Arya Dipa, Bandung – Some people in West Java consider vote-buying in gubernatorial elections to be the norm.

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Mimin Dwi Hartono, Jakarta – Draft national security bills have been deliberated by the House of Representatives for a long time.

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Jakarta saw another bout of heavy rains and attendant flooding on Wednesday afternoon, with reports of multiple main thoroughfares rendered impassable, downed trees and the capital's Ho

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – Hundreds of becak (pedicab) drivers in Semarang staged a rally in front of the mayor's office on Tuesday in protest against frequent raids by municipal public o

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Fadli, Batam – Around 300 residents of Batam, Riau Islands, have rallied to shut down the Tanjung Kasam steam-powered electricity plant (PLTU) until state-owned electricity company PT P

Hundreds of residents planted banana trees in the potholes along Jl. Raya Serang in Tangerang regency on Tuesday to protest to the government's neglecting of the damaged road.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Siti Hartati Tjakra Murdaya, once one of Indonesia's richest women, cried on Monday, as the Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced her to 32 months' imprisonme

A member of the Islamic Defenders Front has received a three-and-a-half-month prison sentence for vandalizing a mosque run by Ahmadiyah devotees in Bandung, on the eve of Idul Adha last

Jakarta – Environmental activists urged the government to drop its plan to boost coal exports from Kalimantan, as it would not only contribute to greater carbon emissions but would enda

The world's third-largest paper producer Asia Pulp and Paper said on Tuesday it had stopped using logs from Indonesia's natural forests, after fierce campaigning by green groups against

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Cases of religious and ethnic intolerance across West Java are due to a lack of religious awareness, with such cases intensifying due to negligence on the part of t

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Tangerang – About 300 workers from the Alliance of Indonesian Labor Unions Congress (KASBI) distributed information on new minimum wage rules.

Rizky Amelia – Give a Singaporean school student a three-tier test on any subject, and 95 times out of 100 they will be able to answer the intermediate and advanced questions, says Musl

SP/Carlos Paath, Ezra Sihite & Rizky Amelia – It was with great fanfare that Anis Matta was appointed the new president of the Prosperous Justice Party on Friday.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Islamic United Development Party (PPP) has continued to make overtures to a number of fringe groups in the country in an effort to shore up support from traditi

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A new public opinion poll released on Sunday shows that the job approval rating for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has in fact been improving in spite

Zakir Hussain – The world's largest Muslim organization, with some 40 million followers, marked its 87th anniversary with a musical ensemble and a wayang performance featuring a Javanes

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Chief patron of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Prabowo Subianto is concerned that despite Indonesia's resource wealth the country has always been see

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Daniella White & Eileen McInnes – The year 2012 was a turbulent time for minority rights in Indonesia.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Police have downplayed a report claiming them to be complicit in attacks against religious minorities in the country, adding that they have take

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia suffered its first ever annual trade deficit in 2012 as shipments to most of the country's major trading partners fell during the year amid the slowd

House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie has said that he supports a recommendation for the Indonesian Ulema Council to issue a haram edict, forbidden in Islam, to ban meat, fruit

More than 7,000 people have signed an online petition demanding the National Police Chief and South Sumatra Police release an activist arrested during a protest rally held by farmers an

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Wahyu Sudoyo – The recent floods in Jakarta and surrounding areas are estimated to have caused Rp 32 trillion ($3.3 billion) in losses.

Competitive, credible, and fair local elections in Jakarta and the province of West Kalimantan in 2012 underscored the ongoing transition from decades of authoritarian rule in Indonesia

Kusumasari Ayuningtyas, Surakarta – Activists rallied in Surakarta, Central Java, on Thursday, calling on the Home Ministry to remove regional government officials who abuse women.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – After admitting to having made a mistake in recommending "rape joke" judge Muhammad Daming Sunusi for "fit-and-proper" tests, the Judicial Commission (KY) has dec

Jakarta – The Press Council is calling for a rethink of the draft state secrets bill that has been given priority on the House of Representatives' legislative agenda for 2013.

Jakarta – In the latest damning assessment of religious freedom in Indonesia, the New York-based group Human Rights Watch (HRW) highlighted the government's failure to protect religious

Those jaded by the incessant string of politicians arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) may take heart in the latest scandal, involving Prosperous Justice Party (PKS)

The high-profile graft scandal that shook the nation's largest Islamic party was first picked up by the media in 2011, when Tempo magazine ran a cover story on irregularities surroundin

Rabby Pramudatama and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named the chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq, a suspect on

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – An expert urges the Yogyakarta administration to take necessary steps to stop "thesis writing" workshops and their degradation of the education system in

Hayat Indriyatno – Thousands of years' worth of carbon stored in Indonesia's peat forests is being released at an alarming rate as a result of deforestation, a new study by UK scientist

Jakarta – Although Indonesia's economic fundamentals remain among the strongest in Asia, "political noise" ahead of the 2014 elections may affect the country's economic growth, an inter

The arrest and detention of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq not only shocked the party members but also surprised its critics, who have longed argued tha

Ezra Sihite – The newly-appointed chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party, Anis Matta, said on Friday that the naming of the party's former leader as a graft suspect was all just a "bi

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Prostitutes and activists in Yogyakarta are calling on the government not to prosecute men who pay for sex to protect the rights of women.

Hayley Davis – Indonesia must do more to defend minority rights and free imprisoned activists to set an example for other consolidating democracies in the wake of the Arab Spring, New Y

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is seeking the Constitutional Court's (MK) support in the fight against legislation considered to hinder civi

Yeremia Sukoyo – The Great Indonesian Movement Party says that there is still a chance that it would form a coalition with Megawati Sukarnoputri's party to support its founder, Prabowo

Jakarta – In what could be seen as an effort to squeeze votes out of devout Muslims, the Islamist United Development Party (PPP) has declared itself ready to strike a deal with the vigi

The Indonesian authorities must ensure accountability for human rights violations by the police in South Sumatra province and conduct a thorough review of police tactics during public o