Armando Siahaan – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should consider himself a lucky man.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia demanded, and received, an expression of regret from the US ambassador in Jakarta yesterday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono emphatically denied all

Philip Dorling – The US has blackballed one of the closest advisers to the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, for alleged involvement in East Timor war crimes, say leaked U

Anita Rachman – If senior political figures, including President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, plan to fight explosive allegations about them in US cables leaked on Friday, they had better

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The prolonged transfer of Indonesian Military (TNI) businesses to the government is proof of the TNI's lack of transparency and poor willingness to reform, a

Ulma Haryanto – Legal aid foundations on Friday condemned the fatal shooting of Shakira, a transvestite, and demanded that the police launch a comprehensive investigation.

Rahmat & Ismira Lutfia, Makassar – Journalists in Makassar and Jakarta demanded justice on Thursday for two colleagues killed in Maluku in separate incidents.

Yuli Tri Suwarni – West Java officials are bearing down on the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect to open their mosques to the public on Thursday, while in Tasikmalaya, six Ahmadis reportedly left

Elisabeth Oktofani, Zaky Pawas & Ulma Haryanto, Bogor – Members of the beleaguered Ahmadiyah sect came under attack again on Friday when a mob vandalized four of their homes, prompt

Philip Dorling – When Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won a surprise victory in Indonesia's 2004 presidential elections, the Unites States hailed it as "a remarkable triumph of a popular, arti

Camelia Pasandaran – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was said to have been shocked and unhappy, and the first lady, Ani Yudhoyono, in tears, following the publication of an article i

Camelia Pasandaran – The Presidential Palace has strongly denounced as unsubstantiated gossip the allegations published on today's The Age that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ab

Former Vice President Jusuf Kalla admitted on Friday that there was some truth to an allegation, released by Wikileaks and published today in Australia's The Age newspaper, that he had

The Department of State does not comment on materials, including classified documents, which may have been leaked.

Jakarta – State Secretary Sudi Silalahi said that the reports of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's alleged abuse of power published by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald have injured

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Heads up – the morality police have their eye on you. Or at least they will if you happen to be in Surabaya's Bungkul Park.

Heru Andriyanto – A militant known as a close aide to firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was sentenced to four and a half years in jail on Friday for raising funds to finance paramilitar

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – In September 2008, Indonesia's judicial system was ranked the worst in Asia by a Hong Kong-based consulting firm that dubbed the country's judiciary as one of "th

Wimar Witoelar, Jakarta – The brouhaha surrounding the trouble in the ruling coalition between the Democratic Party, the Golkar Party and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) might seem c

Ina Parlina – The acquittal of three suspects in the death of a journalist in Maluku is "shocking" and ignored eyewitness testimony, according to activists.

Joe Cochrane – I see nothing wrong with people changing their minds about an important issue. Nobody's perfect and a bit of self-reflection and calm, cool reasoning is healthy.

Heru Andriyanto – If all goes according to plan, prosecutors suspected of corruption will not simply face disciplinary sanctions but could end up on the wrong side of the courtroom as d

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Today, 85-year-old Mbah Pujiati will do what she has done every Thursday since Jan.

Camelian Pasandaran & Anita Rachman – Prospects for a cabinet reshuffle fizzled out on Wednesday with the State Palace denying there would be a shake-up anytime soon or that opposit

Slamet Susanto and Arya Dipa, Yogyakarta/Bandung – Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X stance against banning Ahmadiyah has received pros and cons.

Indonesia said on Wednesday it was scaling back plans to float several state-owned companies on the stock market, and would carry out just one initial public offering in 2011.

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Ronna Nirmala & Anita Rachman – Tuesday may have been the 100th celebration of International Women's Day, but in Indonesia the struggle for gender equity still has a long way to go.

Johannes Nugroho – In spite of the state's stated efforts to combat corruption, Indonesia's record on clean governance is invariably dismal.

Andi Hajramurni and Apriadi Gunawan, Medan/Makassar – Cities in Indonesia saw women voice various concerns from lax law enforcement to poverty afflicting women at International Women's

Medan – Protesters calling themselves the Women's Liberation Progressive Committee (KP3), which is an alliance of the North Sumatra Islamic University (UISU) Islamic Students Associatio

Heru Andriyanto & Ismira Lutfia – Three men were acquitted on Wednesday of the murder of a TV journalist in Maluku, prompting protests from media observers.

The head of the Nusakambangan narcotics detention center has been detained for allegedly receiving money from drug transactions.

Dessy Sagita – Christian leaders recently lambasted by Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam for "politicizing" violence against the Ahmadiyah have defended their position as proponents of divers

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Several interfaith leaders who criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration have rebuffed Cabinet secretary Dipo Alam's accusation that they pol

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – A ban imposed by several provincial administrations outlawing the Ahmadiyah religious sect has been described by a prominent human rights activist as a failure o

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Members of House of Representatives' Commission III on legal affairs and laws, human rights and security opposed the proposal to endorse a bill that would gr

Camelia Pasandaran – None of the regional bylaws banning the activities of Ahmadiyah followers contravene the Constitution or law, a Home Affairs Ministry official said on Wednesday.

Jakarta – Following in the footsteps of East Java, West Java and South Sulawesi, Depok Mayor Nurmahmudi Ismail issued on Wednesday a ban forbidding the Ahmadiyah religious sect from pra

Heru Andriyanto – Two men accused of channeling funds to firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to set up a paramilitary camp in Aceh firmly maintained their innocence in two separate hearin

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Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of woman activists in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta from the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerpari) commemorated International Women's Day (I

Yuli Krisna & Dofa Fasila, Bandung – A military commander in West Java has warned against using brute force against the Ahmadiyah, saying there were more "elegant" methods to suppre

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has urged the government to place a ban on Ahmadiyah to prevent further problems from flaring up.

Jakarta – No parties have registered for the 2014 elections since the Law and Human Rights Ministry opened its doors for the verification process more than six weeks ago, an official sa

Semarang – Central Java Governor Bibit Waluyo said he failed to understand schools in the province that refused to follow his instruction that every school should play patriotic songs e

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The country's antigraft body has been named one of the most accountable state bodies in 2010, the year in which activists said it worked incredibly slow in the fi

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – In a sign of animosity toward the nation's antigraft body, lawmakers have refused to acknowledge a decision by the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to clear t

Heru Andriyanto – Firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir told a court on Monday that the government's actions against him and the paramilitary training in Aceh were tantamount to banning Isl

Indonesian women remain susceptible to gender-based violence due to the state's protracted weakness and unwillingness in providing adequate protection for them, activists say.