Tom Allard – Indonesia's Attorney-General and chief advocate for executing drug felons, H.M.

Jambi – An angry mob burned down Limun Police Office and the police chief's official residence on Saturday following the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man, identified as Edwar, a resident of Pula

Indra Budiari, Bogor – Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) says the Bogor regency administration lacks a commitment to protecting a conservation zone in Puncak, Bogor regency, West Java, alleging authorit

Why should President Joko Widodo repeal the planned execution of 10 drug convicts on death row?

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – In 1918, the Dutch government established the Alcoholbes Trijdings Commissie to investigate the abuse of alcohol in the Dutch East Indies. Its findings were alarming.

Mitchell Bland – As Australia celebrates its historic partnership with New Zealand and commemorates lives lost through war, our Pacific partners in West Papua and their plight for independence must

Jakarta – The police, in cooperation with local informal figures, raided a number of hotels in West Jakarta at dawn on Sunday and netted 35 unmarried pairs of youths.

Hamish McDonald – It will be scant help to the two Australians and six other foreigners now facing imminent execution on Nusakambangan Island, but the case of fellow convict Serge Atlaoui, now subj

Jakarta – The House of Representatives is once again in the spotlight for its plan to construct a new multi-story building in the legislative complex in Central Jakarta.

An open letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to President of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Joko Widodo

Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo should free himself from the suffocating political "straitjacket" and focus on the economy for the rest of his term, as investors begin wondering

Michelle Nichols, New York – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Indonesia on Saturday not to execute 10 prisoners, including two Australians, for drug-related crimes.

Cilacap – An NGO activist has said that Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, a Philippine death row inmate convicted on drug trafficking charges, is only a poor woman, with two children in her home country, wh

Jewel Topsfield – Myuran Sukumaran has painted what could be his last self-portrait: a torso with a palm-sized black hole over the heart dripping with blood.

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The family of former strongman Soeharto has inserted itself into the deepening rift between the two competing factions within the Golkar Party.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Friday it had not been invited to any House of Representatives' discussions on the deliberation of the 2015 regulation in

Jakarta – Students at Jakarta State University (UNJ) held demonstrations against former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit on Saturday, where he was the special guest in a discussion held a

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Wawa, a two-and-a-half year old girl, looks happy in her smaller-than-average frame.

Jakarta – Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa confirmed on Saturday that former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid and former army commander Sarwo Edhie Wibowo would soon be declare

Yogyakarta – Indonesia could face food crisis in the next three years because each year 100,000 hectares of farmland changes function as the population expands, the Agriculture Ministry has warned.

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – The only law that the House of Representatives (DPR) managed to pass during its third sitting period of the 2014-2015 term was the recently approved 2015 Corruption Eradicat

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Indonesia's foreign debt continues to rise, primarily because private sector debt is growing.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called for both judicial settlement and reconciliation for the country's seven major cases of human rights violations.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry is in hot water after refusing to release what it deems to be confidential documents but which several civil society organization

Jakarta – An announcement by the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) that the punk rock band Superman Is Dead (SID) will be performing at the May Day Fiesta on May 1 has been denied by

Bagus BT Saragih, Bandung – The patron of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leader Megawati Soekarnoputri, was in a front-row position on Friday when s

Jakarta – Following reports that the youngest son of former president Soeharto, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, had expressed interest in running in the race for the Golkar Party leadership, senior p

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto has apologized for the behavior of two prominent legislators who were involved in a punch up earlier this month at a hearing w

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – A number of NGOs in Jambi have called for the logging moratorium that has applied since 2010 and which is due to end on May 15 to be extended for the sake of forest conservatio

Syahrul Ansyari, Foe Peace Simbolon – In the lead up to the commemoration of International Labour Day 2015 or May Day, the Indonesian Labour Movement (GBI), which is made up of the Confederation of

Jakarta – Situbondo District Court in East Java sentenced Asyani, 70, to 15 months probation on Thursday for stealing seven pieces of wood belonging to state company PT Perhutani.

Jakarta – The Media Hotel and Towers management just recently announced their decision to cancel the controversial students' bikini party that was initially slated to be held in the hotel on Saturd

Jakarta – Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has expressed his disapproval over a controversial bikini party allegedly involving high school students.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court handed down on Wednesday a lenient five-year prison sentence to a police general in a high-profile graft case that led to a

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Anti-corruption activists in Yogyakarta said on Thursday the inauguration of Comr. Gen.

Ari Susanto, Jakarta – Activists have filed a pretrial motion against Sukoharjo Police for the lack of progress in the allegations of child trafficking and sexual abuse against the king of Solo, Pa

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta Anti-Corruption Civil Society Coalition activists tore up a copy of the Nawacita document containing the vision, mission and working programs of President

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – National Police Chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti has defended the under-the-radar inauguration of Comr. Gen.

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti defended on Thursday his selection of controversial officer Comr. Gen.

Ina Parlina and Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has endorsed the decision made by newly installed National Police chief Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti to appoint Comr.

Jakarta – The Indonesia Labour Movement (GBI) has agreed to form its own political party following the commemoration of May Day 2015.

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – A daughter of former dictator Soeharto, Titiek, said on Thursday that many supporters in the region had demanded that her youngest brother, Tommy Soeharto, take the helm of

Bagus BT Saragih and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – More state leaders that had initially confirmed their attendance at the 60th anniversary of the Asian-African Conference have canceled their visits to In

Farouk Arnaz & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – In a low-profile ceremony on Wednesday afternoon, Comr. Gen.

Dewanti Wardhani, Jakarta – Responding to the Trade Ministry's prohibition on the sale of alcohol in minimarts, Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama is considering allowing minimarts and special

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has lambasted the government and House of Representatives' plan to expedite the termination of terms of the antigraft body's curr

Jakarta – NGOs want law enforcers to take into consideration the impending revision of the Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP) concerning elderly lawbreakers.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – A national adolescent sexual and reproductive health conference hosted by five civil society organizations hopes to be the start of a movement educating Indonesia's