Jakarta – Islamic hard-liners have launched a full-scale campaign in cyberspace seeking the release of Indonesia's best-known radical cleric.

Telly Nathalia & Sunanda Creagh, Jakarta – Islamic militants based in Indonesia's Aceh province worked with a fugitive suspected of planning the Bali bombings in an effort to unite

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – No remorse crossed the faces of three terrorists on Monday as they told a court how terror defendant Eko Budi Wardoyo had explained jihad for them and described

Dicky Christanto – The police said they had evidence to charge firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir with funding and promoting terrorist activities in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam.

Candra Malik, Indonesia – Hundreds of supporters of hard-line Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir have lashed out at the police over his "unholy" arrest, while his family has vowed to conti

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Abu Bakar Bashir appears in at least three videos about the training of a terrorist group in an extraordinary breach of security by the alleged jihadists that will

Jakarta – The National Police are investigating the extent of foreign funding of terrorism activities in Indonesia, after allegations that a French citizen was involved with terrorists

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Indonesia's best-known radical Islamic cleric was charged Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of death, police sa

Farouk Arnaz, Candra Malik & Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – One of three members of an Islamist group led by hard-line cleric Abu Bakar Bashir arrested by police in May testified to

Olivia Rondonuwu, Jakarta – Indonesian anti-terror police detained radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Monday and several other militants in a crackdown on a network found making

Jakarta – The National Police say terror suspect Abu Bakar Bashir was arrested after it was discovered that he was allegedly deeply involved in terrorist activities in West Java and Ace

Heru Andriyanto – The terror plot against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono recently uncovered in West Java was part of a larger trend as militant groups widened their targets from Wes

Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Saturday that police had foiled a terror plot against him as he visited West Java province, state media reported.

Ulma Haryanto – Indonesian Muslims are still vulnerable to being radicalized, according to a national survey by the Indonesian Survey Institute and Lazuardi Birru, an independent organi

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Human rights activists and a lawmaker have voiced concerns over the new antiterrorism agency, saying the agency may hold too much power that could mimic the

Jakarta – The International Crisis Group (ICG) warned on Monday of possible dangers of military involvement in the newly established National Anti-Terror Agency (BNPT).

Jakarta – The new National Antiterror Agency (BNPT) has united Indonesia's antiterror agencies under one authority, shifting the weight to include other institutions besides the Nationa

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – A presidential decree to establish a counterterrorism agency could do more harm than good, human rights group Imparsial warned on Monday.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – Some point their finger to poverty, others the hostility of US troops in several Muslim countries, but for security analyst and former journalist Noor Huda I

Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto – Despite police successes against terrorist networks, lessons learned over the 12 months since the July 17 twin hotel bombings in Jakarta show that t

Heru Andriyanto – Not long after the capital was rocked by twin hotel bomb attacks in the heart of Jakarta's central business district a year ago today, the public was reassured by what

The father of militant Islam in Indonesia, Abu Bakar Bashir, is back under a police microscope for his alleged support of terrorist activity, a security analyst said Tuesday.

Achmad Sukarsono – Indonesia's Islamic jihadi movement, which drove deadly attacks in the country with the world's largest Muslim population since the 2002 Bali bombings, has been left

Robin McDowell – Not long ago, Abdullah Sunata was a poster child for Indonesia's efforts to persuade jailed terrorists to give up their violent ways.

Farouk Arnaz, Antara & Agence France-Presse – The National Police's counterterrorism unit arrested two more suspects following successful raids in Central Java in which it netted th

Farouk Arnaz – Antiterror police foiled the country's most-wanted terrorist fugitive, Abdullah Sonata's plot to attack several police offices on the Police Anniversary Day on July 1.

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – Indonesia's "most wanted" terror suspect was behind bars Thursday after raids which left one officer wounded and uncovered a stash of explosive materials, docum

Indonesian anti-terror squad Detachment 88, which is partially funded by foreign nations, cooperated with prison guards and police to torture political prisoners, says an international

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Indonesia's elite anti-terror squad arrested the country's most-wanted man and two of his aides in a series of coordinated raids on Java island, police said.

Irwan Firdaus – The antiterror squad hurtled from a white van on a bustling street as their quarry – three terror suspects – stepped out of a taxi.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – A new government agency expected to take a more comprehensive approach to eradicating terrorism will be officially established in July, an official said, ami

Farouk Arnaz – An Islamic organization said on Sunday it would file a complaint against the antiterror police at the National Commission on Human Rights this week over the police's fata

Farouk Arnaz – Members of the hard-line Islamic People's Forum (FUI) on Friday accused the National Police of planning to fabricate terrorism charges against cleric Abu Bakar Bashir.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) announced Thursday that most anti-terrorism raids conducted by police force have violated human rights.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian police have moved to treat all asylum-seekers passing through the country on their way to Australia as potential terror suspects.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Hardline Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir had a direct line to al-Qa'ida around the time of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the US because his

Farouk Arnaz – Poor coordination among authorities, weak laws and a prison climate conducive to recruitment are allowing regional terrorist networks to thrive despite a recent crackdown

Farouk Arnaz & Camelia Pasandaran – The hard-line Indonesian Mujahideen Council has sent an open letter to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in protest of his recent warning that t

Heru Andriyanto – Lawyers and Muslim groups went to the National Commission for Human Rights on Wednesday to lodge complaints about abuses in the police's antiterror drive and demand ac

Pingit Aria, Jakarta – The likelihood that the police will commit human rights on suspected terrorists will increase if their detention period is extended to more than seven days.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities are red-faced after admitting their primary terrorism fugitive, a 32-year-old believed to have replaced slain mastermind Dulmatin a

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has asked the Old Banten sultanate management not to invite Abu Bakar Ba'asyir to deliver a sermon at the compound after the arrest of 12 su

AHRC-OLT-004-2010

An Open Letter to Chief of Indonesian National Police

Any plans to revise the 2003 Counterterrorism Law should be preceded by comprehensive research on how to effectively tackle terrorism, a legal expert said on Sunday.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian police have uncovered a plot to assassinate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and senior government members at the presidential palace on Inde

Farouk Arnaz & Candra Malik – The National Police on Friday said three members of an Islamist group led by hard-line cleric Abu Bakar Bashir would face charges of helping fund an ar

Nivel Rayda – Elite anti-terror police arrested three more people in Centra Java Thursday morning, a day after five suspects were killed in two separate clashes.

Jakarta – The police's counterterrorism squad has captured 17 terrorist suspects alive and shot dead five others in a series of raids conducted since Thursday last week.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Terrorist suspects grouped under Jamaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT), who were arrested recently in Greater Jakarta, are not necessarily linked with the terrorist t

Candra Malik & Farouk Arnaz – Dozens of clerics gathered at a Central Java boarding school over the weekend to question radical religious leader Abu Bakar Bashir over last week's ar