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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 »

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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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.