Central Jakarta Police late on Thursday night dispersed a group of people protesting the city's plan to build a block of apartments in Rawasari, Central Jakarta, on land that was suppos

Arientha Primanita – The Constitutional Court on Thursday struck down a contentious decree governing the use of wiretaps, calling it a violation of human rights and making it more diffi

Anita Rachman – - Analysts and opposition members have called the Democratic Party's bluff on a threatened shake-up of the coalition, saying the grouping is likely to hold together unti

A mud volcano that has displaced more than 13,000 Indonesian families will erupt for at least a quarter of century, emitting belches of flammable gas through a deepening lake of sludge,

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Political circles were abuzz on Wednesday with accusations and speculation following dramatic voting that saw the tax mafia inquiry proposal defeated by just

Anita Rachman – A day after dramatically winning the tax office corruption inquiry vote at the House of Representatives, the Democratic Party stressed that the government coalition woul

Anita Rachman & Ismira Lutfia – Despite a massive backlash, Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam on Wednesday stood by his call to boycott certain media organizations and added that he was r

Stephen Coates, Jakarta – Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Thursday denied leading an Al-Qaeda-style group that was plotting attacks and assassinations in Indonesia, as his trial r

Heru Andriyanto – Radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir lambasted the United States and its allies for their relentless attempts to convict him of terrorism when he appeared in the South Jaka

Ulma Haryanto – Human rights groups on Thursday accused the state of failing to uphold the law after a Bekasi court gave light sentences to 13 Muslim hard-liners linked to an attack on

Ulma Haryanto – Despite being found guilty on Thursday of inciting violence, suspended Islamic Defenders Front leader, Murhali Barda, is set to walk free on Sunday.

Heru Andriyanto – Firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Thursday attacked Ahmadiyah as being "poisonous" to Islam.

Vento Saudale – A religious figure told a court on Wednesday that the government's failure to outlaw Ahmadiyah was to blame for a 2010 attack on the Islamic sect in Bogor's Cisalada vil

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As the House of Representatives continues to work on a new code of ethics for its members, nongovernmental organizations say the current draft lacks tough pun

Ronna Nirmala – The Constitutional Court on Thursday partially revised a law governing how juvenile offenders should be tried in court, but child rights campaigners say it is not enough

Ismira Lutfia & Dessy Sagita – Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam's call for government institutions to implement an advertising boycott on media organizations deemed too critical of the a

Camelia Pasandaran, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – Bogor – Very few among the nation's leaders seem to share Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam's views of media organizations c

Camelia Pasandaran – United States Congress representatives visiting Jakarta on Wednesday demanded an explanation from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the Ahmadiyah mob attack.

Medan – Hundreds of farmers, facilitated by councilor Syamsul Hilal, staged a rally at the gubernatorial office in Medan on Tuesday, demanding the return of their 78.16 hectares of land

Ulma Haryanto & Camelia Pasandaran – Undeterred by growing protests from the film industry, the government said on Tuesday that in addition to having to pay a higher tax, foreign fi

Heru Andriyanto – Veteran legal experts expressed their disappointment on Tuesday with the increasingly graft-ridden law enforcement agencies and the blatant conspiracy between them and

Jakarta – An alliance of major labor unions fighting for a national social security program has coordinated with certain political parties at the House of Representatives to initiate an

Ulma Haryanto – It seems the city's crippling traffic can sometimes even lead the police to bend the rules.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) and civil rights activists have questioned the legislation of land acquisition bill, which will allow the government to

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – In a dramatic late-night voting session on Tuesday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party and five other parties successfu

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Three Islamic parties which are also members of the ruling coalition threw their support behind the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front on Tuesday, urging the g

Ina Parlina – Ary Muladi, an alleged middleman in the bribery case against two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders, stood trial at the Corruption Court Tuesday for attempted

Jakarta – Excessive infant formula promotion may badly hamper ongoing efforts to boost the six-month-exclusive breastfeeding program needed to protect newborn babies, an activist says.

Anita Rachman – With the proposal to launch a special legislative team to probe corruption at the tax office defeated in a razor-thin vote late on Tuesday night, two coalition parties w

Hasyim Widhiarto – A recent proposal to pass a motion to launch an inquiry into tax corruption marks another chapter in the saga of heightened political bickering between the government

Arientha Primanita & Camelia Pasandaran – Analysts on Tuesday painted a picture of Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo as an aloof and ineffectual politician with only himself to blame for

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Jakarta – The massive extraction of mangrove forest by local communities is threatening the sustainability of mangroves in South Kalimantan, an official says.

Zubaidah Nazeer – Imagine 400 football fields of trees disappearing during the duration of a soccer match.

Amnesty International has urged the Indonesian government to repeat its commitment to protecting the right to freedom of religion in the face of calls from radical groups to outlaw a re

Jakarta – The government will not meet its target to reduce the poverty level to 8 to 10 percent by late 2014 unless it implements more appropriate measures, economists say.

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – The Palu municipality has urged followers of the local Ahmadiyah sect to disband themselves and return to "true Islamic teachings" and assimilate with the local

Tangerang – A workers union in Banten has nominated its own candidate for the 2011 gubernatorial election in the province to challenge the incumbent Ratu Atut Chosiyah.

Katrin Figge & Marcel Thee – Last weekend, a group of punk rockers was arrested by the Shariah Police in Aceh and held in detention for some "rehabilitation" through religious indoc

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Indonesia's top antigraft body would not send a second summons letter to former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, who on Monday failed to come for questionin

Arientha Primanita – A transvestite organization on Tuesday urged the public order agency, or Satpol PP, to abstain from using violence when conducting raids.

Hasyim Widhiarto – Political rifts within President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's coalition camp have taken yet another uneasy turn after legislators recently agreed to a proposal asking f

Jakarta – The Golkar Party said the antigraft body's plan to question opposition leader Megawati Soekarnoputri as a witness in a high-profile graft case implicating senior politicians f

Heru Andriyanto & Mohd Adhe Bhakti – Prosecutors in the terrorism trial of Abu Bakar Bashir say they are preparing more than 130 witnesses whose testimonies they hope will help to f

An Indonesian court sentenced two Islamic extremists to 10 years in prison on Monday for their involvement in a terror cell known as Al Qaeda in Aceh.

Jakarta – Indonesia's Judicial Commission has urged national flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia to comply with a Supreme Court verdict ordering the payment of compensation to Suciwati, th

Nivell Rayda & Farouk Arnaz – The Indonesian police's abysmal human rights record took yet another hit on Monday with the revelation that almost a quarter of all human rights compla

Dessy Sagita & Camelia Pasandaran – Two weeks after a deadly attack on Ahmadiyah followers in Banten, the Indonesian Council of Ulema has called on the government to investigate cas

Camelia Pasandaran, Bogor, West Java – Attempts to develop Indonesia have "failed" because of five "illnesses" that plague the nation, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Monday.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Great Indonesia Movement Party's ongoing plan to merge with smaller parties may be a ploy to win more votes in 2014, but a political observer has warned i