Emmy Fitri – The word "preman" is believed to come from the English words "free man," to describe someone who has no master.

Three police officers in Ciamis, West Java, were assaulted by a mob after they killed a motorcyclist in a hit-and-run car accident.

Jakarta – International Women's Day (IWD) is commemorated every year on March 8.

Edwin Firdaus, Jakarta – Cases of rape and sexual harassment against women occur often and repeatedly in Indonesia.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The first trial of bribery suspect Nunun Nurbaeti looks to implicate another politician as prosecutors mentioned the alleged involvement of Emir Moeis, an Indones

Bayu Marhaenjati & Farouk Arnaz – National Police Chief Gen.

Ulma Haryanto – The National Commission on Human Rights called on Friday for the revision of the 1997 Military Tribunal Law to include a public trial for cases outside of "military affa

Agus Triyono – A national rights group plans to summon the management of Metro TV after a former reporter alleged on Friday that she was fired for trying to set up a union.

Fitri, West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara – Sweat drips down the children's faces and soaks through their uniforms as they enter their classroom in Batu Mekar ward in West Lombok's Lingsar

Ulma Haryanto – The National Commission of Human Rights called on the Justice and Human Rights Ministry on Friday to conduct an internal evaluation of the Immigration Directorate Genera

Ulma Haryanto – In the wake of a court's decision that Irzen Octa died of natural causes, the former lawmaker's widow said on Friday that she would not give up the fight until justice i

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Mandate Party is so pessimistic the proposed new legislative election law will pass that it has proposed giving up and making minor revisions to

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – The Central Java provincial administration has been urged to find immediate and thorough settlements to land disputes to prevent more conflicts from boiling ove

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia's exports were down in January – partly driven by declining shipments to key buyers, including China, Singapore and the US – despite moderate annuali

A 28-year-old Afghan asylum seeker was allegedly beaten to death by guards in an Indonesian detention center Monday night.

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Palembang – Around 2,000 employees of PT Willmar International Plantation (PT WIP), which operates in Lempuing Jaya district, Ogan Komering Ilir (OKI) regency, have staged rallies for t

Anita Rachman & Dion Bisara – Amid criticism that reducing the fuel subsidy would hurt the poor, Indonesia said on Thursday that a Rp 150,000 ($16.50) monthly cash stipend would be

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono swore in the new Supreme Court Chief Justice M. Hatta Ali at the State Palace on Thursday.

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang – Authorities in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, revoked the permits of two coal-mining firms based on an evaluation of their environmental credentials, but activis

Agus Triyono & Rangga Prakoso – Law enforcement institutions were unanimous on Wednesday in denying accusations by a noted lawyer that they were protecting their own by ignoring a m

Ismira Lutfia – More than 200 Indonesian citizens are currently facing the death penalty or other heavy sentences overseas, government officials said on Thursday.

Indonesia is set to become the biggest market for luxury goods in Southeast Asia, the head of LVMH for South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East said, according to CNBC.

Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – A number of local journalists from different media outlets staged a rally in front of the Gedung Agung state palace in Yogyakarta on We

Yogyakarta – Nearly 95 percent of the 4.7 million civil servants in Indonesia are incompetent, Administrative Reforms Minister Azwar Abubakar says.

Carla Isati Octama – When President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono addressed a gathering of the foreign ambassadors in Indonesia last month, he drew a flurry of criticism for brushing off the

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – New Supreme Court chief justice, M.

Members of hard-line Muslim group Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid gathered outside the US embassy in Jakarta on Wednesday to protest last week's announcement by the US government designating the

Indonesia would set a powerful example for other Southeast Asian countries if it abolished the death penalty, according to the Lowy Institute for International Policy.

Ulma Haryanto – Legal experts testifying at the Central Jakarta District Court on Wednesday said they believed that the state violated the rights of a former palace performer who was ar

Rizky Amelia – A Central Jakarta Court judge was found guilty by a corruption court in Jakarta on Tuesday but received a prison sentence of just four years, far short of the 20 years so

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – Environmental activists have objected to plans to use Kayan Mentarang National Park as a pilot project for offsetting carbon emis

Fitri, Mataram – More than a hundred displaced followers of the Islamic Ahmadiyah sect who for years have had to live in shelters in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, have still not been reg

Jakarta – Two hardline groups, the Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) and the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) threw stones at each other in Yogyakarta after attending a hearing process at the Yogyak

Rangga Prakoso – An antigraft coalition hit a roadblock on Tuesday in its legal bid to revive an investigation of lawmakers accused of tampering with the 2009 Health Law.

Makassar – Students in the city took to the streets on Tuesday in protest at the planned increase in fuel prices on April 1.

Islamist militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir blamed the United States for increasing his jail term, two days after Indonesia's top court reinstated his 15-year sentence for terrorism.

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar Lampung – Scholars and activists in Lampung say that the protest that led residents to set fire to PT BSMI's buildings in Mesuji, Lampung, this weekend resulted

Farouk Arnaz, Anita Rachman & Ulma Haryanto – The police heightened security in the conflict-riven district of Mesuji in Lampung on Monday following weekend violence against a plant

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' ethics council has decided to retain Democratic Party lawmaker M. Nasir, whose brother M.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Legislators have called into question a recently issued presidential decree that orders the appointment of more advisers and raises the post of adviser to the

Efforts in Indonesia to save a volunteer-led community health initiative are working, but more is needed to increase the reach of the program, which is shown to improve child and matern

Ulma Haryanto – The Supreme Court issued a decree on Tuesday updating the definition and treatment of petty crimes, but observers said that because the new rules were only applicable to

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A member of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) and a police informant were confirmed to have died in a mob killing in Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra on

Retired general Prabowo Subianto has again emerged as Indonesians' preferred presidential candidate, this time in a survey by the Center for Policy Studies and Strategic Development rel

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Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – The Central Java provincial administration has been urged not to rush into re-sending workers abroad following the revocation of the moratorium on migrant worke

Yohanes Sulaiman & Phillip Turnbull – On Saturday, the violence-wracked Mesuji district in Lampung again grabbed the headlines as a riot took place, with hundreds of villagers burni