Dessy Sagita – The strong prevailing patriarchal culture is being blamed for the country's high maternal death rate, with some pregnant women missing out on urgent medical care because

Ezra Sihite – A leaked speech by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono from a Democratic Party meeting on April 1 seems to counter suggestions that the president followed the Golkar Party'

Dion Bisara – Despite seeing Indonesia as a potential investment destination, British businesses appear still concerned with the country's bureaucratic hindrances.

Olin Monteiro – After "Jakarta Maghrib" and the horror omnibus "Hi5teria," which is still playing in cinemas, get ready for "Sanubari Jakarta" ("Jakarta Deep Down").

Indonesia will go ahead with its plan to limit the use of subsidized fuels by private cars to meet the subsidized fuel quota target of 40 million kiloliters set in the revised 2012 stat

Indonesia's parliament ratified on Thursday a UN convention on the protection of migrant workers in a move that will offer greater rights to millions of Indonesians working abroad.

Ismira Lutfia – In a study of two prison in Greater Jakarta, only 9 percent of juvenile offenders had access to lawyers, 74 percent shared their cells with adult criminals and 98 percen

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Agus Triyono – The Constitutional Court has rejected a motion by firebrand Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to have several articles of the Criminal Procedures Code repealed.

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali said that the government would not submit to a demand to legalize same-sex marriages in the country.

Ezra Sihite – The Democratic Party played down media reports of a leaked speech by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during an internal party meeting on April 1, but said it would inve

Jakarta – The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) watchdog urged the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to expedite its execution of court rulings on 49 graft suspects who remain at large.

Jakarta – Graft convict Mindo "Rosa" Rosalina Manulang is the first inmate of the Corruption Eradication Commission's new prison.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Lawyers for bribery defendant Nunun Nurbaeti presented before the Jakarta Corruption Court three staff members who worked for Nunun as defense witnesses to prove

Hans David Tampubolon – Public Housing Minister Djan Faridz says that there is no political motive behind his ministry's recent plan to develop cheap housing for journalists.

An aftershock measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale struck Sumatera mere hours after a powerful quake sent residents running for higher ground in Banda Aceh after a tsunami warning was iss

Michael Bachelard – The 120 Afghan men and boys who were refusing to get off a ship at an Indonesian port spent last night at a hotel in the port city of Merak after being forced off by

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Dozens of student demonstrators pelted the office of gold miner Newmont Nusa Tenggara on Monday over a recent court ruling allowing it to continue dumping tailings in Senunu Bay in West

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Agus Triyono – An outspoken legislator has taken up the cause of district court judges across the country who have threatened to go on strike unless they

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – Efforts to provide people with legal assistance need to be stepped up in the wake of what many call the "gross criminalization" of communities by palm-oil c

Survivors of sexual violence in Indonesia face an uphill battle in recovery as a result of an inadequate legal system, police inaction and prevailing societal attitudes that tend to be

Al Araf and Ghufron Mabruri, Jakarta – The legislation process in the House of Representatives has always sparked controversy among society.

Rizal Ramli, Jakarta – When Indonesia's students took to the streets in 1998 and won their battle for the overthrow of Soeharto, there was jubilation on campuses across the country.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Similar to former president Megawati Sukarnoputri, Golkar Party Chairman Aburizal "Ical" Bakrie has a strategic role to play as kingmaker in the 2014 presi

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Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs called on the House of Representatives and the executive not to endorse the social conflict management bill, fearing that it would give the Indonesian Mili

Lutfi Rakhmawati, Jakarta – The embattled GKI Taman Yasmin congregation in Bogor observed Easter peacefully on Sunday as worshippers hoped for an end to their intimidation.

Vento Saudale, Bogor – In a role reversal, the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front was on the receiving end of a vigilante raid.

Ezra Sihite – Golkar Party lawmakers will have to spend Rp 10 million ($1,090) each on merchandise emblazoned with party chairman Aburizal Bakrie's face as part of his 2014 presidential

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – Amnesty International has called on the Law and Human Rights Ministry to investigate alleged torture by National Police officers and bring any perpetrators

The bureaucratic reform the country is undertaking is certainly more complicated and daunting than we may have thought, thanks in part to internal resistance, as the controversy centeri

Katrin Figge – In early March, the case of Daniel Zamudio, a 24-year-old gay man from Chile who was attacked and tortured, led to a public outcry not only in Chile but around the world.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – The government must be prepared to handle a rapidly growing number of elderly citizens as they will otherwise place a tremendous burden on the state, whi

Jakarta – Religious services for Easter went peacefully on Friday as many Indonesian Christians celebrated Good Friday at churches and houses of worship across the country.

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Jakarta – The Constitutional Court's recent decision to grant paternal recognition to children born out of wedlock, is problematic for mothers of children conceived through rape, legal

Anita Rachman – A tobacco control bill was first named to the House of Representatives' list of priority legislation for deliberation and passage in 2009 – and there it smoldered until

Jakarta – The legal debate on the monopoly of information in the country has continued in a hearing as the Constitutional Court invited more experts on Thursday.

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Balikpapan – Elephants are increasingly coming into conflict with humans in the East Kalimantan district of Nunukan as more of the forest is cleared away for p

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – Prosecutors have fouled up the indictment of Alexander Aan, the civil servant in Padang, West Sumatra, accused of professing atheism on Facebook, his lawy

Jakarta – The National Police's reputation is in jeopardy after three foreign correspondents filed a report of acid attacks against them during fuel-policy protests at the gates of Hous

Michael Bachelard, Banda Aceh – The man who signed the permit allowing 1600 hectares of carbon-rich peat forest and orang-utan habitat to be razed and turned into a palm oil plantation

Robertus Wardi – The Prosperous Justice Party's future in the pro-government coalition of parties hangs by a thread as the president was said to be busy restructuring his political alli

Farouk Arnaz – Questions are being raised about the recent actions of Densus 88 in Aceh, with one prominent group suggesting the National Police's counterterrorism unit is operating out

Dessy Sagita – The singing contest show "Indonesian Idol," which is aired by Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia, has been attacked for its judges' allegedly discriminatory and sexist com

Bagus BT Saragih and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The recent turmoil in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's coalition over plans to raise fuel prices may represent leverage for pol

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Jakarta – The city administration says it recorded Rp 110 million (US$12,000) in losses during the massive rallies against the government's plan to raise subsidized fuel prices on Frida

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has sent a bill on social conflict management back to a committee for revision during its plenary session on Tuesday.