Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) said Saturday it would never change its Islamic ideology as had the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), which recently declared that it was atte

Armando Siahaan – The Golkar Party's road to power could be waylaid by a feud brewing well before the 2014 general elections, one that could wrest away a sizable number of votes.

Eras Poke, Kupang – Residents from fishing communities along the eastern seaboard of East Nusa Tenggara have called on the central government to do more to mitigate the impact of an oil

Hasyim Widhiarto, Bekasi, West Java – A group of several Islamic organizations in Bekasi is planning to establish a joint center in all mosques in the city as an attempt to watch the on

Ulma Haryanto – Several religious organizations in Bekasi have recommended that every Mosque in Bakasi on the outskirts of Jakarta form militia units and called on all local Muslims to

Nivell Rayda – After months of shocking reports exposing tax scandals, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights on Friday finally announced plans to amend the "ineffective" 2002 Law on

Jakarta – Civil society groups and 10 regional administrations agreed to implement joint initiatives in at-risk provinces to reduce high maternal and child mortality rates.

Anita Rachman & Ulma Haryanto – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle lawmakers on Friday demanded the president take action against hard-line Islamic groups, after a meeting betw

Ulma Haryanto & Arientha Primanita – Jakarta is no city for buskers, beggars, roadside sex workers, the homeless, delinquents and the mentally challenged who are poor.

In 2010, the AHRC continued to receive information on several cases of torture in Indonesia.

Jakarta – The future of the United Development Party (PPP), once the only channel for political Islam in the country, is in jeopardy with one of its affiliated organizations threatening

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – Fatayat Nadhlatul Ulama, the women's wing of the country's largest Muslim organization, reported that violence, early marriage and female circumcision are a

Arti Ekawati – The government on Friday responded to rising international pressure on the country's palm oil producers by implementing a new certification system for environmental susta

Amir Tejo, Surabaya – The National Commission on Human Rights has accused police in Mojokerto, East Java, of gross human rights abuses in their treatment of suspected rioters arrested d

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The Justice and Human Rights Ministry plans to take action on reports alleging the torture of Ambonese and Papuan prisoners arrested by the National Police's

Jakarta – The marriage age should be increased to 21 for girls and to 25 for boys to curb Indonesia's population growth, a representative of the National Population and Family Planning

Robin McDowell – Not long ago, Abdullah Sunata was a poster child for Indonesia's efforts to persuade jailed terrorists to give up their violent ways.

Answer Styannes – Today's UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture offers us a chance to pause and consider the stilted nature of our human rights progress in recent years.

Farouk Arnaz, Antara & Agence France-Presse – The National Police's counterterrorism unit arrested two more suspects following successful raids in Central Java in which it netted th

Armando Siahaan – Even supporters of the controversial idea to allow armed forces personnel to vote say that if the right were to be returned, certain conditions would have to be met.

Anita Rachman – The chairman of the country's second-largest Islamic organization has raised the specter of plotting government officials and parties hijacking the group's national cauc

Armando Siahaan – A top Golkar Party official has denied that a possible tie-up with a conservative Muslim group was aimed at diversifying the party's voter base in light of a perceived

Dessy Sagita – "Don't even think of trying to make a sex video. Just take a look in a mirror, if you must."

Banyuwangi, East Java – A public meeting on free health care services sponsored by the House of Representatives here on Thursday was rudely disrupted by a crowd that considered it to be

Heru Andriyanto – The tough response from police to the current sex-video scandal, allegedly involving some of the country's top celebrities, has left many people worried about the lega

Jakarta – Judicial Mafia Taskforce Secretary Denny Indrayana says the judicial review request filed by activist group Petition 28 against the presidential decree on the establishment of

Police have declared Nazriel "Ariel" Ilham, the front man of the popular Peterpan band, a suspect in a pornography case, and his two alleged sex partners in sex videos will very likely

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro says up to this date the Indonesian Military (TNI) has remained neutral in politics because the law has commanded them t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A group of legislators and political leaders on Wednesday warned of the dangers of allowing soldiers to vote in elections, saying it could lead to the bloc vo

Ismira Lutfia – The frenzied media circus that sprang up around uploaded Internet sex videos that seem to star three local celebrities has prompted a debate over what should be consider

Kupang – Thousands of fishermen in Kupang's Oesapa area are preparing to migrate to Bangka Belitung in Sumatra to find a new livelihood, a fishermen's spokesman said.

Women domestic workers in Indonesia face human rights abuses at work, including economic exploitation, poor working conditions and gender-based discrimination.

Farouk Arnaz – Antiterror police foiled the country's most-wanted terrorist fugitive, Abdullah Sonata's plot to attack several police offices on the Police Anniversary Day on July 1.

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – Indonesia's "most wanted" terror suspect was behind bars Thursday after raids which left one officer wounded and uncovered a stash of explosive materials, docum

Indonesian anti-terror squad Detachment 88, which is partially funded by foreign nations, cooperated with prison guards and police to torture political prisoners, says an international

Nivell Rayda – Indonesians are increasingly undecided as to the guilt of Corruption Eradication Commission deputies Chandra M Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto in a Rp 5.1 billion bribery c

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Golkar Party secretary general Idrus Marham urges all of his party members not to get involved in the National Democrat mass organization.

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Johannes Nugroho – Indonesia's latest enfant terrible, singer Nazril "Ariel" Irham of the band Peterpan, has been officially detained for his alleged role in the production of homemade

Dicky Christanto and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Human rights monitor Imparsial says it supports the military members' right to vote as early as the 2014 election, provided the mil

Stephanie Phang – Capital inflows pose a bigger risk to Indonesia than inflation, and may prompt the central bank to introduce more measures to reduce short-term money even as it delays

Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta – Shootings, protests and violent attacks are on the rise in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province, home to a low-level separatist struggle and the operations

Phil Robertson – On June 29, 2007, a village teacher led more than 20 young men into an Ambon stadium in an unauthorized performance of the cakalele, the traditional Maluku dance, in fr

Papua – Filep Karma has served five years behind bars on a 15-year treason sentence for raising a banned flag in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province.

Sunanda Creagh – Indonesian jails hold at least 100 political prisoners from the Papua and Moluccas regions, including some who were tortured, Human Rights Watch said in a report publis

Heru Andriyanto & Farouk Arnaz – With legal experts questioning the grounds for any prosecution, police said on Wednesday that the two women seen in sex videos with singer Nazril "A

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Indonesia's elite anti-terror squad arrested the country's most-wanted man and two of his aides in a series of coordinated raids on Java island, police said.

Jakarta – Based on the latest report on the ongoing national census, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has predicted that Indonesia will see its population reach 234.2 million in 2010

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)'s director of law enforcement Ade Rahardja on Tuesday testified at a trial hearing of Anggodo Widjojo, denying any acquaintance wit