Jakarta – During a judicial review hearing on Wednesday, Constitutional Court judges questioned the AGO on its criteria for public order disruption under the 2004 AGO law on the monitor

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives should let law enforcement agencies do their job first before using its so-called right to express an opini

Ulma Haryanto – The area where the violence took place on Wednesday was also the site of massive human rights violations on Sept.

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Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Hundreds of fishermen in Marunda, Cilincing, North Jakarta, are facing doubtful job prospects.

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Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Forgetfulness, rebuttals and claimed ignorance of events seem to plague the hearing of the multimillion dollar bribery case that has implicated many fo

As the Corruption Eradication Commission prepares to summon Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati over the bailout of Bank Century, a group of lawmakers on

Jakarta – To achieve improved maternal health, in pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) involves overcoming several hurdles, with the maternal mortality rate still at 2.28

Jakarta – Press and law experts worry that the vagueness of the 2008 Freedom of Information Law, which will take effect in late April, will have a negative impact on press freedom.

John Braithwaite – US President Barack Obama's forthcoming trip to Indonesia is an opportunity to congratulate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for the considerable success he has had

Nurfika Osman – Poorly trained and poorly paid, public order officers, better known as Satpol PP, at times commit acts of brutality, experts admit, but their services are still in deman

Semarang – Students affiliated with the Indonesian Muslim Students for Unitary Movement (KAMMI) demanded the police rid the system of case brokers, locally abbreviated as markus.

Rana Akbari Fitriawan, Bandung – Around 150 traders grouped under the association of traditional kiosks and markets (Pesat) staged a rally on Monday in Bandung, demanding the government

The rupiah hit its highest level since July 2007 on Monday as foreign investors continued to snap up Indonesia's financial assets, leading some exporters to express concerns about its s

Clashes have broken out outside the headquarters of the Tangerang Public Order Agency in Banten during a demonstration by members of the Benteng Chinese community who are protesting aga

Ayu Cipta, Jakarta – Residents of Benteng, Tangerang used various ways to show their rejection of the eviction that will be carried out by the local police today.

Armando Siahaan – The Indonesian military might have concealed the truth regarding its role in a number of armed civil conflicts, but it did help the country's transition from a conflic

Jakarta – Two people were killed when gunmen approached a group of workers in the remote Papua regency of Puncak Jaya at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday.

The Netherlands-based advocacy group Foundation Pro Papua has written to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs about its concern for the health of a Papuan political prisoner in Indones

James Paton – Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia's second-largest oil and gas producer, continues to face opposition from East Timor's government to proposals for developing the Sunrise

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – There is no way the City Council will be able to legislate 38 bylaws this year, given the councilors' notorious work ethic and lack of experience, says the In

Indonesian police have arrested a key militant strategist involved in a 2004 bomb attack on the Australian Embassy.

Indonesia says Australia's decision to stop processing asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka will be "positive" for the region's fight against trafficking.

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The Australian government is standing by its aid program in East Timor after a scathing assessment of the performance of donors by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao.

An author of a new book about peacebuilding in Indonesia says governments like New Zealand's can and should do more to help resolve the problems of the Papua region.

Nivell Rayda, Indramayu (West Java) – Darmi is no Gayus Tambunan, whose case is gripping the nation and opens the door to bring corrupt officials to justice, but she is a living symbol

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The naming of Prosperous Justice Party lawmaker Mukhamad Misbakhun as a suspect is a warning to the eight other lawmakers who pressed for the House of Represe

Budi Otmansyah, Pekanbaru (Riau) – Arson could be behind the razing on Sunday morning of a camp set up by Greenpeace in the middle of the Kampar peninsula to help protect against defore

Tom Hyland – Indonesian Papua risks erupting in bloodshed, with huge loss of life and disastrous consequences for Indonesia and Australia, a new book warns.

Armando Siahaan – The threats had been long and loud, but in the end, they were all bark and no bite.

Armando Siahaan – The recent case of tax official Gayus Tambunan showed that bureaucratic reform at the Ministry of Finance had failed, with high remuneration packages at the tax office

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Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Authorities in Dili have appealed against the acquittal of the Australian Angelita Pires on charges of conspiring to kill East Timor's top two political leader

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Megawati Sukarnoputri's defiant statement that the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle will remain in the opposition rather than joi

Hans David Tampobolon, Denpasar – Megawati Soekarnoputri officially won the re-election as the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chief Thursday, but fell short of party pr

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – In a fiercely anti-Western speech, East Timor's Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmao, has accused Australia of sacrificing the lives of 60,000 Timorese in World War I

Indonesia on Friday promised a full investigation into the public humiliation, mob beating and possible caning under Islamic law of two people suspected of having an adulterous tryst.

Eko Ari Wibowo/Joniansyah, Jakarta – Indonesian NGO activist monitoring police performance reported on Friday (9/4) abuse sent at his private residence following series of telephone thr

Jakarta – A survey conducted by the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YBHI) recently found that about 80 percent of detainees in the country suffered from acts of violence unde

Wasti Atmodjo, Denpasar – Indonesian migrant workers overseas sent Rp 100 trillion in remittances to their families in their hometowns in 2009, data shows.

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The National Police's chief of detectives Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi on Friday denied knowing the identity of "Mr. X," whom former chief of detectives Comr. Gen.

Anita Rachman – If he felt shock at being needled instead of complimented for his whistle-blowing efforts, Comr. Gen.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Three months after the Bekasi administration sealed off the small plot of land where they had been conducting church services, members of the Filadelfia Huri

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle faces a perilous road ahead after voting to stick with Megawati Sukarnoputri as chairwoman, political analysts warn.