Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Improvements to an anti-terror law expected to be passed on Friday (May 25) will allow the Indonesian authorities to hold anyone suspected of planning a

In the wake of last week's horrific terrorist attacks in Indonesia, President Joko Widodo urged the House of Representatives (DPR) to push through a draft revision to the country's anti

Nobody should ever have to be told that making bomb jokes on an airplane or in an airport is a terrible, terrible idea, but especially not the week after Indonesia suffered multiple dea

Ardian Fanani, Banyuwangi – Two rogue members of the Banyuwangi Regional House of Representatives (DPRD), Naufal Baderi and Basuki Rahmat, have been detained by airport security police

Following the terrorists attacks in Indonesia last week including horrific suicide bombings at four different sites in Surabaya, several people have been arrested by police for sharing

Apriadi Gunawan and Vela Andapita, Medan/Jakarta – North Sumatra Police have arrested a lecturer at North Sumatra University (USU), identified as HDL, and a security guard at a regional

Moses Ompusunggu and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Indonesia will soon have a new antiterrorism law to replace the current law, which is widely seen as weak, with deliberations on th

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) considered the death sentence for terrorist convict was not a solution to counterterrorism since the perpetrat

Jakarta – The National Police's counterterrorism squad Densus 88 has made a string of arrests and raided several places in Sumatra and Java on Friday, the police announced over the week

Jewel Topsfield & Amilia Rosa – On her mother's Facebook account, now deleted, a cherub-cheeked Famela Rizqita is leaning on a bench overlooking a lake.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko claimed that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had expressed his consent to bringing back t

John McBeth, Jakarta – For a long period during last week's 36-hour stand-off at Indonesia's paramilitary Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) headquarters, scores of rioting militants were i

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Kanupriya Kapoor, Surabaya – The mother of an Indonesian family of six who launched suicide bomb attacks on three churches chatted to neighbors about schooling and swapped recipes, lead

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru, Riau – The National Police arrested eight terror suspects in connection with the attack on the Riau Police headquarters in Pekanbaru.

Surabaya – Counterterrorism squad Densus 88 raided on Tuesday evening the residences of terror suspects believed to be linked to the recent bombings in Surabaya and Sidoarjo, East Java.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin urged Ulemas to spread the words of peace during the Ramadan month.

Jakarta – Officers from the Tangerang Police and the National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad arrested three men suspected of being members of a terrorist group and detained a

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has intensified its effort to identify and block online content related to radicalism and terrorism in the wake of

Four men were shot and killed as they staged an attack on a police headquarters that left one officer dead and two wounded, Indonesian authorities said Wednesday, after a wave of deadly

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The Kolegium Jurist Institute (KJI) said on Tuesday that law revisions on their own would not be able to fully eradicate terrorism.

Karina Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Religious freedom watchdog Wahid Foundation has joined forces with 55 other organizations to form the Citizens Against Terrorism Movement in the wake of t

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto said that the ratification of the Law on Terrorism, known more as RUU Terorisme, w

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – The Regional Council of Catholic Scholars Association (ISKA) Jabodetabek strongly condemns the acts of terrorism in three churches in Surabaya on Sunday mornin

Karina Tehusijarana, Jakarta – Political analyst Maksimus Ramses Lalongkoe has called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to quickly issue a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on terroris

Safrin La Batu, Surabaya – The National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad arrested another four suspected terrorists in different cities in East Java during Monday night operati

Mary Lloyd – If there is one thing that stands out about the attacks in Indonesia on Sunday and Monday it is that they were carried out by two families – two sets of parents, who togeth

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) strongly condemns the terrorist attacks and suicide bombings which occurred in several churches in Surabaya, East Java Province.

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu, Central Sulawesi – Security personnel reportedly thwarted on Sunday morning an attempted terror attack on Pniel Protestant Church in Palu, Central Sulawesi.

Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – The family suspected of the trio of church suicide bombings in Indonesia had recently returned from Syria before the attack, Indonesian authorities said.

Riza Roidila, Jakarta – Hundreds of Surabaya residents in East Java flocked to the city's Heroes Monument on Sunday night to hold a candlelit vigil against terrorism and mourn the victi

Friski Riana, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has recently ordered the Indonesian National Police and Indonesian Military (TNI) to consolidate its efforts in combating terroris

Karlis Salna, Viriya Singgih and Rieka Rahadiana – A wave of deadly bombings in Indonesia has put the spotlight on lawmakers and anti-terrorism laws that give police enhanced powers to

Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Kate Lamb – A family of five, including an eight-year-old child, has carried out a bomb attack on a police headquarters in Surabaya, killing at least four peop

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya, East Java – The National Police's Densus 88 antiterror squad arrested six suspected terrorists allegedly linked to the pro-Islamic State (IS) group Jamaa

Jakarta – State-owned railway operator PT KAI has heightened security at several train stations in Jakarta following Sunday's suicide bombings in Surabaya, East Java.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of Yogyakarta residents gathered at Tugu Monument on Sunday to pray and show their solidarity following suicide bombings that hit three churches

Jakarta – Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, the nation's largest Islamic organizations, have condemned a series of alleged suicide bombing attacks at three churches in Surabaya, Ea

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – No group has claimed responsibility so far for suicide bombings at three churches in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday morning.

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – At least eleven people have been killed and dozens injured in multiple suicide bombings at three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city, in the worst

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – General Secretary of the Indonesian Churches Alliance (PGI) Golmar Gultom urged all political and community elites to stop commenting that further distorts the s

Sheany and Adinda Putri, Jakarta – Indonesian civil groups condemned the church bombings in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday (13/05), and called for a unified rally behind the government

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Four suspected terrorists shot dead by members of the nation's elite Densus 88 counterterrorism squad in Cianjur, West Java had reportedly been training to la

Jakarta – The West Java Police arrested three individuals, identified only as Anang, Abid and Mulyadi, in Caringin village, Ciawi subdistrict in Bogor, West Java, on Friday for allegedl

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Following complaints from road users over unusual traffic congestion in Jl. Sudirman-Jl. M.H.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – A Muslim preacher was on Monday (April 9) sentenced to nine years in jail by an Indonesian court for inciting the suicide bombing in East Jakarta in May

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), a regional, non-governmental, human rights organization in Asia, has learned of the current situation on the war against terrorism in Indonesia

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The Indonesian government cannot entertain the request by the country's most influential militant cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir, to be placed under home dete

The Indonesian government is considering house arrest or other forms of clemency for the ailing radical cleric who was the ideological leader of the Bali bombers and is now in prison fo

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Chairman of Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Maruf Amin asked President Joko Widodo or Jokowi to give clemency to terrorist convict Abu Bakar Baasyir.