Jakarta – Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Faisal Basri is calling on police to stand up against aggressive organizations threatening violence over US singer Lady Gaga's concert in the c

Bayu Marhaenjati – More Islamic organizations came to Jakarta Police headquarters on Wednesday to denounce Lady Gaga's upcoming concert in the capital, as the Jakarta Police stuck to it

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Islamic People's Forum (FUI) – a unit of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) – said on Tuesday that Indonesian Christians should be upset with Lady Gaga, an

Jakarta – After a two-hour meeting deliberating whether they would grant US pop diva Lady Gaga a recommendation to perform in Jakarta, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) decided on Tues

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Islamic People's Forum, one of the hard-line groups that has come out against Lady Gaga's upcoming concert in Jakarta, said it had been offered a bribe by

Lenny Tristia Tambun – The Jakarta Police say they were ready dispatch 4,000 officers to secure Lady Gaga's Jakarta concert, scheduled for June 3, and warned the Islamic Defenders Front

Farouk Arnaz & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The National Police revised its stance on the Lady Gaga concert on Monday, saying it might issue the permit the show needs to go on.

Hard-line group the Islamic Defenders Front has purchased 150 tickets to upcoming Lady Gaga concert, which it will use to enter the venue and stop the show, a spokesman for the group sa

Ahmad Pathoni – About 50 Indonesians staged a flash mob on Sunday to demand that Lady Gaga be allowed to perform in the country amid uncertainty about her scheduled concert in Jakarta.

The National Police said on Friday they have not yet decided whether they will issue a permit for Lady Gaga's scheduled Jakarta performance on June 3.

Arientha Primanita – Groups opposed to the appearance of Lady Gaga in concert filed a formal objection letter with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's office, according to reports.

Jakarta – Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has voiced appreciation for law enforcement agencies for not recommending that American diva Lady Gaga be allowed to perform in the

Zaki Pawas – The Jakarta Police said on Thursday that they would disperse Lady Gaga's concert in the capital originally scheduled for June 3 if the promoter insists on going on with the

Cultural sensitivity, along with a difficult political climate, are two reasons why conservative groups are winning in their fight to have artists like Lady Gaga banned from performing

Jakarta – US pop singer Lady Gaga has received the dubious honor of becoming the first foreign artist to be denied a concert permit by Indonesian authorities.

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Iman Mahditama, Jakarta – The battle to hold a concert for American pop diva Lady Gaga in Jakarta reached new heights Tuesday with attacks coming from many corners against the Jakarta P

Jakarta – The US pop diva Lady Gaga's scheduled concert fiasco proves that certain hard-line groups have been successfully pushing local authorities to meet their demands, indirectly co

Iman Mahditama, Jakarta – Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Untung S.

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesian police on Tuesday, May 15, refused to allow pop phenomenon Lady Gaga to perform in Jakarta after Islamic hardliners vowed to mobilize thousands of suppor

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Indonesia's national police are considering banning a performance next month by pop diva Lady Gaga amid threats of violence by Islamic extremists.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – If the National Police are going to ban western imports like Lady Gaga out of respect for Indonesian values, then police need to ban imports pushing "Middle E

Jakarta – While the police have apparently bowed to the so-called public pressure to ban the upcoming Lady Gaga's concert in Jakarta, an official from the Indonesia's largest Muslim org

Natasia Christy Wahyuni – While radical Indonesian Islamic groups have voiced their opposition to the planned Lady Gaga concert in Jakarta, the secretary general of the Indonesian Counc

Jakarta – Church groups are urging the National Police to reverse their decision to deny a permit for US singer Lady Gaga's upcoming concert in Jakarta, saying that it will hinder freed

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Camelia Pasandaran – The Indonesian government warned local promoters to be aware of the country's "traditions" and "culture" before inviting foreign entertainers to perform.

Bayu Marhaenjati – Pop superstar Lady Gaga's upcoming Jakarta concert should be canceled the Jakarta Police said on Sunday, citing a flurry of objections from Indonesia's Islamic organi

Jakarta – Hundreds of people from the Indonesian Mujahidin Council (MMI) attacked participants in a book discussion of Canadian author Irshad Manji's Allah, Liberty and Love at the LKiS

Jakarta – Hundreds of people describing themselves as the Yogyakarta People's Non-Violence Movement staged a rally on Friday, urging the disbandment of the Indonesian Mujahidin Council

Farouk Arnaz – Members of the Salihara cultural center filed a complaint against Pasar Minggu, where the center is located, and the South Jakarta police chiefs on Thursday for quashing

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Gadjah Mada University (UGM) is taking the heat for its decision to ban Canadian liberal Muslim activist Irshad Manji from speaking at a discussion organi

Slamet Susanto, Bantul – The police claim that no one has filed a criminal report following the brutal attack launched by Muslim hard-liners at the LKiS publishing office during a book

Farouk Arnaz – Sick of what they see as a hands-off approach to policing Indonesia's hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), members of the Indonesia Without FPI Movement issued a ster

Ismira Lutfia – The specter of religious violence reared its head again on Wednesday when Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University cancelled a speaking event featuring liberal Muslim activis

Jakarta – The hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) says it will send six members to shoo away fans flocking Lady Gaga's concert if the US singer-songwriter goes ahead with plans for

Fidelis E. Satriastanti & Ismira Lut Fia – "I have always said that if you want to see an example of religious pluralism, look at Indonesia," Irshad Manji said.

Jakarta – The Islamic Defender Front (FPI) insist that the group has been protesting the presence of all foreign artists who they deemed as promoting "revealing clothes" in Jakarta, not

Jakarta – A spokesman of the Islam Defender Front (FPI) says that residents rejects Canadian liberal Muslim activist Irshad Manji for her angle that Muslims should embrace lesbianism.

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Jakarta – South Jakarta Police are questioning the organizers of Canadian author Irshad Manji's terminated book launch and discussion at a Salihara venue in South Jakarta, which was bro

Jakarta – Canadian liberal Muslim activist Irshad Manji was escorted out of the Salihara venue in South Jakarta on Friday, where she was supposed to launch her new book, Allah, Liberty

Ardi Mandiri – The Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) urged the government to deport visiting liberal Canadian Muslim activist Irshad Manji, saying she is trying to promote homosexuality amo

Bayu Marhaenjati & Ismira Lutfia – The police on Saturday defended its forced canceling of a speaking event in Jakarta featuring liberal Canadian Muslim activist Irshad Manji, sayin

Jakarta – The hard-line Islam Defender Font (FPI) says it will take to the streets if US singer Lady Gaga does not cancel her upcoming Jakarta concert.

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – Prosecutors have fouled up the indictment of Alexander Aan, the civil servant in Padang, West Sumatra, accused of professing atheism on Facebook, his lawy

Alex Rayfield – Five West Papuans were given jail terms on Friday for peaceful expressions of political opinion.

Erwida Maulia – New York-based Human Rights Watch has condemned the Indonesian government for allowing the conviction of five Papuan independence activists on Friday, saying the prosecu

Index: ASA 21/011/2012

If the Indonesian government wants to make an example out of these people, then it should free them as a symbol of its commitment to free expression.