Satria Sambijantoro, Nusa Dua, Bali – International stakeholders have warned Indonesia the market will "punish" the nation if it fails to implement the medium- and long-term reforms nee

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has spoken out against the requirement for a religion to be noted on national identification cards.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has defended the practice of giving "thank-you money" to Religious Affairs Office (KUA) officials, saying that i

Kanupriya Kapoor & Jonathan Thatcher – Indonesia's autocratic former President Suharto left office in disgrace, his political empire and the economy in ruin, but 15 years later, his

Indonesia's "King of Dangdut" Rhoma Irama opened his presidential campaign headquarters on Saturday in a move that left at least one rival candidate questioning how a dangdut singer was

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has approved a budget of Rp 100 billion (US$8.3 million) for the Indonesian Military (TNI) to secure the 2014 general elections.

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The House of Representative's Legislative Body (Baleg) has rejected the Health Ministry's demand that it halt deliberations on the controversial tobacco b

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Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has rejected a judicial review submitted by six students from Padang-based Andalas University to challenge the 2012 higher education law that legalize

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – As the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) stepped up its probe into allegations that the Democratic Party's (PD) 2010 congress in Bandung, West Java,

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Indonesia's four-year-old plan to ban the export of raw mineral ore in an effort to foster a domestic processing industry comes into effect on Jan.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The results of a public opinion poll released on Thursday revealed that a significant portion of voters had no problem accepting money in return for their vote.

Satria Sambijantoro, Nusa Dua, Bali – Indonesia is now racing against the clock to boost its manufacturing sector and strengthen its supply-side economy as the nation is on the brink of

Jakarta – Despite strong opposition from residents, the destruction of illegal dwellings in Taman Burung Village, Pluit, North Jakarta, went on as planned yesterday.

Nineteen untenured employees of Riau's Rokan Hulu district government were fired in November because they did not show up to 5 a.m.

More than 40 percent of Indonesian voters consider politicians seeking to buy support at elections acceptable, a survey showed Friday, months before national polls in the graft-ridden c

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Activists have demanded an explanation from legislators over alleged verbal harassment toward a female candidate during a test to select prospective members o

Jakarta – The Women's Legal Aid Foundation (LBH APIK) has demanded the Jakarta Police charge noted poet Sitok Srengenge with a heavier charge than that of a mere misdemeanor.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Kennial Caroline Laia – As the nation moves closer to the upcoming 2014 general elections, an often overlooked and underestimated group of voters may be a key factor in deciding the nat

All political parties except the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) were secretive about their financial reports, according to the Central Information Commission (KIP).

The Semarang District Court handed down a two-year prison term on Thursday to an Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) member who killed a woman with his car during a violent confrontation in C

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Children born to couples in unregistered marriages, known as nikah siri, will now be able to have the names of their fathers recorded on their birth certificates

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said certain elements in civil society were designing movements to disrupt security and order ahead of the general election next year.

Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Government ministers from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) have criticized the Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court's decision to sentence disgra

Sita W. Dewi, Jakarta – The City Council on Wednesday endorsed the Spatial Zoning Bylaw, which, to some extent, limits the Jakarta governor from making changes to land-use purposes.

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Indonesia is in a state of emergency regarding human rights violations, according to the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), the National Commissio

The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has reported several lawmakers to the House of Representatives' ethics council for allegedly harassing a female Indo

Yogyakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has called on the Press Council (Dewan Pers) to closely monitor and strictly censure media outlets that

Lenny Tristia Tambun – The Jakarta administration has backed the Education Ministry's controversial new curriculum that scraps English classes, computer studies and physical education a

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – The arrest in October of Akil Mochtar, recently dismissed as the chief justice of the Constitutional Court, for alleged bribery has severely damaged the nation's

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The Environment Ministry has issued 17 firms with so-called "black labels" for polluting the environment and failing to meet environmental standards set b

Nukila Evanty, Jakarta – Indonesia received 180 recommendations when it was reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Muslim intellectual Dawam Rahardjo won the 2013 Yap Thiam Hien human rights award for what the committee described as his "consistent fight to uphold religious e

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – After spending lavishly on opening its presidential convention in September, the Democratic Party's (PD) coffers appear to be spent as it attempts to pay for

Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Surakarta – Research commissioned by the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) since the National Education System Law came in to effect in 2003 revealed an increasin

Novianti Setuningsih & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The number of corruption accusations being thrown against politicians and parties will surge in the next few months as the smear ca

Ezra Sihite, Ezra Sihite, Novy Lumanauw, Novianti Setuningsih & Arnold Sianturi – Ten years after it was founded, the national antigraft commission remains confident that it is movi

Novianti Setuningsih – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) broke ground on its new Rp 215 billion ($17.9 million) headquarters on Monday in a ceremony that both commemorated int

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – As the ruling Democratic Party complains about the many graft allegations leveled against it, a classified document detailing the roles of those close to P

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang, East Java – A museum built in honor of Munir Said Thalib, a prominent human rights activist assassinated in 2004, was officially opened on Sunday on what woul

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-153-2013

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Agnieszka Sobocinska – This summer, many of us are heading overseas. Australians are the world's largest spenders on international travel on a per capita basis.

Colin Brown – When I started planning this paper, I intended to focus on the period of the second SBY Cabinet (since 2009), and to look in the broad at the ways in which Australia featu

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Indonesia is in talks with Russia on the purchase of a number of Kilo Class submarines, as the country expands its deterrent capabilities in anticipation of future regional disputes.

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Despite government efforts to combat malnutrition, the recently released basic health research (Riskesdas) shows an increase in the percentage of children

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Dozens of activists from different NGOs from a number of cities staged a rally at the Yogyakarta Ground Zero area on Friday, demanding the government draw