Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – As allegations are leveled at police officers for their involvement in human rights violations, the public increasingly doubts law enforcers will launch th

Kupang – Hundreds of human rights activists in So'e, South Central Timor regency, East Nusa Tenggara, poured into the streets and distributed flowers to law enforcers.

Made Arya Kencana – A 15-year-old on trial for stealing a purse that contained Rp 1,000 (11 cents) was found guilty by a Denpasar court on Tuesday, but was released into the custody of

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Victims and families of human rights violations have joined forces to urge the Constitutional Court (MK) to review the Intelligence Law, arguing that some article

Ulma Haryanto & Farouk Arnaz – Retired Army general Saurip Kadi said on Sunday that he was not concerned by reports that the police might charge him for spreading false information

Rizky Amelia & Ezra Sihite – The husband of corruption suspect Nunun Nurbaetie has denied influencing a former lawmaker to vote for economist Miranda Goeltom as a Bank Indonesia dep

Jakarta and Canberra on Monday agreed to boost their fight against people-smuggling, amid concerns that Indonesia's planned visa policies may result in a surge of asylum-seekers to Aust

Carla Isati Octama – In the latest allegations of police in Indonesia abusing their authority, Jakarta Police have charged a man with stealing his girlfriend's panties.

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment says hundreds of conflicts over land ownership in 2011 have still not been resolved.

Mataram – Two tribes in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, have lodged complaints about their rights being abused by the local administration and investors.

Bandung – The Independent People's Union Party (SRI) Party is to cooperate with another political party officially recognized as a legal entity in order to take part in the 2014 general

Jan Lepeltak – On Jan.

Francis Kan, Singapore – Indonesia's inability to meet the rising energy needs of its businesses, from steelmakers to hotel resorts, threatens to put the brakes on growth in Southeast A

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The government again failed to meet its spending target in 2011, with expenditures for the energy subsidy beating productive capital and goods expenditures – a

Jakarta – A total of 300 kilograms of nails spread intentionally on the roads in Central Jakarta was collected by the Sapu Bersih Ranjau (Saber) community from August to November last y

Ulma Haryanto – The mother of the two young brothers who died inside a police prison last month saw her youngest son alive but badly injured a day after he was taken into the custody of

Ezra Sihite, Anita Rachman & Ulma Haryanto – Presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha acknowledged on Monday that the government still had much work to do on law enforcement and o

Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto has expressed his readiness to run for president in 2014, joining the likes of Aburizal Bakrie and Hatta Rajasa, who have also declared their intention to run

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum defended fellow party member Sutan Bhatoegana on Sunday after his controversial remarks received sharp criticisms f

Agus Triyono & Ulma Haryanto – Corruption eradication may be at the top of the president's agenda, but a new survey out on Sunday found public trust in the government's efforts to e

At least 900 of 1,300 small enterprises in Malang regency, East Java, dump their untreated waste into the rivers, an official says.

The mud keeps flowing and people's lives are being ruined. Tom Allard reports from Sidoarjo, East Java, with photographer Quentin Jones.

Irfan Kortschak – In the communal violence that afflicted Ambon at the end of the 20th century, up to 13,000 men, women and children died, and many more were maimed and injured.

Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement Party's (Gerindra) chief patron, Prabowo Subianto, has stated his willingness to run for president in the 2014 presidential election.

Vento Saudale – Radical groups added pressure on the congregation of GKI Yasmin church in Bogor as they shouted and chased its members during a Sunday service near the contested religio

Charlie Hill-Smith – The highest mountains between the Himalayas and the Andes are the snow-topped crags of West Papua (4884 metres).

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Palu Police chief Brig. Gen.

Jakarta – The Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) warned on Friday that the development of the mining industry and other extractive business, might remain uncertain if the government failed

Pekanbaru – A satellite has detected at least 45 hot spots in Sumatra, with almost half of them found in Riau, according to a government scientist.

Agus Maryono, Cilacap – Banyumas Muhammadiyah student activists initiated on Friday a movement to collect 1,000 bananas as a show of support for Kuatno, a man charged with stealing 15 b

Ezra Sihite & Ulma Haryanto – The House of Representatives is pushing for the passage of Juvenile Court legislation after controversy created by the case of the sandal-stealing teen

Zakir Hussain – Jemaah Islamiyah was set up in 1993 with the aim of establishing a region-wide Islamic state.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – A total of 260 high ranking generals in police institutions currently have no duties but still enjoy institutional facilities and privileges, data from the Indone

Ulma Haryanto – Indonesia's National Police are investigating the shocking deaths of two young brothers inside a police prison in West Sumatra last week.

Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite – Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights has established a joint fact-finding team with police following a meeting with National Police chief Gen

The trial and conviction of a teenager who stole a pair of flip-flops in the Central Sulawesi capital of Palu on Wednesday has sent out the wrong message about law enforcement in the co

Jakarta – Banyumas Muhammadiyah student activists initiated on Friday a movement to collect 1,000 bananas for Kuatno, a man charged with stealing bananas in Cilacap, Central Java.

Ezra Sihite & Keyko Ranti Ramadhani – Human rights groups and press freedom advocates filed a motion at the Constitutional Court on Thursday to challenge the controversial new Intel

Adding to the already long list of officials convicted for corruption, courts have sent a former West Sumatra mayor and two senior figures in Cirebon, West Java, to jail for graft.

Jakarta – The Tangerang Police have declared RD, 16, a suspect for allegedly sexually abusing a minor, and charged him with violating the child protection law.

Sleman, Yogyakarta – Outspoken Indonesian government critic George Junus Aditjondro is facing up to four years in jail for allegedly insulting the Yogyakarta royal family.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – To ensure fairness and impartiality among members of the election-organizing bodies, the Constitutional Court (MK) on Wednesday ruled that politicians can on

A mentally challenged youth has been charged with stealing bananas in a case that is likely to draw further criticism of Indonesia's police force, which received international coverage

Makassar – A police officer charged with beating the 17-year-old boy accused of stealing his sandals was sentenced to 21 days behind bars by a police tribunal on Thursday.

Ezra Sihite – Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) has been urged to pull the plug on a scheme to renovate toilets in the Nusantara 1 building, which houses the offices of the pol

Agus Triyono – The Public Information Commission on Wednesday rejected a request from supporters of slain human rights activist Munir Said Thalib to access records from the State Intell

Efforts to reopen the murder investigation of Munir Said Thalib will not be stymied by the refusal of the Central Information Commission (KIP) to release a crucial document, say the sla

Anita Rachman – Siti Jamilah, a scavenger who lives in Jakarta, doesn't think the mainstream media pays enough attention to poverty issues and poor people like her.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Government agencies say that several provinces in eastern Indonesia cannot provide basic public services – despite rich natural resources and trillions o

Rahmat, Makassar – Prosecutors are seeking a 10-month jail term for the leader of a hard-line Islamic group that smashed up restaurants in the South Sulawesi capital during the fasting