Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With rifts having developed within political parties following last year's presidential election, a new law on regional elections has introduced a mechanism that allow

Farouk Arnaz & Ezra Sihite, Jakarta – The top two officials in the Indonesian police force continue to contradict each other over their stance on ongoing investigations into antigraft officials

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The NGO behind the filing of a police report against Tempo weekly for its coverage of Comr. Gen.

Ari Susanto, Yogyakarta – Islamic radical groups in Yogyakarta attempted to storm a screening of Joshua Oppenheimer's documentary film "Senyap" ("The Look of Silence") at Sunan Kalijaga State Islam

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The Judicial Commission (KY) says the Supreme Court (MA) was wrong for denouncing a plan from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to file a case review against a con

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government, the House of Representatives and the National Police defended on Tuesday the House's authority to assess presidential nominees for National Police chief.

Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says it will not seek a case review against a South Jakarta District Court pretrial ruling to have one of its highest-profile investigations to

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Carlos Paath Jakarta – The Jakarta City Council launched a formal investigation against Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama on Wednesday, in a move that could result in his i

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Jakarta – Indonesian demonstrators on Tuesday delivered bags of coins to the Australian embassy, saying they were handing back tsunami aid money after Canberra sought to use the issue to pressure J

Suherdjoko, Jakarta – Indonesia is facing a proxy war in which a third party is being used to attack Indonesia in any way, Army chief of staff Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo said on Tuesday.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) says it has found at least 454 irregularities in the 2014 budget for the Jakarta Education Agency, estimating that markups were respons

Jewel Topsfield – Indonesia could release 10,000 asylum seekers to Australia if Canberra continues to antagonise the republic over the execution of the Bali nine duo, an Indonesian minister has war

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Jakarta – Activists on Tuesday criticized Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo's proposal to give $75.8 million to each political party, saying that it would have the opposite effect to that intende

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Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Amid accusations that Indonesia has used faulty data to justify its executions of drug convicts on death row, the National Narcotics Agency, or BNN, suggested a modest decl

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The National Police on Monday continued its crackdown on dissident voices by filing libel lawsuits with the Jakarta Police against members of the National Commission on Huma

Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – Former Constitutional Court Chief Justice Jimly Ashiddiqie slammed Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Tuesday for remarks earlier this week suggesting that the National P

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Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Former Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri has reportedly told the current president not to grant clemency to those on death row, blaming drugs for the spread of H

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The chairman of the independent team tasked to resolve tensions between the National Police and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Ahmad Syafii Maarif, urged Presi

Tom Allard, Cilacap – Indonesia's president Joko Widodo says he is open to abolishing the death penalty, but not for a "long time" and only if the Indonesian people want it.

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakin Saifuddin has said that capital punishment does not violate human rights.

Jakarta – Commemorating International Women's Day (IWD), scores of workers from the International Women's Day United Struggle Committee (KPPIWD) held a protest action at the Hotel Indonesia traffic

Jakarta – Legislators, historians and human rights activists have hailed a local military commander's move to have his soldiers in Semarang, Central Java, watch "The Look of Silence" by award-winni

Jakarta – International Women's Day (IWD) was commemorated by various different elements of society who held a demonstration in the vicinity of the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta

Hamim Thohari, Yogya – In commemorating International Women's Day (IWD), students from the Student Alliance for Women held a peaceful action at the Jl.

Khaerur Reza, Yogya – Because of the great many government policies that fail to side with women, women are still treated second-class citizens and only identified by the kitchen, the bed and washi

Kennial Caroline Laia, Malinau, North Kalimantan – The recent death of a farmer in Sumatra's Jambi province has highlighted the need to address land conflicts often interwoven with rampant deforest

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – More than a dozen of Comr. Gen.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Suspended Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Bambang Widjojanto and antigraft activists have stepped up their demand for the National Police to comply wi

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The Public Works and Public Housing Ministry is struggling to prepare the tender process for a large number of infrastructure projects to be developed this year, foll

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Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – As the National Police ignored a recommendation from the Press Council and pressed ahead with its move to process a complaint against Tempo weekly's cover st

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Dominic Diongson – President Joko Widodo's plan to issue a regulation focusing more on graft prevention rather than enforcement – meaning investigation, arrest and prosecution – is a troubling shif

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Jewel Topsfield, Tom Allard – The Denpasar police chief has denied a grinning photograph of himself and condemned prisoner Andrew Chan was a heartless selfie.

Neles Tebay, Abepura, Papua – Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi visited three Pacific countries this week, namely Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Solomon Islands and Fiji, to strengthen relations betwe

Tom Allard – The absurd display of military muscle during the transfer of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan to the site of their execution was as much about whipping up the nationalist fervour of In

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Responding to mounting opposition from the public and current staff members of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the acting chairman of the antigraft body, Taufie

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officials, including directors and investigators, have pledged to continue demonstrating against KPK leaders until th

Bambang Muryanto, Magelang, Central Java – Muslim and Buddhist leaders from South and Southeast Asia have issued the Yogyakarta Statement, which refuses the use of Islam and Buddha in the politics

Semarang – Hundreds of members of the military command in Central Java's capital, Semarang, attended the screening of "Senyap" ("The Look of Silence") last week by award-winning American director J

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Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Experts have warned that implementation of the Blasphemy Law could lead to the radicalization of Muslims.

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry is urging copper miner PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara to complete negotiations over the amendment of the firm's contract of work (CoW

Hamish McDonald – Just about everyone following last year's elections in Indonesia got hooked by the beguiling Jokowi story: the Javanese boy raised in a squatter home on the banks of a

Batang/Rembang, Central Java – Protests by fishermen against Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti's new ban on the use of some fishing equipment continued in Central Java over t