Nivell Rayda – The Australian government has rejected reports it is investigating allegations that Indonesia's elite counterterrorism unit tortured suspected separatists in Maluku.

Jakarta – The anti-graft commission should keep an eye out for legislators insisting on the construction of an expensive new parliamentary building, the plans for which are suspected to

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – With the Home Affairs Ministry proposing 11 new provinces and dozens of districts and municipalities by 2025, the House of Representatives and the government

Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen.

Jakarta – Indonesian police said on Tuesday that they will investigate new allegations that political activists have been tortured by members of United States- and Australian-backed ant

Jakarta – Mochamad Tjiptardjo, general director of taxation, said on Tuesday that the Finance Ministry was preparing to offer investment incentives in the form of a tax holiday.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Twenty-six years after soldiers killed dozens of demonstrators in Tanjung Priok, rights groups are demanding that the next attorney general finally bring to just

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – Islamic leaders on Tuesday defended a government regulation that requires local consent before a house of worship can be established, which pluralism advocates

Candra Malik, Jakarta – About 4,000 people have signed a petition demanding that the government do more to protect Constitution-enshrined religious freedoms in response to Sunday's brut

Jakarta – Religious leaders are widely regarded as playing a significant role in promoting the government's family planning program, religious activists say.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Australia has sent an official to Maluku to investigate the alleged torture of political detainees by Indonesia's elite antiterror unit Detachment 88 (Densus 88

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Analysts have dismissed the efforts of several small political parties to court former president Suharto's son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra as their

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – After years of being denied access to proper medical treatment, Yusuf Sipakoly, a political prisoner being detained in Ambon, Maluku, died at the age of 52 on Mo

Nivell Rayda, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Antara, Jakarta – The Golkar Party has called on the antigraft agency to explain why it has been focusing far more attention on the central

Tom Allard – Yonias Siahaya's eyes, wide open and full of fear, shift constantly.

Jakarta – Tertiary education is becoming more elitist compared with the 1990s and 1990s, with the participation of those from less well off families dropping.

Arientha Primanita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Experts have warned that Sunday's attack on churchgoers in Bekasi could be symptomatic of a growing religious intolerance in

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Contrary to earlier media reports on Monday, a Bekasi police official says that they have yet to name suspects for the attack on members of a Protestant ch

Jakarta – The Indonesian Islamic Propagation Institute (LDII) and the Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI) have called on Muslims in the country to launch a protest against an incident which

Jakarta – Two days after the Idul Fitri celebration traffic has started to gain steam, as many holiday travelers began leaving their hometowns on their way back to Jakarta and other maj

Adam Gartrell – Australia should press Indonesia to ensure its elite anti-terrorism squad obeys the law and upholds human rights, an expert says.

Tom Allard, Maluku – Australia has sent an official to the Indonesian province of Maluku to investigate claims that Indonesia's elite counter-terrorism unit, Detachment 88, which Austra

Jakarta – With the Idul Fitri holiday now coming to a close, thousands of people have started to make their way from Central Java back to Jakarta early on Monday morning.

Jakarta – Indonesia will maintain a conservative fiscal policy despite pressure to fast-track infrastructure projects, the Coordinating Economic Ministry says, insisting on public-priva

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – We are not in competition with each other.

The Indonesian government has been urged to investigate today's death of a Maluku political activist who was denied urgent medical care in prison.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – A string of new candidates might be eligible to take over as the nation's next top police officer despite the National Police Commission nominating only three ca

Ulma Haryanto, Bekasi – A church leader was stabbed in the stomach and a reverend beaten during an attack on a group of Christians forced to pray in a field in Bekasi on Sunday morning.

Tom Allard – Special Detachment 88, or Densus 88, is a crack counter-terrorism unit that officers dream of joining.

Indonesia has welcomed Kevin Rudd's appointment as Australia's new foreign minister, saying the bilateral relationship will benefit from his knowledge and experience of the Asia-Pacific

Deborah Cassrels – On a flawless day in Bali, tourists are revelling in sun and surf and padding about plush hotels.

Jakarta – The armed forces will improve discipline among soldiers to prevent incidents of subordinates openly criticizing their superiors, Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen.

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Jakarta – The government has awarded remission to 25 corruption and terrorism convicts serving their jail terms at Cipinang penitentiary in East Jakarta in conjunction with Idul Fitri h

Minister Suryadharma's statements about banning the Ahmadiyah community are reprehensible, and President Yudhoyono should publicly say so.

Candra Malik, Surakarta – The Karanganyar military district chief has been removed from his post the day after he sought out a reporter whom he allegedly kidnapped, beat up and threaten

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Despite President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's flagging popularity, his Democrats remain the party to beat, in part because of a lack of viable alternatives, ac

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The House of Representatives ethics council said on Wednesday that it would look into 43 reports of ethical misconduct by lawmakers – including an allegation

Bhimanto Suwastoyo, Jakarta – In response to mounting public condemnation of law enforcement, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday vowed to give the official watchdogs for th

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Millions of Indonesians crammed into trains, ferries and in greater numbers than ever, motorcycles, as they poured out of major cities to return to their villa

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The much-anticipated trial of rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan got underway on Wednesday, with the defense team vowing to use it to unravel a vast web of case b

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is at odds with data presented by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) in their latest report on this year's corruption case court verdicts.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Insinuations of corruption are being floated after a House of Representatives Secretariat member said the design of the controversial new legislative building

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – When a song called Vasectomy was aired by an independent Indonesian Internet radio station earlier this year, many listeners thought it a joke due to the so

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – After a decade of waiting, Indonesia finally saw on Tuesday the birth of the interdepartmental National Antiterrorism Agency (BNPT), which wields greater aut

Stephen Coates, Jakarta – The new chief of Indonesia's antiterror agency has complained that courts were being too easy on terrorists and called for tougher laws to fight jihadist extre

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – Ignoring the outrage of rights activists, the religious affairs minister on Tuesday reiterated his belief that an outright ban on Ahmadiyah would be good f

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – National airline Garuda Indonesia has been criticized for delaying two flights over the last few days to accommodate a senior politician and one of President Su

Jakarta – Hundreds of people from various groups including as human rights activists, victims of human rights violations and students demonstrated in front of the State Palace in Jakart

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – There are strong indications that the police committed "serious violations of human rights" when people rioted after a man died in police custody in Buol, Ce