Jakarta – The authorities are considering applying heavy security when former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama is released from prison on Feb.

Medan – A panel of judges at the Medan District Court sentenced Faisal Abdi Lubis, 27, to 18 months in prison and fined him Rp 20 million (US$1,379) for insulting the Batak tribe on soc

Jakarta – Prosecutors are seeking two years of imprisonment for musician Ahmad Dhani over alleged hate speech.

Karina M. Tehusijarana, Jakarta – On Oct. 20, up-and-coming comedian Tretan Muslim uploaded the latest episode of his comedic cooking series "Last Hope Kitchen" onto YouTube.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has apologized for his remarks on "Boyolali faces" that has sparked people's outrage, especially in the Central Java

Chaidir Muhammad – The uproar over a speech by presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto in which he said that Boyolali people would not be able to get into fancy hotels because they have

Just as the fallout from the infamous hoax perpetrated by Ratna Sarumpaet was starting to fade, opposition candidate Prabowo Subianto's campaign is now facing another PR disaster over a

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Boyolali – Thousands of people took part in a protest in Boyolali, Central Java, on Sunday, in response to presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's joking remark abo

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Medan – A High Court on Thursday upheld an 18-month prison sentence for a woman convicted of blasphemy in Indonesia after complaining about the volume of a mosque's loudspeakers.

Cooking pork with dates is probably nothing more than a form of culinary expression in most parts of the world, but here in Indonesia it has sparked debates about blasphemy because of a

Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – The Medan District Court in North Sumatra has sentenced a police officer to 16 months in prison for shredding and dumping copies of the Quran into the gutter.

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Kharishar Kahfi, Apriadi Gunawan and Arya Dipa, Jakarta, Medan and Bandung – A judge at the Medan District Court in North Sumatra, Wahyu Prasetyo Wibowo, was recently under the spotligh

Last week, Meiliana, an Indonesian woman of Chinese descent, was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for blasphemy for allegedly complaining about the volume of the speaker at a mosque nea

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Recent days have seen an outpouring of support for Meiliana, a Chinese-Indonesian woman of the Buddhist faith who was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison

Sheany, Jakarta – Indonesian civil society organizations have denounced the imprisonment of a Buddhist woman who was found guilty of blasphemy after complaining that the Islamic call to

Indonesia's Ministry of Religious Affairs has issued a circular on azan or the Islamic call to prayer, with guidelines on when and how it ought to be broadcast by mosques across the cou

Sheany, Jakarta – More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition against a court decision sentencing an Indonesian woman of Chinese descent on blasphemy charges for complaining

Christie Stefanie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says that he respect the verdict handed down by the Medan District Court against Meiliana who was sentenced to one-and-a-half

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The Medan District Court on Tuesday sentenced a 44-year-old woman named Meiliana to 18 months in prison for insulting Islam in violation of Indonesia's controversial blasphemy law, in l

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Indonesia's controversial blasphemy law claimed another victim on Tuesday after a Chinese Buddhist woman was sentenced to 18 months in prison for complaining about the volume of a mosqu

Tasha Wibawa, Iffah Nur Arifah, wires – An Indonesian Buddhist woman has been jailed for complaining that her neighbourhood mosque was too loud.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The blasphemy conviction of Meliana, a resident of Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra, for complaining about the volume of adzan (a call to prayer) was ludicrous a

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Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – A Chinese-Indonesian woman of the Buddhist faith has been sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for complaining about the volume of the azan (Islamic call to praye

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A Chinese-Indonesian woman of the Buddhist faith in Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra, faces a possible 1.5-year prison sentence after she was charged with blasphemy

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Serang Police and the local chapter of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) in Banten are investigating a religious cult called the Jellyfish Kingdom, whic

Ryan Dagur – Indonesia's Constitutional Court has rejected a petition from the Ahmadiyya community to strike down the country's blasphemy law, which they said is used to persecute minor

Michelle Winowatan – Indonesia's Constitutional Court dealt a blow to Indonesia's already fragile religious freedom when it dismissed a petition to revoke the country's blasphemy law.

A 21-year-old man named Martinus Gulo was sentenced to four years in prison by the Medan District Court yesterday after being found guilty of blasphemy.

Former Jakarta Governor Basuki Ahok "Tjahaja" Purnama was sentenced to two years in prison on May 9, 2017, at the conclusion of his extremely controversial blasphemy trial.

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Jakarta – Alfian Tanjung, a Muslim preacher and former lecturer charged with spreading hate speech for calling the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) members "communists" o

Jakarta (tabloidbintang.com) – Indonesian private-owned TV station Trans7 confirmed that they have cancelled the appearance of Maaher At-Thuwailibi from one of its scheduled Ramadan pro

With tensions and fears running high in Indonesia following the terrorist attacks in East Java on Sunday and Monday, authorities have been urging the public to report hoaxes and hate sp

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Amnesty International has urged the government to release Alnoldy Bahari, a farmer from Pandeglang regency in Banten, who was sentenced to five years in

Jakarta – The Tangerang District Court in Banten sentenced on Monday Abraham Ben Moses, also known as Saifuddin Ibrahim, 52, to four years in prison for religious defamation.

Jakarta – Human rights group Amnesty International Indonesia has criticized the hate speech conviction of a spiritual book author who offended some Muslims after writing a Facebook post

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Sidoarjo, East Java – The East Java Police arrested Rendra Hadikurniawan on Friday on blasphemy allegations after Rendra posted a video that went viral in which he

Nur Hadi (contributor), Surabaya – Democrat Party's Sidoarjo branch executive board (DPC) chair Juana Sari has made a public apology in behalf of its party member Rendra Hadikurniawan,

Alfan Hilmi, Jakarta – The President's volunteer group, Jokowi National Secretariat (Seknas Jokowi) regrets the ill-conceived statements often expressed by former People's Consultative

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Cyber Indonesia has filed an official police report against the National Mandate Party (PAN) senior politician Amien Rais for his statement on 'God's Party' a

Indonesia may have yet another huge blasphemy scandal in the making following last week's controversy surrounding Sukmawati Soekarnoputri's poem.

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – Underscoring its support for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's re-election bid in the 2019 election, the United Development Party (PPP) has said it i

Jakarta – A lecturer at the University of Indonesia's School of Philosophy has been reported to the police for alleged hate speech after stating on a TV show on Tuesday that holy books