Jakarta – Three days after the unruly Islam Defenders Front (FPI) stormed a human rights training workshop for transgender individuals in Depok, West Java, police seem reluctant to purs

In a recent drive to quell tax crimes, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati unveiled Monday an all-out investigation into three cases that have caused state losses of more than Rp 600

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Farmers and exporters in Lampung who had secured loans with coffee from Bank Tripanca are now demanding the return of their collateral after the bank's

Mataram – At least 500 tobacco farmers in East Lombok staged a rally at the West Nusa Tenggara administration office Monday demanding continuity in kerosene subsidy and price hikes in t

Jakarta – Indonesia's shoe exports could reach US$3 billion per year in the next three years thanks to the recent relocation of several branded footwear factories from other Asian locat

Jakarta – An NGO calls for the Judicial Mafia Taskforce and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to start looking into widespread corruption in the fisheries sector.

Jakarta – The Public Works Ministry denied a main building at the House of Representatives is leaning 7 degrees, which had compelled the House to seek Rp 1.8 trillion in funds to demoli

Indonesia's consumer confidence was little changed in April, a survey by the Danareksa Research Institute (DRI) showed, with those polled saying the economy was improving but that risin

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The race to chair President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party has become more heated as negative campaigning enters the picture and candidates hurl ac

The leaders of the National Mandate Party have rejected a bid by the party's East Java branch to nominate actress and singer Julia "Jupe" Perez as a candidate for district office, leadi

Jakarta – Street thugs run a virtual monopoly of Jakarta's on-street parking spaces, taking the lion's share of fees paid by motorists and ruling over the city's parking division.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The lawmakers' recent move to criticize the antigraft body's decision to name key local government officials as suspects has raised the question as to whethe

Heru Andriyanto – Recent scandals involving law-enforcement officials are further eroding public trust in the police force and judiciary in a trend that has become apparent over the pas

Criminal defamation is a potent weapon for those who want to silence critics in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Indonesian journalists took the opportunity of Press Day on Monday to affirm their commitment to fight against all forms of repression towards journalists that have been hinde

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Irvan Tisnabudi & Dion Bisara – Threats by opposition lawmakers to block passage of the government's 2010 budget revision bill proved hollow as the measure

Dessy Sagita – An Indonesian transsexual organization has criticized the Depok public order agency for failing to prevent dozens of hard-line Islamic activists from charging into a civi

Purwokerto – In a country were illegal logging and forest conversion is rife, a central Java teenager is facing the prospects of 10 years behind bars after he was arrested for allegedly

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Despite a recent setback in the Constitutional Court, lawmakers are moving forward with their initiative to use the House of Representatives' right to express

Anung Wendyartaka – To this day there has yet to be any visible sign of a breakthrough in the improvement of workers' standard of living.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Pasuruan – The quality of groundwater flowing to Surabaya and Gresik in East Java is likely to drop and will be contaminated with heavy metals from the mudflow in

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – As the country celebrated National Education Day, which falls every May 2, critics are lamenting what they call an "authoritarian standardization" of educat

The House of Representatives on Monday officially adopted the revised 2010 state budget, despite opposition lawmakers walking out of proceedings to protest the appearance of Finance Min

The Human Rights Consequences of Criminal Defamation Law in Indonesia

Ulma Haryanto - As workers around the world marked May Day, they once again drew public attention to the shoddy way in which many companies treat their staff.

Jakarta – Thousands of workers from various different labour organisations and alliances arrived in waves at the State Palace on Jl.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives' proposal to build a new office building at the cost of Rp 1.8 trillion ($200 million) was met with criticism on Sunday, with two

Aidi Yursal & Dessy Sagita – The May Day banners have been put away but protesters in Jakarta plan to hit the streets again this week because the president did not show up on Saturd

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Police have not arrested any members of a hardline Islamic group who stormed a human rights training session for transgender individuals, but instead plan to

Irvan Tisnabudi & Ardian Wibisono – Indonesia posted a 41 percent rise in foreign direct investment in the first quarter of 2010 over the same period a year ago, but domestic invest

Nivell Rayda & Ismira Lutfia – Taking note that today is World Press Freedom Day, activists and experts said on Sunday that journalists in Indonesia still faced intimidation and the

Sofian, Jakarta – Loading and unloading activities at the Koja Container Terminal (TPK Koja) in North Jakarta were paralyzed by a strike that began at midnight on May 1 and will continu

Vivi W – Commemorating May Day, 5,000 workers from the Workers Challenge Alliance (ABM) held a protest action in Jakarta today against the pro-capitalist administration of President Sus

Violence erupted in Central Jakarta on Saturday as thousands of workers marched on the Presidential Palace to mark Labor Day.

Jakarta – Hundreds of workers in Bintan in Riau Islands literally celebrated the International Labor Day on Saturday.

Jakarta – A number of labor union activists burned down a giant mouse effigy during a rally to commemorate the International Labor Day outside the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Sat

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – May Day was also commemorated by hundreds of workers in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta with demands for the abolition of contract labour, wage increas

Rohman Taufiq, Surabaya – Students in the Central Java provincial capital of Surabaya enlivened a protest action when they joined workers commemorating May Day on Saturday May 1 in fron

Muchus Budi R., Solo – Hundreds of workers in the Central Java city of Solo commemorated May Day by holding a cultural action and free speech forum, in which they rejected the ASEAN-Chi

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Hundreds of workers and activists in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang commemorated May Day by calling for improved welfare and labour con

Abd Azis, Makassar – Scores of students from the United Anti-Global Neoliberalism People's Movement for a Makassar Revolution (Makassar Revolutionary Gate, GRM) commemorated May Day wit

Ambrosius Harto, Samarinda – Around 100 worker and student activists commemorated May Day with a demonstration at the East Kalimantan governor's office in Samarinda on Saturday May 1.

Arif Ardiansyah, Jakarta – Journalists from the print and electronic media in the South Sumatra city of Palembang commemorated May Day on Saturday May 1 expressing concerns about union

Muhammad Taufik, Mojokerto – The commemoration of May Day in the East Java city of Mojokerto on Saturday May 1 was joined by around 5,000 workers from various parts of the regency who h

Khairul Ikhwan, Medan – Commemorating May Day today, thousands of students, workers and social organisations held a long-march through the main streets of the North Sumatra provincial c

Rofiqi Hasan, Denpasar – Scores of workers and non-government organisation (NGO) activists commemorated May Day with a protest action at the Badjra Sandhi Monument in the Balinese provi

Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – A number of labour and peasant organisations in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung commemorated May Day by holding a protest action in front of the gover

Ratih P Sudarsono, Bogor – Around 400 workers in the city of Bogor commemorated May Day by spending Saturday afternoon enjoying popular dangdut music at the Bogor Botanical Gardens.

Ayu Fritriana, Jakarta – During a break in the labour demonstrations in Jakarta, a rat joined the protest action. Of course it wasn't a real rat.

Muhammad Taufiqqurahman, Jakarta – A clash between hundreds of workers and police broke out during the commemoration of May Day in front of the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Saturd