Ina Parlina – While many citizens are enjoying new freedoms, minorities are still persecuted.

Michael Bachelard – Islamic terrorists in Indonesia have a new target after militant godfather Abu Bakar Bashir threatened holy war against the Buddhists of Myanmar.

Activists slammed the Sampang government in East Java for halting food and clean water supplies en route to displaced Shiites who had to evacuate their village after religious extremist

A Koran teacher in Cakung, East Jakarta, has been accused of sexually harassing 14 of his students.

Sabine Siebold, Berlin – The German government has approved the sale to Indonesia of about 100 used Leopard 2 tanks and 50 armored personnel carriers but has put off a decision on a tan

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – An activist criticized former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen.

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In an open letter to three UN Special Rapporteurs, the Human Rights Working Group-Indonesia decries the unfair legal process against and the criminalization of Rev.

For the 13th year in a row, Indonesia has been included on a watchlist of countries with appalling religious freedoms.

Hans Nicholas Jong – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned swimsuit model and actress Khadijah Azhari, popularly known as Ayu Azhari, as a witness on Wednesday in the b

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George Roberts – Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says his country should strive to have a more powerful military than Australia.

International Workers Day, or May Day as it is more popularly called, was commemorated differently across the archipelago on Wednesday, ranging from entertaining performances to street

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – With Indonesia joining more than 80 other countries by declaring May 1 a national holiday from next year, thousands of workers in Jakarta kept calm for Int

Bagus BT Saragih and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta/Surabaya – When workers decided that the front of the State Palace would be the main location for their rally on Wednesday, they must

Timika – Thousands of workers employed in the PT Freeport Indonesia mining concession area in Mimika regency, West Papua, commemorated May Day by observing a moment of silence and readi

Putra Prima Perdana, Bandung – Shouts of "Free Papua" resounded from a megaphone belonging to the Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) in the midst of a demonstration by hundreds of workers c

Arientha Primanita & Ethan Harfenist – Despite being touted as the Muslim world's largest democracy, a new survey released by the Pew Research Center on Tuesday revealed that 72 per

Bagus BT Saragih and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – A string of criminal acts committed by members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in the first four months of 2013 have raised concerns ov

Jakarta – An unidentified group of people assaulted two journalists on Tuesday.

Ina Parlina – A survey by the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) found that the majority of journalists in Jakarta are underpaid, a condition that could have an adverse impact on

Padre James Bhagwan – At next month's Melanesian Spearhead Group meeting in New Caledonia, leaders from Melanesia will be asked to respond to the cry for liberation by their brothers an

Bagus BT Saragih and Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has prolonged the uncertainty over subsidized fuel, saying he needs time to discuss relief for the

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Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from the Labour Joint Secretariat (Sekber Buruh) held a protest action at the General Election Commission (KPU) building on Jl.

Yuliasri Perdani and Ansyor Idrus, Jakarta/Palembang – The National Police say two senior generals have been sent to investigate the deadly clash on Tuesday between protesters and polic

An International Labour Day (May Day) demonstration in Bogor, West Java, descended into chaos when police and military tried to prevent hundreds of workers from the National Trade Union

Mohamad Yusuf – Scores of women furnished with bamboo sticks held a sweeping action at the company PT Hangsai 3 in the Cakung Nusantara Bonded Zone (KBN) in Cilincing, North Jakarta on

Imam Santoso, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from Jakarta and the nearby cities of Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, Karawang, Purwakarta, Serang and Cilegon are gathering at the Hotel I

Indonesian workers converged on Central Jakarta in Wednesday's massive May Day rally, halting public transportation and closing down major arteries as workers and labor unions marched t

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of workers and students from a number of different organisations in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held an action commemorating May Day today

Dhoni Setiawan, Jakarta – Thousands of labors from Welfare Labor Union Confederation (KSBSI) urged the government to meet their seven point demand when commemorating the World Labor Day

Indramayu – A peaceful International Labour Day action ended in chaos when members of the Pancasila Youth (PP) attacked protesters during a May Day action in the West Java city of Indra

Paulus Suryanta Ginting – May Day 2013 cannot be evaluated as just a one day mobilisation, a kind of ceremony or celebration.

Ina Parlina and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – After weeks of preparation to limit private cars' use of subsidized fuel, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono backtracked on Monday.

Farouk Arnaz – Four civilians were killed and 15 members of the police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) were injured after a demonstration in South Sumatra in favor of the creation of a new di

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Depok – Depok police have arrested a man identified as Purwandriono over a Rp 43.9 billion (U$4.51 million) investment scam.

Ansyor Idrus, Palembang – Residents from Muara Rupit district, Musi Rawas regency in South Sumatra were continuing to block the Trans-Sumatra Highway on Tuesday following bloody clashes

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The Health Ministry said Maluku, North Maluku, Papua and West Papua had the lowest rate of vaccination and births without the assistance of health workers

Another regional chapter of the country's highest Islamic authority has taken issue with the hosting of the Miss World pageant in Bogor later this year, adding to the outcry by conserva

Jakarta – Media watchdogs say that the press must be at the forefront of preserving the public's collective memory of human rights abuses and pushing the Indonesian government to resolv

Rizky Amelia – Political parties have met a requirement that women should account for at least 30 percent of their candidates in next year's legislative election, but some appear to be

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Ina Parlina – Political parties are reaping the benefit of incumbency, nominating almost all their currently serving lawmakers for reelection to the House of Representatives in 2014, a

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Jakarta – A new survey has found that chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party Lt. Gen.

SP/Carlos Paath – Increasing campaign costs could spur greater corruption after next year's elections as politicians try to recoup their money, an activist group says.

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – A coalition of educators and antigraft activists have called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to sack his Education and Culture Minister Mohammad Nuh