Paul Mulvey, Sydney – Three decades on, Shirley Shackleton still wakes in fright, sitting bolt upright in bed as she relives the moment she sensed her husband had been killed.

Jakarta – Radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir failed to meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday to file a petition calling for the implementation of sharia.

On a visit to London this week, Peneas Lokbere, a young West Papuan who survived the Abepura killings in 2000, said that many of the survivors are still suffering from the after effects

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – A forum of intellectuals, community representatives and politicians asked the central government Thursday to postpone the planned revision of the 200

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – An international human rights watchdog has accused the Indonesian government of detaining Papuan activists for their political views.

Paul Mulvey, Sydney – A mystery Australian intelligence officer from the 1970s could prove whether the federal government knew five Australian journalists were executed by Indonesian fo

Michelle Nichols, United Nations – The UN Security Council voted on Thursday to keep peacekeepers in East Timor for another 12 months as the Asia-Pacific's newest nation struggles to ov

Radzie, Banda Aceh – The Preparatory Committee for the Acehnese People's Party (Komite Persiapan Partai Rakyat Aceh, KP-PRA) will hold its first congress between February 27 and March 2

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Environmental activists Wednesday accused powerful military and police officials in North Sumatra and Aceh of keeping endangered orangutans as pets.

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Dozens of environmental protesters rallied in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, on Wednesday against the issuance of a permit to expand mining company Newmont's oper

Paul Mulvey, Sydney – The Whitlam and Fraser governments have been accused of lying over the deaths of five Australian-based journalists in East Timor in 1975.

Emma Alberici Mark Colvin: The Coronial Inquest into the death of Brian Peters in Balibo, East Timor today heard startling evidence from a former senior federal government official.

Paul Mulvey – The widow of one of the Balibo Five has renewed calls for former prime minister Gough Whitlam to appear as a witness at the inquest into the death of one of the journalist

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Rectors of 61 universities told the government Tuesday to tackle poverty and unemployment, as they were key problems that could threaten the security and s

Nethy Dharma Somba, Manokwari – Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu and West Papua Governor Abraham (Bram) O.

Ed Davies, Jakarta – Indonesia is continuing to arrest and hand down heavy prison sentences to activists in Papua for peacefully supporting independence in the remote eastern area, Huma

Mark Forbes, Denpasar – Tales of blood and tears are flowing from a Commission of Truth and Friendship hearing into the atrocities committed in East Timor about the time of the 1999 ind

Peter Boyle, Jakarta – Dita Sari is arguably the most well-known progressive activist in Indonesia today.

Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection urged the House of Representatives on Tuesday to pressure the government to restrict the sale of single cigarettes, in a bid to pr

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – A plan to plug the Lapindo exploratory gas well at the heart of the East Java mudflow might be ineffective and dangerous, an expert said Tuesday.

Dili – UN police have arrested 148 people suspected of involvement in a resurgence of street violence in the East Timorese capital, the UN envoy to the troubled country said today.

Brett Morris – On Monday, a commission set up by Indonesia and East Timor began its first hearing to further reconciliation between the two countries over the violence that occurred dur

Commercialized courts and limited access to legal aid have caused poor people to face inequality before the law, say observers.

Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso is still a popular target of protests by victims of recent floods.

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – To help make state companies more efficient and competitive, the government plans to reduce the number of nationalized firms to 69 over three years from the curr

Jakarta – Legislators in the House of Representatives said Monday the National Police had performed well under the leadership of Gen. Sutanto, but not well enough.

Jakarta – Devastating floods in the Indonesian capital earlier this month have caused nearly one billion dollars worth of damage and losses.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Legislators have described as unethical a minister's move to counter an ongoing investigation by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

The mudslinging between the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and State Secretary Yusril Ihza Mahendra poses yet another test for the government's graft fight.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Bali – A plain-clothes Indonesian soldier gave the order to attack an East Timor churchyard where thousands of civilians were sheltering in 1999, resulting in more

Mark Forbes Denpasar – Australia was overzealous and "gung-ho" towards East Timor, the former Indonesian foreign minister, Ali Alatas, has said at an inquiry aimed at healing the wounds

Dili – Parliament agreed to ratify an agreement with Australia over the management of oil and gas resources in the Greater Sunrise field in the Timor Sea.

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – Lenny had been waiting almost two hours Sunday for the truck delivering low-cost rice to arrive at the Pasar Minggu traditional market in South Jakarta.

Jakarta – Activists said Sunday that district and Islamic religious courts, particularly in Jakarta, had violated the child protection law in their handling of custody decisions.

Karen Michelmore and Olivia Rondonuwu, Bali – Indonesia could not have anticipated the scale of violence that followed East Timor's historic 1999 vote for independence, Indonesia's form

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Church leaders in Papua say as many as 5,300 people have been displaced because of fighting between Free Papua Movement Rebels and Indonesian military.

Jakarta – Outstanding loans to small and medium enterprises amount to Rp 426 trillion (about US$47.33 billion), or more than 50 percent of the total loans extended by the banking indust

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Activists have said that they are skeptical of the House of Representatives' commitment to bringing to justice retired and active Army generals implicated

Indrasari Tjandraningsih, Bandung – On Jan. 29, 2007, The Jakarta Post editorialized about labor and business.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – New York-based Human Rights Watch on Friday urged the Indonesian government to take over all military-owned businesses in a bid to make the country's armed

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Hamish McDonald – When nominations close at the end of this month for East Timor's April 9 presidential election, expect to see the start of a process aimed at shaking up the foundation

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Fadli, Batam – Sand continues to be smuggled from Indonesia to Singapore despite a recent crackdown, Riau Islands Police chief Brig. Gen. Sutarman said in Batam on Friday.

Jakarta – Indonesia faces a growing AIDS problem – particularly among drug users and prostitutes – while a recent survey shows two percent of the Papua population infected with HIV, the

Jakarta – A coalition consisting of 56 non-governmental organizations is seeking support from religious organizations to revoke the government allowance for regional councillors, which

Slamet Susanto and Oyos Saroso H.N., Yogyakarta/Bandarlampung – Authorities have responded to rising rice prices by releasing stocks of the subsidized commodity to the market, but Yogya

ID Nugroho and Yemris Fointuna, Jakarta – The draft revised Criminal Code currently being deliberated at the House of Representatives contains articles that limit freedom of expression

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The International Labor Organization (ILO) urged the government to take a comprehensive approach to eliminating the worst forms of child labor, with school