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February 8, 2020

Jakarta Post - February 8, 2020

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – An East Jakarta court ordered the government on Wednesday to grant financial compensation to victims of a bomb attack that occurred in a residential are

February 7, 2020

Jakarta Globe - February 7, 2020

Beritasatu, Jakarta – More Indonesian top politicians have voiced opposition to the proposed repatriation of hundreds of former Islamic State fighters now living in foreign countries.

January 28, 2020

Sydney Morning Herald - January 28, 2020

James Massola, Jakarta – A group dedicated to building a memorial to victims of the Bali bombings has been told a promised $4.5 million in funding from the Australian government will b

January 21, 2020

Jakarta Globe - January 21, 2020

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The government says it is trying to find a way to bring home 660 Indonesian foreign terrorist fighters now stranded in several overseas countries including Syr

Sydney Morning Herald - January 21, 2020

James Massola and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Bali bombing survivors say they are devastated by delays to the establishment of a memorial "peace park" after landowners in Bali moved to doub

January 11, 2020

Jakarta Post - January 11, 2020

Jakarta – A bomb hidden inside a bag exploded in front of a house in Padang village of Seluma regency in Bengkulu on Saturday morning, injuring the house owner.

January 10, 2020

Jakarta Post - January 10, 2020

Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has said that over 6,000 Indonesian citizens have been identified as foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs).

Jakarta Globe - January 10, 2020

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Indonesia and Japan have agreed to pave a way for cooperation in counter-terrorism and deradicalization, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Securit

January 3, 2020

Jakarta Globe - January 3, 2020

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Fourteen organizations grouping in the Islamic Organization Friendship Body, or LPOI, expressed their support on Friday for government's continued struggle to

December 26, 2019

December 19, 2019

Jakarta Globe - December 19, 2019

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Members of militant group Jemaah Ansharut Daulah have tried to go into hiding in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua, police said on Thursday following the

December 18, 2019

Associated Press - December 18, 2019

Niniek Karmini – Alleged members of an Islamic militant group shot a police officer to death in eastern Indonesia in the latest assault targeting security officials in the world's most

December 16, 2019

Nikkei Asian Review - December 16, 2019

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Just a week after he was named Indonesia's new religious affairs minister, retired army general Fachrul Razi sparked a controversy by suggesting a ban on the n

December 15, 2019

Jakarta Post - December 15, 2019

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – A member of the National Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob), First Pvt.

Associated Press - December 15, 2019

Jakarta – Indonesian police said on Saturday they have arrested seven suspected Islamic militants in the country's easternmost Papua province as authorities beef up security ahead of C

December 4, 2019

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2019

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has warned about the dangers of "radical" sermons in mosques at gove

November 29, 2019

Tempo - November 29, 2019

Halida Bunga, Jakarta – National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) opined that the challenge faced by Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim is on how to solve issues on r

November 28, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 28, 2019

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Akhmad Taufiq, a lecturer and the head of the Institute for Learning Development and Quality Assurance at Jember State University in East Java was dismissed from

November 27, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 27, 2019

Beritasatu, Jakarta – Indonesian police have uncovered a plot to carry out more attacks on police facilities and places of worship after examining a laptop belonging to a militant grou

November 25, 2019

Tempo - November 25, 2019

Jakarta (Antara) – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states to jointly tackle the movement of terrorism.

Tempo - November 25, 2019

Jakarta (Antara) – The House of Representatives' (DPR) Commission II plans to question the government on its reasons for issuing the Government's Decree No.

