Jakarta – Human rights activists have expressed doubt over president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's willingness to resolve past human rights abuse cases once he takes office.

Jakarta – The Election Organizers Ethics Council (DKPP) said Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioners breached ethical codes by opening ballot boxes without a court orde

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Supporters of Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto tried to overrun police lines and attack the country's Constitutional Court late on Thursda

Jakarta – The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has said that selecting professional candidates for the Cabinet of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo could be the key to eradicating c

Jakarta – Rights groups have urged president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to implement his commitment to advancing human rights in Indonesia soon after the People's Consultative Assembly

Yustinus Paat & Adelia Anjani Putri, Jakarta – The Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) together with several women's rights organizations has filed a judicial review

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – As the hearing on the July 9 presidential election dispute approaches its denouement at the Constitutional Court, the camp of losing candidate Prabowo Subi

Jakarta – The National Social Security Board (DJSN) has complained that the national health insurance (JKN) program, which is managed by the Social Security Management Agency (BPJS), ha

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Tuesday that it would launch a probe against Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician Fahri Hamzah, a fierce

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Experts have strongly objected to a decision made by the city administration to proceed with the long-stalled and controversial construction of six inner-city tol

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SP/Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – A prominent corruption watchdog has urged Justice and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin to make sure that no corruption convict will receive anoth

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The transition team of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has been largely operating in secrecy.

At the end of their terms, a number of House of Representatives lawmakers have had to face the music at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over allegation of fraud in the organ

Herman Genie, Jakarta – A new government regulation on reproductive health, which gives pregnant rape victims 40 days to decide whether they wish to keep the baby or undergo an abortion

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Thin Lei Win, Bali, Indonesia – Under a full moon one night in 2006, 30 machete-wielding men surrounded Aleta Baun in the middle of a forest as she headed home to breastfeed her younges

Bambang Muryanto and Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Yogyakarta/Padang – NGOs and journalists have drawn up a joint petition demanding the government declare August 16 as anti-violence against jo

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang/Jakarta – The widow of slain human rights activist Munir Said Thalib has urged President-elect Joko Widodo to bar anyone serving in his administration with a q

Rizky Amelia, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission chief Abraham Samad laments a string of sentence cuts given by the government to a number of graft convicts on Independence Day

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) launched on Sunday its own television channel, KPK TV, which will serve to educate the public about preventing corruption.

Satria Sambijantoro and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – While President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has pledged to assist his successor wherever necessary, his proposed 2015 state budget appears to

Satria Sambijantoro and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has effectively handed a poisoned chalice to his successor president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Expert witnesses helped the General Elections Commission (KPU) appear strong during a hearing at the Constitutional Court on Friday in its defense against

Jakarta – The government will maintain its deforestation targets despite its pledge to control emissions.

Jakarta – The incoming government has to pay more attention to citizenship education as well as carry out structural changes in the Religious Affairs Ministry to control radicalism and

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Health Ministry is preparing supporting regulations to guarantee that a recent decree legalizing abortion for rape victims and those with life threatening med

Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – A key witness has alleged that Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono, the youngest son of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, took a $200,000 backhander from a slew of

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Indonesian Islamic University's Center for Human Rights Studies (Pusham UII) has said that the Yogyakarta police's failure to reveal the murderer of j

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The presidential election dispute hearing at the Constitutional Court took an unexpected turn on Thursday as one of the witnesses testified on the alleged

Jakarta – Around 50 students from the University of Indonesia (UI) staged a demonstration at the Jakarta Police headquarters in South Jakarta to protest the slow investigation into a ra

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Jakarta – Deputy head of president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Transition Team, Hasto Kristiyanto, has defended the appointment of former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Gen.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Alarm bells have begun to ring again after the release of statistics showing the country's current-account deficit, the major worry among investors, widen

Instead of focusing on improving public transportation, the Jakarta administration has finally decided to go ahead with its plan to construct six inner-city toll roads next year, which

Jakarta – Outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono delivered the final state of the nation address of his 10-year tenure on Friday, thanking the electorate for its "support" and pain

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Among those to whom President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono awarded the Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana medal on Wednesday, the nation's second-highest civilian honor, w

Jakarta – An executive of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said on Wednesday that no leaders of political parties in its coalition would be nominated for ministerial

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Election Organizers Ethics Council (DKPP) grilled members of the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Wednesday over the opening of ballot boxes prior

Herman Genie & Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – A new government regulation placing a 40-day restriction for rape victims and women with serious medical conditions to have abortions has spark

Jakarta – North Sumatra Governor Gatot Pujo Nugroho has come under fire over an allegation of polygamy, with pictures circulating of the politician from a conservative Islamic party in

Jakarta – An Indonesian atheist was lawfully jailed for two-and-a-half years after being accused of blaspheming Islam, the Supreme Court decided in a ruling posted on its website on Tue

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The panel of justices at the Constitutional Court grilled on Tuesday members of the General Elections Commission (KPU) about why they insisted on wrapping

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has left another ticking time-bomb for his successor when he signed a government regulation on reproductive health that requires women getting pregnan

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Dozens of activists are urging president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to resolve various human rights abuse cases, including the murder of Bernas daily jour

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders on Tuesday lambasted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for insisting on establishing a selection committee to re

Novi Setu, Jakarta – Leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) insist that commissioner Busyro Muqoddas does not need to be replaced, saying that the committee the governme

In the months leading up to the new government administration, does Indonesia hope to improve the management of its religion-and-state affairs?

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – A group of hard-line clerics have called on Muslims in Indonesia not to support the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), accusing the militant rebels

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