Ulma Haryanto – Antigraft heavyweights like money laundering watchdog chief Yunus Hussein and human rights activist Bambang Widjojanto are among those who have thrown their hats in the

The Democratic Party's deputy secretary general said that the accusations made by the party's former treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin were completely untrue.

Dofa Fasila – As the Indonesian capital enters the ripe old age of 484 years, its governor stated the obvious on Tuesday: Jakarta has an acute shortage of public transport.

Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed an amendment to the 2003 Constitutional Court Law, officially limiting the court's authority in the future to verdicts tha

Makassar – Through their leaders, the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and the Pancasila Youth in Makassar signed a peace pact before police officials.

Jakarta – The leading lights of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) say that Indonesia's largest Muslim organization is fragmenting and sliding into irrelevance in the reform era.

During the past month, Jakarta has hosted a number of regional and global conferences.

Marcel Thee & Tasa Nugraza Barley – The current dearth of Hollywood movies in our theaters has once again cast the spotlight on the Indonesian film industry's output, specifically t

Ulma Haryanto – A leading human rights watchdog is worried the Attorney General's Office could be deliberately stalling the case review of a Supreme Court ruling in the murder case of a

Rizky Amelia – Two former United Development Party (PPP) lawmakers on Monday were each sentenced to 15 months in jail for their involvement in the corruption scandal involving the appoi

Nurfika Osman – Last month, Retno Listyarti served as an exam monitor at a senior high school in North Jakarta. She said that what she observed was mind-boggling.

Ulma Haryanto – The Constitutional Court on Monday decided that Busyro Muqoddas would serve a full four-year term as a chairman the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Antara & Jakarta Globe – The Singaporean government on Sunday deported five Indonesian activists who went to the city-state to search for embroiled Democratic Party lawmaker Muhamma

Anita Rachman – A lawmaker from the House of Representatives' Commission III overseeing legal affairs said on Monday that the Constitutional Court was losing its reason after it ruled t

A new club in Indonesia that encourages women to be totally obedient to their husbands and focus on keeping them sexually satisfied has generated an outcry from activists.

Armando Siahaan – So far, 2011 has not been a good year for the Democratic Party.

Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa – Indonesia's improving economy has triggered foreign investment inflows.

The Jakarta Administration has expressed concerns about the "alarming" condition of the waterways that crisscross the capital, most notably the Ciliwung River.

Ambon, Maluku – Housewives emerged as the third largest group of HIV/AIDS infected people in Maluku in 2010, presumably because of their husbands' extramarital behavior, according to th

Pekanbaru, Riau – Hot spots have reappeared in Riau province over the last few days with thick haze blanketing Rokan Hilir regency and Dumai mayoralty, disrupting local residents' daily

Jakarta – The House of Representatives should accelerate the deliberation of the domestic workers bill and ratify the UN convention on migrant workers to improve legal protection for ho

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) says it wants to regain the public's trust by creating smart, clean and honest members through a system of rewards and puni

Makassar – South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo has approved a proposal to ban Ahmadiyah activities in his province.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Recent female figures named corruption suspects have broken the long-established assumption that women are less corrupt than men due to women's compassion and ten

Jakarta – After 13 years of the ostensible reform in the National Police, the institution remains one of the most corrupt institutions in the country, critics said ahead of the force's

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – The 15-year jail term handed to convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Bashir this week is sparking debate, with analysts suggesting it was kept light to avoid angering t

Nivell Rayda – Under the scorching sun, members of Jamaah Anshorut Tauhid struggled to stay awake on Thursday as judges at the South Jakarta District Court read out the lengthy verdict

Arientha Primanita – While the prospects for a fledgling party seeking to nominate Sri Mulyani Indrawati as its presidential candidate in 2014 look bleak, the impact of the move could n

The jailing of radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on terrorism charges will not diminish his influence on militant extremists unless he is strictly controlled behind bars, analy

Anita Rachman – The House of Representatives will next week launch an investigation into alleged polling fraud cases that may have granted seats to the wrong candidates, a legislator sa

Human Rights Watch has criticized Indonesian authorities for failing to uncover the people behind February's brutal attack on the Ahmadiyah community in western Java.

Ulma Haryanto – For most of Abu Bakar Bashir's zealous supporters, his conviction on terrorism charges on Thursday were part of an ongoing conspiracy against the cleric.

Nivell Rayda & Ulma Haryanto – It is likely the only common ground they will ever have, but terrorism analysts and supporters of militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir do agree on one thi

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Abu Bakar Bashir, sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for inciting terrorism, sat slumped in his chair in a South Jakarta courtroom after a five-month trial,

Harison Citrawan, Jakarta – A recent IndoBarometer survey found that 29.7 percent of 1,200 respondents were satisfied with the Yudhoyono administration and 40 percent thought the New Or

The 15-year jail sentence for internationally known Abu Bakar Ba'asyir definitely fails to satisfy both his supporters and those who demanded maximum punishment for the firebrand Muslim

Jakarta – A freshly inked two-year forest moratorium was breached on its first day as a plantation company burned carbon-rich peatlands on Borneo island, an investigation by an environm

Dessy Sagita – Indonesians have been urged to report candidates competing for the top post of the country's anti-graft body that have been involved in any scandal or crime.

Indonesia's support for an international convention on domestic workers must be followed by the enactment of a domestic workers' law in Indonesia, Amnesty International said today.

June 16, 2011

Indonesia has often failed to successfully prosecute crimes targeting religious minorities, exacerbating a culture of violent persecution.

The country's path to becoming a full-fledged democracy is at stake.

Cheating is rampant in our school system. Not a year goes by without incidents of wrongdoing during the national examinations making headlines.

Siami, the woman who reported systemic cheating at a Surabaya elementary school, attended a meeting via video conference with NGOs on Thursday.

Abu Bakar Bashir is regarded as a spiritual leader of militant Islam in Indonesia and is a vocal supporter of Al Qaeda-style jihad, but the 72-year-old has always denied being a terrori

Anita Rachman – New evidence has been uncovered in the long-running probe into the Bank Century bailout, antigraft investigators announced on Wednesday.

Ulma Haryanto – A court on Wednesday began reviewing the case of a former Garuda Indonesia pilot jailed for killing an activist, with the convict submitting papers he said proved the vi

Jakarta – After sentencing whistle-blower and politician Agus Condro to 15 months in prison, Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday sentenced three other defendants in to between 18 and 2

Armando Siahaan – Sometimes we applaud the police. Sometimes we criticize their actions. And sometimes we just have no idea what they were thinking.

Ulma Haryanto – The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center said on Wednesday that it had detected thousands of "suspicious transactions" involving bank accounts belonging to