Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Wiretapping telephone conversations and the interception of other modes of communication are against the law because they go against the Constitution and are

A group of women wearing miniskirts staged a protest at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Sunday in response to Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo's recent statement bla

The Green Party is calling on the Government to abandon plans to strengthen ties with Indonesia's military.

Daniel Pye – Asia Pulp and Paper has announced it has commissioned an independent audit of its practices in Indonesia following a UN call for businesses around the world to protect huma

Samantha Michaels – Despite efforts to protect journalists, freedom of the press sits on shaky ground in Indonesia, according to two writers honored last week for their courage in the f

Jakarta – About 50 women in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, donned miniskirts to protest remarks by the Jakarta city governor who blamed a recent gang rape

Ronna Nirmala – A controversial intelligence bill originally scheduled for passage in June is facing more delays as lawmakers, the administration and intelligence officials try to resol

Jakarta – The Reform Star Party (PBR) is ready to join the National Mandate Party (PAN) after the two recently signed a memorandum of understanding on the merger.

The Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) is criticizing the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) recently established Analysis and Advocacy Team, citing several "peculiarities".

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Anti-money laundering investigators have identified 21 suspicious transactions carried out by a member of the House of Representatives' much-criticized Budget

Taufik Ramadhan Indrakesuma – For several months now, residents of South Jakarta have been forced to endure road closures and detours because of the Antasari flyover project that aims t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie said on Friday that cabinet members practicing polygamy should not be replaced by the president just because of

Jakarta – Not everyone is a political news buff.

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Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo says he is sorry for telling women to avoid rape by wearing "provocative" clothing on public transportation.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Two senior officials from the House of Representatives urged the president on Friday to reshuffle his cabinet this month or miss out on the chance to improve

Farouk Arnaz – After a provocative text message began circulating in East Java urging Muslims to go to Ambon to wage jihad following a deadly sectarian clash there, the Indonesian Counc

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Surabaya's shopping malls, offices and other public facilities are now obliged to provide rooms for breast-feeding mothers, in a requirement that came on th

Jakarta – As an effective policy for combating corruption, Attorney General Basrief Arief supported government plans to impose a moratorium on granting remissions for individuals who ha

Jakarta – House deputy speaker and Golkar Party member Priyo Budisantoso has asked President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to discuss any plans for a Cabinet reshuffle with Golkar chairman A

Jakarta – Dozens of residents held a demonstration in front of the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Yasmin on Friday in Bogor, West Java, to express support for Bogor Mayor Diani Budia

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Three parties rejected a government proposal to grant intelligence officials power to wiretap and make arrests.

Dofa Fasila – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo has advice for women to avoid being raped by public transportation drivers – do not wear short skirts.

Jakarta – Three female staff from the National Land Agency (BPN) who are victims of sexual harassment have sought protection from the National Commission on Human Rights, a lawyer says.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned House of Representatives' budget committee member Angelina Sondakh on Thursday over the distribution of all

Relatives of Indonesian men and boys murdered by Dutch troops more than 60 years ago flocked back to the scene of the massacre Thursday – this time to celebrate.

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – The murder of human rights activists such as Munir Said Thalib has solidified the fight for rights by activists instead of dampening their efforts, an interna

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher Ade Irawan says he supports the Corruption Eradication Commission move to investigate allegations of illegal funding during last ye

Indonesian activists on Thursday welcomed an international court's finding that the Dutch state was responsible for a massacre in Indonesia in 1947 and that victims' families should be

Dessy Sagita – The families of the victims of the 1984 Tanjung Priok massacre are renewing their calls for the government to compensate them and give them justice, they said on Wednesda

Jakarta – After 27 years of tribulations in seeking justice, the victims of the 1984 Tanjung Priok riot have glimpsed a dim light of hope that their struggle may succeed.

Agus Maryono and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Banyumas/Bandung – The drought that has afflicted Central Java for the last three months has created domestic and irrigation water crises in several p

An Indonesian woman frustrated by Jakarta police's failure to capture four men who kidnapped and pack-raped her in a public minivan, took matters into her own hands and singlehandedly f

Jakarta – The House of Representatives law commission has agreed to end a polemic centering around whether it should accept eight Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leader candidat

Ulma Haryanto – A protest in front of the Corruption Eradication Commission building in South Jakarta turned bloody on Thursday when a self-described martyr in the fight against graft s

Anita Rachman – Bogor Mayor Diani Budiarto was criticized by lawmakers on Thursday for employing "misleading" and "sick" logic in his continued defiance of a Supreme Court ruling on the

Nivell Rayda & Antara – As the people of Ambon try to resume normal life just days after deadly riots rocked their city, the displaced are picking up the pieces and police are looki

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Jakarta – Indonesian delegates brought the case of slain human rights activist Munir Said Thalib into the spotlight at the 6th Dublin Platform – the world's largest forum of rights acti

Jakarta – A group of victims from the 1984 Tanjung Priok tragedy say they will meet members of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) in efforts to help them restore their righ

Singapore – Singapore has offered to send aircraft to help Indonesia put out forest fires that threaten to cast a pall over the city-state's showcase Formula One night race next week, l

Hong Kong – The Asian Development Bank is trimming its forecast for economic growth in developing Asian countries because of worries about weak demand from key trading partners includin

Anita Rachman & Arientha Primanita – Not so fast, a Golkar official said on Tuesday following reports party chairman Aburizal Bakrie would represent the party in the 2014 presidenti

Jakarta – A team of prosecutors say arguments and evidence presented by former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief Antasari Azhar in a hearing for a case review request are un

Anita Rachman & Dessy Sagita – With illegal behavior rampant at the country's jails, reports that a high-profile graft convict hid Rp 4 billion ($460,000) in cash while in jail came

Ambon – Calm appeared to have returned to Ambon, Maluku, on Tuesday following two days of widespread rioting in which seven people were killed, but police and military patrols throughou

Farouk Arnaz – Police on Tuesday raised the death toll of Sunday's clash in Ambon to seven.

Anita Rachman & Arientha Primanita – Despite being picked by his colleagues to run for president in 2014, Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has yet to agree, a deputy chairman s

Arientha Primanita – The House of Representatives has urged the electoral commission to present data on 21 disputed polling results, including those affecting four House legislators.

Jakarta – State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Sutanto has refuted a leaked Jakarta United States Embassy diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks.