Jakarta – Members of the National Unity Party (PPP) visited the National Police Headquarters in South Jakarta on Thursday to support the police's ban on Lady Gaga's planned June 3 conce

Dessy Sagita – Indonesia Corruption Watch has questioned the results of Indonesia's latest national exams, calling the nearly perfect pass rate suspicious.

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – Farmers and activists in Central Java are expressing concern over what they claim is rampant conversion of agricultural fields.

Illegal forest clearing in Kalimantan potentially cost the state Rp 321 trillion ($34.6 billion) in losses last year, largely because law enforcement efforts on the ground remain weak,

The Indonesian government reiterated its claim on Thursday that the country's deforestation rate has drastically declined over the past two years, defying critics and environmental acti

Countries attending the United Nations' four-yearly human rights review in Geneva have criticized Indonesia for a rise in intolerance and attacks against religious minorities, as well a

Jakarta – Former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri said on Thursday that the ongoing Lady Gaga controversy reflected the na

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Bayu Marhaenjati – More Islamic organizations came to Jakarta Police headquarters on Wednesday to denounce Lady Gaga's upcoming concert in the capital, as the Jakarta Police stuck to it

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The government is drastically cutting the budgets of three independent commissions that focus on rights protections, potentially crippling their advocacy programs and studies.

Jakarta – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar says Indonesia is imposing a moratorium on the travel of Indonesian migrant workers to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait and

Alexandra Di Stefano Pironti – Unless the rapid deforestation in one of the world's most richly-forested countries is controlled, Indonesians may one day wonder, "where are all the flow

Hong Kong/Geneva/Jakarta – Today, the Indonesia's human rights record was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council in the 13th session of the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, Switzer

Arientha Primanita – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali refuted claims that the Indonesian government had poor record protecting minorities on Wednesday, calling Indonesia "the

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – At least 24 people were injured, some severely, as a clash broke out between local residents and security guards hired by state plantation company PTPN II in Na

Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Faisal Basri is calling on police to stand up against aggressive organizations threatening violence over US singer Lady Gaga's concert in the c

Rizky Amelia & Lenny Tristia Tambun – Indonesia Corruption Watch has alleged that Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo used Rp 9.7 billion ($1 million) from the 2012 provincial budget for pr

The trouble with Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa is that he has probably spent too much of time travelling abroad to really understand what's going on in his own country.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Wiranto, a retired Army general who was strongman President Suharto's last military chief, said on Tuesday that he would run for president in 2014, claiming t

Jakarta – Indonesia's progress in reforming its forestry sector will not be sufficient to meet its pledge to reduce carbon emissions by 26 percent by 2020, Norway's environment minister

Jakarta – After a two-hour meeting deliberating whether they would grant US pop diva Lady Gaga a recommendation to perform in Jakarta, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) decided on Tues

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – The country's leading children's rights group is threatening to sue the government unless it issues a regulation banning all tobacco advertising, which it

Jakarta – Fourteen years ago, it was normal to see dozens of soldiers guarding Jl. Cendana in Menteng, Central Jakarta, which was then probably the nation's most famous address.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Islamic People's Forum (FUI) – a unit of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) – said on Tuesday that Indonesian Christians should be upset with Lady Gaga, an

More than a third of the 470 regional heads voted into office since 2004 have been implicated in corruption cases, the government revealed on Monday.

Bayu Marhaenjati – With his Democratic Party struggling to produce a strong presidential candidate to put up in the 2014 election, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appears to be looki

Lenny Tristia Tambun – The Jakarta Police say they were ready dispatch 4,000 officers to secure Lady Gaga's Jakarta concert, scheduled for June 3, and warned the Islamic Defenders Front

Agus Triyono & Bayu Marhaenjati – An antigraft group, the Indonesia Budget Center, has highlighted a recent surge in the value of grants issued by the Jakarta administration, which

Agus Triyono – Trying to counter the growing intolerance in Indonesia, the country's two largest Muslim organizations have expressed support for the protection of people's constitutiona

The Asian Human Rights Commission called on Bekasi district Chief Neneng Hasanah Yasin to safeguard religious freedom and to enforce the law following several cases of assault, violence

Mataram – The West Nusa Tenggara government put dozens of Ahamdiyah Muslims at the bottom of its list to register for an electronic identity card, known as e-KTP.

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Islamic People's Forum, one of the hard-line groups that has come out against Lady Gaga's upcoming concert in Jakarta, said it had been offered a bribe by

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Jakarta – The Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) is planning to report the murder case of Bernas daily journalist Fuad Muhammad Syarifuddin, also known as Udin, to the United Nation

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Fourteen years after president Soeharto stepped down, which marked the ushering in of democracy and reform, former student activists who took to the streets

Andreas Harsono – It is fashionable these days for Western leaders to praise Indonesia as a model Muslim democracy.

Hard-line group the Islamic Defenders Front has purchased 150 tickets to upcoming Lady Gaga concert, which it will use to enter the venue and stop the show, a spokesman for the group sa

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Farouk Arnaz & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Police revised its stance on the Lady Gaga concert on Monday, saying it might issue the permit the show needs to go on.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has bemoaned the slow growth of the nation's economy, attributing most of the blame on an extensive bureaucracy.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Indonesia's family planning program remains stagnant due to poor access to reproductive and sexual health services, which could further affect the countr

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The government has spent just over 10 percent of the total 2012 capital spending budget in the first quarter of the year, Deputy Finance Minister Anny R

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Five pairs of gubernatorial and vice-gubernatorial candidates promised on Saturday that if elected, they would not ban the construction of houses of worship, so l

Jakarta – An angry mob once again assaulted the members of the Congregation of Batak Protestant Churches (HKBP) Filadelfia on Sunday morning as the parishioners were trying to attend th

Ahmad Pathoni – About 50 Indonesians staged a flash mob on Sunday to demand that Lady Gaga be allowed to perform in the country amid uncertainty about her scheduled concert in Jakarta.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Fourteen people who have been sentenced to various prison terms by the Medan Corruption Court in North Sumatra are reportedly still free and carrying on with th

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Bayu Marhaenjati – When President Suharto was in power from 1966 to 1998, no one dared speak ill of him or his family without fear of reprisal or imprison

Ronna Nirmala – "Why would they build a church here when most of the residents are Muslim?" Taupik says. "What reason could they have unless it was to convert us all?"