Nani Afrida and Margareth Aritonang, Jakarta – Civil society groups have begun voicing objections to a plan by the Indonesian Military (TNI) to leave 700 personnel in Poso, Central Sulawesi, as a Q

Jakarta – Megawati Soekarnoputri will probably not be facing any opposition at next week's congress for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), but she has to accommodate a growing con

Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – A state university in South Kalimantan has drawn the ire of one of Indonesia's Islamic political parties for its decision to ban female students from attending class in a ni

Jakarta – The Golkar Party faction led by Agung Laksono warned the Red-White Coalition (KMP) on Thursday that it was to stay out of the party's spectacular split and allow resolution to be found th

Indonesians will find it difficult to boast of being from a democratic country as long as their compatriots continue to fall victim to the Electronic Information and Transaction (ITE) Law.

Jakarta – The government's move to block several websites believed to promote extremist Islamic teaching has triggered a backlash among some members of Indonesia's Muslim community, who have accuse

Haeril Halim and Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Responding to public outcry accusing the government of infringing free speech rights, the Communications and Information Ministry reopened on Tuesday

Hotman Siregar & Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The State Administrative Court on Wednesday temporarily suspended the Justice Ministry's decision to endorse a pro-government faction inside

Jakarta – Eight of the 10 political parties in the House of Representatives have demanded an explanation from President Joko Widodo on his decision to cancel the nomination of Comr. Gen.

Alison Moodie – In late February, a young Indonesian farmer named Indra Pelani showed up at a checkpoint manned by security guards for Asia Pulp and Paper, a Chinese-Indonesian company, in central

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The government's move to block several websites accused of spreading radicalism and hatred received condemnation from many – not only from those identified as fundamental and militant, but also fro

Yuli Krisna, Bandung/Yogyakarta – Two Indonesian women on Tuesday were sentenced to months in prison for violating Indonesia's notorious 2008 Electronic Information and Transaction (ITE) law.

Jakarta – Human rights activists in West Sulawesi have denounced police for attempting to stop a screening of Joshua Oppenheimer's documentary film "The Look of Silence" in Mamuju.

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Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – Megawati Soekarnoputri is slated to continue as chairwoman of the country's biggest political party for a fifth consecutive term despite strong public demand for a new brand

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – Teachers in Bandung, West Java, have raised concerns over the distribution of thousands of school books, which they say teach religious intolerance and radicalism.

Arthur Neslen – Brazil and Indonesia spent over 100 times more in subsidies to industries that cause deforestation than they received in international conservation aid to prevent it, according to a

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Ari Susanto, Yogyakarta – Prominent feminist and artist Dewi Candraningrum exhibited her visual artworks "Dokumen Rahim," or "Documents of a Womb," in Yogyakarta's Sangkring Art Project earlier thi

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Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has called on the South Jakarta District Court to rearrange schedules for six pretrial cases that challenge the antigraft body's

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Hotman Siregar & Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The rift inside the Golkar Party reached a new height on Monday with the party's House of Representatives, or DPR, caucus offi

Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) says it recognizes the Golkar Party faction led by Agung Laksono. The faction has recently been validated by the government.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia has increased the price of subsidized gasoline again in line with its fixed-subsidy plan, but the price is significantly lower than its actual market price,

Hans David Tampubolon – Playwright Faiza Mardzoeki often takes inspiration and ideas from the books she reads to produce high quality plays.

Carlos Roy Fajarta Barus & Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – About 200 laborers staged a protest at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta on Sunday, but Vice President Jusuf Kalla says the governme

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Former news anchor Grace Natalie is working on the establishment of a new political party run entirely by young people, she announced on Sunday.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Supreme Court guaranteed on Friday that all justices would expedite hearings on case-review petitions filed by several death row, as the international community was obser

Jakarta – Conflict between the Golkar Party's two opposing factions has intensified as news of the Agung Laksono camp's plan to seize control of the party's faction office at the House of Represent

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The People's Democratic Party, or PRD, once accused by the military of having ties to the banned Communist Party of Indonesia, or PKI, (as well as, more innocuously, to Amn

Suherdjoko and Ruslan Sangadji, Semarang/Palu – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is insisting that the joint combat exercise in Poso, Central Sulawesi, is not aimed at arresting members of a terrorist

Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court has rejected the pretrial motion filed by Democratic Party lawmaker Sutan Bhatoegana, who challenged the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) move to

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With the Health Ministry stepping up efforts to reduce tobacco use in the country, Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa has drawn criticism for her decisio

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) told a hearing at the Constitutional Court on Thursday that a mechanism used to suspend KPK leaders could be misused and may event

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Civil society organizations have criticized the National Police for their move to name former deputy law and human rights minister Denny Indrayana a graft suspect, calling t

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – The National Police have officially issued a decree allowing female police officers to wear the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, with their uniforms.

Kennial Caroline Laia & Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Analysts have warned that the party of President Joko Widodo is committing political suicide by not endorsing the popular and highly regarded Tr

Hans Nicholas Jong and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The State Palace is being pushed in a corner to explain its decision to drop Comr. Gen.

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Jakarta – Indonesian poet Saut Situmorang was taken by three Jakarta Police officers from his Yogyakarta home to testify in a libel case, his friends said on Thursday.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The Military Region Command (Kodam) VII/Wirabuna is stepping up monitoring and surveillance to prevent the Islamic State (IS) militant group from entering and spreading

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court held its first hearing on Monday of a petition challenging the decision to release Pollycarpus Budihari Prijanto, the convicted murdere

Farouk Arnaz, Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Natasia Christy Wahyuni & Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta/Malang – Indonesia's counterterrorism agency has urged the government to revise laws governing freedom o

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Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – A proposal for an inquiry into Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H.

Yogyakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has blocked 70 websites with content linked to terrorism, including the Islamic State (IS) organization.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – A bomb explosion in a Jakarta shopping mall last month has been linked to members of the so-called Islamic State who fought in Syria, highlighting the danger posed by for

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