Tom Clarke – Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has staked Australia's UN Security Council candidacy – and international reputation – on the claims that Australia is a "principled advocate of

Oei Eng Goan – Veteran actor Pong Harjatmo unveiled a banner reading "Arrest Nunun or Else Busyro Resigns" during a protest at the office of the Corruption Eradication Commission on Fri

Puguh Sadadi, London – The call by Eni F. H. Faleomavaega and Donald M. Payne in The Jakarta Post on Nov.

Melody Kemp – The low hill in front of us was bathed in golden light as the sun set gloriously over Sumba, Eastern Indonesia.

Armando Siahaan – Under normal circumstances, the media serves as an institution that covers political stories.

Bramantyo Prijosusilo – Transparency and accountability are universally accepted as the cornerstones of good governance.

Bastiaan Scherpen – After a brief controversy, a ruthless former governor-general of the Dutch East India Company is back on his pedestal in his Holland birthplace.

When the 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gather for their 19th Summit in Bali, they will have a slew of issues on the table.

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega and Donald M.

Elaine Pearson – "Now we are vilified," an Ahmadiyah imam told me last week at a mosque outside Jakarta that is threatened with closure.

Usman Hamid, Jakarta – Indonesia and other Asian countries have for better or worse to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The freedom of religious belief and the right to practice one's faith are protected by our Constitution.

Charles Scheiner, Dili – Tonight, I'm honored to be with so many young Timorese people who believe in justice and independence.

John M.

Jajang Jahroni, Boston, Massachusetts – The phenomenon of our mosques today reflects the idea of incongruity.

Robert Finlayson – No one I know loves Soetta, aka Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, except me.

William Lloyd George – While the international community is fixated on events taking place across the Middle East, they are turning a blind eye to desperate cries for help by the Papuan

The decision by the Law and Human Rights Ministry last week to issue a moratorium on sentence remissions for graft convicts while observing frequent cases of controversial sentence redu

This is not the first time that Gareth Evans has recognised that his, and Australia's, policy on reforming ABRI (Later TNI) was mistaken.

Oktovianus Pogau – The situation in Papua has taken a turn for the worse after last month's forced dispersal of a pro-independence congress in Abepura.

If the "crocodile versus gecko" saga two years ago was dubbed the fight-back by corruptors, the latest batch of not guilty verdicts from regional corruption courts is feared to augur th

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Amsterdam – A dialogue initiated by Jakarta has recently been followed up by massive strikes at the Freeport gold mining site and third Papuan People's Congress on

Gareth Evans – Noam Chomsky, in Sydney on 2 November, repeated his familiar attack on my handling, as Australia's foreign minister from 1988-96, of relations with Indonesia over East Ti

Sidney Jones – If President Yudhoyono is looking for one simple step that could change the ugly political dynamic in Papua, he should announce that police will stop using live ammunitio

Badrus Sholeh – Aceh is due to hold its elections for governor in December, an event that underscores the significant contribution democracy has made to peace since Aceh's 2006 ballot,

Jakarta – Human rights watchdog Imparsial has criticized President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for his slow response to the Papua conflict, highlighted by the fact he has yet to install a

Yanto Soegiarto – Once again, Timika's Rimba Hotel was the site of a negotiation between Freeport workers and the mining company's management on the wages of the former.

The tough response of the Indonesian armed forces to the Third Papuan People's congress has strengthened calls for freedom.

Maire Leadbeater – It was not in the headlines, but our neighbourhood has had its own "Arab Spring".

Armando Siahaan – The calendar says it's November 2011.

Mangadar Situmorang, Bandung – The number of casualties related to two inseparable incidents in Papua is likely to increase.

Yohanes Sulaiman – On Monday, Nyoman Minta became Indonesia's most famous gardener after he managed to bypass three security perimeters and walk within five meters of President Susilo B

Yanto Soegiarto – Unless it makes concessions both to Indonesian workers and the government, Freeport is done for.

The tumult and violent labor strike against the Indonesian subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc.

Budi Hernawan, Canberra – On Oct. 10, in chaotic circumstances, the police of Timika opened fire and shot dead an employee of PT Freeport Indonesia, Petrus Ayamiseba.

The violence in West Papua this week is deeply worrying – and raises uncomfortable foreign policy questions for the Australian government, writes Senator Richard Di Natale.

Richard Chauvel – Last Wednesday the Papuan People's Congress was closed down by the violent intervention of Indonesian police and military.

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The forceful dispersal on Wednesday of the concluding session of a three-day gathering of indigenous Papuans – self-proclaimed by the organizers as the third Papua People's Congress – i

The latest Cabinet shake-up announced by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the eve of the third year of his second and last term in office has sent a negative signal to the market a

Should the nation let itself be trapped by greedy elites and their cronies, and should we simply wait for a miracle when President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono eventually regains enough cou

Sahil Mahtani – In the parlor game of flavor-of-the-month economics, Indonesia is doing rather well.

Governor Fauzi Bowo's decision to issue a gubernatorial decree to restrict the issuance of shopping mall construction permits is commendable, considering that the city is already overcr

Ali Abdullah Wibisono, Nottingham, UK – Indonesia is not alien to the use of military in counterterrorism.

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to announce his new Cabinet lineup very soon.

Setyo Budi – The Jakarta-Papua dialogue is a test of political will for the Indonesian government and the West Papuan leadership in their search for a long-lasting, peaceful resolution

Fitri Bintang Timur, Singapore – When one comes across new legislation, they should ask: What does this bill regulate?

The fresh unrest, which broke out on Monday morning at the mining site of Timika-based copper and gold company PT Freeport Indonesia in Papua and killed one company employee and wounded

Benny Wenda – As a child growing up in the remote highlands of West Papua, we often heard stories from the elders about how our ancestors' spirits lived in the mountains and forests.

If criticism is analogous to nutrient food that helps democracy mature and grow stronger, the persistent demands from Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician Fahri Hamzah for the diss