Indonesia is also a democracy that upholds freedom of expression, but such freedom cannot be used as a pretext to insult a religion.

We have to check and make sure whether the U.S. has given the information to Indonesia or not,

The government of Indonesia is surprised and disappointed and deeply deploring this decision by the Australian Department of Immigration.

[Indonesia called for international help Friday to combat the bird flu virus that has killed six people.] We know that bird flu is a very dangerous disease, ... The virus mutates easily ... and moves very quickly across national boundaries.

I've always been a petition-signer. I always believe in freedom of expression and absolute democracy.

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy,