Serious concerns have been raised in the United States about the treatment of West Papuans under Indonesian rule.

Willy Widianto, Jakarta – Thirty or more demonstrators from the Indonesian Association of the Families of Missing Persons (Ikohi) were arrested by police this afternoon for exceeding th

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is considering who will replace Hendarman Supandji as the AGO chief.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Bureaucrats and activists hailed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's decision Friday to uphold a Constitutional Court ruling by removing Hendarman Supandji

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Firman Soebagyo, the deputy chairman of House Commission IV on agriculture, said on Friday that lawmakers had submitted two reports on agriculture study trips t

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has come under public scrutiny for the second time this week after a budget watchdog disclosed his "lavish" spending on outfi

Fitri, Lombok – Who cares about sex tapes? Not Central Lombok residents, apparently.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Rallies marked National Farmers' Day and the 50th anniversary of the basic agrarian laws on Friday in South Sulawesi.

Bernard Lagan – East Timor has declared it does not want to become a mere transit point for boat people picked up in Australian waters.

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – As it marks World Contraception Day (WCD), Indonesia has to face the disheartening fact that it is lagging behind in its family planning targets and the nat

Jayapura – Eleven Mobile Brigade personnel blamed for a recent deadly incident in Manokwari have been handed sanctions.

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma, Jakarta – The government has agreed to demands by the House of Representatives to scrap plans to raise electricity rates again next year.

Geoffrey Bell – New Zealand needs to follow the "Bougainville solution" and facilitate peaceful dialogue between representatives of Indonesia and West Papua instead of supporting the st

Jakarta – Local and international experts say the planned forest moratorium sounds good in theory, but remained skeptical of the actual implementation of the US$1 billion policy.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Papuans told the US Congress at a hearing on Wednesday of the struggle to have their rights acknowledged by the Indonesian government.

Mark Dodd – East Timor wants Julia Gillard's proposal for an asylum-seeker processing centre linked to better co-operation with Canberra on maritime security.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party spokesman, Ruhut Sitompul, said he suspected political motives were behind the Constitutional Cour

Nivell Rayda – The Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the 2006 Law on Witness Protection despite fears that it could prevent whistleblowers from unraveling major scandals.

Dessy Sagita & Ismira Lutfia – The Indonesian government would prevent Indonesians from working illegally abroad if it provided them with alternative jobs here, the National Commiss

Helene Hofman – Human rights advocacy groups for East Timor have urged the US president to overturn the appointment of Indonesia's new ambassador to Washington.

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – Some people have given up on the dream of owning land in Jakarta due to financial constraints, but many more pursue the dream through land brokering services,

Jakarta – The Bekasi Muslim Congress (KUIB) said it would report the beleaguered HKBP Pondok Timur Indah church to the police for allegedly forging the identity cards of local residents

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The Environment Ministry may miss a deadline for implementing the 2009 Environmental Law on schedule, activists agreed.

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – A gay film festival hailed as the biggest in Asia and the only one in the Muslim world kicks off in Indonesia on Friday, hoping to draw 15,000 viewers to screen

Shaun Tandon, Washington – The United States called Wednesday for Indonesia to move forward on autonomy in its Papua region and insisted it would not overlook human rights as it seeks b

Katharine Murphy and Yuko Narushima – Immigration Minister Chris Bowen will head to East Timor to revive plans for an offshore immigration processing facility following talks between Ju

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The United States Congress on Wednesday held an open hearing on Indonesia's alleged military abuses in Papua as well as the harsh economic, health and social con

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Three lawmakers named by anti-tobacco activists as having been declared suspects by the police over the omission of a clause on tobacco in the 2009 health bill

Jakarta – An industry body for sustainable palm oil has made its first public censure of a member, saying Indonesia's Sinar Mas Agro Resources & Technology breached its principles a

Nivell Rayda, Banjir Ambarita & AFP, Jakarta – The United States on Wednesday urged Indonesia to move forward on autonomy for Papua but warned it would not overlook cases of injusti

Human rights advocacy groups for East Timor are calling on the president of the United States, Barack Obama, to reject the appointment of Indonesia's ambassador-designate to Washington.

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Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – Under pressure from lawmakers, the government on Thursday offered to reduce next year's proposed electricity rate hike from 15 percent to 5.4 percent.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has indicated that its support of the proposed new head of the Indonesian Military depends on the military al

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – A century-old mess in the land certification system coupled with corrupt officials and opportunistic local people have exacerbated conflicts over land ownersh

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Academics, religious leaders and students in North Sumatra have called on the central government to immediately issue a law regulating on inter-religious relati

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The rumbling voices of opposition to lavish spending by the government grew louder on Thursday when a watchdog claimed the president was

Aidi Yursal & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Lawmakers visiting the site of Wednesday's terrorist attack on a police post in Medan, North Sumatra, said they wanted the armed forces to be inv

Jakarta – Hundreds of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia members rallied at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Thursday to support a regulation on houses of worship and imple

Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Armed men who attacked a subdistrict police station in Medan in the early hours of Wednesday, killing three officers, are linked to the gro

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – A Jambi provincial legislator has floated a potentially controversial idea requiring female students enrolling into state schools to undergo virginity tests, with f

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The police antiterrorism squad Detachment 88 has come under fire for its methods, with critics calling the elite body arrogant and careless with regard to hu

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The deputy chairman of the House of Representatives' Ethics Council says he has no problem with legislators shopping or visiting tourism sites on the governme

Zaky Pawas, Medan – Ten armed gunmen stormed the Hamparan Perak Police Precinct in Medan, North Sumatra, early on Wednesday morning, killing three police officers.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Legislator Didi Irawadi from the Democratic Party says that some of his colleagues, who recently went to London in England for a field trip, would spend

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Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The president's pick to lead the military will appear today before lawmakers expecting to hear his plans for the armed forces.

Jakarta – Denying claims by hard-line groups, many residents from the Pondok Timur Indah housing complex in Bekasi, West Java, say they do not object to the religious activities conduct

Jakarta – In a confusing ruling that has stumped many, Indonesia's Constitutional Court has ruled that Hendarman Supandji is now no longer the country's attorney general.

Jakarta – About 500 angry Indonesians staged a motorbike protest outside the Malaysian ambassador's residence in Jakarta on Wednesday to condemn the abuse of Indonesian maids by Malaysi