Yeremia Sukoyo – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Sunday warned of fresh violence in the Central Sulawesi town of Poso and Maluku after the publication of a YouTu

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A coalition of Indonesian civil society groups wants the government to focus on human rights at an international conference on Internet governance in Bali Island

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Dion Bisara & Fracezka Nangoy – Indonesia's inflation accelerated at its fastest pace in 20 months in February as consumers started to pay higher electricity bills and prices of som

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Presidential spokesperson Julian Adrian Pasha is calling Human Rights Watch (HRW) "naive" for its report released on Thursday highlighting abuses against rel

Anastasia Wienanti Resardhy – Former military general Prabowo Subianto's bid for the presidency next year has been given a boost, with a survey declaring him to be the most popular cand

Bagus BT Saragih and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono risks losing full control of his Democratic Party as former party chairman Anas Urbaningrum's lo

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The leadership of the Golkar Party and the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party have shrugged off a Democratic Party threat to thwart their presidential

SP/Fana F.S. Putra – A student has reported to police that the deputy headmaster of a Jakarta high school threatened to withhold her diploma if she refused to give him oral sex.

Indonesia's rupiah fell by the most in a week as the nation posted its fourth monthly trade deficit in January, weighing on the current account.

Rebecca Lake – Failures in government leadership and law enforcement are fueling a surge of religious violence in Indonesia and have rendered religious minorities vulnerable to attack,

Farouk Arnaz – A teacher of Islamic studies in East Java was arrested on Friday for allegedly molesting at least 13 elementary school students.

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – A tall monument that occupies a 3,800 meter plot of land located at Kemusuk Lor Hamlet, Bantul regency, in the southern part of Yogyakarta has been erected

Robertus Wardi – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that Indonesia has successfully managed its transition toward democracy, which started in 1998, a success he attributed to a col

Jakarta – Muslim groups have called on the National Police to dissolve the country's anti-terror squad (Densus 88) in the wake of allegations it has tortured, wrongfully arrested or kil

Fishermen in western Indonesia rescued more than 60 ethnic Rohingya asylum-seekers from Myanmar found adrift in a wooden boat, police said Friday, in the second such arrival this week.

Lawmakers from House of Representatives Commission III are planning a working committee to monitor the performance of the National Polices counterterrorism unit, Densus 88.

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Bayu Marhaenjati – Thousands of workers on Thursday gathered in the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle and at the State Palace to rally against the government's d

Last week's ambush in two remote Papua areas that killed eight Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers and four civilians is a strong reminder to the nation that peace remains elusive in the

Yudhoyono needs to insist that national laws be enforced, announce that every violent attack will be prosecuted, and map out a comprehensive strategy to combat rising religious intolera

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said Wednesday that there was no 'political pressure' behind his nomination as the Bank Indonesia (BI) governor.

Jakarta – Indonesia's government, security forces and courts must do more to protect religious minorities from growing episodes of intolerance and violence, an international rights grou

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesia has experienced a "sharp uptick" in religiously motivated violence, with Islamic gangs regularly attacking Christian churches as well as "deviant

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Jakarta – National Mandate Party (PAN) deputy chairman Drajad Wibowo criticized on Thursday the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) plan to question Sri Mulyani, former Indonesian

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Depok – Hundreds of housewives and their children staged a protest outside the Depok municipality office on Wednesday over the implementation of the administration's h

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Unfazed by the harsh public criticism that has consistently greeted each overseas trip by lawmakers, the House of Representatives Commission X is planning to

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Humbang Hasundutan Police on Tuesday detained 31 people involved in vandalism during a clash with PT Toba Pulp Lestari (TPL) security guards in an incense f

Zakir Hussain – Congested streets and growing consumer demand suggest that Indonesia's robust economic growth continues to benefit many.

Mimin Dwi Hartono, Jakarta – Violence returned to Papua as 12 people were shot dead on Feb. 21, eight of them soldiers.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Human Rights defenders suspect the government's recent initiative to hold discussions on the possibility to open human rights tribunals were politically moti

Andjarsari Paramaditha, Jakarta – Bejo Untung was a 17-year-old Indonesian schoolboy when armed soldiers came to his village in 1965, forcing him on the run for years until he was caugh

Jakarta – The lineup for the ethics board tasked to investigate the leak of a classified document within the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was unveiled on Monday with the anti

Veeramalla Anjaiah, Jakarta – Is Brunei, a non-democratic country, much more open than world's third largest democracy Indonesia in terms of press freedom?

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Andi Hajramurni and Novan Iman Santosa, Makassar/Jakarta – Two out of the six Sukhoi Su-30 MK2 jet fighters ordered by the Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) arrived at Sultan Hasanuddin Air

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Evidence has been presented to The Jakarta Post that may implicate yet another Democratic Party politician in a kickback scandal.

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Jakarta – Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Megawati Soekarnoputri said the her popularity had declined because of the lack of media coverage she receiv

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Anti-corruption activists installed a symbolic gallows at the National Monument (Monas) on Sunday as a macabre reminder for former Democratic Party chair Anas

West Java's incumbent governor Ahmad Heryawan won Sunday's highly contested gubernatorial race according to quick-count results released by several polling companies.

Olivia Rondonuwu – A flood of corruption scandals has seriously undermined the Indonesian ruling party's prospects in 2014 elections and left the outcome of the polls more uncertain tha

Primus Dorimulu & Camelia Pasandaran – Just days before a provincial election, West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan has signed a deal with the hardline Islamic Defenders Front in which

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A transnational movement has entered Indonesia to destroy the Shia sect, which has existed in Aceh since the fourth century, a scholar has said.

Bagus T Saragih, Jakarta – After spending the night in silence following the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) announcement that he had been named a suspect, Anas Urbaningrum ha

The head of Cisarua subdistrict in the Bogor highlands has backed a plan by Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo to buy up and destroy all the holiday villas illegally built in the Puncak water

Rizky Amelia – Graft suspect Anas Urbaningrum stepped down from his post as the head of Indonesia's ruling party in a Saturday press conference held less than 24 hours after being charg

Hans Nicholas Jong and Yulia Sri Perdani, Jakarta – Things have become considerably easier for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono following the stunning fall from grace of Anas Urbaning