Indonesia News

Indonesia urged to free imprisoned flag wavers

AP - Thursday, November 19

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia should release three men imprisoned for raising a banned separatist flag because the harsh punishment undermines the country's democratic values, a prominent rights groups said Thursday. More »

  • Indonesia deports journalists covering Greenpeace

    AP - Thursday, November 19

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia has deported two foreign journalists covering a Greenpeace demonstration against forest destruction on the western island of Sumatra _ bringing to 15 the number of people kicked out of the country over the protest.

  • Sri Lankan refugees sit at a detention center in Tanjung Pinang on the Indonesian Island of Bintan after transported from a ship Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Dozens of Sri Lankan asylum seekers on Wednesday left an Australian customs vessel anchored off Indonesia, ending a monthlong standoff about where to settle a rising number of people fleeing countries of conflict. (AP Photo/Saefulloh)

    Standoff with Sri Lankan asylum seekers ends

    AP - Thursday, November 19

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Dozens of Sri Lankan asylum seekers on Wednesday left an Australian customs vessel anchored off Indonesia after they were promised they would be resettled, ending a monthlong standoff.

  • Asylum seekers leave Australian ship

    Asylum seekers leave Australian ship

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    TANJUNG PINANG, Indonesia (AFP) - - Dozens of Sri Lankan asylum seekers left an Australian customs ship in Indonesia on Wednesday, ending a three-week protest over their claims for refugee status.

  • Indonesian commission lays blame on police

    Indonesian commission lays blame on police

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Indonesia's president should censure senior police and prosecutors accused of leading a conspiracy against the anti-corruption agency, an independent fact-finding team recommended Tuesday.

  • Indonesia leader urged to make anti-graft reforms

    AP - Wednesday, November 18

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - A presidential fact-finding team has advised Indonesia's leader to initiate deep reforms to tackle corruption after it found that senior law enforcers tried to frame anti-graft officials on fabricated charges of bribery and blackmail.

  • Indonesia detains 41 more Afghan migrants

    AP - Monday, November 16

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian officials say they have detained a group of 41 Afghan asylum seekers suspected of trying to reach Australia.

  • Bali resort grapples with mounting rabies epidemic

    AP - Sunday, November 15

    DENPASAR, Indonesia - Working from a tiny mobile clinic, the veterinary team netted and held down a dog plucked from the streets of Indonesia's most popular beach resort and administered a quick injection.

  • Indonesia deports Greenpeace activists

    AP - Sunday, November 15

    PEKANBARU, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities say they are deporting 11 foreign Greenpeace activists for joining a protest against forest destruction.

  • Deforestation threatens Indonesia's Papua region

    Deforestation threatens Indonesia's Papua region

    AFP - Friday, November 13

    JAYAPURA (AFP) - - Logging and agribusiness is threatening environmental destruction in Indonesia's Papua region, one of the world's last vast wildernesses, local leaders said on Thursday.

  • Iranian accused of smuggling drugs on fake leg

    AP - Thursday, November 12

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian customs officials say they have arrested an Iranian with several pounds (more than a kilogram) of methamphetamines taped to his prosthetic limb.

  • Indonesia police faked evidence on graft fighter: witness

    Indonesia police faked evidence on graft fighter: witness

    AFP - Wednesday, November 11

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - A former top Indonesian graft fighter on trial for organising a gangland-style murder burst into tears in court Tuesday after a key witness said he had been convinced by police to fabricate evidence.

  • Indonesian forests on frontline of climate debate

    Indonesian forests on frontline of climate debate

    AFP - Tuesday, November 10

    TELUK MERANTI, Indonesia (AFP) - - With the approach of global climate talks in Copenhagen, activists are hoping to draw world attention to their fight to save the last tropical forests on Indonesia's Sumatra island.

  • 1 dead, dozens injured by strong Indonesian quake

    AP - Tuesday, November 10

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful undersea earthquake killed one person, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of houses on a remote island in central Indonesia, officials said Monday.

  • Indonesia quake kills at least one

    Reuters - Monday, November 9

    JAKARTA (Reuters) - A strong earthquake struck Indonesia's Sumbawa island early on Monday morning, killing at least one person and injuring around 80 after damaging homes, schools and mosques, a police official said.

  • 2 killed by strong central Indonesian quake

    AP - Monday, November 9

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - A strong undersea earthquake killed two people and damaged buildings on the remote island of Sumbawa in central Indonesia, officials said Monday.

  • Two killed in Indonesian quake: report

    Two killed in Indonesian quake: report

    AFP - Monday, November 9

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Two people were killed and dozens injured after a strong quake with a magnitude of 6.7 rocked the Indonesian island of Sumbawa on Monday, officials and the state news agency Antara said.

  • Earthquake measuring 6.7 reported near Indonesia

    AP - Monday, November 9

    NEW YORK - A strong earthquake was reported in the ocean off Indonesia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

  • Hundreds join anti-corruption rally in Indonesia

    Hundreds join anti-corruption rally in Indonesia

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Hundreds of Indonesians gathered in the capital Jakarta on Sunday to protest perceived moves to cripple the country's once-powerful corruption watchdog.

  • Sri Lanka boat people leader a known trafficker: Colombo

    Sri Lanka boat people leader a known trafficker: Colombo

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    COLOMBO (AFP) - - The leader of a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers held in Indonesia is a known people smuggler previously deported from Canada, the government said Friday, a charge he has strongly denied.