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Jakarta – Local businesses strongly criticized the House of Representatives' decision to approve a rise in electricity prices next year, stating that bureaucrats had decided "to murder

Michael Bachelard – The spiritual leader of radical Islam in Indonesia has urged his supporters to greater acts of violence in retribution against the producers of the film Innocence of

Ezra Sihite, Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Rizky Amelia, Farouk Arnaz & Arientha Primanita – A Corruption Eradication Commission plan to place its detainees in a military jail has stirr

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Firdha Novialita – Legal scholars poring over the trial and conviction of a Shiite cleric for blasphemy earlier this year have lambasted the episode as a study in the miscarriage of jus

Jakarta – The government and lawmakers in the House of Representatives are speeding up the deliberation of a bill on halal certification amid complaints from local businesses who reckon

Ezra Sihite – The Supreme Court on Monday overruled a defamation verdict handed down to Prita Mulyasari over an e-mail that was originally deemed a violation of the Law on Electronic In

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Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Lawmakers and rights groups have rejected the deliberations on the contentious national security bill and called on the House of Representatives' leaders t

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – After weeks of deadlock, the House of Representatives has approved a government proposal to raise electricity rates and the subsidized fuel allocation.

AE Priyono and Teresa Birks, Jakarta – The politicization of religion in the Jakarta gubernatorial election isn't without precedent.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Graft watchdogs blasted on Sunday the National Police's plan to withdraw 20 of its investigators currently posted at the Corruption Eradication Commission (K

The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) is claiming that they were framed at Monday's protest against an anti-Islamic movie that turned violent in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta.

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – A mob of Indonesian Islamists waving jihad flags attacked the US embassy in Jakarta, throwing rocks and bricks, but they were repelled by tear gas and riot

About 1,000 protestors hurled stones and Molotov cocktails in a clash with police outside the US Embassy in Central Jakarta Monday afternoon during a protest against an anti-Islam film.

Jakarta – A survey has found that the majority of Indonesians feel insecure because of growing religious violence and acts of terrorism.

Jakarta – The number of discriminatory bylaws are constantly on the rise despite efforts to repeal them, according to the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan

Jakarta/Cirebon – The country's largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) waded into the debate on eradicating corruption in the country by proposing the death penalty for graft

Rizky Amelia & Rangga Prakoso – Activists have criticized a National Police move to withdraw its investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission, claiming the action is an

The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry said that more than 50 percent of workers in the country are elementary school (SD) graduates.

Pitan Daslani – How many candidates will meet all of the requirements for the 2014 presidential election?

Pitan Daslani – Indonesia must do everything possible to prevent the state ideology of Pancasila from being replaced by a doctrine that promulgates an Islamic caliphate or nationwide im

Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – An American-made film insulting Islam is expected to attract more protests at home and abroad.

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan – Hundreds of villagers in the North Penajam Paser district on Friday returned home and opened their blockade on the Trans

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Migrant worker rights activists have reiterated a call for the closure of the notorious Selapajang Terminal at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, citing it

Fadli, Batam – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) expects to conduct a joint investigation with the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, or Suhakam, to look into the k

Luh De Suriyani – Dozens of students from Udayana University marched from their campus building to the Bali Legislative Council building on Friday afternoon to lodge a protest against t

Jakarta – In a move sure to induce nightmares in the minds of graft suspects, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is preparing holding cells in a military detention center where

The Coalition of Anticorruption Civil Society Groups says that the Supreme Court should not rush its selection of corruption court justices.

Rizky Amelia – The National Police recalled 20 detectives assigned to work with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) amid a tense investigation into the graft-tained purchase of

Lawyers representing local Shia minority Muslims are asking the Constitutional Court to review the Criminal Code's articles on blasphemy, which they say are elastic and open to abuse.

Arientha Primanita & Bayu Marhaenjati – Government officials and Islamic leaders on Friday urged Indonesia's Muslims to remain unprovoked as hard-line groups staged a demonstration

Apriadi Gunawan and Triwik Kurniasari, Medan/Jakarta – A documentary film about the massacre of Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) members in North Sumatra in 1965 has created a stir afte

More than 350 Muslim fundamentalists and their supporters staged an anti-US demonstration in Jakarta on Friday, spewing anger at America over an anti-Islam film.

Jakarta – Former gang leader Hercules, along with members from his New Indonesia People's Movement (GRIB) visited the Jakarta Police headquarters on Friday to clear his name following t

The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) on Friday asked Muslims here not to be provoked by the anti-Islam movie "Innocence of Muslims," but at the same time demanded that legal action be

Jakarta – Only a handful of political parties have fulfilled a legal requirement to provide their financial reports upon request, a corruption watchdog group has said.

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – Some 100 workers from various labor unions in Semarang, Central Java, converged at the Semarang Manpower and Transmigration Office on Thursday and demanded it i

The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) will soon submit documents to the Constitutional Court to request a review of the law on the legislative bodies' structure and composition (MD

Jakarta – Although already receiving a huge wave of public criticism against its foreign trips, the House of Representatives has now requested a 77 percent budget increase for journeys

Jakarta – Families and victims of the Tanjung Priok riot urged the government to pay compensation to those affected by the violence in North Jakarta in 1984 that claimed 23 lives.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Six Indonesian women groups under the Women's Network for Tobacco Products Control (JP3T) voiced their rejection of the upcoming World Tobacco Asia (WTA)

Tri Listiyarini & Dion Bisara, Nusa Dua, Bali/Jakarta – A lack of distribution infrastructure is crippling Indonesia's ability to utilize its enormous reserves of gas, Vice Presiden

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Several analysts say that the national security bill currently under deliberation by the lawmakers is unclear, substantial Constitutional and legal violati

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House Speaker Marzuki Alie said that he supports the idea of a Haram (forbidden under Islam) edict banning money politics, or corruption, and said that such a

Throughout 2011 and until now, we are seeing new wave of workers radicalization.

Jakarta – Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo has promised he will accelerate the implementation of tax incentives to stimulate local investment.