President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must be commended for his plan to issue a formal apology to the nation for every abuse of human rights committed by the state against its own citizens

Indra Harsaputra and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta – Sunni ulemas in Madura and other areas of East Java are asking the provincial administration to enact a regulation to limit the prop

Erwida Maulia – Human Rights Watch has criticized British Prime Minister David Cameron for his statements about Indonesia's democracy, saying he overrated it while neglecting reports of

Khaerudin, Nasru Alam Aziz, Jakarta – The disparity and gap between those who are rich and poor in Indonesia is clearly illustrated by data on the control of national productive assets.

Violence erupted outside the Corruption Eradication Commission on Thursday when an unruly demonstration became a free-for-all brawl involving bodyguards of Democratic Party Chairman Ana

Rizky Amelia – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned Atiyah Laila, the wife of Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum, on Thursday regarding her role in the graft-r

A few dozen judges from several areas recently came to Jakarta to protest their low salaries.

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) is expected to make an apology to families and victims of past human rights abuses, including those who perished in

Jakarta – London-based human rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), called on Indonesian police officers to stop using excessive force when dealing with peaceful demonstrations in

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A House of Representatives commission chairman on Wednesday called on the government to address the jealousy between soldiers and police, which he said was at

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Members of Germany's Indonesian student association ridiculed House lawmakers visiting Berlin on Monday, calling the politicians "country bumpkins" and the trip a waste of state funds.

Jakarta – A senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician says former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, has the authority to determine which member will be its presi

Bandung – Indonesia's controversial Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tifatul Sembiring says he has become a target of social network users who do not hold back thei

Indonesian polling bodies have a negative tendency to perform opinion building, an analyst said on Wednesday.

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Rahmat, Makassar – Police in South Sulawesi's Gowa district arrested two Koran recital teachers on Wednesday for allegedly sodomizing an 8-year-old student.

Jakarta – One of the country's largest Islamic groups says non-Muslim countries treat Indonesia's migrant workers better than countries such as Malaysia, where three workers are suspect

Indonesia's police use excessive force, and even kill people, with no fear of sanction, while victims are left without hope of justice.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named former member of the House of Representatives' budget committee, Wa Ode Nurhayati, a suspect for the second

Indra Harsaputra, Sampang – Sampang Shiite cleric Tajul Muluk, who faced the first hearing of his trial on Tuesday at the Sampang District Court, has been accused of propagating religio

Jakarta – Deputy Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar has won support from interfaith activists with his call for the National Police to take seriously the attack on an Ahmadiyah

Jakarta – A leader of the country's second-largest Muslim organization says the Ahmadiyah sect are members of Islamic society despite some of their beliefs differing from more mainstrea

Gorontalo – Indonesian Military and police personnel signed a peace agreement during a reconciliation ceremony in Gorontalo after clashes between the two rival groups in the northern Su

Members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police (Polri) were involved in an armed clash yet again on Sunday, apparently in a fashion that displays remnants – if not sid

Jakarta – On the heels of repetitive attacks against minority groups across the country, a high-ranking official said on Tuesday that minority groups in Indonesia did not have any legal

Jakarta – Just a few weeks after its establishment, the Antipornography Task Force is touting its first achievement: blocking pornography on the Internet.

Jakarta – One of Indonesia's largest Islamic groups has condemned the recent attack on an Ahmadiyah mosque in Tasikmalaya, West Java, saying that it could act as mediator to solve the c

Agus Triyono – The Supreme Court must move the blasphemy trial of a Shiite religious scholar off East Java's Madura Island to prevent fueling further violence there, a rights group said

Bayu Marhaenjati – The court heard on Monday how high-profile terror suspect Umar Patek was able to walk into an immigration office with his wanted poster on the wall and obtain a passp

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Batam – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to inaugurate ten low-cost apartment developments that are expected to provide affordable rooms to thousands

The National Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers has called for a thorough investigation into the shooting deaths of three workers in Malaysia, calling

Ezra Sihite – A sex tape allegedly involving two politicians from Indonesia's opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle have been leaked online, reports said on Tuesday.

Ezra Sihite – Critics have panned the House of Representatives' new seat allocation, saying it does not properly represent constituents as the House's population data is not valid and t

As junior high school students kicked off their final examinations in classrooms across Indonesia on Monday, Deputy Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar said the government consid

Novianti Setuningsih – With the trial of former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin wrapped up, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has moved on to investigate some o

Jakarta – Deputy Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar has targeted police to resolve religious attacks against an Ahmadiyah mosque – taking a different stance on the issue than hi

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Vento Saudale – After being forced by officials and police to hold their church service in a house instead of their church, members of a congregation in K

Indra Harsaputra and Arya Dipa, Surabaya/Bandung – Police are currently investigating violent acts in two separate areas motivated by different views of practicing Islam, the country's

Jakarta – Six members of the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) and two members of the Gorontalo Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) were injured on Sunday in what appears to be the

Earth Day commemorations in Indonesia were low-key, but those who marked the day were quick to warn of the worsening environmental situation.

Ronna Nirmala – In a break with the past, the latest survey conducted ahead of the July 11 gubernatorial election in Jakarta showed that voters were judging the candidates by how they p

Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie will meet the party's senior politicians later this week as he continues to face opposition to a poten

Medan – University students from the Indonesian National Students' Movement (GMNI) observed Kartini Day on Saturday by calling on women from across the country to make the day a milesto

Jakarta – Indonesia has recognized a number of heroines over the centuries of its history, but only Raden Adjeng Kartini has been immortalized through song and annual celebrations marki

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has told Ahmadiyah followers to obey the law, despite the fact that both they and their properties came under atta

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – National Intelligence Agency (BIN) head Lt. Gen.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung, West Java – Hundreds of people attacked an Ahmadiyah mosque in Babakan Sindang village, Tasikmalaya, West Java, prior to a Friday prayer, showing further evid

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Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has played down the suggestion that regional sharia-based bylaws have the potential to trigger social conflicts de