Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Groups of people causing disruptions at several campaign stops of inactive Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama recently might have been organized by an individu

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Inactive Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama would still be eligible to run for reelection even if he was named a suspect in an ongoing blasphemy case, the Jaka

Ina Parlina, Depok, West Java – The headquarters of the National Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) and the Navy's Marine Corps are the latest stops on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's attempt to rea

Corry Elyda and Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The political campaign of incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has suffered a setback as a result of frequent disruptions fr

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has been trying to reach out to as many Islamic organizations as possible to prevent another large-scale rally

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Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The police have been suggested to use criminal charges only as a last resort in dealing with any reports of religious defamation, including the case currently implicating

Jakarta – The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has warned Jakartans not to disrupt the election campaign of any candidate because to do so is against the law and such actions can be categoriz

Political and intelligence observer Boni Hargens claims there was a flow of funds for the protest action in Jakarta last week that originated from the proceeds of corruption during former President

Jakarta – Incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has said certain parties have asked him to drop out of the gubernatorial race.

Jakarta – Incumbent Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has expressed his disappointment at the objections his campaign visits to several residential areas have received, saying that it is a bar

Agnes Anya and Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – In a rare sight during an election season, as many as 300 police personnel stood by on Jl.

Ina Parlina and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo tried to reach out to more Muslim groups on Wednesday to seek their support in lessening the anger over the blasphem

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Several individuals who were alleged to have played a part in inciting the violence that took place during and after the anti-Ahok rally on Nov.

Jakarta – Police investigators cannot involve lawmakers in a blasphemy probe against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purmama as it would undermine the case's independence, an observer has wa

Agnes Anya – The Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama-Djarot Saiful Hidayat pair continues to face disruptions on their campaign trail as the Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) calls on th

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Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Association of Muslim Students (HMI), the nation's largest student organization, is under fire after five of its members were charged with instigating a riot in front o

Jakarta – Lawmakers said they will form a team to oversee police investigations into the violence that erupted at the end of a rally by Muslim protesters against Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjah

Jakarta – The House of Representatives' deputy speaker Fahri Hamzah has been reported to the police for allegedly provoking protesters during the anti-Ahok rally on Friday, including apparently cal

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo paid visits to a number of institutions he considered helpful in maintaining a peaceful rally last Friday, which saw thousands of people demand

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – This city's embattled governor was interrogated by police over alleged blasphemy on Monday, amid fears that opponents of the government are deliberately fomenting unrest

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Jakarta – The Jakarta Police arrested five Islamic Student Association (HMI) members early on Tuesday in connection with an attack on police officers during a massive rally in Jakarta on Nov.4.

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – Pre-existing inter-ethnic tensions could explain the looting and violence that broke out in majority Chinese-Indonesian areas in North Jakarta on Friday night.

Haeril Halim and Moses Parlindungan,Jakarta/Denpasar – The National Police have launched their investigation into President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's suspicions that political actors were behind the e

Jakarta – Representatives of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's People's Soldiers (LRJ) and Pro-Jokowi supporters filed a complaint against singer and composer Ahmad Dhani to Jakarta Police on Monday

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The organizer of the Friday large-scale rally has suspected that some people stirred up a riot in the initially peaceful rally that later turned violent.

Indonesian president Joko Widodo lashed out at politicians for stoking a huge protest that briefly turned violent on Friday night as a hardcore group pressed for the resignation of Jakarta's govern

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – The streets of Jakarta erupted into violence on Friday night leaving one dead and multiple people injured as police clashed with demonstrators following a rally of about

Haeril Halim and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A massive rally calling for the criminal prosecution of Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja "Ahok" Purnama for alleged blasphemy ended in violence on Friday nigh

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – While Friday's rally was largely free of clashes, at least until it was officially over at 6 p.m., it was marred by frequent racist and violent chants, with white-clad

Ali Yusuf, Jakarta – The thousands of demonstrators rallying at the House of Representatives (DPR) in Jakarta have begun to disburse.

Jakarta – Local media have reported that violence involving unidentified groups of protesters broke out in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, in an apparent spillover from the clash between protesters and

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – Around 2,000 people under the banner of the Semarang Muslim Forum called on the Central Java Police to proceed with the religious blasphemy case implicating ina

Jakarta – Islamic Defenders Front's (FPI) leader and patron Rizieq Shihab rode atop one of the command vehicles during the mass demonstrations against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama

Ina Parlina and Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A brief meeting between government officials and representatives of protesters who took the streets in front of the State Palace on Friday ended up with noth

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Jakarta – House of Representatives deputy speaker Fadli Zon, who planned to attend the protest rally on Friday (04/11), has hit back at House Speaker Ade Komarudin who said the deputy speaker did n

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – The government has blocked almost a dozen websites it accuses of stirring up ethnic, religious or racial (SARA) hatred, in a move that highlights the dilemma the country f

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – Hundreds of protesters in Medan, North Sumatra, forcibly drove away a television crew from Jakarta-based Metro TV station who wanted to cover their rally on

Arya Dipa and Rizal Harahap, Jakarta/Bandung/Pekanbaru – As hundreds of Islamic hard-liners leave their hometowns to join a planned rally in Jakarta on Friday, the police and military have flexed t

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Ina Parlina, Jakarta – In an unprecedented move, former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has launched a tirade against the government, accusing it of producing a false i

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Jakarta – Police have questioned Rizieq Shihab, a member of the Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI, as part of an investigation into blasphemy charges leveled against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tj

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The simmering sectarian tensions in the nation's capital ahead of the gubernatorial election could be used by extremists to "fan the flames of jihad", analysts say

Haeril Halim and Agnes Anya, Jakarta – Police rescued Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama from a mob on Wednesday during a campaign stop in Rawa Belong, West Jakarta.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – In a long white shirt, kopiah (cap) and with a green scarf over his shoulder, deputy governor candidate Sandiaga Uno climbed the narrow wooden stairs to the second floor of

Oliver Holmes – Security forces in the Indonesian capital Jakarta are on high alert in preparation for a Friday rally by hardline Islamist groups against the city's non-Muslim governor.

Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Jihadists are urging violence at a massive rally planned in Jakarta on Friday by Islamic hardliners calling for the city's Chinese Christian governor B