Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – The jockeying and deal-making for Round 2 of Indonesia's presidential election has begun, even before the results of Monday's polls are in.

Robert Go, Jakarta – Judging by statements from international and domestic monitors of Monday's historic presidential election, two completely different events seem to have been observe

John McBeth, Dili – Peter Galbraith is not popular with Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Jakarta, Kompas – Former East Timor governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares has questioned the verdict handed down against him by the courts.

Sonny Inbaraj, Darwin – Documentary filmmaker and cameraman Max Stahl – whose images of the 1991 Dili massacre in East Timor moved the world into taking action against Indonesia – is ba

Damien Kingsbury – It was little surprise that the former lieutenant-general, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, was returned as the most favoured candidate in the first round of Indonesia's pre

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Repeating an old trick of their New Order counterparts, two subdistrict poll officials in Timika, Papua province, allegedly pierced thousands of ballot pa

Andrew Burrell, Jakarta – Indonesia's former military chief, Wiranto, tried yesterday to pin the blame for his probable election defeat on Western poll observers, including a group head

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Jakarta – Acehnese rebels Thursday accused Indonesian police of torturing to death one of their district leaders, the latest allegation of rights abuses against security forces in the w

Frances Evans – West Papua: where the second largest rainforest in the world is cleared for Freeport/Rio Tinto's gold and copper mines; where one of the world's most diverse marine envi

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – A court here ruled in favor of the government on Saturday over a lawsuit filed by a leading environmental watchdog against the controversial Ladia Galaska high

Michael Roston – Perhaps nowhere else in the world is there a more challenging need to carefully balance the global "war on terrorism" with promoting progress on human rights and the de

Four years after Australia helped East Timor gain independence the good will is being threatened by a disputed line on the seabed that will decide how revenue from the multi-billion dol

Indonesia pressed for the resumption of full military ties with the United States and access to top terror suspect Hambali, an official said.

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Achmad Sukarsono, Jakarta – Ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the frontrunner, and another former military man contesting Indonesia's presidency squared off on Thursday over graft an

Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri appeared tense, distracted and unprepared in Indonesia's first presidential debate – a showing critics said may have sealed her defeat in next

Jakarta – Indonesia faces a tough battle to stem rampant corruption, three of the country's presidential candidates said.

Jakarta – The two top candidates in the Indonesian election - both retired generals – said Thursday that rights abusers should be treated just like drug dealers and be punished with dea

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – All the presidential candidates except for retired general Wiranto agree to civilian supremacy in governance, particularly regarding the

Election fatigue has set in in Indonesia.

Robyn Waite, Dili – The Asia Pacific Coalition for East Timor (APCET) is a coalition of Asian human rights groups and East Timor solidarity networks that was founded at a conference in

Ahead of Indonesia's first direct presidential election on 5 July, BBC News Online has been hearing from a range of voters about their hopes and expectations.

John Rumbiak is West Papua's most prominent human rights investigator. He led a 2-year investigation of the Freeport killings, in close cooperation with the FBI.

Max Lane – Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appears to be the front-runner in Indonesia's presidential election, to be held on July 5.

At the height of the East Timor crisis, Australia gave General Wiranto a stark ultimatum: back off or else.

Mark Baker, Jakarta – East Timor has invoked the wrath of God upon Australia in the bitter feud over the division of oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea.

Jon Lamb – As the pre-election hype takes off, the issue of the disputed maritime boundary between East Timor and Australia has slipped from the mainstream political spotlight.

An Australian journalist has been deported from East Timor even though a court dismissed charges of illegal weapons possession and immigration violations, his attorney said Tuesday.

Kupang – The United Nations Security Council lowered its security status in West Timor regency to Alert IV from Alert V after an evaluation by the UN Security Coordination team on May 1

With just a week to presidential elections in Indonesia, one man has emerged with an unbeatable lead.

Indonesia says it hopes to resume military cooperation with the United States after a separatist rebel leader was charged over the deaths of two Americans in Papua almost two years ago.

Banda Aceh – Indonesia Tuesday expelled two Malaysians and a US citizen after they illegally entered the restive province of Aceh which remains under a state of civil emergency, an offi

Dili – The state budget proposed by East Timor's ruling Fretilin party was approved Tuesday by the Dili parliament, although most opposition parties boycotted the debate and final vote

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The government has been criticized for establishing a new national human rights committee directly under the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, with activist

Andre Vltchek – What can you do if your country is tiny and poor and your wealthy neighbor shamelessly exploits commonly shared area rich in natural resources depriving you of funds so

Sian Powell – A rusting billboard greets visitors to Jantho, in the forested hills southeast of the provincial capital of Banda Aceh. "Let's make Jantho a tourist area," it says.

A room in the fifth floor apartment in Alby, Stockholm, Sweden, was already without its police guard.

Jakarta – The governor of Indonesia's war-torn Aceh province claimed Sunday that security was improving in the region, state news agency Antara reported, despite recent clashes that hav

The recent declassification of documents by the US National Security Archive pertaining to the 1969 referendum on Papua has put this vast and resource-rich westernmost province of Indon

Former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the leading contender for next month's presidential election, has promised to increase Indonesia's defense budget if elected.

Jakarta – Prominent cleric Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid has told members of the country's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), to vote for the Wiranto-Solahuddin Wahid tick

John McBeth, Jakarta – The launch of East Timor First Lady Kirsty Sword Gusmao's autobiography was in full swing in a Jakarta store when a woman covered head-to-toe in a white robe slip

Jakarta – The leading contender in next month's presidential election warned Wednesday that supporters of rival politicians may "burn down cities" if there is no clear winner in the pol

PC Naommy, Jakarta – Internet experts expressed concern on Monday over the lack of understanding among bureaucrats and legislators of the benefits of cyber-technology.

Nala Edwin, Jakarta – Munir, the head of the human rights group Imparsial, says that human rights issues which are related to presidential candidates former armed forces chief Wiranto a

Jakarta – The Buddhist People's Communication Forum (FKUB) has expressed its political support for National Mandate Party (PAN) presidential candidate Amien Rais and running mate Siswon

Jakarta – Several academics from state and private universities grouped in the Reformist Academics Community have declared their political support for the presidential bid of Amien Rais

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Two presidential contenders took their rivalry to another level when they crooned to a live audience on one of the country's most watched talent contest over th