Hasyim Widhiarto and Rendi Akhmad Witular, Jakarta – Despite damning allegations voiced by several PKS founders accusing some of the party's key members of embezzlement, unauthorized po

Anita Rachman & Dessy Sagita – Nongovernmental organizations should not assume to be representatives of the people's aspirations, the speaker of the House of Representatives said on

Jakarta – Farmers from Toili, Banggai, Central Sulawesi, plan to erect a tent and camp in front of the presidential palace on Tuesday for three days to seek support after their land was

Jakarta – The government made its boldest move in the drama surrounding the country's soccer association on Monday by denouncing its leaders and suspending all financial support.

Samarinda – Muslims should not fear making Islam their political ideology, United Development Party (PPP) chairman and Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali says.

Hasyim Widhiarto and Rendi Akhmad Witular, Jakarta – Similar to other political parties in the country, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has not been immune to graft cases involving i

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Ismira Lutfia – It is a pitiful sight, but one that Jakarta residents are used to and that tourists encounter within days or even hours of arriving.

This is the first report on the deplorable internal rift besetting the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).

Nurfika Osman & Farouk Arnaz – The threat of a coup by hard-liners and ex-military generals has been overblown and there is no reason for government officials to panic, analysts hav

Ina Parlina – Critics say that the government's proposed amendments of the 2001 Anticorruption Law will reduce the legal penalties for corruption and allow some graft convicts to avoid

Yohanes Sulaiman – Early on Saturday, on Twitter, I read the news about how Roy Suryo, Democratic Party lawmaker, managed to delay the 6:15 a.m. flight of Lion Air to Yogyakarta.

Hasyim Widhiarto and Rendi Akhmad Witular, Jakarta – Supported by solid constituencies, mainly comprising young and educated Muslims living in urban areas, the Prosperous Justice Party

Anita Rachman – The Speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday questioned the claim that nongovernmental organizations represented the people, emphasizing that the lawmakers were

Ulma Haryanto – The Depok administration said on Sunday that it would seize an Ahmadiyah mosque previously sealed off by a mob and turn it into a "normal" mosque.

Anita Rachman – With lawmakers turning a deaf ear to criticisms of the controversial new House of Representatives office building, a group of watchdogs is preparing to file a lawsuit to

The Indonesian parliament with the government plans to ratify the State Intelligence Bill draft to become the Law of Intelligence in 2011.

Anita Rachman – Indonesia Corruption Watch has criticized the government for proposing a raft of changes that if implemented would seriously weaken anticorruption laws and further stall

Nurfika Osman – While some would argue that Indonesia is still a male-dominated society, recent economic data suggest that women are playing a larger and increasingly more important rol

Nivell Rayda – In little more than a year, Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji went from being one of the National Police's most powerful figures to becoming its worst enemy.

Shirley Christie – Youth unemployment in Indonesia is five times higher than average, presenting a clear challenge to the government, according to the World Bank.

More than 10,000 Indonesians have rallied peacefully to support pro-democracy movements in Libya, Yemen and Bahrain.

Nurfika Osman – The Papua chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists has expressed frustration with the sluggish pace of police investigations into the stabbing of local journal

Elisabeth Oktofani – Indonesia must have a law focused solely on the mechanisms, controls and procedures on wiretapping, human rights organizations say.

Indonesian Twitter users woke up on Satuday to an early morning plane seat mix-up incident that ended with lawmaker Roy Suryo being asked to leave a Lion Air flight.

Religious Minister Suryadharma Ali reiterated once again that two controversial decrees governing religious issues would not be revised or revoked despite increasing protests against th

Ismira Lutfia – Ahead of an expected revision to the Broadcasting Law, a coalition of media watchdogs has lashed out at the government and regulators for allowing television station own

Zubaidah Nazeer – Last week's string of mail bombs sent to several moderate Muslim leaders in Indonesia have helped to highlight their work, even as loud noises made by radicals continu

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Ismira Lutfia – An activist for migrant worker rights has welcomed a plan to sign an agreement on the placement of Indonesian workers in Malaysia, but warns the deal falls short of ensu

Heru Andriyanto – Hard-line cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was a different man during a hearing at the South Jakarta District Court on Thursday.

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Dion Bisara & Shirley Wibisono – A groundswell of consumer anger is building against the rising tide of text messages offering collateral-free loans from banks.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ulma Haryanto – Legislators are expected to approve a government proposal to give the National Intelligence Agency the right to wiretap without court perm

Heru Andriyanto – After months of allegations and counter allegations, controversial police Comr. Gen.

Anita Rachman – The Regional Representatives Council has begun lobbying political parties to support amending the 1945 Constitution, a council member said on Wednesday.

Camelia Pasandaran, Vento Saudale & Nurfika Osman, Bogor – Fresh from attending a trial hearing of men accused of burning down schools and an Ahmadi mosque in Bogor last October, so

Nurfika Osman & Farouk Arnaz – Islamic figures on Wednesday admitted to involvement in a plan last year to set up an Islamic revolutionary cabinet, but denied it was an attempt to o

Dessy Sagita – Lack of good political leadership is one of the major causes why democracy in post-1998 Indonesia is not taking off as well as it should be, experts said on Wednesday.

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Dessy Sagita & Anita Rachman – Lawmakers and activists said a news report aired on Tuesday alleging senior retired generals had been supporting hard-line groups to incite religious

One of the hard-line organizations implicated by Al Jazeera in a movement to overthrow President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and install an Islamic-based government says the allegations ag

Camelia Pasandaran – A senior cabinet minister on Wednesday rejected allegations that hard-line Islamists backed by senior retired military generals were attempting to overthrow the gov

Ulma Haryanto – Activists on Tuesday called for urgent state action against attacks on Ahmadiyah, saying authorities had failed to follow up on National Commission on Human Rights probe

Ina Parlina & Rizal Harahap, Jakarta/Pekanbaru – Representatives of the Ahmadiyah congregation skipped a government-initiated dialogue with officials on Tuesday, a closed-door meeti

Camelia Pasandaran – A top judge says the Bogor administration is clearly in the wrong in defying a Supreme Court ruling to unseal a church it had previously closed down for a building

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Anita Rachman & Nivell Rayda – Although the idea had previously been rejected by legislators, the government decided on Tuesday to revive the controversial

Scavengers, street vendors and other informal workers are falling further behind as the global economy recovers, amid rising competition from hordes of new working poor, a study release

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The National Intelligence Agency (BIN) is planning to monitor accounts on social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook that they deem suspicious