Michael Bachelard – Islamic terrorists in Indonesia have a new target after militant godfather Abu Bakar Bashir threatened holy war against the Buddhists of Myanmar.

Bayu Marhaenjati & AFP – Hundreds of members of radical Islamic groups on Friday called for "jihad in Myanmar" during rallies in front of the Myanmar embassy in Menteng, Jakarta, to

Angela Dewan – The elite police unit on the front line of Indonesia's lauded terrorism clampdown faces fresh allegations of torture and unlawful killings, raising concerns it is fueling

The Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday jailed two men who were involved in several shootings in the Aceh province in the lead-up to the April 2012 gubernatorial elections.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has verified as genuine a video depicting officers from a police counterterrorism squad allegedly using

Yeremia Sukoyo – The National Police's counterterrorism unit, Densus 88, should not use its success in fighting terrorism as justification to violate human rights, a rights activist say

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has begun analyzing a video of the alleged violence committed by authorities against terror convicts in Poso

Farouk Arnaz/AFP – The Central Sulawesi Police have detained five of its members over the alleged torture of militants after a video posted on YouTube showed a suspect being shot and ot

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Ezra Sihite – Despite mounting criticism against the National Police's counterterrorism unit, Densus 88, calls to disband the body are excessive and unnecessary, a minister said on Tues

Jakarta – The National Police are examining the allegation that some of their members have been involved in human rights abuses when handling suspected terrorists in Central Sulawesi.

Yeremia Sukoyo – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Sunday warned of fresh violence in the Central Sulawesi town of Poso and Maluku after the publication of a YouTu

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Lawmakers from House of Representatives Commission III are planning a working committee to monitor the performance of the National Polices counterterrorism unit, Densus 88.

Jakarta – Muslim groups have called on the National Police to dissolve the country's anti-terror squad (Densus 88) in the wake of allegations it has tortured, wrongfully arrested or kil

Jakarta – Following allegations of human rights violations, the House of Representatives announced plans on Friday to strengthen supervision over counterterrorism operations carried out

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Indonesia tightened its grip on financial transactions on Tuesday as the nation introduced its first law aimed at choking off funding for radical organization

Palu, Central Sulawesi – The chief of the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT), Ansyaad Mbai, said terrorists were seeking to break the military-police unity to weaken the power of

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Zubaidah Nazeer – Some Muslim women in Indonesia are stepping up to a more active role in radicalism as the country's terror cells regroup, with analysts warning the authorities to stre

Ed McWilliams – In a December 5, 2012 lecture at Stanford University's International Policy Studies program (revised January 22, 2

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Tolikara Legislative Council member Husia Yosia Karoba was beaten to death by a mob at a polling station as Papuans elected a governor on Tuesday.

Chris Brummitt and Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Indonesia's US-funded police anti-terror squad has killed seven suspected militants recently, reviving allegations that the force is not try

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra Police's bomb squad on Saturday secured an alleged homemade bomb, that contained 500 grams of nails, which was found in the backyard of Salaon

Jakarta – Police's special anti terror squad known as Densus 88, handled 14 terrorist cases with 78 suspects so far this year.

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The Australian Greens today called for Foreign Minister, Senator Bob Carr, to explain what Australia is doing to help put an end to violence and human rights abuses in West Papua.

Bayu Marhaenjati – Indonesian terrorists have shifted their targets to attack police stations over churches, an analyst says.

Approximately 50 students and one teacher affiliated with an Islamic boarding school and allegedly involved in terrorist activities were taken into police custody on Tuesday.

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – "Rahman" and his four colleagues were apprehended by the National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism personnel in a house in Pejaten, South Jakarta, in 2010.

Bagus BT Saragih and Ruslan Sangadji, Poso, Central Sulawesi – A mother of two children could not conceal her contempt for the police while displaying a 3-centimeter scar left near her

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu, Central Sulawesi – Several residents of Kayamanya subdistrict in Poso, Central Sulawesi, will file complaints against the National Police's counterterrorism unit,

Nani Afrida and Ruslan Sangadji, Jakarta/Palu – The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) warned the fight against militants in the area might get uglier.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on the public to remain vigilant with regard to "suspicious" residents within their neighborhoods as they might

Nani Afrida and Rabby Pramudatama – The Harakah Sunni for Indonesian Society (Hasmi) group was a relatively unknown quantity until officers from the National Police's Densus 88 countert

Jakarta – The Harakah Sunni for Indonesia (Hasmi) group has denied a statement made by the National Police saying that 11 of the suspected terrorists arrested on Saturday were members o

Matthew Bigg, Jakarta – Indonesia's arrest of 11 suspected Islamic militants it said planned to attack the US embassy and a plaza near Australia's embassy is evidence that legal extremi

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesian police have arrested 11 suspected terrorists who they say planned to detonate a number of bombs, including one at a building across the road from

Jakarta – The deployment of the Indonesian Military (TNI) platoons following a string of terror attacks in Poso, Central Sulawesi, is a contra-productive measure that could potentially

Zubaidah Nazeer, Solo, Central Java – Even as Indonesia stepped up security throughout the archipelago in the decade since the Bali blasts, a new wave of militants is regrouping in the

Bali – Ten years after terrorist attacks at two Bali nightclubs killed more than 200 people, mostly foreign tourists, Indonesia has won international praise for its counterterrorism eff

Farouk Arnaz – Indonesia's infamous firebrand cleric and convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Bashir has been transferred to the high-security prison island of Nusa Kambangan, for a reason not

A commander from the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPN) has categorically denied any responsibility or involvement in an alleged bombing campaign against security force targets i

Alex Rayfield – Two West Papuan activists currently in police detention in Yapen Island in West Papua are being threatened with twenty years jail by the Indonesian police for organising

Farouk Arnaz – A human rights group on Tuesday expressed support for the National Police and its anti-terror unit in the ongoing fight against extremism, but also called on it to be leg

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta, Indonesia – An elite Indonesian anti-terror squad has arrested 10 Islamic militants and seized a dozen homemade bombs from a group suspected of planning suicide

Michael Bachelard – The spiritual leader of radical Islam in Indonesia has urged his supporters to greater acts of violence in retribution against the producers of the film Innocence of

About 100 Islamic extremists on Tuesday praised the 9/11 hijackers at a rally outside the US embassy in Jakarta, as they celebrated the 11th anniversary of the deadly attacks.

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