Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – In a move condemned by critics as totalitarian, the government announced plans to bar the sales of certain books, just days after the Constitutional Co

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – After grilling Cabinet ministers and putting Vice President Boediono in the hot seat in plenary sessions, legislators are concluding they can push the Jakarta

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The Ministry of Women and Child Protection is consulting the National Commission of Violence Against Women as it presses ahead with its bill on gender equality.

Jakarta – A coalition of activists is commemorating World Food Day, on Oct. 16, by demanding that the government shift focus from big food producers.

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The nation's oft-maligned regional legislature is trying to claw its way back from obscurity through the revision of a law governing lawmaking bodies, due to

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The country's main opposition party has denounced plans to topple the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono through street protests, s

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A House commission on Thursday agreed to recommend Comr. Gen.

Camelia Pasandaran, Indonesia – The country's largest Islamic organization, the 40 million-member Nahdlatul Ulama, has denied being behind a recent movement seeking to unseat the presid

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – A coalition of watchdogs on Friday redoubled their calls for the next Attorney General to come from outside the AGO, arguing that only an outsider could fix t

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Jakarta – The Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (Elsam) called on the government Thursday to immediately take measures to implement the Constitutional Court's ruling, which res

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Media watchdogs have condemned the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for reportedly ordering private TV station SCTV to drop a sensitive broadcast, and have vow

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A top official on Wednesday confirmed speculation that the sole candidate to head the National Police was chosen to prevent pol

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The government has announced plans to overhaul the air transportation sector in an effort to address the country's patchy record for flight safety and avia

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – In a move reeking of desperation, the police have resorted to charging former TV host Cut Tari under an antiquated law for her alleged appearance in a homemad

Ulma Haryanto & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – A long-awaited church in West Java faces the prospect of not being built at all, following objections by local Muslims.

Camelia Pasandaran, Heru Andriyanto & Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – In a landmark verdict, the Constitutional Court on Wednesday struck out a law that gave the Attorney General's Office

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Gone are the days when authors in the country had to live in fear of seeing their books outlawed by the government, thanks to a watershed court ruling

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The Golkar Party is shaping up to be an increasing threat to the Democratic Party in the 2014 elections, a survey shows.

Jakarta – Global environmental pressure group Greenpeace said on Thursday that its Rainbow Warrior flagship had been denied access to Indonesian waters, and insisted the government had

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A cabinet minister is being targeted for dismissal by members of the political party he leads, who question his ability to take care of both party an

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Migrant Care, an organization providing advocacy for troubled migrant workers, has recently been at loggerheads with labor exporter associations over labor

Jakarta – The minister of manpower on Thursday vowed to "eventually" abolish labor outsourcing, starting with restrictions on the scope of the practice.

There is nothing more worrisome in a sovereign, rule-based state than the absence of legal certainty to ensure that laws and regulations are imposed and justice is upheld.

Irwan Firdaus, Jakarta – An environmental group has released video footage of a bulldozer buzzing trees in a protected forest that is home to endangered Sumatran tigers, but the governm

That religious conservatism, or more precisely Islamic conservatism, is creeping into our state affairs comes as no surprise.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights says that National Police chief candidate Comr. Gen.

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – The 2006 Witness and Victim Protection Law has been in force for almost four years, but implementation is still poor, the Witness and Victims Protection Agency

Jakarta – The administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono is already facing a heavy challenge as it approaches the first year of its second te

Jakarta – With 3,000 candidates vying for just 164 positions at the Indonesian Ministry of Trade, answering as many of the questions on the recruitment test correctly was always going t

Abdul Khalik, Ambon – A young Ambonese, Hendrik Pohwain is occupied with feeding his family, while Maluku's economy is just starting to get back on its feet after earlier conflicts in w

Jakarta – The hardline group Islamic Defenders Front are planning to protest the upcoming release of an Indonesian horror movie starring American porn star Tera Patrick.

It is no wonder that the government is having to respond to criticism about its tardy response to the flashfloods that swept across Wasior area in West Papua.

Muh Taufiqurrohman & Suharsana Aji – With just a day remaining before Comr. Gen.

Nivell Rayda & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The level of intolerance among the Muslim community toward the Ahmadiyah sect has more than doubled during the six years of President Su

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – A senior government official said on Tuesday that any attempt to force the president out of office through street protests would be unconstitutional.

Indonesia's signing of the disappearances convention means it recognizes the seriousness of the crime and its obligation to investigate ongoing disappearances.

Farouk Arnaz, Nivell Rayda & Susilo Wardhani, Jakarta – Human rights activists on Monday objected to a new National Police regulation allowing officers to use live ammunition to con

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Indonesia's formula for decentralized administrative regions has again come under fire as indigenous people in Papuan and Kalimantan continue their dem

Dear President Yudhoyono,

Farouk Arnaz & Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The National Police have unveiled a new bureau within the detectives division to deal with public complaints of unprofessionalism and miscond

Armando Siahaan & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Legislators vetting the candidate to lead the National Police said they would question him over his statement that he would not

Jakarta – The mechanism of checks and balances that should be carried out by the House of Representatives (DPR) over the government is progressively disappearing.

Madura, East Java – Manpower Minister Muhaimin Iskandar is calling on the education sector to equip students with skills that will help them in the job market.

Bagus Tama Saragih, Jakarta – Observers are wary of institutionalized efforts to debilitate the fight against corruption, citing recent setbacks that have weakened the Corruption Eradic

Farouk Arnaz, Anita Rachman & Agencies – The National Police on Sunday played down the level of military involvement in the fight against terrorism following the recent use of soldi

Candra Malik, Solo – The family of late former Indonesian dictator Suharto gathered at his grave in Karanganyar, Central Java, on Monday to mark the 1000th day since his death.

Jakarta – The Directorate General of Taxation said on Monday it raised Rp 444.2 trillion ($49.74 billion) in tax revenues in the first nine months of this year, up 18 percent from the s

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – A district head in West Nusa Tenggara announced plan to relocate 20 Ahmadiyah families to a deserted island, a move many say is both discriminatory and inhumane.