Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women says it deplores the reconciliatory move between three men charged with beheading three Christian school girls Poso, Central

Sebastien Blanc, Jakarta – Six months after a deadly earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Java, between 50,000 and 80,000 families still lack a proper roof over their heads as the ra

John Loizou, Dili - The contrast between the physical presence of Cuba and the rest of the world in East Timor is as stark as the difference in the philosophies that divide them.

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Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The government will not allocate any funding in the 2007 national budget for the Sidoarjo mud-volcano catastrophe in East Java, despite it having being declared

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Female lawmakers repeated Friday their demand for a 30 percent quota for women representatives in legislative bodies nationwide.

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Campaigning for the landmark Dec.

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Two years after the December 2004 tsunami devastated Aceh, women are playing a significant role in helping the economy bounce back.

Morgan Mellish, Timika – In the estuary where the Ajkwa and Otomona rivers flow into the Arafura Sea off the coast of West Papua, a new island has formed in recent years.

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has banned four films on Aceh and East Timor from an international film festival on the grounds they could "disturb security," organisers said Friday

Heri Retnowati, Sidoarjo – Indonesia blamed an uncontrolled mud flow on Thursday for a gas pipeline explosion that killed at least seven people and injured 12 on Java island.

Some 1,000 factory workers from industrial complexes in Cimahi staged a protest outside West Java Governor Danny Setiawan's office in Bandung on Wednesday, demanding a raise in the mini

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – After being suspended for around a month for his alleged involvement in a corruption case, Akhyarmansyah Lubis has been appointed by the Aceh-Nias Reconstructi

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – As long as Indonesia is unable to fix its corrupt bureaucratic and legal system, the country will find it difficult to attract foreign investment from the US or

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Jakarta – National Military (TNI) commander Air Chief Marshall Djoko Suyanto said Wednesday that officers aspiring to be politicians should retire.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – A majority of Indonesians believe that globalization has brought many benefits to them, with most people wanting the Indonesian government to take an active role

Cynthia Banham, Dili – The Minister for Defence, Brendan Nelson, has warned of an imminent humanitarian crisis in East Timor if camps for internally displaced people are not moved befor

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Theresia Sufa, Bandung/Bogor – Angry public bus and minivan owners in Bogor are planning to bill the government for losses incurred by United States President Georg

Evi Mariani, Brussels/Belgium – Indonesian and European human rights activists attending a recent conference in Belgium expressed concern at the Indonesian Military (TNI)'s plan to depl

Police fired warning shots to disperse hundreds of Papuans who protested outside the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby to demand recognition as Australian citizens.

One man has been killed and two others, including a policeman, injured during street violence in East Timor, Home Affairs Minister Alcino Barris says.

Jakarta – Indonesia's police said they will seek assistance from the United States to speed up their probe into murder of respected Indonesian human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.

Gary LaMoshi, Bali – US President George W Bush has come and gone for his quickie summit with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, leaving his hosts to pick up the bill and th

Evi Mariani, Brussels/Belgium – Poverty and human rights abuses are still serious problems in Indonesia, with non-governmental organizations presenting a bleak report on both issues at

Bogor, Bandung, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Makassar – Some braved the rain to protest, while other chose to watch proceedings from afar during the visit of United States President George W.

Nani Afrida, Aceh Jaya – It was once too dangerous to dine out in Aceh Jaya's Tuwe village, a former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) stronghold and the scene of frequent fighting between guerr

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Two foreign observers have been accredited by Aceh's Independent Election Commission (KIP) to monitor the upcoming Aceh vote.

Guy Warrington – "Of course the police are just as good at torturing as the army.

Abdul Khalik, Bogor – At least two of the experts who attended the bilateral talks between President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and US President George W.

Gary LaMoshi, Bali – US President George W Bush's scheduled 10-hour trip to Indonesia on Monday has entailed vast security preparations and logistical inconveniences and has evoked mass

Charmain Mohamed – Despite all its recent progress, Indonesia remains far from a fully functioning democracy. Religious intolerance is on the rise. Military reform is stalled.

Jakarta – A local human rights organization has accused the government of violating the right to freedom of expression.

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Muhammad Kalianda is tired of waiting for help to build a new home to replace the one destroyed in the December 2004 tsunami.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Golkar Party's demand last week for a Cabinet reshuffle to enable it to place more party members in senior positions has not impressed political analys

Dili – A Brazilian missionary has been killed after being caught up in communal fighting in East Timor's capital, a UN spokeswoman and a government statement said on Monday.

Urip Hudiono, Hanoi/Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has warned people not to "excessively" protest US President George W.

Jerry Norton, Jakarta – Thousands of protesters ranging from militant youths to mothers carrying babies demonstrated across Indonesia against US President George W.

Bhimanto Suwastoyo, Jakarta – Thousands of hardline Muslims have rallied against US President George W.

Sydney may have led Australia in promoting its Mardi Gras marches, but this doesn't translate into widespread acceptance of sexual difference in the country next door.

Zakki Hakim, Jakarta – Thousands wound through the streets of Indonesia's capital and gathered at a grand mosque Sunday to protest President Bush's upcoming visit to the world's most po

Mark Forbes – On Banda Aceh's outskirts sits a deserted village of banana yellow fibro shacks, held together with duct tape and built without water or power in the middle of a flood pla

Palu, Central Sulawesi – Protests against US President George W. Bush's planned visit to Indonesia on Nov. 20 continue in parts of the country.

J. Osdar – Indonesian journalists roared with laughter when they witnessed the general elections or great election in the Malaysian state of Sabah in 1985.

Jakarta – The government promised on Friday that Lapindo Brantas Inc.

Yogyakarta - Scores of protesters demonstrated in front of the Agung State Place Building in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta yesterday criticising the state of the nation, particula

Jakarta – A coalition of non-governmental organizations demanded Thursday that the Attorney General's Office (AGO) investigate the 1997/1998 forced disappearances of political activists

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Anticorruption activists say forces linked with former president Soeharto's Golkar Party are attempting to obstruct the fight against Indonesia's deep-rooted gra

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy appears to be on track again, growing by 5.52 percent in the third quarter ended Sept.