Endy Bayuni, Jakarta – Last week, the National Commission on Human Rights, an independent state body, released its findings from a four-year investigation into the 1965 purge of suspect

Ahmad Pathoni – Diana Marsella lives next to a mosque in central Jakarta and the call to Islamic morning prayer jolts her out of her slumber every day before dawn.

A worrying decline in exclusive breast-feeding by new mothers underlines the need for the government to move quickly and enact a regulation that is meant to encourage and make breast-fe

Despite a recommendation from the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to follow up on the 1965 rights violations, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) says it is unlikely an

James Balowski, Jakarta – After a three-year investigation and testimonies from 349 witnesses, Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has declared that the systemati

Rizky Amelia, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – The National Police have inexplicably prevented antigraft investigators from gathering evidence related to corruption allegati

Indonesian television station Global TV was cited by the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) after renowned Muslim preacher Sholahudin "Ustad Solmed" Mahmoed hosted a sexually-expl

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Arientha Primanita, Rizky Amelia, Farouk Arnaz & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A senior government official guaranteed on Tuesday that there would be no retaliatory action from the pol

The rupiah weakened for a sixth month, its longest losing streak since 1998, on concern Europe's debt crisis will damp growth and exports.

Jakarta – The vast majority of students in Indonesian schools say that they have been targeted by bullies, according to a survey released on Monday.

A bill governing service in the military reserves is not likely to pass this year due to public resistance, but could be approved next year, the Defense Ministry says.

Jakarta – Responding to the damning reports from the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) stating that the 1965 anti-communist purge and the early 1980s killings are gross v

Rangga Prakoso – All state institutions are responsible for addressing past human rights violations in the absence of an official rights tribunal, a leading advocate said on Monday.

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar Lampung – Thousands of residents from 11 villages rallied outside the local office of state-owned plantation firm PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) VII Bunga Mayan

Iman Mahditama, Jakarta – The police say that they will investigate the possibility that teenagers alledgedly involved in the ransacking of a cafe in Pesanggrahan, South Jakarta, on the

Indonesian television shows will be stamped with the Indonesian Council of Ulema's (MUI) Halal seal under a plan currently being discussed by the MUI and the West Java Broadcasting Comm

Arya Dipa, Bandung – A number of non-governmental organizations in Bandung, West Java, have urged the Bandung administration to stop using hibah (grants) for the upcoming Bandung mayora

In Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, government protection of religious freedom has been deteriorating, the United States says.

Ulma Haryanto – Transportation projects that are not part of a wider integrated transportation development policy will not provide the long-term solutions needed to address Jakarta's tr

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – Ignoring the inherent dangers, passengers still patiently wait to get on and off the buses near toll road exits and entrances.

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Bayu Marhaenjati – Just before dusk on Friday, devotees at the Al-Muttaqin Mosque sat in neat rows as the preacher took the podium to deliver his sermon.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will be sending an investigation team to Ogan Ilir in South Sumatra, the scene on Friday of possible rights violations, wi

A planned raid on several "immoral" hotels by Islamist hard-liners in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, was shut down by local police Saturday night after the so-called "morality police" bega

Protestors forced a church in Bandung, West Java, to shut down on Sunday amid claims that it was operating without a permit.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – The contentious issue of increasingly expensive soybean imports has now turned to the handful of companies allowed to import the crop, amid

Bayu Marhaenjati & Zaky Pawas – In a move that was considered surprising to some, the police arrested 62 members of a hard-line Muslim group after they were involved in the year's f

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta – The author of a book which criticizes Golkar Party Chairman Aburizal Bakrie for his poor handling of the Lapindo mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java,

Jakarta – The recently formed National Democratic (NasDem) party said it would garner at least 21 percent of the votes in the 2014 legislative election, more than the ruling Democratic

Farouk Arnaz – Blood has been spilled in the holy month of Ramadan.

Ansyor and Oyos Saroso H.N., Palembang/Bandar Lampung – The central government and the National Police have been called upon to help put an end to the conflict between PT Perkebunan Nus

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Reports of Islamic preachers or speakers who direct the vote of their followers in the second round of the Jakarta gubernatorial elections in prayer houses are be

Ezra Sihite – The government is being urged to form a task force to investigate and solve past cases of human rights violation.

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar Lampung – The Lampung Coastal Care Community Alliance (AMPPL) has increased its protest over the construction of a terminal and coal stockpile area on the Panja

Jakarta – Human rights watchdogs and environmental NGO have slammed the police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) shooting on Friday of Limbang Jaya residents in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, which

Jakarta – Hundreds of people blockaded the toll road serving Jakarta-Bekasi near the Jatibening toll road entrance and set a pickup, owned by state toll road operator PT Jasa Marga, on

Ezra Sihite – The House of Representatives Ethics Council says it will study a report filed by a human rights group objecting to Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso's statement that the v

The Supreme Court has acquitted former Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker Muhammad Misbakhun of forgery charges linked to the controversial Rp.

Arientha Primanita, Ezra Sihite, Ronna Nirmala & Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Indonesia is hurting from skyrocketing soybean prices, but few people are in agreement over what to do about

Ezra Sihite – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence has reported House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso to the House Ethics Council over a state

Bahri Kurniawan, Jakarta – Commemorating 16 years since the attack on the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) headquarters on July 27, 1996, banners and a billboard filled the former site

Jakarta – Victims of human rights violations and their relatives have denounced Deputy House Speaker Priyo Budi Santoso for making negative comments about human rights investigations.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Lapindo mudflow disaster is widely seen as an Achilles' heel that could destroy Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie's chances for presidency.

Jakarta – When Hari Suwandi's 25-day trek from Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java to Jakarta, wrapped up on July 8, many considered it as a triumph of human spirit against the injustice that

The West Jakarta Court sentenced two men to five years in prison in connection with the April 2011 suicide bombing of a police station in Cirebon, West Java.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Former Justice Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra has denied reports that he helped graft fugitive Djoko Tjandra obtain Papua New Guinean citizenship.

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Anita Rachman & Ezra Sihite – A Sidoarjo mud volcano victim's tearful request for forgiveness from Aburizal Bakrie comes as a slap in the face to the rest of the victims of the disa

Senior high schools students in the capital should no longer have to pay state school fees as the Jakarta administration has decided to disburse funds for its 12-year compulsory educati