Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The House of Representatives on Thursday finally approved a list of 30 lawmakers set to monitor the criminal investigations into the Bank Century bailout.

Heru Andriyanto – A recent court ruling that overturned the decision by prosecutors to discontinue a criminal case against two antigraft officials has raised questions about the compete

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Todung Mulya Lubis, a member of the presidential fact-finding team that investigated the alleged framing of two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deput

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – As the government begins to step up efforts to cleanse the judiciary of corruption, the Judicial Commission has requested that it be authorized to wiretap ju

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has been criticized for failing to encourage honesty within its ranks after it handed down weak punishments to 12 prosecutors who failed to

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – Petitioners of a judicial review of the 1965 Blasphemy Law demanded Thursday that legislators review the recruitment process for Constitutional justice

Camelia Pasandaran – The government is bent on demanding a spotless moral track record for anyone aspiring to run for top regional posts, setting the bar even higher for candidates.

Yati Andriyani, Jakarta – The democratic transition in Indonesia is still hampered by a number of government policies.

Oyos Saroso H.N., Lampung – Activists have warned that the uncontrolled conversion of mangrove forests into fish farms in a number of coastal regions across Lampung could make the plant

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One of the joys of my job is that if I sidled up to my employers to suggest that a jaunt to the Papuan highlands was in order, "off you go" is what they would say.

Fourteen demonstrations are planned in Jakarta on Thursday, adding to already increased road congestion as a result of the ongoing police crackdown on traffic violations and private mot

Jakarta – The Indonesian parliament should enact a pending bill that would permit civilian authorities to investigate and prosecute soldiers responsible for crimes against civilians, Hu

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Putri Prameshwari & Arientha Primanita – The TransJakarta busway is a complete failure when it comes to easing traffic jams and passengers are often the victims of pickpockets, form

Camelia Pasandaran & Fidelis E Satriastanti – A coalition of activist groups on Thursday reported 12 public officials to the presidential Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force for s

France and Belgium would be guilty of abusing women's rights if they followed through on plans to ban the wearing of burqas in public, Indonesia's top Islamic body said on Thursday.

Heru Andriyanto – The Attorney General's Office, under pressure over its controversial handling of a case against taxman Gayus Tambunan, announced on Thursday that it had sanctioned 10

Arientha Primanita – Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo said on Thursday that he suspected provocateurs were primarily to blame for deadly clashes on April 14 in which more than 1,700 public o

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Little Saskia Eleonora Wieringa felt tortured every time her parents asked her to dress up like a girl.

Jakarta – Women's rights activists said the Constitutional Court's decision to refuse to repeal the widely criticized pornography law was a blatant example of gender bias in Indonesia's

Vissia Ita Yulianto, Freiburg, Germa – The question is at least raised by Gadis Arivia, founder of the Indonesian Women Journal, and Dr.

Nurfika Osman & Ismira Lutfia – If Indonesia were to be graded on its efforts to empower women and uphold their rights, it would score poorly, according to activists and academics.

Jakarta – The Saving State Assets group, the Clean Indonesia Movement (GBI) and the Indonesian Muslim Students for Unitary Movement (KAMMI) questioned the Corruption Eradication Committ

Nurfika Osman – Eastern Indonesia marked Kartini Day on Wednesday with the appointment of its first female military sub-district commander.

Higher courts are regarded as the definitive bastion of justice.

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – Girls are made of sugar and spice, and everything nice. Boys are made of snips and snails, and puppy-dog tails.

Kerri Ritchie – Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were removed from an Indonesian port earlier this week say they are now being kept in cramped conditions in a detention centre which is lik

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Members of the fact-finding team set up to investigate the alleged framing of two antigraft body chairmen are slated to meet Thursday to discuss the South Ja

Corruption in Indonesia is allowing Islamist militants access to weapons and falsified documents, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Medan branch of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has condemned a blog it claims goes under the guise of Islam but is in fact misleading and insults Islam.

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has again become the target of criticism following its ruling on the controversial Blasphemy Law, with plaintiffs accusing the

Todung Mulya Lubis – The Constitutional Court (MK) ruled Monday to uphold the 45-year-old Blasphemy law after a judicial review request was filed last October by human rights groups and

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Ahmad Fikri, Jakarta – Dozens of workers in West Java took part in a rally on Tuesday (20/4) outside Bandung City Hall as a preliminary act to the international worker's day that falls

Jakarta – "We are sure that a civilization of a nation will not grow as long as the women are not involved in the development.

Mahbub Djunaidy, Jember – The number of cases of violence against women in Indonesia keeps on increasing this year.

Tom Allard, Merak – It was a desperate final plea, sad and futile.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court issued a verdict on Monday retracting the letter of order to stop the Attorney General's Office (AGO) prosecution of a bribe

Heru Andriyanto, Farouk Arnaz & Nivell Rayda – The saga of extortion allegations against two antigraft commissioners that gripped the nation last year appears set to repeat itself a

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court on Monday ruled to uphold the controversial Blasphemy Law, a decision that plaintiffs said was mainly based on fears of a publ

Jakarta – Renowned lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis said Tuesday that the Constitutional Court's (MK) ruling to uphold the Blasphemy Law for its role in preventing vertical and horizontal conf

Washington – A United States government watchdog on Monday criticized Indonesia's Constitutional Court for upholding a law against blasphemy, fearing it may embolden extremists.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Arguing that the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is in deep need of fresh blood, the party's advisory board chairman Taufik Kiemas on Monday s

Anita Rachman & Amir Tejo – Legislators overseeing religious affairs say they expect the Constitutional Court today to issue the "correct" verdict in regard to the 1965 Blasphemy La

Nurfika Osman – The case of two elderly widows threatened with eviction from their government-owned homes continues to draw the ire of citizens' groups, even as the government fails to

A Papua analyst says the US should not re-engage with Kopassus, the Indonesian Army's special forces unit, while it remains unaccountable for past and present abuses in Papua and other

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – A six-month asylum-seeker deadlock in Indonesia has finally been broken, with more than 200 Tamils agreeing to be taken from their makeshift dockside camp