Margareth S.

Indra Harsaputra, Sampang – Shiite cleric Tajul Muluk described his two-year prison sentence as a politically engineered verdict aimed at alienating Shia Muslims after he was sentenced

Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners protested outside the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Friday to "stop the genocide" of Rohingya Muslims in the wake of deadly commun

Sita W.

Vento Saudale – An angry mob attacked members of Bogor's Ahmadiyah community on Friday as a team of Dutch journalists tried to shoot a documentary on the beleaguered community.

Margareth S.

Ezra Sihite/Rizky Amelia/Ulin Yusron – It's not just Ahok that has been brought into the central leadership board, but scores of retired generals have also joined the ranks of the Great

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Denpasar – US navy warship USS Benfold will conduct an exercise with two Indonesian navy warships in Bali waters, according to the chief of the naval base in Bali, Col I Wayan Suarjaya.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – In a move to boost the welfare of labor, the Manpower and Transmigration Ministry has revised a guideline normally used to determine the minimum wage for l

Ezra Sihite – A political tug-of-war is taking place over the daughter of one of Indonesia's founding fathers, as two parties offer different versions of just where her loyalties lie.

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar, Bali – A new corruption scandal has shown that Indonesia's crooked politicians and government officials have no sacred cows – or books.

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – A key witness has come forward with evidence that he says establishes Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum as the owner of a holding company implicated i

Jakarta – It was a long, long journey from Sidoarjo to Jakarta, but for Hari Suwandi and Hartowiyono, the journey was the least they could do after years of unsuccessful attempts to obt

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Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Lawyers for a Shiite cleric standing trial for blasphemy in Sampang, East Java, have highlighted glaring irregularities in the trial, one day before the verdict is

An Indonesian court sentenced a Shiite cleric Thursday to two years in prison for blasphemy, saying his teachings deviated from mainstream Islam and had caused "public anxiety."

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Jakarta – It could be the moment of truth, not only for the Jakarta gubernatorial candidates, but for pollsters as well.

The Indonesian government should immediately drop the case against Tajul Muluk, which highlights the threat Indonesia's blasphemy law poses to religious freedom.

Margareth S.

Eben Kirksey – West Papua is one of the most difficult places to access on the planet.

Ezra Sihite – The famously outspoken Taufik Kiemas is again butting heads with his wife, Megawati Sukarnoputri, telling the former president that it is time to put away her presidential

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Sand field farmers in Kulonprogo, Yogyakarta, are strongly opposed to a plan proposed by the provincial administration to open an iron-sand mining project

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang & Rizky Amelia, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – The Corruption Eradication Commission said on Tuesday that it would officially charge at least two suspects fo

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A cabinet minister said on Monday that the government had factored in the views of all stakeholders, especially tobacco farmers, in its proposed tobacco impac

Jacob Zenn – Indonesia's Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) pressure group has this year in turns assaulted Ahmadiya and Christian places of worship, attacked journalists who reported criti

Vento Saudale, Bogor – Hundreds of members of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front rallied in front of the Bogor District Court on Monday to protest what they said was a lenient prison

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The United States Ambassador to Indonesia Scot A.

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Farouk Arnaz & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A pro-democracy think tank has expressed concerns over the increasing number of polling agencies releasing survey data on support for polit

Anita Rachman – On June 14, Hari Suwandi embarked on a 25-day journey on foot from his home in Sidoarjo, East Java, to raise awareness of the plight of people from his village, Kedung

Jakarta – Activists have called on the Indonesian government to drop its plan to lend US$1 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and channel the fund instead for domestic pur

Rangga D.

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Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on the government to be more serious about its commitment to developing infrastructure.

Vento Saudale – A severe beating of a 15-year-old child in Bogor allegedly by a military officer was ignored by police, the boy's father said after trying to file a police report.

Anita Rachman & Vento Saudale – A human rights activist questioned on Sunday the police's ability or willingness to stop hard-line groups from raiding nightclubs and restaurants dur

Denpasar – Indonesian students and a sister community in Melbourne, Australia, staged a rally in support of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) at Federation Square in Denpasar

Bayu Marhaenjati – With the continued flood of high-profile corruption cases rippling through branches of the government, the spokesman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) sa

Dion Bisara – Indonesia's energy subsidy costs are rising, which international rating agencies have warned about in their forecasts on the country's economy, and that will likely result

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) and the Families of Missing Persons Association (IKOHI) demanded that the Indonesian Ombudsman remind Pres

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – The horrendous, kilometers-long traffic jams that have fouled Bakauheni and Merak ports for two days have been worsening due to vacationers looking to

The number of asylum seekers entering Indonesia has drastically increased by 800 percent, an expert has said.

Ronna Nirmala – The head of Jakarta's elections regulator has been found guilty of flouting an ethics code after she ignored recommendations to revise a voter list that contained a larg

Ronna Nirmala – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo, who is running for a second term in office, is not worried that his decision to cut short his campaign activities from four to two days will

Bayu Marhaenjati & Febriamy Hutapea – Aside from a spending spree on campaign ads, Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo is splashing the cash in an attempt to gain support for a second term.

Michael Bachelard, Daniel Flitton – A senior Indonesian official has confirmed Indonesia would object strongly to the Coalition's policy of forcing asylum boats back into Indonesian wat