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Yuli Krisna, Bandung – West Java has been seen as key to solving Jakarta's annual flooding problems, with experts calling for more cooperation between the neighboring provinces.

As Friday prayers begin today, we might ask if all Indonesians truly enjoy the equal right to worship.

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Syarifah Nur Haida, Jakarta – Commissioners from the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) were startled when during a break in a Komnas HAM press conference on the Cebongan pri

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A coalition of religious freedom activists, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activists, and human rights and judiciary watchdogs has rejected

Abdul Qowi Bastian – The most troubling issue Jakarta faces is the enormous social disparity between the haves and the have-nots, Governor Joko Widodo said on Thursday.

Camelia Pasandaran – The Bekasi administration says they will only open the sealed Ahmadiyah mosque in Pondok Gede if the congregation agrees to let the local government select an Imam

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The early marriage rate has reportedly been increasing from year-to-year in some East Java regencies, raising concerns from local administrations that a bab

Dessy Sagita – A coalition of parents, educators and activists have urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to drop the new school curriculum, scheduled to roll out in July, as they be

Yeremia Sukoyo & Ezra Sihite – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will not rein in his cabinet members' legislative ambitions, after a media report indicated that up to 10 ministers

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The new lineup of the Democratic Party's central board is expected to be filled with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's loyalists, while his son, Edhie "Ib

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Bowing to public pressure, the House of Representatives finally halted the deliberation of the controversial mass organizations bill on Thursday.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A deadlock between political factions at the House of Representatives over a plan to amend Law No.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A new survey showed that the country's courts remain mired in corruption, in spite of efforts to improve the welfare of its officials.

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – The Central Java Police have started intensifying raids on preman (local term for thugs), through all the police precincts in its jurisdiction but deny that the

Five years ago, property agent Daisul Akhyar took 20 minutes to drive to work in Pekanbaru, capital of Indonesia's Riau province.

The Army has officially announced that 11 commandos from the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) Group 2 based in Kartasura, Central Java, were the perpetrators behind the raid on Cebongan

Yuliasri Perdani and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As the 11 members of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) accused of brutally killing four men inside Cebongan Penitentiary in Sleman, Y

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Linda Yulisman and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Vice President Boediono has promised that the government will work extra hard to maintain political stability ahead of the general elect

Efforts to protect children in Indonesia from abuse are obstructed by barriers to crime reporting, which may worsen with the threatened closure of police-run units that handle crimes ag

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A tax official in Central Jakarta has been charged with extortion for demanding bribe money from a businessman who claimed to have paid his taxes.

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – It may be too late for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to bolster his public image by joining Twitter, but netizens will nevertheless soon be able to i

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A report released on Wednesday brings to light secret documents claimed to be evidence that some of the country's richest people and top firms use tax havens

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Lawmakers plan to bring a bill on mass organizations before a plenary session this week, despite concerns from Muslim and human rights groups.

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – A top general removed from his post after commenting on the Sleman prison massacre says that he respects the integrity of the 11 commandos arrested in the incid

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Adm.

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Palu, Central Sulawesi – No pregnant students are allowed to sit for national examination even though they have been registered, a local education official said.

The chief patron of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Taufiq Kiemas, said there was a possibility that his party could join in a coalition with the ruling Democratic

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Bayu Marhaenjati – Thousands of workers on Wednesday marched together in Jakarta to protest against low wages and to demand that the government implement heal

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – As if recovering from rape or molestation was not enough, teenage survivors of sexual abuse in Jakarta are saying that they have to fight for the right to con

Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi has called Indonesia's family planning program a failure for its inability to control the country's fertility rate.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Oei Eng Goan – When law enforcement agencies fail to guarantee public safety and security and the judicial process does not work accordingly, it is certain that people will take the law

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Adm.

Yogyakarta – The murder of four prisoners at the Cebongan prison in Sleman, Yogyakarta, could potentially be used for political image building.

Human rights activists have called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to issue a special regulation allowing 11 members of the Army to be tried in a public court for their alleged ex

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives is set to send another delegation off on an overseas study trip, this time to the United States and Japan, drawing yet more criti

The National Commission on Human Rights on Tuesday said that 85 percent of Indonesia's houses of worship do not have building permits, with most of them being mosques.

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Sandra Siagian & Rebecca Lake – So often the victims of intolerance in Indonesia, Christians, Ahmadiyah and Shia Muslims on Monday marched together in Central Jakarta to urge the go

Vento Saudale, Bogor – The Bogor chapter of the Indonesian Council of Ulema voiced its opposition on Tuesday to the planned holding of the Miss World 2013 beauty pageant at the city's S

Jakarta – Rights group the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has filed a report with the Indonesian Ombudsman complaining about the poor performance of th

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who ends his second term in October 2014, said that Indonesia needed a leader with a strong commitment to improving the

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Fikri Zaki Muhammadi, Jakarta – Cleric Hasan Ja'far Assegaf's molestation case might have escaped the national and local media spotlight, but anxiety among the victims and their familie

Nicky Hager – Owners of corporations registered in tax havens include some linked to regime of the late dictator, Suharto.