Ridwan Max Sijabat and Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – A proposal to revise the legislative election law was an attempt by the big political parties to kill smaller parties, as the revision

Elisabeth Oktofani & Yuli Krisna – Two men standing trial for a brutal assault on two church leaders in Bekasi told the district court on Thursday that they had been motivated to co

Yuli Krisna – Police in Bandung on Thursday nearly disbanded a group discussion organized by the Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy.

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – For the most part, women only ever seem to make the headlines for their role as a famous person's relative, a victim or a criminal, a reporters' guild says.

Nurfika Osman – Indonesian women are largely unfamiliar with the Millennium Development Goals despite being a key target demographic, hence hurting the government's chances of achieving

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Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – A team of independent investigators from the Maluku Media Center claims to have found proof of police involvement in the suspected murder of a journalist in the

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Islamic parties need to start preparing as early as this year for the 2014 elections to keep from losing more votes to secular rivals, an analyst said on Wednes

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The biggest question facing the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle is who the party will nominate as its presidential candidate for 2014.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Former president and current Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chair Megawati Soekarnoputri will not run for president in 2014, her husband a

Jakarta – Agrarian conflicts in palm oil plantation areas – followed by the criminalisation of local residents who object to these palm oil plantations – have in creased two-fold in 201

Oil palm plantations and mining companies were the biggest polluters in the country last year, an environmental group said.

Amir Tejo, Heru Andriyanto & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The war of blame between two law enforcing government institutions over a prisoner-substitution scandal in East Java continue

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – In a bizarre twist to the ongoing legal debate over tobacco's addictive nature, the government contradicted its own law by siding with the country's powerf

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Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – Poverty left no options for six siblings but to consume a cheap traditional meal made of processed cassava mixed with palm sugar, called tiwul, which led to l

Fadli, Batam – Up to 1,200 people could lose their jobs following the announcement that a Japan-based electronics manufacturer plans to close its plant in Batam, Riau Islands, in April.

Dion Bisara – A long wet season and regulatory bottlenecks at the provincial level were blamed for slow budget spending last year, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday.

Jakarta – Women's rights group LBH Apik released its year-end letter on Monday, in which it highlighted several topics concerning women's rights; from weak enforcement of the domestic v

Joe Cochrane – Black it out, Indonesia, black... it... out.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Politics is stalling the country's antigraft campaign, with the powers that be allegedly directly interfering with the legal processes of cases implicating h

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has requested additional prosecutors and investigators following the establishment of three regional antigraft tribuna

Bogor – Residents in Ciawi, Bogor, took to the street on Monday protesting the activities of some drinking water supply companies which they accused of damaging roads in their neighborh

Jakarta – A booming economy, falling debt and market-friendly reforms could see Indonesia secure an investment grade credit rating as early as this year, putting it on a par with BRIC n

Palu – Hundreds of people from the Palu Anti-violence Coalition staged a rally to demand that police arrest the perpetrators of an attack on a media office.

Dessy Sagita – Police in Palu, Central Sulawesi, have yet to name any suspects in last week's violent attack on the office of a journalists' association in apparent retribution for a cr

Imung Yuniardi, Semarang – Thousands of low-income people in Central Java have been deprived of their right to legal aid, according to an NGO.

Camelia Pasandaran & Nivell Rayda – The Constitutional Court on Monday announced it had set up an ethics tribunal for two justices alleged to have taken bribes for favorable rulings

Heru Andriyanto – In his defense on Monday at the South Jakarta District Court, former tax official, Gayus Tambunan, said that his 20-year sentence was recommended by "incompetent prose

Jakarta – Ruling coalition parties on Sunday vowed to focus more on work in 2011, while pundits predicted that the political climate in the country would heat up this year with parties

Khairul Saleh, Palembang – The level of domestic violence in Palembang has dropped but the figure is still alarming and more preventive efforts are needed, the Women's Crisis Center (WC

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Made Arya Kencana & Ismira Lutfia, Denpasar – Linda Gumelar, the minister for women's empowerment and child protection, on Monday called on the government to end the moratorium on s

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Indonesia's much-hyped promise to enact a moratorium on new logging concessions from Jan.

Jakarta – The extent of torture perpetrated on suspects and convicts by law enforcement officials has drawn demands to implement stronger regulations to punish perpetrators.

SK Zainuddin & Francezka Nangoy – Indonesia enjoyed a bumper year in 2010 as rising consumer demand, strong commodity prices and low interest rates combined to create a virtuous cyc

Anita Rachman – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono faces a tough year if he is to make good on his promises to continue tackling corruption, violent extremism and terrorism, analysts sa

Heru Andriyanto – The country's much-derided penal system has taken yet another hit as reports emerge of a female convict in East Java paying another woman Rp 10 million ($1,100) to ser

Shirley Christie – From the $770 million takeover of Indonesia's largest home-grown department store to the $300 million local tycoon Chairul Tanjung paid for a 40 percent stake in Carr

Nivell Rayda – Human rights advocates had reason to rejoice this year as the much contested 1963 Law on Securing Printed Materials was annulled in October.

Ismira Lutfia – Despite praise from other countries for progress made in democratization, the press in Indonesia ended 2010 on a somber note.

Dewi Kurniawati – If one trend that emerged in the past year was considered more disturbing than others, it would be the apparent increase in fundamentalism and religious intolerance in

Anita Rachman – In an effort to better tackle graft, lawmakers and the government should complete the deliberation of the long-postponed Corruption Eradication Commission bill, governan

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) for the period 2009-2014 has been deliberating a packet of three political laws, namely Law Number 22/2007 on Election Organisers, Law Numbe

Regional election disputes dominated the cases handled by the Constitutional Court in 2010, with 74 percent of elections resulting in some sort of controversy, a court official said.

Dewi Kurniawati – If terrorists had gotten their way, it seems 2010 would have been marked by a major attack targeted at no less than President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono himself during I

Jakarta – Two journalists were injured when a group of men attacked their newsroom in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Thursday.

Jacqueline Wales – Increased advertising expenditure and the rise of digital media offers a sound reflection of Indonesia's strong economic performance, new research suggests.

Jakarta – The protection of human rights in Indonesia has further deteriorated over 2010.

National Police Chief Gen. Timur Pradopo said the case involving the huge bank accounts of senior police officers is closed and he will not reopen it.