Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The police and military should not be supporting Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's plan to demolish the Kalijodo red-light district in West Jakar

Haeril Halim and Tama Salim, Jakarta – As a backlash against President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's move to delay revisions of an anticorruption law, the House of Representatives is rife with lobbying to

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Banyumas – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) patron Rizieq Shihab canceled his visit to the Al Fattah Islamic Boarding School in Cilongok district, Banyumas, Central Java, on Tuesday, following a protest

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – A corruption watchdog reported on Wednesday that the country had seen a decreasing number of corruption cases prosecuted by law enforcers as a result of the crimina

Hanis Maketab – Facebook has suspended the account of a young Indonesian woman who posted historical photos of local women to protest the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission's censoring of a beauty

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government will give high priority to local products, particularly for infrastructure projects as part of efforts to assist the development of national industries, cre

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – In a move to enhance support for the Indonesian Military (TNI), President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo promised on Tuesday that he would allocate more funds to it if the economy got

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) plans to set up new military bases in eastern Indonesia, with Biak and Merauke in Papua and Morotai in Maluku among the options for its the l

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Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Police have vowed to follow up on reports that five mosques in Jakarta have been used as recruitment centers for the Islamic State (IS) movement.

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Tama Salim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – On the back of a deal between President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and the House of Representatives to postpone the revision of the 2002 Corruption Eradication Commi

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Police banned on Tuesday activists from Democracy Struggle Solidarity (SPD), a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) support group, from holding a rally at th

Jakarta/Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta Police shut down a rally supporting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community at the Tugu Monument in Yogyakarta on Tuesday (23/02) afternoon, citing the

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Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu believes that the emergence of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Indonesia is part of a "proxy war" to take over a country without

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government is planning to reform its non-tax state revenue (PNBP) system in the forestry sector following a finding that corruption in the sector is causing trilli

Jakarta – Government, businesspeople and economists have said that the issue of mass layoffs that has spread on social media recently is not as severe as a labor union claims.

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The prosecutors' office dropped a controversial assault case involving Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan on Monday, citing a lack of eviden

Shinta Maharani, Jakarta – Hundreds of pro-democracy activists were threatened and intimidated by intolerant groups when they held a peaceful protest action at a square alongside the McDonalds fast

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – The government is seeking to maintain infrastructure funding at current levels while trimming other sectors' funding amid a cash-strapped budget in a measure lauded by a

Khoirul Amin and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – In a world where everything moves so fast and economic rivalry becomes fiercer among nations, Indonesia should no longer take anything for granted, or i

Oliver Holmes, Bangkok – The leading psychiatric body in Indonesia is claiming that transgender people suffer from a mental health disorder and gay and bisexual people are at risk of mental health

Banyumas – A coalition of youth organizations in Banyumas, Central Java, has rejected the presence of firebrand Muslim cleric Rizieq Shihab in the regency.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The closure of the Kalijodo red light district in North and West Jakarta is just one stage in the government's ambition to close down all 168 such areas across

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – House of Representatives Commission III overseeing legal affairs has agreed to increase the budget for the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) to bolster the a

Security forces faced allegations of human rights violations, including the use of unnecessary or excessive force.

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The Research, Technology and Higher Education Ministry has called on university campuses to remain vigilant regarding religious student organizations to thwart any

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioners met President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday to try to persuade him to reject a revision of the KPK Law, on the back

Tama Salim, Jakarta – Stepping in to address the wave of negative comment sweeping the country, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the government to make good on its rec

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Human rights activists have warned that recent statements made by public officials and religious leaders who want to limit the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transge

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – "If there's one thing that we need to watch out when we join the Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP], that's the yarn-forward clause," said Benny Soetrisno.

Nedi Putra AW, Batu, East Java – Munir Said Thalib's struggle to uncover rights violation cases, from the murder of labor activist Marsinah in 1994 to the disappearance of 24 students in Jakarta in

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – The city administration and the Jakarta Police are apparently taking it in turns to throw their weight around over red-light district Kalijodo, which stretches between the We

Tama Salim, Jakarta – As reports of vote-buying and money politics tied to the Golkar Party begin to make the rounds ahead of the party's upcoming congress to elect a new chairman, party leaders ha

Ni Komang Erviani, Andi Hajramurni and Arya Dipa, Denpasar/Makassar/Bandung – The government's new policy requiring modern retailers to charge customers for plastic bags will begin slowly as local

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Fadli, Batam – Batam workers' associations rejected on Friday the government's plan to limit workers' demonstrations, saying that it would violate freedom of expression laws.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Dozens of Islamic Jihad Front (FJI) members visited on Friday the Al Fatah Islamic boarding school for transgender students in Sayangan hamlet, Kotagede district, Yog

Tama Salim, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), which nominated President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for the 2014 presidential election, is blasting his administration for bein

Jayapura, Jubi – Activists and students from Jayawijaya urged the local government to pay attention to people's need for health and education by bringing in teachers and doctors, instead of buildin

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Dorce Gamalama is known as the "Indonesian Oprah".

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – Tradition has been blamed for the increase in the number of domestic violence cases against women and children in North Central Timor (TTU) regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT),

Erika Anindita, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has reactivated a decree that recognized the United Development Party's (PPP) leadership as that decided at a national congress (muktamar

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Radical Islamic ideology has spread freely on secular university campuses across Indonesia, with students from science and engineering majors more susceptible to i

Jakarta – The United Development Party (PPP) is caught in a new tangle after the government handed party leadership to a former chairman convicted in a graft case to end leadership dualism.

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police are determined to pursue their case against two Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) lawyers who were arrested when providing legal assistance to l

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