Jakarta – Women's rights activists plan to personally meet with Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo to persuade him to annul laws and bylaws that discriminate against women.

Defense minister Ryamizard Ryacudu says that the government does not need to apologise to the families of former Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) members, saying that the PKI killed seven generals

Archipelago – The Central Java administration plans to revise outdated regional regulations on prostitution that charge illegal sex workers a penalty of Rp 10,000 (72 US cents).

Jakarta – Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H.

Jakarta – The Supreme Court (MA) has decided to reject the Judicial Commission's (KY) recommendation regarding the alleged breach of ethics by South Jakarta District Court judge Sarpin Rizaldi.

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has slammed the media's coverage of a statement by its party chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri regarding the Corruption Eradication Commission (K

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Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court's conviction of child sexual abuse that sentenced five contracted cleaners at the Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS) to seven a

Jakarta – Australia and Indonesia will co-host a meeting of regional law enforcement and national security agencies to discuss ways of blocking funding for extremists, it was announced Wednesday.

Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Ministry gave sentence reductions to hundreds of graft convicts locked up in the country's prisons on Independence Day on Monday, including notorious tax official

Jakarta – There was little remorse and plenty of deflection from Indonesia's notoriously traffic-blind community of Harley-Davidson bikers and their police enablers amid social media cheers for a c

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Montreal/Toronto – Indonesia scored poorly on a 2014 safety audit by the United Nations' aviation agency largely because its Transportation Ministry is understaffed, said two sources familiar with

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Jakarta – Flawed regulations have given rise to stigma and discrimination toward people with disabilities.

Jakarta – Former President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Tuesday drew attention to ad hoc institutions in Indonesia, especially the existence of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), which she s

Jakarta – Graft defendants on average get only two years and one month in prison, according to the Indonesian Corruption Watch's (ICW) observations from the past six months – shorter than the last

Jakarta – Nearly 2,000 graft convicts are among more than 118,000 inmates across Indonesia gifted hefty sentence cuts in the observance of the nation's 70th independence anniversary on Monday.

Jakarta – As the Indonesian automotive industry keeps lowering sales targets, the premium market segment seems to be avoiding much of the pain caused by a slowing economy, as Mercedes-Benz is repor

Jakarta – A US Congress delegation met with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Saturday at the State Palace in Jakarta, calling for stronger economic ties between Indonesia and the US.

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Anne-Sophie Gindroz, Denpasar, Bali – "Why are you leaving now? Come back here! I have told the truth but you do not believe me.

Tama Salim, Jakarta – In celebration of the 70th year of the country's independence, the government is planning to produce a grand spectacle by sinking another batch of foreign fishing vessels.

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Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has warned President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo not to mess with freedom of speech and expression and not to take the country back to the days of S

Thursday's Cabinet reshuffle was probably the source of the upbeat tone of the first State of the Nation address from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, presented in conjunction with Independence Day.

ndra Budiari, Jakarta – The Jakarta High Court's decision to overturn the conviction of Indonesian Ferdinant Tjiong and Canadian Neil Bantleman in the child abuse case at the Jakarta Intercultural

Hery H Winarno – Hundreds of people took to the streets to demonstrate in front of the Grahadi building in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya on the afternoon of Thursday August 13.

Jakarta – The 70th Independence Day anniversary cultural parade in the Pamekasan regency in East Java on Saturday has made the news after its participants displayed attributes reminiscent of the In

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has indicated that the Indonesian government has no intention of prosecuting perpetrators of past human rights abuses, in a state of the nation address that only bri

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – An Indonesian court has overturned convictions against a Canadian teacher and an Indonesian teaching assistant who were serving 10 years in prison for sexually abusing thr

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Two teachers from a prestigious Jakarta international school have been acquitted of child sex offences amid claims of an elaborate hoax to extract $US125 million from the scho

Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) should take necessary and appropriate action to prevent human rights abuses by its personnel and furthermore hold perpetrators accountable, Human Rights Watc

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Increasing the number of coal-fired power plants (PLTU) from 42 to 159 will increase the risk of death from air pollutants in Indonesia from 6,500 a year in 2015 to 15

Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – The biggest, and possibly riskiest, move in Indonesian President Joko Widodo's cabinet reshuffle this week was the appointment of Luhut Pandjaitan as coordinating minist

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Tom Allard – Indonesian authorities have foiled an alleged plot by Islamic State supporters to bomb a police station and churches in Surakarta, Central Java on Monday, Indonesia's Independence Day.

Finally, in the midst of rumours about the rise of the new PKI (Indonesian Communist Party) during the era of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, a delegation from the Central Advisory Board of the Isl

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democracy Index (IDI) has reached a new high, largely driven by successful general elections in 2014, although a lackluster performance by regional legi

Param-Preet Singh, Bangkok – Indonesia's government is preparing to lift the lid on decades of gross human rights violations whose victims have gone without redress and whose perpetrators have neve

Jakarta – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu said that he planned to enlist at least 100 million reservists who could be deployed to defend the country.

New York – The Indonesian military should take all necessary and appropriate action to prevent abuses by its personnel and hold human rights violators accountable, Human Rights Watch sa

Saiful Munir, Jakarta – Newly appointed Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) retired General Luhut Binsar Panjaitan has called on ministers and heads of

Diah Harni Saputri, Maria Rita, Jakarta - Human rights activists, academics and journalists have initiated the formation of a people's tribunal into the 1965 mass killings.

Bekasi – The Bekasi administration has decided to halt the construction of Santa Clara Catholic Church in Bekasi, West Java, despite no flaws being found in the administrative documents, following

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Magelang – Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu has denied that he permits civil servants in his institution to have more than one wife.

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Indonesia's president announced a Cabinet reshuffle Wednesday in a move aimed at reviving the sputtering economy and stabilizing the rupiah.