Dili – The brutal beating of a demonstrator by East Timorese police in front of UN officers raises serious questions about the world body's training of the local force, an opposition la

Febriamy Hutapea – If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono could very well be thanking Surya Paloh. But probably not.

Ezki Suyanto – At one point during Aceh's nearly 35-year battle for autonomy, a women approached an officer at a military post in the village of Trio.

Anton Septian, Jakarta – Students continue anti-graft protests in Jakarta on Monday.

Nurdin Hasan – Aceh still remembers Tjut Nya Dien, one in a long tradition of heroes who tirelessly fought against the Dutch.

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has called on legislators to halt their investigation into the Bank Century bailout and to hand over their findings to the Constitutional Cour

Camelia Pasandaran – A controversial nationalist organization got its way on Monday when the Constitutional Court approved part of its judicial review request on the number of legislato

Adisti, Jakarta – Activities at Jakarta main seaport disrupted on Monday as around 400 workers staged a protest at the gate of Tanjung Priok Port to demand settlement of several industr

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Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Two human rights activists said on Sunday that the implementation of Shariah law in Aceh was unfair and discriminatory, as it only applied to the common peopl

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Nurfika Osman – A new law on gender equality currently being drafted is expected to serve as a legal reference to ensure that all government policies are gender sensitive, State Ministe

Heru Andriyanto – The absence of executions in 2009 was the result not of an intentional moratorium but because the Supreme Court has failed to provide a specific timeframe within which

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the House of Representatives were urged on Sunday to include the revision of the Military Tribunal Law in the national

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Febriamy Hutapea – Responsibility for investigating the Bank Century bailout scandal should be transferred from the unfocused and biased House of Represen

Bagus Budi Tama Saragih, Jakarta – Infotainment TV audiences have switched to the news to watch live broadcasts of the hearings at the House of Representatives' inquiry team on the Bank

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Residents in Mirring village in West Sulawesi's Polewali Mandar regency forcibly closed an alleged heretical place of worship on Saturday.

In the Netherlands, Papuan activist VIktor Kaisiepo has died in his home town of Amersfoort at the age of 61.

Bagus Budi Tama Saragih and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Golkar Party backed down Friday in its attempt to impeach Vice President Boediono over the Bank Century Rp 6.76 trillion

Jakarta – Indonesia is showing less-than-impressive performance in good governance, despite approaching one of the most critical stages in its steps toward full-fledged democracy, exper

Bagus Budi Tama Saragih, Jakarta – A group of NGOs concerned with religious freedom and democracy has filed a judicial review request at the Constitutional Court, asking the judges to r

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Having to stand trial for a prank involving a bee sting and the sudden media attention was too much for a nine-year-old third grader to handle.

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Cirebon, West Java – Clashes and a street blockade, which caused a two-and-a-half-hour jam, marred a rally protesting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration's 100th day in

Desy Nurhayati and Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Joining a string of anti-government demonstrations held in big cities across the country, several groups from NGOs and students of Udaya

Markus Makur and Angela Flassy, Timika/Jayapura – The authorities have increased security measures at mining firm PT Freeport Indonesia by slipping a police officer into each of the bus

Dion Bisara, Janeman Latul & Ardian Wibisono – Indonesia's 100 worst tax-dodgers, including a slew of state-owned enterprises and some well-known private and listed companies, owe t

Riyadi Suparno, Jakarta – Both employers and labor unions have come to the conclusion that the controversial 2003 labor law needs to be amended, but they differ markedly in their views

Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta – An estimated 7,000 to 10,000 people gathered across Jakarta on Thursday to mark the 100th day of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's second term in office.

Nani Alfrida, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy has returned back on track following a period of lower growth last year due to the global economic crisis.

The idea to develop Indonesia's first nuclear energy plant has been around since the 1970, but the project has gone in and out of fashion as political factions have come and gone.

The Indonesian military is deeply involved in the trade in illegally felled timber that is destroying vast tracts of pristine forest and contributing to global warming, researchers said

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legal case brokers claiming to be acting on behalf of the Corruption Eradication Commission have allegedly scammed suspects of antigraft investigations, the c

Camelia Pasandaran & Arti Ekawati – The government on Friday shrugged off criticism of its spending priorities, justifying the need for salary increases for officials and stating th

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) found an increase in Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa's wealth during his previous five years as state secretary in Pres

Gede Suardana, Denpasar – The first 100 days of the Yudhoyono administration was also commemorated by two protest actions in the Balinese capital of Denpasar, although the number of dem

Darlis, Palu – A protest action by an alliance of student and non-government organisations (NGO) the Central Sulawesi city of Palu on January 28 ended in chaos after one of the demonstr

Dwi Riyanto Agustiar, Jakarta – Thousands of workers protested at the House of Representatives (DPR) complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta, demanding that the government annul the ASEAN-C

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Around 100 students and activists from the People's Bastion of Democracy (Bendera) held a demonstration commemorating the first 100 days of the Yudhoyono administ

Reza Yunanto, Jakarta – It was not just the Presidential Palace that was targeted by demonstrators on Thursday.

Andi Saputra, Jakarta – Demonstrators supporting President Yudhoyono from the People's Alliance for SBY (Arus), who admitted to being paid between 25-30,000 rupiah to take part in the p

Mahbub Djunaidy, Jember – Hundreds of students in Jember, East Java, demonstrated on January 28 saying that they were fed up with the leadership of the pair backed by the Democrat Party

Muhammad Taufik, Jombang – Hundreds of youths and students from the Indonesian Islamic Students Movement (PMII), Indonesian National Students Movement (GMNI) and the Jombang Student and

Imran MA, Lhokseumawe – A group of students from the Student Communication Forum (FKM) demonstrated in the North Acehnese city of Lhokseumawe on January 28 calling on President Yudhoyon

Muhammad Nur Abdurrahman, Makassar – More than 1,000 people demonstrated at the DPRD in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar on January 28.

Bibin Bintariadi, Malang – Protesters from student, labour, farmer, homeless people and street buskers' organisations sentenced President Yudhoyono to death during a protest action in E

Moksa Hutasoit, Jakarta – Demonstrators from the Anti-Corruption Youth Action Committee (KAPAK) and Clean Indonesia Movement (GIB) brought two imitation coffins and a cage full of rats

Ivansyah, Cirebon – Scores of students from several universities in the West Java city of Cirebon who took to the streets on Thursday and blockaded the Pantura highway creating a 2 kilo

Ika Ningtyas, Banyuwangi – A protest action commemorating the first 100 days of the Yudhoyono administration was also held by scores of students from the Banyuwangi Student Association