David Leigh – Disclosures in the Guardian that a British arms company paid 16 million pounds to Indonesia's president's daughter to obtain a government-backed sale are being investigate

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Budi Hartadi, Surabaya – Around 300 activists from a number of groups in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya held an action in front of the Grahadi Building and at the grounds

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Commemorating International Human Rights Day, on Friday December 10 students and activists in Yogyakarta, Central Java, held a long march carrying four bie

East Timor wants the United Nations to extend its mission here for at least another year after its current mandate expires next May in order to strengthen the nascent state's still-frag

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Uncooperative lawmakers and law enforcers remain a persistent hurdle that the National Commission on Human Rights has to clear in upholding human rights in the

Kurniawan Hari and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – House of Representatives legislators urged the government to take the suspicious death of human rights activist Munir seriously, if i

Patrick Guntensperger, Jakarta – Never before in Indonesia's long history has a leader's mandate come at so pivotal a time.

Jakarta – Indonesia's military, which is undergoing phased reforms intended to bring it under civilian control, may soon lose all its major businesses.

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – A middle-ranking Navy officer, who shot dead four Army soldiers here in August and left another one critically wounded, has been jailed for 10 years and dishon

Timothy Mapes, Jakarta – BP PLC's plans to invest about $5 billion in a natural-gas project in Indonesia's remote eastern region are coming under fire from human-rights groups, which ch

Indramayu, West Java – A woman activist disclosed on Thursday that child traffickers are operating in at least 10 regions of Indonesia.

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David Leigh, David Pallister, Rob Evans, and John Aglionby in Jakarta – The high court yesterday ordered the release of files disclosing payments by a leading British arms company to th

John Aglionby, Jakarta – Three hundred non-governmental organisations and individuals yesterday wrote to Lord Browne, the chief executive of energy group BP, to express their "mounting

Nala Edwin, Jakarta – The People's Lawyers Union (Serikat Pengacara Rakyat, SPR) has launched a class action against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of 9.02 trillion rupiah for faili

Rob Evans, David Leigh, David Pallister and John Aglionby in Jakarta – Britain's controversial sale of tanks to Indonesia was a thoroughly corrupt transaction, according to the Alvis do

An army whistleblower today found some backing for his claims after a government review found Australian troops in East Timor had been cut off from top secret information.

Indonesian presidents after Soeharto are likely to have learned one important lesson from the former dictator: Don't slip on the oil.

Dimas Adityo, Jakarta – The DPR [House of Representatives] questioned Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono's plans to lobby the United States Congress to withdraw its military embargo agai

Indonesia's powerful military is getting out of big business, so the newly elected democratic government can tighten control over its wealthy generals, curb corruption and reform the ra

Tiarma Siboro and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono spoiled the commemoration of rights defender Munir's birthday on Wednesday by shelving the establis

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Syamsir Siregar was sworn in as the new head of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday, promising to

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – After 59 years of independence, poverty remains a major problem in 190 regencies in the country, a minister says.

Arry Anggadha, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) says that law enforcement agencies are incapable of upholding human rights in Indonesia.

Indonesia says it won't shy away from the controversy of prosecuting the world's biggest gold mining company for alleged pollution.

At least ten suspected rebels have been killed in gunbattles this week in Indonesia's restive province of Aceh, the army said Wednesday.

Suryani Ika Sari, Jakarta – Trade unions and labour groups from the United Workers' Alliance have demonstrated at the Jakarta Provincial Council building demanding to meet with the Jaka

Salim Osman, Jakarta – The falling out between two key figures of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) is threatening to break up Indonesia's largest Muslim organisation with millions of followers.

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has appointed a fellow former general to head the nation's sensitive intelligence agency, BIN.

Indra Harsaputra and ID Nugroho, Surabaya/Blitar – More towns in East Java will likely follow Blitar's major flood with the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) forecasting continuou

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – A visiting team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recognized early signs that the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is serious

Devi Asmarani, Yogyakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday urged religious leaders to play a strong role to build tolerance in their communities in the fight ag

Medan – The chief of the Bukit Barisan military command, Maj. Gen.

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Indonesia's prolonged transition to democracy may have distracted it from issues tied to its Association of South East Asia Nations (ASEAN) membership and lessene

Indonesia's president has picked an army general who supported his recent rise to power to head the country's intelligence agency – a key post in the fight against terror in the world's

The Jakarta Police receive more money than any other police force in the country, yet residents say they are still unable to deal with crime and traffic in the capital.

Jakarta – In one of the Indonesia's highest profile anti-corruption arrests to date, prosecutors on Tuesday detained the governor of Aceh province for allegedly embezzling US$1.3 millio

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Hundreds of women demonstrated on Monday to demand seven village heads in the area help secure the release of 19 residents detained by the Bogor Police following

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Papua will probably return its special autonomy status to Jakarta and, instead, demand for a self-determination ballot for the province's future, if the go

Puji Santoso and Andi Hajramurni, Pekanbaru/Makassar – Violence triggered by the recent election of a Golkar Party leader in South Sulawesi spread to Siak regency, Riau province, on Sun

Australia will double anti-terrorism aid funding for Indonesia to $20 million over the next year, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – "Forget asking about how we're going to cope with the fuel price hike.

Fadli, Batam – Businesspeople oppose Riau Islands acting governor Ismeth Abdullah's plan to review the monthly minimum wage of Rp 635,000 (US$70.50) on the industrial island of Batam.

Jayapura – At least 5,000 people in Indonesia's West Papua province face hunger and starvation after fleeing a military offensive against separatists, church leaders in the region said.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Nurhasanah, 48, could not hold back the tears welling up her eyes as she shared the story of her son who disappeared more than six years ago during the May 1998

Jakarta – Last week, the former chairperson of the People's Democratic Party (PRD), Budiman Sudjatmiko, decided to join the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) along with 51

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – The city administration is sticking to its plan to simultaneously build new busway corridors from the Pulo Gebang bus terminal, currently under-construction in

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – The recent call for thrift by People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) chairman Hidayat Nurwahid has apparently yet to be heeded by the city's 75 councillors.

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