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January 23, 2017
Dili Weekly - January 23, 2017
Jakarta Post - January 23, 2017
Jakarta – West Java provincial administration has allowed 43 companies across the province to postpone payments to their workers based on the new…
Jakarta Post - January 23, 2017
Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government has been urged to strictly enforce the law when dealing with members of the Islam Defenders Front…
Jakarta Globe - January 23, 2017
Jakarta – Police deployed female officers clad in hijab, the Muslim head covering, to guard a protest by hardline group Islamic Defenders Front on…
Jakarta Globe - January 23, 2017
Jakarta – Hundreds of members of the Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, marched on Central Jakarta's Jalan Jenderal Sudirman to protest against the…
Jakarta Globe - January 23, 2017
Denpasar – A number mass organizations in Bali gathered for the "Diversity of Republic of Indonesia" rally at the Niti Praja Lumintang square in…
Jakarta Post - January 23, 2017
Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab has called on the government to pull from circulation the newly-issued…
Jakarta Post - January 23, 2017
Eva Aruperes, Manado – Hundreds of Muslim students in North Sulawesi staged a rally on Monday following a wave of demonstrations nationwide…
Free West Papua Campaign News Release - January 23, 2017
The Free West Papua Campaign invites you to help us launch our 2017 campaign: #BackTheSwim &…
Jakarta Post - January 23, 2017
Grace D. Amianti, Jakarta – The government is expected to protect the country's economy from the negative effects of global and domestic risks,…
Jakarta Post - January 23, 2017
Jakarta – Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto has expressed his doubts on results released recently by several pollsters on the Jakarta…
Jakarta Globe - January 23, 2017
Jakarta – Incumbent Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and Deputy Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat are currently leading in approval ratings…
Jakarta Post - January 23, 2017
Arif Gunawan S., Jakarta – Activists are furious, vowing to bring the case to the Constitutional Court, while PT Freeport Indonesia has sent a…
Human Rights Watch Dispatches - January 23, 2017
Kyle Knight – Indonesian police are once again helping carry out the anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) agenda of militant…
January 22, 2017
Jakarta Globe - January 22, 2017
Jakarta – Political analyst Maksimus Ramses Lalongkoe from the Indonesian Political Analysis Institute said that a recent tweet by former…
Washington Times - January 22, 2017
Rowan Scarborough – The Islamic State is seeking a foothold in the prisons of Indonesia, a country with the world's largest Muslim population and…
Jakarta Globe - January 22, 2017
Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, has rejected a request from firebrand cleric and Islamic Defenders Front leader…
Kumparan - January 22, 2017
Jakarta Gubernatorial candidate Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama occupied his weekend watching the film "Let the Words Rest" (Istirahatlah Kata-Kata…
Kabar Buruh - January 22, 2017
Jakarta – As many as 240 workers from nine trade unions took part in a group viewing of a film about Wiji Thukul titled "Let the Words Rest" (…
January 21, 2017
Jakarta Post - January 21, 2017
Jakarta – The police said Friday they had arrested the person who allegedly hoisted an Indonesian red-and-white flag emblazoned with Arabic script…
Jakarta Post - January 21, 2017
Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Outspoken House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fahri Hamzah has warned the government to be careful in…
Russia Beyond the Headlines (RBTH) - January 21, 2017
Ajay Kamalakaran – The USSR supported the anti-colonial movement across Asia, and was drawn to Sukarno's quest to liberate the entire East Indies…
Jakarta Post - January 21, 2017
Suherdjoko, Semarang – A culinary event named the Pork Festival, to be held at the Sri Ratu Supermarket in Semarang on Jan. 23 to 29, has…
Jakarta Post - January 21, 2017
Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Following a protest from a Muslim group, the South Sulawesi Police have banned a Bugis sports and cultural event…
Jakarta Post - January 21, 2017
Grace D. Amianti and Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – In anticipation of a changing US economic direction with the inauguration of president-elect Donald…
Jakarta Post - January 21, 2017
Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YLBHI), 15 Legal Aid Institutes (LBH) and the National Commission on Violence Against…
Jakarta Post - January 21, 2017
Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office announced Friday it stopped the investigation into alleged graft in a contract between a state-owned…
January 20, 2017
Jakarta Globe - January 20, 2017
Jakarta – Calls for the disbandment of the Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, have heightened after a succession of alleged acts of intolerance by…
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2017
Jakarta – The first and second round of the tax amnesty, which ended Dec. 31, 2016, have not significantly increased the number of taxpayers,…
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2017
Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) recorded investment of US$1.6 billion from China up until the third quarter of last year,…
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2017
Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The first official debate between Jakarta gubernatorial candidates failed to attract more voters to each candidate, as…
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2017
Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The National Police are set to question Jakarta deputy governor hopeful Sylviana Murni on Friday as a witness in a graft…
Vanuatu Daily Post - January 20, 2017
Len Garae – The five most prominent Ni-Vanuatu charitable organisations in the country led by the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association (VFWPA),…
Detik News - January 20, 2017
Noval Dhwinuari Antony, Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidates Anies Rasyid Baswedan has held a dialog with the hijab community (hijabers) in…
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2017
Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo said his side planned to improve the distribution of personnel across the country's…
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2017
Haeril Halim and Arya Dipa, Bandung/Jakarta – Once lauded by his followers for standing in front of two-large scale rallies in Jakarta last year,…
January 19, 2017
Jakarta Post - January 19, 2017
Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Soybean, coffee and sugar plantations suffered bad harvests in 2016 due to a prolonged wet season.
Soybean…
Jakarta Post - January 19, 2017
Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Human rights defenders fought back at the Constitutional Court on Thursday as they presented an expert witness who says the…
Jakarta Post - January 19, 2017
Jakarta – The families of human rights violation victims grouped under the Solidarity Network of Victims for Justice (JSKK) commenced silent…
Jakarta Globe - January 19, 2017
Jakarta – Chief Security Minister Wiranto has expressed certainty that the current administration will not become an authoritarian regime.
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Jakarta Post - January 19, 2017
Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government plans to expand the definition of an anti-Pancasila mass organization in its effort to discipline…
Jakarta Post - January 19, 2017
Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – In an attempt to eradicate the dissemination of fake news and other harmful contents from cyberspace, the Indonesian…
Jakarta Post - January 19, 2017
Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Only three Indonesian citizens have applied for commissioner posts with the National Commission of Human Rights…
Jakarta Post - January 19, 2017
Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono and his running mate Sylviana Murni remain the front…
Jakarta Post - January 19, 2017
Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Legal cases implicating Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab will likely boost Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok…
Jakarta Post - January 19, 2017
Jakarta – A politician from the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has described the emblazoning of the national flag with…
ABC News - January 19, 2017
Felicity James – A survey of households in Timor-Leste has found most people in the country's capital Dili fear eviction from their land in the…
Jakarta Post - January 19, 2017
Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The "Defending Islam" rallies centered recently in Jakarta have been widely perceived as a clear sign of a change…
Dili Weekly - January 19, 2017
Paulina Quintao – The falling price of coffee makes has saddened growers in Ermera municipality who are struggling to improve their lives and send…
Dili Weekly - January 19, 2017
Paulina Quintao – Many young women are marrying early due to a lack of adequate information about sexual and reproductive health issues.
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