Indonesia's anti-terrorism squad Densus 88 arrested six alleged terrorists involved in a series of attacks in Ambon, local police said on Monday.

Jakarta – The National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) has targeted the wrong groups in its counterterrorism drive, resulting in the recurrence of bomb attacks in the country, observers

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – A suspected militant was critically injured when a bomb apparently being prepared for terrorist attacks exploded at a house near Indonesia's capital, police sa

Jakarta – The National Police revealed on Monday that the terrorists who were arrested in Surakarta (Solo), Central Java, were motivated by revenge in their attacks against the city's p

A sociologist has proposed that the Ministry of Religious Affairs should issue certifications for Muslim clerics – also known as ulema – in order to curb the proliferation of radical se

The two teenagers killed in a police shootout in Solo, Central Java, on Friday are part of new terrorist group targeting police for cracking down on radical Islamic organizations in Ind

Michael Bachelard – A senior Indonesian legislator has hit out at Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr for having "double standards" after he called for an inquiry into the police killi

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government has warned it will take all necessary measures to locate those responsible for the recent shootings in Papua.

Farouk Arnaz – Justice and Human Rights Deputy Minister Denny Indrayana clamped down last year on sentence reductions and parole for convicts involved in terrorism, narcotics and corrup

The West Jakarta Court sentenced two men to five years in prison in connection with the April 2011 suicide bombing of a police station in Cirebon, West Java.

Farouk Arnaz – A document released by the police's elite counterterrorism force, Densus 88, alleges that two suspected would-be suicide bombers arrested early this month in Poso, Centra

Ulma Haryanto – The government needs to do more to combat religious violence and improve prison management to better combat terrorism, the International Crisis Group said in its latest

Questions are being asked about the role that the partly Australian funded and trained elite Indonesian police squad, Densus (Detachment) 88, has played during the recent violence in W

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has appointed a former National Police deputy chief to chair the deliberation of another bill on terrorism amid concerns from some groups, includi

Jakarta – Who is supposedly responsible for keeping radical teachings at bay?

Michael Bachelard, Karuni Rompies – Bali bomb-maker Umar Patek has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty over his role in the deaths of 202 people in the Bali bo

Jakarta – The failure to convince judges to hand terrorist convict Umar Patek a life sentence is solely the fault of prosecutors, according to terrorism commentator Dynno Creesbon.

Farouk Arnaz & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Police denied on Monday that it was planning to send counterterrorism unit Densus 88 to Papua, saying the recent spate of dead

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James Balowski, Jakarta – Riots erupted in the West Papuan provincial capital of Jayapura on June 14 after a leading pro-independence activist was shot dead during an arrest reportedly

Indonesia Police Watch has cautioned the National Police against increasing the presence of its anti-terrorism unit in Papua, saying that move would instead worsen conflict in the resti

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Bayu Marhaenjati – The court heard on Monday how high-profile terror suspect Umar Patek was able to walk into an immigration office with his wanted poster on the wall and obtain a passp

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police's anti-terror squad arrested four terror suspects in the West Java town of Purwakarta on Tuesday after gathering information from other suspects.

Agus Triyono – The Constitutional Court has rejected a motion by firebrand Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to have several articles of the Criminal Procedures Code repealed.

Farouk Arnaz – Questions are being raised about the recent actions of Densus 88 in Aceh, with one prominent group suggesting the National Police's counterterrorism unit is operating out

Indonesian police killed two suspected terrorists in a raid on the outskirts of Jakarta on Friday, a force spokesman said, less than two weeks after officers shot dead five suspects on

An Indonesian court on Wednesday jailed an Islamic boarding school head for 17 years for possessing more than two dozen home-made bombs and inciting terrorism.

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – The country's counterterrorism agency has detected continuing activity by terrorist organizations despite the fact that many terrorist suspects have either

Marni Cordell – Australia plays a key role in training and funding elite Indonesian counter-terror unit Detachment 88 – but wants to distance itself from the unit's violent reputation,

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – The bombmaker Umar Patek, who faces the death penalty for his role in the deadly Bali bombings, was a minor player who had qualms about the attack, his tria

Olivia Rondonuwu & Stuart Grudgings, Jakarta/Kuala Lumpur – A foiled plot by suspected Islamic militants to attack and bomb targets in Bali, including a bar popular with tourists, m

Ezra Sihite – Indonesia became the eighth Asean country to ratify the group's counterterrorism convention after the House of Representatives adopted it into law on Tuesday.

Farouk Arnaz – A man who was declared a suspect for firing at a church in Indramayu with a rifle was taught to hate Christians by his family, police said.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Didit Sidarta – Indonesia's National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) defended Sunday's deadly raid of two suspected terrorist hideouts in Bali, explaining

Nivell Rayda – The sun was rising slowly behind Salahutu Mountain but the island of Ambon remained dark as thunder-infested clouds hid the rays overhead.

Indonesia's counter-terror unit Detachment 88 is funded and trained by Australia. Why are we so involved with a unit whose work includes counter-separatist activities?

Bayu Marhaenjati – The mastermind behind last year's book bombing plot, Pepi Fernando, was sentenced to 18 years in jail by the West Jakarta District Court on Monday.

Bayu Marhaenjati – Former Global TV cameraman Imam Mochammad Firdaus was sentenced to three years and four months in prison at the West Jakarta District Court for his role in a plot to

Members of hard-line Muslim group Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid gathered outside the US embassy in Jakarta on Wednesday to protest last week's announcement by the US government designating the

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – New Supreme Court chief justice, M.

Islamist militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir blamed the United States for increasing his jail term, two days after Indonesia's top court reinstated his 15-year sentence for terrorism.

Indonesia's top court on Monday upheld a 15-year jail term against Islamist militant Abu Bakar Bashir for terrorist acts, reversing an earlier decision to slash the sentence to nine yea

Keyko Ranti Ramadhani & Ronna Nirmala – The US government's decision to declare convicted terrorist Abu Bakar Bashir's Jamaah Anshorut Tauhid group a terrorist organization will not

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – The United States has formally included hard-line Islam group Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT), an extremist organization founded by infamous cleric Abu Bakar Ba'a

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Umar Patek, the man who allegedly built the 700 kilogram bomb that ripped through two crowded Bali nightclubs in 2002, is unlikely to be executed, terrorism analyst

Farouk Arnaz – As recently as last year, a terror network had held military training and exercises on a small island in Southeast Sulawesi, pointing to signs that it is still active, an

Mohd Adhe Bhakti – Three Islamic terrorists were each sentenced to between seven and nine years in prison on Wednesday for their roles in the suicide bombing of a West Java mosque last

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Ten out of 13 defendants associated with Muhammad Syarief, the suicide bomber who attacked a mosque at a police compound in Cirebon on April 15, 2011, were sen

Bandung – In anticipation of a growing number of social conflicts, the Indonesian Military (TNI) is organizing an antiterrorism drill to help soldiers build synergy among different mili