Viriya P.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – With the number of intolerance and human rights cases in Yogyakarta remaining high this year, NGOs are calling on law enforcers to take stern action against the perpe

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesian police have been accused by mainstream Muslim groups of weakening the rule of law by providing security for Islamic hardliners who visited shopping centres in

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – A social researcher from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Ahmad Najib Burhani, says opposition to Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja, who has be

Jakarta – The National Police have issued a circular letter that prohibits other law enforcers – including national antigraft agency KPK and the Attorney General's Office, or AGO – from launching i

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya, East Java – Managers of shopping centers in Surabaya, East Java, have vowed not to require Muslim employees to wear Christmas attire at work this holiday season, fol

Liau Y-Sing and Yumi Teso, Kuala Lumpur – The rupiah's reign as Southeast Asia's best currency is set to be short-lived as the supportive inflow from a $12.3 billion tax amnesty program is about to

Ariel Heryanto – On International Human Rights Day, 10 December, Indonesia lost one of its great public thinkers: George Junus Aditjondro.

Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives will soon deliberate a bill on the protection of Indonesian workers abroad to better advocate for those facing issues and to increase their

Fadli, Batam – Batam Police have arrested a 30-year old man on blasphemy charges over a Facebook post.

Jakarta – The Saber Pungli illegal levies eradication task force has received 17,600 reports on illegal fees since its establishment less than two months ago, a minister said on Sunday.

Surabaya – The Surabaya Police escorted Islam Defenders Front (FPI) members on Sunday as they raided shopping malls in the East Java capital to check whether outlets had ordered employees to wear C

Jakarta – The country is still recording high maternal mortality rates because a lot of mothers have not been able to access immediate treatment after giving birth because of their geographical loc

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan says he will stop the controversial Jakarta Bay reclamation if he is elected next year, saying that the project i

Moses Ompusunggu and Fadli, Jakarta/Batam, Riau Islands – The National Police have hit back against allegations that their arrest of a number of terror suspects was a ploy to divert the attention o

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – It was a meeting in which everyone involved could score political points.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Under pressure from the Bekasi branch of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), the Honda Mitra outlet on Jl. Raya Jati Asih, Bekasi, issued a statement on Dec.

Bambang Muryanto and Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta and Yogyakarta – More than 300 anthropologists from across the country have asked the government to protect Indonesian values and take stern action again

Jakarta – Police have interrogated Permadi, a politician from the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party and a well-known psychic, as a witness in an alleged plot against the government involvin

Jakarta – Hutomo Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former President Soeharto, yesterday denied funding any treason activity as uncovered by the police recently.

Jakarta – Chief Comr.

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The latest survey conducted by the Indonesia Survey Institute (LSI) shows that the number of people who think Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama insulted Islam is

Jeremy Hance – The construction of a 3km canal in Indonesia has led Greenpeace and WWF to suspend its partnership with one of Indonesia's biggest pulp and paper companies.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen.

Heather Barr – Lawmakers in Indonesia have decided they need to make their presence felt – in the nation's bedrooms.

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said the Indonesian Ulema Council edict that declared wearing other religious paraphernalia was unnecessary was part of religious toleran

Jakarta – A group that intercepted nine Muslims at El Tari Airport in Kupang last week has said its actions were not a form of "retaliation" for the recent disruption of a Christmas gathering in Ba

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen. Tito Karnavian said Friday that terrorist groups have developed a new trend of recruiting women to launch attacks in the country.

Jakarta – Recent tensions surrounding religious and ethnic intolerance in Indonesia can place individuals with alternative or liberal views on the sidelines, sometimes suppressing those views altog

Jakarta – The National Police confirmed on Thursday that its general crime directorate (Bareskrim) had summonsed comedian-turned National Mandate Party (PAN) politician Eko Hendro Purnomo for quest

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With more cars cramming major cities across the country, the air quality has worsened over the past year, rising to levels in several metropolises that may pose a seri

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) has released its latest survey showing that the electability of incumbent candidate pair Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Supporters of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama have said they will continue to support the incumbent in the 2017 election despite mounting public

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo has reiterated that all active personnel should be able to exercise their right to vote.

Fedina S. Sundaryani and Viriya P.

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Two Indonesian top judicial authorities decided to dismiss a top local religious court judge in Padang Panjang in West Sumatra on Tuesday for what they deemed as her "im

Margareth S.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Observers say there should be no reason for distrusting the panel of judges in the ongoing blasphemy trial of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama as there are ve

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Buni Yani, the uploader of an edited video of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's allegedly blasphemous remarks, has argued that the accompanying text of the

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The state of freedom in the country has fallen to a new low with more rights violations committed by the government and local administrat

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has annulled the Industry Ministry's tobacco road map, which aimed to increase cigarette production by 5 to 7.4 percent per year, from 2015 to 2020.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The legal team of Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama referred to Ahok's hearing on Tuesday as a "trial by mob" following large-scale demonstrations

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – The much anticipated blasphemy trial of Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has opened amid tight security and mobs of Islamic hardliners chanting for his arres

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – National Police spokesperson Insp. Gen.

Jakarta – Indonesian police said they safely detonated a bomb on the outskirts of the capital after arresting a female would-be suicide bomber and other suspected Islamic militants who were alleged

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – Amid growing religious tensions countrywide, a commemoration of the Prophet Muhammad's birthday, held by the Daarut Tauhid Islamic Boarding School in Bandung, West J

Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – On December 2, students at a junior high school in Purbalingga, Central Java, were asked this question in their multiple-choice history test: "What is the name of the cur

Jakarta – As the ranks of protesters thickened in central Jakarta on Dec.