Patrick Guntensperger, Jakarta – When the global financial crisis was at its height last November, Indonesia's Century Bank faced a severe liquidity crisis.

Ronna Nirmala – Although the passage of a local bylaw in staunchly Muslim Aceh that requires adulterers to be stoned to death has shocked many here and abroad, some experts on Wednesday

Markus Makur, Timika, Papua – A soldier and a police officer were injured when a military vehicle was shot by an unidentified man on Wednesday at the mining site of US mining firm PT Fr

A new report finds East Timor is still lagging in efforts to prosecute human rights violations that occurred under Indonesian rule and during its turbulent transition to independence.

The Asian Human Rights Commission on Wednesday said it had received information that the death toll from famine continues to rise in Yahukimo, Papua, even as some government officials d

Indonesia's foreign and local-currency sovereign debt ratings were upgraded on Wednesday to Ba2 from Ba3 at Moody's Investors Service, which cited the nation's economic resilience.

Lynn Lee – A new law passed in Aceh to stone to death married people who commit adultery as well as whip homosexuals who have sex is being seen as a last-ditch move by conservative Isla

Erwida Maulia and Hotli Simanjuntak, Jakarta, Banda Aceh – The national rights body for women is calling for a judicial review of Aceh's Administrative Law, after the province's outgoin

Dennis Shanahan and Stephen Fitzpatrick – Kevin Rudd has been forced to make plans with Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to avoid any diplomatic rupture caused by the Aust

Kinanti Pinta Karana – Despite the safety perils of traveling long distances on motorbikes, many people returning to their hometowns from Indonesia's big cities this weekend for the an

Camelia Pasandaran & Febriamy Hutapea – The central government would strike down a controversial new bylaw mandating that residents of Aceh convicted of adultery be stoned to death

Dessy Sagita – The recent "detention" of two women and their babies by a South Jakarta hospital is further proof that many people, particularly low-income earners, don't receive the hea

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Defying strong objections from human rights groups and the provincial administration, the Aceh legislative council passed the Islamic criminal code Monda

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Camelia Pasandaran & Dessy Sagita – Kicking off its frantic final weeks, a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Monday approved four bills, a

Lawmakers in the Indonesian province of Aceh have passed a law that would see Muslims found guilty of adultery, stoned to death.

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Camelia Pasandaran – A team from the State Ministry for People's Welfare is slated to visit Yahukimo, Papua, to find out what is happening in the district, where at least 92 people have

Tiny East Timor on Wednesday signed a UN treaty to protect the Earth's fragile ozone layer, making it the first environmental pact to achieve backing from all 196 member states, the Un

Febriamy Hutapea & Ismira Lutfia – After passing a record four bills on Monday, the House of Representatives repeated the feat on Tuesday, despite the continuing poor attendance of

Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono on Tuesday defended President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono from an accusation that he was trying to return the country to authoritarianism by pushing for t

Jakarta – Human right activists are urging the government to initiate a dialogue with representatives of various groups in Papua to find a peaceful solution to violence and separatism i

On Friday, the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) reported 142 graft cases, which allegedly took place at various institutions within the national education sector between 2004 and 2008,

Fakhrurradzie Gade, Banda Aceh – Adulterers can be stoned to death and homosexuality is punishable by steep prison terms under a new law passed unanimously by lawmakers in Indonesia's d

Nivell Rayda – Watchdog groups and lawyers on Monday criticized the recent police summons of several active members of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), saying the move amoun

Camelia Pasandaran – The Constitutional Court on Monday rejected for the third time a demand to change the Election Law to allow independent presidential candidates to run.

Kinanti Pinta Karana – Tommy Suharto, the son of former President Suharto, denied in a television interview on Monday that his leadership push for the Golkar Party was a way for his fam

Ismira Lutfia – With black tape covering their mouths to symbolize freedom of expression being silenced, journalists on Monday demonstrated in front of the Supreme Court and urged it to

Pandaya, Dili – Anyone looking for a model for the promotion of gender equality should look to Timor Leste.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that it had wrapped up an audit that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had ordered a few months ago following a s

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Despite opposition from human rights activists, the Aceh Legislative Council on Monday endorsed a bylaw mandating stoning to death for adulterers and lashings

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Critics have urged the House of Representatives to delay the endorsement of the health bill, now dragging on for nine years, saying it was an effort to shift th

Jakarta – The Witness and Victim Protection Agency told families and victims of the 1984 Tanjung Priok massacre Saturday that it might be difficult for them to ask for compensation from

Candra Malik, Solo – A Central Java radio station was attacked by militants, investigated by police and reprimanded by a broadcast watchdog after airing an old communist-affiliated son

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was under strong pressure on Monday to intervene in the drafting process of the controversial state secrecy bill by orderin

Heru Andriyanto – The widow of slain businessman Nasrudin Zulkarnaen said on Monday that the accused mastermind of the murder, antigraft agency chairman Antasari Azhar, has promised inv

Nivell Rayda – An international rights group on Monday slammed Indonesia's police for botching a key human rights case and for wielding defamation charges as a political weapon against

The spokesman for the military wing of the Papua separatist group, the West Papua National Liberation Army, has been arrested by Indonesian police on subversion charges.

Dili – Dili's gleaming new Presidential Palace and Foreign Ministry, gifts from China, stand in stark contrast to nearby burned-out buildings and are symbols of how the energy-hungry su

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Men dressed up as a gorilla, a tiger, a rabbit and a bear took the center stage at the office of Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) on Sunday, asking for strong

Heru Andriyanto – Attorney General Hendarman Supandji is backing a House of Representatives plan to remove the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)'s prosecutorial powers.

Pandaya, Dili – A man dropped a pale brown book onto my lap, startling me and interrupting my interview with human rights activist Lita Sarmento in the hall of the CAVR (Timor Leste Com

Paul Daley – The former Coalition government had a vastly different idea of how independent our near neighbour should be than what eventuated.

Nurfika Osman & Antara – The holy month of Ramadan has seen an increase in the number of illegal Indonesian workers deported from Malaysia, an official said on Sunday.

Germany reminds us that human rights and justice have no time limits.

Dessy Sagita – Indonesia Corruption Watch has demanded the House of Representatives delay passing the controversial health bill, claiming the legislation remains flawed and had failed t

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – With lawmakers in Indonesia's Aceh province set to pass a draconian Shariah bill on Monday that could lead to married Muslims being stoned to death for commit

Nurfika Osman – An embarrassing new survey by a consumer advocacy group reveals that 74 percent of officials working for the city administration smoke in their offices, a clear breach o

Markus Makur, Timika – At least two people were injured as a group of unidentified persons attacked a PT Freeport Indonesia security bus on Saturday at Mile 42, both of whom were rushed

Dessy Sagita – Despite calls from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for police action against anti-Malaysia demonstrators, another rally involving bamboo stick-wielding protesters took

Jakarta – Human rights activists and legislators have condemned the Aceh Legislative Council's (DPRD) plan to pass a regional bill that would see those found guilty of "ethical" crimes,

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Dozens of vendors stages a rally in front of Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo he arrived at Cipinang rice market in East Jakarta during an inspection on Saturday m