Dessy Sagita & Anita Rachman – With all other efforts proving futile, a group of watchdogs said it would push through with filing a civil lawsuit today to force the leadership of th

Armando Siahaan – Nazril "Ariel" Irham must be smirking right now, knowing that a lawmaker from the Prosperous Justice Party, which was one of the many groups calling for him to be impr

Nurfika Osman – Rights activists on Friday said a man who was detained for forging his documents to pose as a woman was actually the victim, instead blaming the Indonesian government fo

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – In an event attended by finance ministers and senior officials from ASEAN states, as well as representatives of various regional and international organizations

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – "Yes, it was me.

Jimbaran, Bali – The World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have voiced support for Indonesia's plans to accelerate economic expansion.

Arientha Primanita – The Indonesian government is aiming to give the estimated 8,000 street children in Jakarta at least Rp 1.4 million ($160) each by the end of the year as part of eff

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle said on Friday that intelligence officers should not have powers to arrest terrorists and should serve only to war

Jakarta – Golkar Party legislator Nudirman Munir said Friday that the House of Representatives should not be compared to people who live in shabby shanties.

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ended his visit to Norway last year, where he signed a billion-dollar forest carbon deal, playing positive tunes.

Ismira Lutfia – Political satire may generate poor ratings on Indonesian television, but social analysts say more such shows are needed to better inform public opinion.

Ulma Haryanto – Indonesia has repeatedly failed to achieve conclusive justice for victims of state-sponsored human rights violations during 13 years of the reform era, according to a ne

Mohammad Iqbal Ahnaf – An often overlooked consequence of Suharto's fall was the end of his strategies to stifle political radicalism.

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Ulma Haryanto – Activists have accused the Indonesian government of failing to improve basic health care as it had promised in a United Nations covenant passed in 2005.

Heru Andriyanto – Firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Wednesday questioned the legitimacy of the Indonesian government during a heated exchange with a prosecution witness at his terror

Vento Saudale – A West Java government team dealing with the province's beleaguered Ahmadiyah community on Thursday called on area residents to leave the matter of the sect to the admin

Elisabeth Oktofani & Putri Fitria – Amnesty International called on the government on Wednesday to revoke the decree that bans Ahmadiyah members from proselytizing, saying the regul

Ronna Nirmala – The trial of five former Golkar Party legislators accused of taking bribes in the selection of a central bank official began on Thursday at the Anti-Corruption Court in

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The rising number of attacks against minority groups in Indonesia is a sign that the country, which aims to play a greater role on the global stage, is movin

Camelia Pasandaran – The Indonesian government has admitted that it still does not know what to do about the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect.

Indonesia's chief economics minister has blasted the media for constantly portraying the nation in a negative light.

Indonesia's parliament on Thursday passed a long-awaited law criminalizing people smuggling which aims to stem the flow of asylum seekers moving through the country to Australia.

Anita Rachman – In a widely cheered move, the House of Representatives plenary session on Thursday passed the much-anticipated Immigration Bill into law.

Camelia Pasandaran – Less than ten minutes after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appeared to ask the House of Representatives to abandon plans to build a controversial new building,

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Camelia Pasandaran – With the Prosperous Justice Party continuing to be excluded from talks on the new look of the ruling government coalition, questions

Farouk Arnaz – Facing a wave of public criticism, the police backed down on Wednesday from their threat to reprimand an officer seen lip-synching and dancing in a now-famous YouTube vid

A statement from Amnesty International, KontraS, Imparsial, Elsam, Setara Institute, ICRP, HRWG, ANBTI, ILRC and Wahid Institute.

Jakarta – The deliberations on the Draft State Intelligence Law cannot be separated from the historical context of the role of intelligence agencies in past cases of human rights violat

Heru Andriyanto – An Indonesian magazine has denied it was responsible for describing Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra as a "convicted murderer," instead blaming an English translator.

Camelia Pasandaran – A disgraced Indonesian politician from who was jailed for his role in a number of high-profile corruption scandals has allegedly been seen enjoying outings from pri

Lynn Lee – Indonesia is set to unveil a tax holiday scheme for large investors as early as next week, officials say, as the country ramps up efforts to woo manufacturing and infrastruct

Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) says the protection and placement of Indonesian migrant workers is ineffective.

Ismira Lutfia – The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the geospatial bill into law, a quarter of a century after it was conceived and numerous name changes later.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives leaders' insistence on going ahead with building a Rp 1.16 trillion (US$118 million) super luxury 36-story office tower despite taxpayers' fierce

As the fire at Pertamina's refinery in Cilacap, Central Java, continued to burn out of control on Tuesday, thousands of nearby residents were evacuated.

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – In the absence of competition and thorough supervision, the inadequate number of hospitals in Indonesia is a far cry from those convenient ones in neighboring c

Johannes Nugroho – Furor has broken loose in Senayan over plans to build a Rp 1.13 trillion ($130 million) legislative office tower.

Medan, North Sumatra – A leader of Indonesia's Islamic Defenders Front more than met his match in the form of dozens of enraged housewives on Tuesday.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Some legislators whose fellow party members were implicated by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in a vote-buying scandal are backing a bill to strip th

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – There is no nationalism when it comes to pain; no distance is too far to travel for a cure when money is not an issue.

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – Pinang Kampai Airport in Dumai, Riau, was closed on Monday after visibility was severely limited by nearby forest fires driven by high temperatures.

Elisabeth Oktofani – The 14-year-old boy detained for 25 days on suspicion of stealing a Rp 10,000 ($1.15) phone card was released on Tuesday, the day after the story was reported by In

Hundreds of students from a private high school in East Jakarta run by one of the country's largest Muslim organizations demanded the resignation of their principal on Monday.

Jakarta – The growing number of media outlets in Indonesia does not guarantee good quality reporting, which is needed given the flurry of flash news in the social media, a discussion he

Jakarta – Suciwati, the wife of murdered human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, said the plan by the Hague, the Dutch capital, to name one of its streets after Munir was ironic becaus

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Two civil society coalitions threatened to file a lawsuit against the House of Representatives' leadership body over plan to construct a multi-million dollar

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Judicial Mafia Taskforce is trying to identify patterns in the widespread corruption in the land management sector.