Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence criticized the police Monday for being slow in handling the case of Tama S.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A group of activists attempting to obtain details about the National Police's internal investigation into the suspiciously large bank accounts of several pol

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – In a third headline-grabbing protest against Indonesian politicians in five days, a middle-aged man stormed into the House of Representatives in Jakarta on Tues

Jakarta – Indonesia is letting radical Islamists trample the constitutional rights of minorities, leading to inter-communal violence, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

Djoko Widodo, Jakarta – The fugitive former co-owners of Bank Century stole hundreds of millions of dollars from their own bank before stashing the cash in at least 13 different territo

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Despite a spate of recent criticism over lack of action in the House of Representatives, a House budget committee on Monday pro

Lima, Lampung – There is no such thing as bad publicity – even for a form of coffee bean excreted by a civet cat for human consumption.

Aubrey Belford, Indonesia – As one of the heads of the Indonesian Internet Service Provider Association, Valens Riyadi knows he has his work cut out for him.

Jakarta – In a major embarrassment for Indonesia's House of Representatives, journalists and House staff members were exposed to hard-core pornographic images broadcast on an internal l

Bambang Djanuarto & Yoga Rusmana, Indonesia – Workers at the Indonesian unit of Newmont Mining Corp., the largest US gold producer, began a strike today at the Batu Hijau gold and c

Zaky Pawas, Arientha Primanita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Legally recognized civilian organizations had no right to resort to anarchy, House of Representatives Speaker Ma

Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Legal and human rights activists say the government now has enough evidence to ban violent hard-line groups following a street brawl involving members of the Betaw

Indonesian officials have again reacted to official discrimination and vigilante violence against the Ahmadiyah by restricting their right to practice their religion.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Human rights activists and a lawmaker have voiced concerns over the new antiterrorism agency, saying the agency may hold too much power that could mimic the

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Ibrahim has become the first Indonesian judge to be jailed for corruption after the respected Anti-Corruption Court jailed him for six years in prison for accept

Jakarta – Several cases centering on leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have greatly influenced its performance in probing major cases, especially highly political o

Banjir Ambarita, Ismira Lutfia & Antara, Merauke, Papua – Police in Merauke, Papua, have tightened security for a journalist who received a death threat just a day after another rep

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – Low turnout marked Sunday's re-vote for the mayor of Surabaya, with many citizens protesting the Constitutional Court for ordering another vote.

Despite remarkable strides in the last 11 years after the economic, social and political chaos of the Asian financial crisis, Indonesia remains to some extent caught in the coils of Suh

Arientha Primanita & Zaky Pawas, Bekasi – At least 300 Islamic hard-liners protested against a Christian prayer meeting in Bekasi on Sunday, in the latest show of simmering religiou

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – It is the job of every Betawi organization across the capital to ensure that all Betawi people in Greater Jakarta are able not just to secure jobs, but to

Farouk Arnaz & Antara, Kuningan, West Java – The forcible closure of Ahmadiyah mosques, which led to rioting in Manis Lor village in Kuningan, West Java, was most likely fueled by t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – Lawmakers facing intense public criticism over their truancy have set a new target to pass 16 bills by the end of the year, but

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Ethics Council must censure legislators who have protested against a plan to publish a list of truant individuals, a th

James Balowski, Jakarta – At around 2.30am on June 28, a group of men arrived at a major news distribution outlet in Central Jakarta.

Dian Trisnanti, Jakarta – Under the theme "Unite against capitalism and the regime that supports it, build a united national labour movement that is progressive, militant, democratic an

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo, East Java – PT Lapindo Brantas' latest effort to win public support after triggering a disastrous mudflow in Sidoarjo failed when its top executives were bea

Jakarta – Junior attorney general for internal monitoring Marwan Effendy has criticized Attorney General Hendarman Supandji for asking a business tycoon to pay Rp 1 trillion in recompen

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Questions over the thoroughness of a police investigation into the implausibly large bank accounts of several high-ranking National Police chiefs have caused

Nurfika Osman, Ronna Nirmala & Camelia Pasandaran – As the standoff between West Java villagers and followers of the Ahmadiyah sect entered its fourth day, the Ministry of Religious

Nana Rukmana, Kuningan, West Java – Three people were allegedly injured and houses damaged when clashes broke out between an angry mob and members of Islamic sect Jamaah Ahmadiyah in Ku

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives' Ethics Council has said that it will scrutinize lawmakers' attendance at all meetings, not just plenary sessions.

Jakarta – Veteran actor Pong Harjatmo, who was arrested after spray painting a protest message on the roof of Jakarta's Parliament Building, said he will not be stopped from continuing

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – A wiretapped conversation between Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chief Insp. Gen.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen.

Jakarta – A second journalist death reported today (30/7) four days after a senior journalist with Indonesia's major paper Kompas found dead at the beginning of the week, which sparked

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The main opposition party will convene a key national meeting next week to put a stop to a spate of defections among its 5,000 regional officials, including g

Banjir Ambarita, Papua – The body of Ardiansyah Matra'is, a journalist for Merauke TV, was found in the Gudang Arang River in Merauke, Papua, on Friday morning, two days after he had be

Makassar, South Sulawesi – Part time teachers in Makassar demanded Thursday the local authorities promote them as civil servants as soon as possible, especially those who have worked fo

Jakarta, Jakarta – Indonesia's educational and civil registration systems violate the constitutional right to freedom of religion of people who follow faiths not recognized by the gover

New York – An Indonesian search team this morning recovered the body of reporter Ardiansyah Matra'is in a river in the small town of Merauke, on the southern tip of Papua province, acco

Presi Mandari, Jakarta – An Indonesian lawmaker on Wednesday accused the security forces of secretly supporting Islamist vigilantes as a kind of paramilitary force to intimidate opponen

Jakarta – Charismatic Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) cleric Sahal Mahfudh has been re-elected chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), which wrapped up its national congress Wednesday with

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ismira lutfia, Indonesia – Embattled purveyors of "infotainment," or gossip, shows could be dealt another blow in the wake of a ban imposed by Muslim cler

Jakarta – An Indonesian student protester struck by a police car during a demonstration in 2008 filed a complaint with the National Commission of Human Rights in Central Jakarta on Thur

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – The Communications and Information Technology Ministry says it can block access to up to 3,000 pornographic Web sites a day, as part of Minister Tifatul Sembiri

Jakarta – Jakarta Police said that a 15-second video that depicts a police cruiser hitting a student protester and flinging him into the air was faked in an attempt to defame the instit

Heru Andriyanto & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The controversy over a secret meeting between media mogul Hary Tanoesoedibjo and prosecutors has taken another turn, with a senior of

Candra Malik, Batang, Central Java – Thousands of local officials and civil servants staged a protest in Batang, Central Java, on Thursday to demand the sacking of local chief prosecuto

Greenpeace has made fresh allegations that units of Indonesian paper and palm oil giant Sinar Mas are logging in high conservation-value forests including habitats of endangered orangut