With millions of Indonesian absolutely transfixed for almost a month over the widespread distribution of homemade videotapes involving three popular local celebrities involved in hardco

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Ignoring a storm of criticism over the nomination of a well-known human rights activist and government official to the Democratic Party's advisory board, part

Imprisoning activists for peacefully voicing their political views is an ugly stain on Indonesia's recent improvements in human rights.

National Police have charged Peterpan frontman Nazriel "Ariel" Irham under Indonesia's strict Anti-Pornography Law in relation to the Peterporn sex tapes scandal.

Ulma Haryanto, Zaky Pawas & Made Arya Kencana - A day after the Bekasi government sealed another Protestant church because of constant pressure from hard-line groups, the Islamic De

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Critics are divided over a judicial review request against the Judicial Mafia Taskforce filed by a number of activists grouped under the so-called "Petisi 28

Jakarta – The newly enacted information access law is exposing two worrying conditions – that Indonesia's excessive bureaucracy is an instrument of secrecy, and that the public is large

Jakarta – The human rights monitor, Imparsial, says it is willing to support the provision of the right to vote to individual members of the military as early as the 2014 election if th

Candra Malik, Solo – The head of the district where former President Suharto and his wife are buried has confirmed the local government will cooperate with the former first family to de

"Political drama" is the reason respected journalist Goenawan Mohamad, returned the Bakrie Award he received in 2004.

Yogyakarta – Scores of Papuans from the group Solidarity for Papua (SUP) held a protest action at the Yogyakarta monument in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Monday June 21.

William Mellor – At 8am on a sunny day, industrialist Muhsin heads out for his usual workout of a swim and a few laps around a running track.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The appointment of noted human rights activists as members of the Democratic Party's new leadership structure is nothing but "window dressing" to cover the r

Armando Siahaan – High-ranking members of the country's three largest political parties on Monday said they were not threatened by the Prosperous Justice Party's declared ambition to fi

Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel may get to vote in the 2014 elections with most parties supporting the idea to end a decades-long policy banning soldiers from casting ballots.

Report Aria Danaparamita – The doors to the airport open and the heat hits you in the face.

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Armando Siahaan – The House of Representatives is divided once again, this time over a renewed date over whether soldiers should win back their right to v

Ulma Haryanto – In a sign of increasing religious tension in Bekasi, members of hard-line groups gathered on Sunday to discuss a coordinated response to bring the city neighboring Jakar

Armando Siahaan – The Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party's national congress ended Sunday with a big push toward pluralism and a goal of becoming the third-largest party in the coun

Heru Andriyanto – Major law agencies appear to be used increasingly by their leaders to pursue personal interests, avenge rivals and protect their cronies while paying little heed to up

Nivell Rayda& Heru Andriyanto – A group of activists over the weekend called the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force a front for protecting government interests and burnishing the

Erwida Maulia, Cipanas, West Java – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday military personnel might be allowed to vote in the 2014 legislative and presidential elections, ending

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The Bandung authority is at loss to uncover cases of covert prostitution involving junior and senior high school students, whose number continues to rise in

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) may have a plan to embrace pluralism and become more inclusive in order to woo more voters, but a senior member's ver

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Democratic Party chief patron Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono lashed out at the Golkar Party for resorting to threats to have its so-called pork barrel proposal approv

Jakarta – Witnesses and whistle-blowers are not sufficiently protected by the law, which is open to abuse and does not stipulate the need for risk analyses, experts say.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The police monitoring commission should scrupulously examine candidates for the next police chief, a human rights NGO said, highlighting the fact that most d

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Nusa Dua (Bali) – An insurance expert and legislators warned the government on Friday against politicizing and manipulating the huge healthcare fund for the needy, s

The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) opened its congress Thursday with a vow to remain in the ruling coalition led by the President's Democratic Party and to become more inclusive in a bi

Aubrey Belford, Pacitan (Indonesia) – In Indonesia, a singing politician is hardly a novelty.

Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday his country must not stand "naked" before modern information technology, signalling his support for an Internet filte

Jakarta – The Indonesian Press Council is eager for the establishment of a regional human rights court so that Indonesia can achieve greater freedom of speech and better protect journal

Irwan Firdaus – The antiterror squad hurtled from a white van on a bustling street as their quarry – three terror suspects – stepped out of a taxi.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has acknowledged that the deliberation process of the 2009 Supreme Court Law bore procedural flaws, but it decided to keep the

Jakarta – The handling of foreign refugees that enter Indonesia, which are often referred to as illegal immigrants, is still of concern.

Anita Rachman & Farouk Arnaz – The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology may find the recent sex video scandal to be a blessing in disguise, with lawmakers on Wednesd

Ismira Lutfia & Dessy Sagita – Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring has launched another tirade against pornography, this time linking it to the coun

Ismira Lutfia – Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring has used an incident in which a teenager had sex with a cow in Bali as an example of why sex outside

Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring vowed on Thursday to issue a decree by the end of the year to "save the young" from pornography on the Internet.

Jakarta – The tentative steps taken by the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) toward forging links with the US at its national congress, which will run from June 16 to 20, could help counte

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Stubborn Golkar Party says it will continue proposing the controversial pork barrel financing scheme, also known as aspiration fund, despite opposition

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen.

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Councilors and city officials from Padang in West Sumatra have been chastised for failing to show up on time for an important meeting on Thursday morning because they were too tired aft

Jakarta – The law that serves as a basis for the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to ban the circulation of books is no longer contextual or relevant under the current situation.

Mangadar Situmorang – The call for Papuan independence remains strong.

Mojokerto – Scores of activists from the Independent Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggle (FNBPI-Independent) held a protest action and distributed leaflets in front of the Moj

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Chairman of the National Commission of Human Rights Ifdhal Kasim denounced Tuesday the Attorney General's Office's right to ban books as unconstitution