Nethy Dharma Somba, Jakarta – The struggle for human rights is universal, unrestricted and equal, whatever the person's tribe, religion or race.

Lampuk (Indonesia) – Ikra Alfila has rediscovered the joy of play, but the little 10-year-old still has nightmares about giant waves five years after the tsunami that killed everyone in

Nurfika Osman – Despite the introduction of new legislation eight years ago, working mothers still face barriers in attempting to juggle the pressures of work and the challenges of rais

Umi Kulsum and Ignatius Kristanto – Two months have passed, but like an engine, they have also yet to "warm up".

Nurdin Hasan, Anita Rachman & Putri Prameshwari, Banda Aceh – Religious officials in Aceh have sparked yet another controversy, this time banning the barongsai, or traditional Chine

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Amid a slew of reports of civilians being abused by the police, experts say the Jakarta Police should implement human rights standards in their work procedur

Suherdjoko and Dicky Christanto, Semarang, Jakarta – Experts on Sunday called for the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to build a stricter internal monitoring system following its plan t

Usman Hamid, Jakarta – Final days of each year are always the best opportunity to reflect on what happened during the year in order to predict or project the future.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – Calls to suspend Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati were malicious attempts to oust the two professionals from their posts, pol

Teuku Dani Ramadhan, Zahara Sulaiman & Ade Mardiyati – In Pasar Rakyat, a market in Meulaboh in Indonesia's West Aceh, a young woman busily browses through a rack of skirts.

Markus Makur, Timika – The security in Timika, the capital of Papua's Mimika regency, was disrupted briefly Saturday following the arrival of the body of Papuan rebel leader Kelly Kwali

Indonesia's two largest Muslim organizations criticized over the weekend at the country's feeble attempts to eradicate corruption, specifically singling out the failure of President Sus

Jakarta – Fifteen of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who spent weeks refusing to get off the boat that rescued them near Indonesia have left the country, a foreign ministry official said

Markus Makur and Nethy Darma Somba, Timika, Jayapura – The body of Papuan separatist leader Kelly Kwalik was welcomed by more than 500 supporters at Timika airport, Papua, on Friday.

Farouk Arnaz, John Pakage & Anita Rachman, Jayapura – The police-announced death of Papuan pro-independence rebel Kelly Kwalik has inflamed supporters, leading analysts to worry abo

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – A group of people attacked on Thursday night a church under construction in Harapan Indah residential complex, Bekasi, West Java, leaving several makeshift b

Serang – Banten Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah criticized the Remuneration Council, the tripartite body recommending the minimum wage every year, following a series of rallies demanding re

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The draft government regulation on bugging, which could limit the antigraft's inception authority, met jeers from human right activists who said it woul

Jakarta – At least six students from Mulawarman University in Samarinda were wounded in a clash with security guards when a rally against regulations on a dropout system turned ugly Thu

Muninggar Sri Saraswati – All the stars are lining up for Hatta Rajasa, a confidant of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to assume control of the National Mandate Party (PAN) at its n

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – About 300 people on Thursday protested the police killing of a separatist leader accused in the deaths of 11 people in Indonesia's restive Papua province and d

Cash-strapped Indonesians are cutting out the middleman and selling their organs online, exploiting a loophole in local laws and fueling a dangerous and illegal trade in human body part

Dian Palupi & Antara – Golkar lawmaker Ferry Mursyidan Baldan has denied a growing split within the party spearheaded by members who want to see the back of controversial magnate an

Amir Tejo & Anita Rachman, Surabaya – The Navy has raised doubts about the domestic arms industry's ability to supply the nation's defense forces, saying it remains inefficient and

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia could formally embrace nuclear power as early as next year as senior Government members push to revive a proposal to build up to four reactors just 30 ki

Jakarta Globe & Antara – The Finance Ministry has confirmed that a bank account at PT Bank Century containing $17.28 million held by the finance minister was not Finance Minister Sr

Adam Gartrell, Jakarta – Australia and Indonesia kicked off 2009 with an orgy of bilateral backslapping.

Karishma Vaswani, Jakarta – It is a scene of peaceful serenity. Rows of men kneel in deep prayer inside a large hall on the outskirts of Jakarta.

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Hans David Tampubolon, Bandung/Jakarta – Maj. Gen.

Adrienne Francis - There are renewed concerns that one of Australia's worst exotic pests may have hitchhiked to East Timor.

Dion Bisara – A group of respected professionals from the financial sector on Wednesday threw their support behind Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, wh

Ismira Lutfia & Camelia Pasandaran – Members of the House of Representatives special committee probing the Bank Century bailout claimed to be satisfied on Wednesday with the Supreme

Belinda Lopez, Copenhagen – Indonesian delegates on Wednesday night promoted the country's palm oil industry as sustainable at the UN climate talks, in the wake of a recently-published

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) promised to follow up reports on alleged corruption in the issuance of a letter to halt an investigation against P

Markus Makur, Timika – Police said Kelly Kwalik, a leader of the separatist Free Papua Organization (OPM), was shot to death during a raid in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Damien Kingsbury – The shooting of one of West Papua's independence leaders, Kelly Kwalik, has opened up new opportunities for a negotiated resolution to that troubled territory's long-

Wendy Bruere – A young Jose Ramos-Horta, shown as the foreign minister of a newly independent East Timor, implores Roger East, an aging Australian journalist, to travel to his country t

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) provincial administration has set the 2010 provincial minimum wage (UMP) at Rp 800,000 (about US$80), up from the current Rp 725,0

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The National Police is considering relocating five people to Jakarta after they were arrested during a raid that is believed to have killed rebel group leade

Tjahjono EP, Jakarta – Hundreds of residents in Mimika Regency Papua gathered outside the regional legislature office on Wednesday (16/12) to demand confirmation from the regional autho

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The mushrooming labor unions have been left toothless as they have no strong network with the grassroots level nor political capital to fight for pro-labor

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) said it suspected potential losses from mismanagement of the Special Allocation Fund (DAK) throughout Indonesia between 2003-

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The People's Democratic Defense, the fringe nationalist group that blamed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's re-election campaign for allegedly misappropria

John Pakage & Farouk Arnaz – The National Police announced on Wednesday that they had shot and killed Kelly Kwalik, the charismatic leader of an armed faction of the pro-independenc

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Maj. Gen.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A military analyst on Wednesday welcomed the army's decision to establish new brigades and military commands, saying the move was part of modernization effort

Camelia Pasandaran – Four ministries and the Investment Coordinating Board on Wednesday signed a joint regulation aimed at slashing the time needed to license a new business from 60 day

Camelia Pasandaran – The government is establishing a team headed by Vice President Boediono to oversee a massive program of bureaucratic reforms that would take until 2025 to complete.

Theo Hesegem and Chrisbiantoro, Jakarta – Even though Papua became a province of Indonesia by an ambiguous referendum in 1969, peace between the indigenous Papuans and Indonesia's secur

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The life story of Barack Obama has become an inspiration for people across the globe, including Indonesia.