Ashleigh Wilson – Inadequate international laws are allowing an illegal timber trade worth more than $2 billion a year to flourish across the Asia-Pacific region, with 9 per cent of all

Jakarta – According to a senior government official and a high-ranking police officer on Thursday, reports from Amnesty International and other international organizations about rampant

Indonesia's Attorney General has banned a controversial Islamic sect from practising in the country.

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Fearing further persecution, some 190 followers of Jamaah Ahmadiyah in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, urged the UN Human Rights Commission pay attention to their

Here is an important announcement. Indonesia has officially stopped being the tolerant nation it has always proclaimed to be, especially when it comes to religion.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Political analysts have said the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has a chance of making a big leap in the 2009 legislative election due to its clean image and the

Pramono/Anton Septian, Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) might not take part in the election next year.

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Jakarta's property management and control agency says land subsidence is occurring in the city, but there is no threat to buildings.

Jakarta – Torture and other human rights abuses are still rampant in Indonesia 10 years after the fall of Soeharto, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Jakarta – Based on data from the Metro Jaya regional police Traffic Management Centre (TMC) website, Jakarta and surrounding areas will be inundated by some 13 different protest actions

Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – Labour organisations have already started socialising May Day, which is due to fall on May 1, by protesting at the Gedung Sate building complex in the West Java p

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is under fire for what lawmakers and experts said was an apparent attempt to interfere in the work of the Corruption Eradicati

Muhammad Nafik and Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Muslim scholars have warned extremist groups will renew attacks on Jamaah Ahmadiyah following a recommendation the government ban the "deviant

Marvel Comics fictional vigilante Frank Castle is dubbed The Punisher for justifying the use of violence to fight crime.

Jakarta – Fresh from his acquittal of past human rights violation charges in East Timor, former pro-Indonesia militia leader Eurico Guterres said Thursday he would meet Timor Leste Prim

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – An alliance of legal aid associations, the media, bloggers and non-governmental organizations is looking forward to filing judicial reviews of the newly endorse

Novia D.

Rini Kustiani/Titis Setyaningtyas, Jakarta – The Attorney of General's Office (AGO) is considered exceeding its authority by putting a halt to the cases of Trisakti, Semanggi I and II.

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Rebels who attacked East Timor's top two political leaders had no instructions to kill them but had been ordered to Dili by their leader, Alfredo Reinado, for pr

East Timor, tomorrow, that deeply troubled nation will welcome home its President, Jose Ramos-Horta, who has been hospitalised in Darwin after being gunned down near his home three mont

Mark Dodd – Impoverished East Timor has signed a $28 million deal with China to buy two advanced patrol boats in a move that will alarm Australia and Indonesia about increasing Chinese

Iwan Setiyawan, Jakarta – Workers and employees in Indonesia are still not free to associate.

Rafiqa Qurrata A, Jakarta – Jakarta and nearby Bekasi will be coloured by protest actions today, Wednesday April 16, with six different groups of protesters voicing their aspirations be

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – A review on Indonesia by the Human Rights Council has concluded in plaudits, with recommendations to eliminate impunity, legally define torture and ratify more r

Indah Surya Wardhani – The West Java election of regional heads, which looks set to be won by Ahmad Heryawan and Dede Yusuf, indicates that the voting patterns of traditional voters had

Suwardiman – In the recent West Java election of regional heads, many respondents determined their choice just a week before voting.

Jakarta – A suspected militant being held here after his arrest in Malaysia has admitted involvement in the beheading of three Christian schoolgirls in 2005, Indonesian police said Tues

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – The rebel leader Alfredo Reinado was involved in 47 telephone calls to or from Australia in the hours before he was shot dead at the home of East Timor's Preside

Adianto P.

Jakarta – The government must provide protection to Indra Setiawan after his release from jail on Monday April 14.

An activist for the Free West Papua Movement has expressed concern over the treatment of Papuans detained by Indonesian police over a series of demonstrations last month.

Jakarta – Mahmud and his family live in an unusual home.

Indonesia has arrested two more members of Islamic militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a senior police official told Reuters, which could lead to the arrest of other key militants want

Finally, hope for the forgotten Melanesians. And a chance for Prime Minister Derek Sikua and this country to try to help right one of the great wrongs of Melanesia.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The Prosperous and Justice Party (PKS) has turned over Rp 1 billion (US$109,000) in cash to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) related to last week's br

Khairul Ikhwan, Medan – The political temperature in North Sumatra is steadily rising in the lead up to the election of regional heads that will be held on April 16.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – According to unofficial "quick counts", Ahmad Heryawan and Dede Yusuf have pulled off an unexpected victory in Sunday's West Java gubernatorial election.

Tom Hyland – Canberra is maintaining a diplomatic silence over Indonesia's failure to punish anyone implicated in the mass murders that led to Australia's military intervention in East

Jakarta – A former boss of Indonesia's flag carrier was released from jail on Monday after serving a one-year sentence for assisting in the murder of a prominent rights activist, a repo

Angus Grigg, Jakarta – It will be one of the more awkward handshakes of recent memory.

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Raymond Sat – The Minister of foreign affairs and external trade, Hon. George A.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – With the fight against corruption under the President hitting its stride a year ahead of elections, politicians and observers on Friday accused the efforts of be

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – With shortages of imported medicines and a general lack of knowledge among the affected, only about 10 percent of the 200,000 Indonesians living with HIV/AIDS r

Adianto P.

Jakarta – The government's block on access to websites that carry the controversial Dutch film Fitna is part of an attempt to restrict citizens' freedom in the name of religion, scholar

The first thought that came to mind when the government said it planned to block Internet sites that host the anti-Islam documentary Fitna was: What a dumb idea.

Irwan Nugroho, Jakarta – Not a day goes by without a protest action in the capital.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a revised 2008 state budget projecting lower growth and a bigger fiscal deficit amid a weakening global economy.

Vanuatu's Minister of Foreign Affairs has vowed to push the issue of West Papuan self-determination at next months Melanesian Spearhead Group meeting in Port Vila.