Category: Indonesia
Indonesian University Tries to Weed Out LGBTQ Applicants
A state university in Indonesia has come under fire from international human-rights advocates for requiring prospective students to declare on a form that they are not [...]
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A Top Christian Official in Indonesia Has Been Given an Unexpectedly Harsh Sentence for ‘Blaspheming Islam’
The outgoing Christian governor of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, was found guilty of blasphemy by a court in the Indonesian [...]
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The Rising Influence of Hardliners in Indonesia Fuelled by Political Adversaries
As the panel of five judges delivered the verdict condemning Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama to two years in prison for blasphemy on Tuesday, they cited firebrand [...]
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Indonesia court convicts Jakarta governor of blasphemy
Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama [BBC backgrounder] was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison after being found guilty of blasphemy [Criminal [...]
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Booming Go-Jek started by seeing Jakarta’s traffic jams as an opportunity
What began as a call centre in Jakarta for bike hailing in 2010 is now reportedly valued at $3 billion, operating in 25 Indonesian cities. Go-Jek has evolved beyond [...]
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Jakarta governor Ahok found guilty after landmark Indonesian blasphemy trial
Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, commonly known as Ahok, has been sentenced to two years in prison, after being found guilty of blasphemy in a trial seen as a test of [...]
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Indonesia to disband radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir
Indonesia said Monday it would disband the local branch of radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, as concerns grow about hardliners in the world’s most populous [...]
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Verdict expected in blasphemy case against Jakarta’s Christian governor
An Indonesian court is expected to decide on Tuesday whether Jakarta’s Christian governor is guilty of blasphemy against Islam, in a trial that is widely seen as a test [...]
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Indonesia to ban Hizb ut-Tahrir group in Jakarta protest counterstrike
The Indonesian government says it will ban the ultra-conservative Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir because of the threat it poses to public order and national unity. It is the [...]
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Indonesia sues Thailand’s PTT for $2bn
Mutual recriminations over responsibility for major 2009 oil spill Contradictory claims sit at the heart of a bitter row that reignited between the Indonesian government and [...]
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Indonesia must mainstream local wisdom to tackle intolerance: Expert
The Indonesian government needs to equip its development policies with a cultural strategy, which can mainstream local wisdom that is rich with the spirit of tolerance, to [...]
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Why is the Indonesia-Russia Fighter Jet Deal Still on Hold?
The agreement continues to prove elusive for both sides. As Indonesia modernises its military, one of the key focus areas has been upgrading the country’s fighter [...]
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Jakarta’s Christian governor jailed for blasphemy against Islam
Jakarta’s Christian governor was sentenced to two years in jail for blasphemy against Islam on Tuesday, a harsher than expected ruling in a trial that was seen as a [...]
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Jakarta governor to learn fate after blasphemy trial
Islamic hardliners staged a noisy protest Tuesday against Jakarta’s Christian governor as a court prepared to deliver its verdict in his blasphemy trial, seen as a test [...]
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Indonesia strives to build financial market to match its might
Indonesia has the largest economy in Southeast Asia, but you can’t tell from its financial markets, which are a fraction the size of some of its neighbours. The [...]
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