Jakarta – Both Indonesian and international activists are pressuring the Indonesian government to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Dis

Alex de Jong – Twelve years after one of the bloodiest military regimes worldwide ended, the radical left still faces a hard struggle in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Indonesia's failure to ban tobacco advertising or enforce laws against smoking in bars and restaurants came under heavy fire Monday as the United Nations marked world anti-tob

Desy Nurhayati, Denpasar – The Bali Tourism Union is calling on the provincial administration to immediately set a minimum wage for their members.

Sunanda Creagh – Indonesia will revoke existing forestry licences held by palm oil and timber firms to save natural forests under a $1 billion climate change deal signed with Norway las

Putri Prameshwari – The government's intentions may be good, but education experts have serious doubts about whether the government can pull off its plan to introduce 12 years of compul

Jakarta – Earlier this month on May 3, mass media workers throughout the world commemorated World Press Freedom Day.

Adianto P.

Allard, West Aceh – As conflict between villagers and the endangered Sumatran tiger becomes increasingly common, Acehnese authorities have turned to a novel solution, hiring a full-time

Aditya Suharmoko, Oslo – Existing palm oil contracts will be exempt from a two-year moratorium on new concessions to clear the nation's natural forests and peatlands, says President Sus

Eny Wulandari, Jakarta – The Jakarta administration must work quickly to build a credible public transportation network if it is to curb the rising number of motorcycles in the capital,

Anita Rachman – Having passed no legislation since being inaugurated in October, the House of Representatives has scaled back its ambitious goal of passing 70 laws this year, according

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – Tanah Abang Police sub-precinct chief Comr.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The National Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) launched Thursday an empowerment program for former and hopeful fem

Mataram – Violence triggered by constant rolling blackouts have prompted the authority of state-owned electricity company PT PLN in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) to turn to the police for pr

Jakarta – More than 60 people have officially expressed interest in leading the country's antigraft commission, many of whom are surprisingly lawyers, including some who have defended a

Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has urged for a quick legal settlement of the Bank Century bailout case as it has politically held a number of public offic

Green groups blasted the government on Friday for failing to seriously consider and take action on the lives ruined as a result of Lusi, the gigantic mud volcano which continues to spew

Dewi Kurniawati – Yuli Rahmawati stepped into Indonesia's political ring for the first time last month.

Jakarta – National Police detectives have launched an investigation into dozens of companies for allegedly bribing junior tax officer Gayus HP Tambunan, who has been arrested for his ro

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar (Bali) – What a difference a quarter makes.

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Former finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati can leave the country for the US with ease as the Attorney General's Office (AGO) said it could not touch

Jakarta – Indonesia's minority and religious groups remain vulnerable to violence and discrimination, says an Amnesty International report released Wednesday in Indonesia.

A journalist was badly wounded after his head was beaten with a bottle by a member of Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) in Petamburan, Central Jakarta on Wednesday night.

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – Can a nation protect its own children if so many of them are unaware of their own rights?

Abe Silangit & Fidelis E.

Kinanti Pinta Karana – On the same day the nation's largest car and motorcycle dealer predicted record sales, a scientist warned that the only way Jakarta would solve its massive traffi

Armando Siahaan – Sri Mulyani Indrawati left Indonesia to take up her new post at the World Bank on Wednesday leaving behind words of caution for the country's ability to continue finan

Armando Siahaan – If you go by her most recent statements, Sri Mulyani Indrawati clearly fingered the Golkar Party and its chairman, businessman Aburizal Bakrie, as the primary drivers

Amir Tejo, Mojokerto (East Java) – Activists involved in a protest last week in Mojokerto, East Java, claim that the organized mob that turned the rally violent and attacked police and

Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-022-2010

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Dessy Sagita & Zaky Pawas – As the National Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday told police to investigate hard-liners from the Islamic Defenders Front for raiding and forcefull

Ismira Lutfia – Press advocacy groups are pushing for a public trial for a military officer accused of beating up an Acehnese journalist, despite sanctions already imposed on the office

Arti Ekawati – Red tape, conflicting regulations and legal uncertainties keep US companies from investing in clean-energy projects in Indonesia that could help reduce carbon emissions a

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang, East Java – Deforestation on the slopes of Mt.

Heru Andriyanto – Lawyers and Muslim groups went to the National Commission for Human Rights on Wednesday to lodge complaints about abuses in the police's antiterror drive and demand ac

Indonesia's powerful provincial governors will soon undergo regular performance reviews as part of the government's push for bureaucratic reforms nationwide, the head of the presidentia

Former Indonesian finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati believes democratic reforms in Indonesia are being "hijacked" by powerful reactionary forces, a report said on Wednesday.

Jakarta – The Judicial Mafia Taskforce says the lack of protection for whistle-blowers involved in cases they expose, is one core problem perpetuating rampant corruption across the coun

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Activists rejected a government's plan to centralize the collection and management of alms or zakat, arguing the move would end privately run alms inst

Amir Tejo, Dessy Sagita & Anita Rachman – Transvestites on Monday lambasted a religious ruling banning them from cutting or styling Muslim women's hair unless they were spouses or b

Nivell Rayda & Nurfika Osman – The Witness and Victim Protection Agency on Monday said it would protect whistle-blower Comr. Gen.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – A special committee tasked with selecting a chairman for the antigraft body officially opened registration for candidates Monday, but criticism over it

Armando Siahaan – The House of Representatives' household affairs committee on Tuesday vehemently refuted allegations by a budgetary watchdog that the renovation of the official houses

Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesia's population is continuing to grow rapidly, expanding by 30 million in the past decade, preliminary results of the national census show.

Nurfika Osman – Calling on the government to listen to the cries of children across the country, a coalition of nongovernmental organizations on Tuesday detailed horror stories ranging

The pre-trial hearing to contest the National Police's decision to arrest its former chief of detectives Comr. Gen.

Adianto P.

Fidelis E Satriastanti – A probe by a panel of experts has found that gold miner PT Newmont Minahasa Raya did not do harm to the environment over years of dumping mine tailings into Buy

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Often sneered at as a paper tiger, the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) is seeking stronger legal basis and more decent facilities to improve its