Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – The National Police say social conflicts resulting from religious intolerance here will increase and are looking for ways to prevent a blowout.

Agus Triyono – A legal and policy watchdog has said that 2011 marked a low point in productivity for the House of Representatives as the body passed just 21 out of 93 pieces of legislat

Febriamy Hutapea – With the Southeast Asian Games providing the stage for a number of major graft scandals that have entangled Democratic Party members, 2011 was a year to forget for th

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Ruslan Sangadji, Palu, Central Sulawesi – Residents of Palu, Central Sulawesi, have launched a "100 Sandals for Children" movement to support the 15-year-old boy facing five years' impr

Recently circulated video footage displaying brutal killings purportedly by security personnel in Lampung and South Sumatra have shocked the nation.

Anita Rachman – The Supreme Audit Agency has hit back at sharp criticism from the House of Representatives, saying it is willing to get its Bank Century's audit reviewed by a foreign ag

Ulma Haryanto – The Wahid Institute, a Muslim organization that promotes tolerance, warned on Thursday that the worst was yet to come for religious freedom and tolerance if the country

Jakarta – Parishioners at GKI Yasmin Church said on Thursday that they appreciated the President's supportive statements toward the beleaguered church but hoped that the talk would be t

Jay Griffiths – I have a hit list in my hand. Fifteen people are threatened with assassination because they speak out for freedom and democracy, against a massacre.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A 2010 report says law enforcers see torture as part of the normal procedure in dealing with suspects, leading to a persistently high violence rate among the

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) recovered Rp 175.99 billion (US$19.5 million) in state assets from convicted corrupters in 2010.

Golkar Party chairman Aburizal "Ical" Bakrie dismissed on Tuesday the possibility that the Lapindo mudflow could be a major hurdle in his electability in the 2014 presidential election.

Rizky Amelia – Graft suspect Nunun Nurbaetie has reportedly handed over evidence that is compelling enough to implicate the main players behind the bribery case linked to a 2004 central

A Shia-run Islamic boarding school was set ablaze by an a group from a rival branch of Islam in East Java on Thursday.

Jakarta – A Shia Islamic boarding school (pesantren), Misbahul Hudayah, in Nangkernang village in Sampang, Madura, was attacked and set ablaze by an unidentified group of people on Thur

The torching of a Shia-run Islamic boarding school in East Java on Thursday stemmed from a sibling dispute after a cleric at the school denied his brother the right to enter into polyga

Jakarta – Environmental groups predict that land disputes over mining and plantation activities will intensify throughout the country in the coming months and they have called on Presid

The Indonesian Farmers Union has said that the number of land conflicts across the nation multiplied by more than five times this year to 120 cases, compared with 22 cases recorded last

The Australian government says it is closely monitoring Indonesia's investigation into events surrounding the deaths of two people protesting against the activities of an Australian-own

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Following reports that the majority of local heads are in acrimonious relationships with their deputies, the Home Ministry is proposing that the deputy posit

Human rights watchdog Imparsial called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to dismiss National Police chief Gen.

Medan – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) and North Sumatra Legal Aid (Bakumsu) have placed the police force in first place for basic human rights abu

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Lampung Governor Sjachroedin Z.P.

Dion Bisara – Government agencies and departments have been in a late-season rush to meet spending targets, data from the Ministry of Finance showed.

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Sid Astbury, Sydney – Shares of Arc Exploration tumbled in Sydney trading on Wednesday following violent protests against the gold prospecting operations on Sumbawa island in eastern In

Jakarta – While the National Police admitted on Tuesday that the two protesters who died in the Bima riot were shot at a point-blank range, Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Samsuddin

Kupang – Dozens of residents mobbed Lembor Police station in Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara, and demanded police assume responsibility for the alleged death of Arnoldus Hapong, 4

Ivan Dasa Saputra – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the economy is unlikely to grow by 6.7 percent next year as traditional hurdles such as high interest rates, ail

Jakarta – Protests flared up in parts of the country on Monday with demonstrators protesting against what they deemed as police brutality in the Bima riot, where two civilians died.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Experts have blamed political immaturity and a flawed electoral system for rampant poll violations in local elections throughout the country.

Dessy Sagita – A leading activist criticized the government on Tuesday for failing to actively engage in efforts to save Indonesian migrant workers on death row overseas.

Anita Rachman, Dessy Sagita, Ismira Lutfia & Ezra Sihite – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the National Police chief to avoid any form of violence and physical contact

Philip Jacobson – As the central government pushes for the redrawing of numerous natural resource contracts with foreign companies, mostly in the oil, gas and mining sectors, another re

Golkar Party chief Aburizal "Ical" Bakrie urged on Tuesday that all of his party's cadres stop criticizing the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) forensic audit on the Bank Century bailout.

After the completion of a six-month forensic audit process, the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) last week announced that its auditors found no evidence of corruption involving the key offici

The Australian government has confirmed that it is aware of the shooting deaths of two Indonesians during a protest against the exploration activities of an Australian resources company

Agus Maryono, Kebumen – Eight months after the first conflicts flared up, conflicts between farmers in a number of villages in Urut Sewu, Bulus Pesantren district, Kebumen regency, Cent

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Legal confusion surrounding the management of land resources has resulted in conflict between businesspeople and locals, which at times has ended bloodily, agra

Jakarta – Local leaders in Lampung are demanding that Gen. (ret.) Saurip Kadi apologize for spreading a video reportedly depicting killings in Mesuji.

Hangga Brata & Fitri – Protests against police brutality in Sape on Sumbawa Island over the weekend continued in several cities on Tuesday, with some of them leading to clashes with

Dwi Lusiana, Rahmat, Fitri & Antara – Protesters in cities across the country on Monday continued to voice their outrage over police violence in the recent Sape incident.

Jakarta – The Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) wants the police chiefs of West Nusa Tenggara and Bima fired following the deaths of three people after officers fired into a crowd of demonst

Daniel Pye, Mesuji, Lampung – "We need to make a new model for how we distribute power in the countryside," retired Maj. Gen.

Anita Rachman – This year alone, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono used 19 of his speeches to encourage people to embrace tolerance, the Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace has co

A rundown of the key terror attacks, players and attack sites in Indonesia in 2011.

Major attacks:

Agus Maryono, Purwokerto – Corruption cases in Central Java should be curbed with extraordinary measures by imposing death sentences for convicts, a local lecturer suggested.

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – The constant harassment of members of the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Taman Yasmin is evidence of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's failure to protect

Ulma Haryanto – In 2011, the nation got several wake-up calls that radicalism was still alive in Indonesia despite the arrests and convictions of key terrorists the year before.