Camelia Pasandaran, Arientha Primanita & Antara – Police on Friday said a group of Indonesians would not be allowed to host an event on Saturday to mark Israel's independence day.

Zubaidah Nazeer & Carolyn Hong – The haze is back, with parts of Malaysia and Indonesia blanketed in choking smoke; Singapore could be affected soon too.

Nurfika Osman – The new grading system for the national exams has seen a staggering 99.22 percent of senior high school students pass the recently concluded tests.

Camelia Pasandaran, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ulma Haryanto – A key witness might have retracted her allegations against Democratic Party members in relation to the Southeast Asian

Camelia Pasandaran – Before a meeting with the National Commission on Human Rights on Friday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that Indonesia had taken steps in the right directi

Nurfika Osman – Despite its patchy record of violations, the country's bid to be re-elected to a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council won activists' backing on Thursday.

Camelia Pasandaran – The Attorney General's Office indicated it would re-examine a number of human rights abuse cases involving the Indonesian Military, including the May 1998 tragedy,

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – Thirteen years after the deadly May 1998 riots, Trisakti University students continue to fight for justice and held a vigil for four colleagues killed in th

Anita Rachman & Antara – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali on Wednesday vouched for an Islamic school accused of grooming hard-liners, insisting it taught tolerance and hen

Jakarta – Families and friends of victims of the May 1998 riots gathered Friday at Pondok Rangon cemetery to pray for their loved ones and speak about the largely unresolved events that

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) pressed the government to take concrete action concerning the May 1998 riots that killed more than 1,000 c

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – The Bangli Prison warden accused of taking bribes to allow a convicted narcotics dealer out of his cell has been captured on video at a drug party with the

Heru Andriyanto – A draft agreement was completed on Thursday to pave the way for the Commission on Public Prosecution to receive more power to monitor state attorneys' conduct.

The Bandung administration is urging local cinemas to halt screenings of Hanung Bramantyo's latest pluralism-themed film, "?".

Jakarta – The House of Representatives is showing no signs of urgency in approving the intelligence bill, despite the government's continuous insistence on strengthening the intelligenc

Anita Rachman – How much money do Indonesian lawmakers actually take home every month?

Fadli, Bintan – A group of Muslim organizations are protesting a planned beach party organized by a five-star hotel in Bintan and have asked the local authorities to put a stop to the e

Camelia Pasandaran – As part of efforts to halt the spread of radical Islam, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has promised to write guidelines for religious leaders to convert Muslims

Jakarta – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Anis Matta on Thursday questioned the ongoing public criticism of the House of Representatives, saying the House was the most transpare

Kuala Lumpur – Haze caused by fires burning in Indonesia blanketed parts of Malaysia on Thursday, sending air pollution at its largest port up to unhealthy levels.

Elisabeth Oktofani – While film lovers have been missing catching Hollywood blockbusters on the big screen, cinemas have been missing something more substantial: profit.

Kupang – The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) is asking the government to shut down all manganese mining in West Timor in a bid to he

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Families of victims and human rights activists began a campaign this month to remind the people and government about the tragedy that occurred 13 years a

Made Arya Kencana, Nusa Dua, Bali – Several listed US companies with operations in Indonesia were involved in bribery, an official of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wedn

Jakarta – There is still very little public trust in Indonesia's legal system, a member of the Judicial Commission says.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Four new political parties have announced they would join the 2014 elections, claiming they had every reason to be optimistic about meeting stricter electora

Jakarta – The National Police agreed on Monday to let the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) monitor complaints of rights violations involving police officers throughout t

Elisabeth Oktofani – When 80-year-old Madi has no money to buy food for him and his wife, he casts a net in the polluted waters of the East Flood Canal hoping to haul in fish.

Ulma Haryanto - A revision of the law governing plantation farming is needed to stave off increasing land disputes and protect indigenous communities and farmers across the country, exp

Nurfika Osman – Violence on the scale of the May 1998 riots that marked the downfall of former President Suharto could occur once again amid the growing climate of intolerance, activist

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The country's top antigraft body is seeking international support at an international conference in Bali to gain the authority to probe foreigners who bribe gover

Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta – The death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of United States Special Forces in Pakistan this month has turned a lens on the sustainability of his al-Qaeda radic

Elisabeth Oktofani – A preliminary verdict handed down by the Central Jakarta Disctrict Court on Wednesday dropped the case against a 14-year-old boy on trial for allegedly stealing a R

Thousands of people from a village in Bogor rallied outside the House of Representatives in Jakarta on Wednesday, demanding the government hand back land they claim is rightfully theirs

Anita Rachman – A state budget watchdog has released another eyebrow-raising report, showing House members collectively spend Rp 151 billion ($18 million) on phone bills each year.

Nivell Rayda, Cianjur, West Java – After failing to kick-start a revolution through massive protests echoing those in the Middle East this year, hard-line Muslim groups are now plotting

Heru Andriyanto – Prosecutors on Tuesday said they had no knowledge of the whereabouts of former antigraft czar Antasari Azhar's laptop, which contains classified information on major c

Anita Rachman – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle on Tuesday promised that it would take a serious look into cases of violence against journalists, stating that the party woul

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – The East Java Police internal affairs division is currently questioning 21 police officers for allegedly attacking journalists who were covering a Falun

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A Democratic Party official on Monday said an investigation into a graft case allegedly involving some of its members was not the result of divisions between

Jakarta – Ari Malangjudo, a witness in a vote-buying case involving the appointment of Miranda S.

Nurfika Osman – A newly established organization of scholars has declared war against the extremism that has penetrated the academic world.

Candra Malik & Camelia Pasandaran, Yogyakarta – First Jakarta ruffled feathers in the special territory of Yogyakarta by pushing for the direct election of the governor there instea

Jakarta – Legislators questioned a plan to construct a new House building, while protesters threw pamphlets on them during the first session after a month-long recess at a half-empty Ho

Elisabeth Oktofani – A human rights watchdog has warned against rushing the passing of the intelligence bill and making revisions to antiterror laws simply because people are more aware

Fitri R., Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Indonesian migrant workers from West Nusa Tenggara expressed relief and happiness upon returning home on Friday, after having spent months surviv

Jakarta, Indonesia – Video cameras captured 12 critically endangered Sumatran tigers, including mothers with their cubs, in Indonesian forests slated to be cut down, wildlife activists

The rate at which the Lapindo mudflow is spewing in East Java might have slowed, but there is still no telling exactly when it will cease, the Sidoarjo Mudflow Mitigation Agency said on

Jakarta – A lawmaker from the House's commission overseeing security and defense said over the weekend that Indonesia would not revive the New Order's anti-subversion law amid rising ca

Indonesian prosecutors today dropped the most serious terror charges against radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for lack of evidence, leaving him facing a possible life sentence instead of