Health Day. For the second year in a row, it will pass with the Health Law's tobacco control regulation still pending.

Australia will phase out more than a third of its adviser positions in East Timor over the next two years.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office decision to halt the prosecution against of two KPK deputies for the sake of public interest is flawed and violates the law, le

Jakarta – When the Health Ministry recently pledged to restrict tobacco advertising, it was met by widespread skepticism.

Jakarta – Former Baywatch actress and movie star Pamela Anderson has donated $25,000 from a Playboy cover shoot to a charity that helps Indonesian disaster victims, only to find her ple

Nivell Rayda, Tuapejat and Sikakap – Despite being the capital of Mentawai district, tsunami relief efforts in Tuapejat are apparently in chaos, with food and medical supplies not only

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement Party's decision to form a confederation with six other parties would not pose a threat to bigger political organizations in the po