Fidelis E Satriastanti – Following a PT Pertamina pipeline accident last week that left one dead in South Sumatra, Indonesia's leading green group on Monday urged the local government t

Jakarta – The investigators into the Bank Century's bailout may be hitting a wider target as the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), whose recent report is the basis for the probe, underlined M

Jakarta – Constitutional Court justice Akil Mochtar warned the government it would be breaching the 2002 Anticorruption Law if it pushes ahead with the contentious draft regulation that

Camelia Pasandaran – Political forces may be dirtying up and fracturing Indonesia's public anticorruption movement, an analyst said on Tuesday.

Rod McGuirk, Jakarta – A journalists' group threatened on Tuesday to fight a ban on the war movie "Balibo" with a constitutional court challenge if the Indonesian government enforces it

John McBeth, Jakarta – Something strange has happened to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono since his sweeping victory in July's presidential elections, showing a side of him

Aditya Suharmoko and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati expects allegations that she conspired with Robert Tantular, which have now proven untrue, w

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Regional autonomy in Papua poses a threat to forests in the province because the infrastructure development following autonomy would exploit forested area

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The government will need a law, and not a mere, decree, if it wishes to regulate wiretapping operations, say anticorruption activists.

Sara Webb, Jakarta – Indonesia's improving political and economic outlook was a big draw for investors this year, but a fight between reformers and cronies may prove to be a tipping poi

Nivell Rayda – The Indonesia Film Censorship Agency's decision to ban the Australian movie "Balibo" early this month appears to have backfired, with stores all over the capital selling

The year 2009 marks the 11th anniversary of the creation of the National Commission on Violence Against Women, which was established by former president B.J.

There is not a single reason why the Film Censorship Board should ban the screening of Balibo at the current Jakarta International Film Festival.

Heru Andriyanto - A hearing began on Monday for a pre-trial motion filed by a group of lawyers who challenged a decision by the Attorney General's Office to drop criminal charges agains

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The Timor Leste (formerly East Timor) story and that of Col. (ret) Gatot Purwanto, 62, are intertwined.

The ban on screening Balibo recalls the 1975 deaths of five foreign journalists in East Timor.

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Nivell Rayda – Officially, 37-year-old Yudho is a chauffeur for a senior officer at the Jakarta Police, but in actuality the unassuming father of three has a much more lucrative occupat

Nurfika Osman – The National Commission on Children Protection has noted an 82-percent increase in recorded cases of abandoned babies, and has blamed poverty and unwanted pregnancies fo

Dion Bisara, Muninggar Sri Saraswati & Camelia Pasandaran – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati launched a counterattack against her political critics on Sunday, producing a vide

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Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Employers have tasked the government and labor unions with settling unresolved issues on contract hiring and high severance pay, in a bid to foster a frien

Irawaty Wardhany, Jakarta – The son of a woman who was sentenced 45 days imprisonment after being found guilty of stealing three cacao fruits worth only Rp 1,500 (15 US cents) has quest

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Police are questioning 10 officers from their Mobile Brigade (Brimob) unit in connection with a shooting incident last week in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Activists and observers have urged the public to continue to safeguard efforts to combat corruption, saying Wednesday's rallies commemorating International Anti

Luh De Suriyani and Wasti Atmodjo, Denpasar – Hundreds of NGOs, community activists and victims of legal and human right abuses commemorated International Human Rights Day on Thursday w

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Activists in Aceh on Friday criticized the lack of civil involvement in the autonomous region when they met with Martti Ahtisaari, the diplomat who brokered t

Febriamy Hutapea, Muninggar Sri Saraswati, & Nivel Rayda – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Vice President Boediono may be highly regarded technocrats, but the looming Hou

Jakarta – As thousands of people joined rallies across the country to mark International Human Rights Day on Thursday, human rights watchdogs announced that the state still falls short

Jakarta – A Papuan priest and a late labor activist were conferred Thursday with the prestigious Yap Thiam Hien Award, presented to those showing the most dedication to the upholding of

Kinanti Pinta Karana – The civil lawsuit against Prita Mulyasari would be dropped, a spokesman for Omni Hospital said on Friday, however her lawyer has said that Prita should also be re

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy may expand closer to 6 percent next year if the government can address problems related to sea transportation and ports, prominent econom

Febriamy Hutapea – The Bank Century bailout scandal is likely to end up costing Indonesia at least an additional Rp 5 billion ($530,000).

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The government has moved to bolster the domestic defense industry by requiring the military and police to purchase weaponry manufactured by state-owned enterp

Camelia Pasandaran – Labour relations problems are holding back the growth of Indonesian industry, Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said on Friday.

Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Despite claiming to have the most women worldwide employed in its ranks, the job of domestic worker is a marginalized one that offers its participants a life a

Arientha Primanita – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo has rejected calls from labor unions to boost the minimum wage for local workers.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women urged the government to review a number of sharia-based bylaws deemed discriminative against women as part of

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Commission on Human Rights declared on Wednesday that the 2006 mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java, had been caused by a human error and anno

Camelia Pasandaran – Thousands of human rights activists converged in Central Jakarta and the State Palace on Thursday to mark International Human Rights Day and lambasted President Sus

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Hundreds of asylum seekers have escaped Indonesian immigration detention centres and boarded boats to Australia this year amid widespread bribe-taking by guards an

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights has renewed its call for the government to compensate the thousands of people affected by the East Java mudflow disaster, which has cla

Markus Makur, Timika – Members of the House of Representatives Commission I on security and defense affairs have accused security authorities of being not transparent in handling a seri

Sydney – Australia said on Thursday that it would reduce its troop commitment in East Timor by more than a third following a prolonged period of stability in the tiny nation.

What was supposed to be a key environmental speech from West Kalimantan Governor Cornelis in the increasingly deforested district of Kubu Raya, turned to embarrassment on Thursday when

Febriamy Hutapea – Political parties are lining up to remove Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati from their much sought-after positions and replace them w

Irawaty Wardany and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – A mass rally to mark World Anti-Corruption Day lacked clear focus but ended peacefully Wednesday, dispelling fears that riots would resul

Anita Rachman, Camelia Pasandaran & Farouk Arnaz – In the end, the street rallies against corruption in Jakarta on Wednesday were somewhat of an anticlimax.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Antigraft activists say the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is the true hero in the fight against corruption and that President Susilo Bambang Y