November 24, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 24, 2019

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said he has been assigned by the president to lead a comprehensive campaign against the spread of radical ideologies which he said

November 21, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 21, 2019

Fadli, Batam – The Batam Police in Riau Islands province are monitoring former members of the Katibah Gonggong Rebus (KGR) radical group following a suicide bombing at the Medan Police

November 20, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 20, 2019

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has begun a program to standardize and train Islamic preachers to ensure that they promote moderate Islam instead of far-right or far-left

November 19, 2019

Tempo - November 19, 2019

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) announced that it has commenced the standardization program for religious preachers as of Monday, November 18, which is also

Jakarta Post - November 19, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The group of suspected terrorists allegedly behind the recent suicide bombing in Medan, North Sumatra, planned on establishing their own country, according to

November 17, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 17, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan and Ruslan Sangadji, Medan and Palu – Two men who were shot dead on Saturday in Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra, were allegedly the assemblers of a bomb that recent

November 16, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 16, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra – Two suspected terrorists were shot dead while one member of the National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad was injured in an exch

November 15, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 15, 2019

Gardi Gazarin & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Police anti-terrorism squad Detachment 88 has arrested several people with alleged links to a terror network, including an employee of sta

November 14, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 14, 2019

Beritasatu, Jakarta – New details have emerged a day after a suicide bomb attack at the Medan Metropolitan Police headquarters, with police saying the wife of the lone bomber is even m

Jakarta Post - November 14, 2019

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – A suicide bomber who blew himself up at Medan police headquarters in Medan, North Sumatra, on Wednesday, had pledged allegiance to a new Islamic State (IS)

Jakarta Post - November 14, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra Police and the National Police's counterterrorism squad Densus 88 are hunting a cleric believed to have influenced the suicide bomber that at

November 13, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 13, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan and Jakarta – A 24-year-old man who was formerly an online-delivery motorcycle driver has been identified by police as the suicide bomber in the attack on the Me

Sydney Morning Herald - November 13, 2019

James Massola, Karuni Rompies and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – A suicide bomber launched an attack on the Medan City police headquarters in North Sumatra, Indonesia, killing himself and inju

Jakarta Post - November 13, 2019

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura II is tightening security in its 19 airports following a suicide bombing that injured six people at the Medan Po

November 6, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 6, 2019

Antara, Jakarta – Twelve terror convicts have been transferred from the Nusakambangan prison island in Central Java to a deradicalization center in Bogor, West Java, under a reintegrat

October 23, 2019

Straits Times - October 23, 2019

Singapore – Three Indonesian maids were charged in court on Wednesday (Oct 23) with financing terrorism, after being detained under the Internal Security Act last month.

October 18, 2019

New York Times - October 18, 2019

Hannah Beech and Muktita Suhartono, Medan, Indonesia – Ais likes to dance. She knows the words to "I'm a Little Teapot." Her dimples are disarming.

Tempo - October 18, 2019

Semarang (Antara) – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo proposed a new model to patrol the neighborhood to anticipate various threats of terrorism in the surrounding environment.

October 16, 2019

Jakarta Post - October 16, 2019

Jakarta – The National Police claim to have foiled terror plots, including suicide bombings, in several cities across Java, which were allegedly planned by Islamic State-linked homegro

October 15, 2019

Jakarta Post - October 15, 2019

Jakarta – Police have arrested 22 terrorist suspects following the stabbing of Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto last week.

Sydney Morning Herald - October 15, 2019

James Massola, Jakarta – Indonesian police have arrested 22 suspected Islamist militants planning attacks across the country, just days after the country's security minister was wounde

Jakarta Globe - October 15, 2019

Farouk Arnaz & Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Jamaah Ansharut Daulah, or JAD, an Islamic State-affiliated terror group based in Indonesia, has been making bombs using not only high-expl

October 12, 2019

Jakarta Globe - October 12, 2019

Heru Andriyanto & Beritasatu, Jakarta – The shocking attack on Chief Security Minister Wiranto earlier this week is likely only a forerunner of more serious acts of terror ahead of

Tempo - October 12, 2019

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The National Police's anti-terror special detachment Densus 88 have nabbed suspected terrorists from September 23 until October 11.

October 11, 2019

Tempo - October 11, 2019

Nindya Astuti, Jakarta – Terrorism, and intelligence expert Harits Abu Ulya called for Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto to do self-introspection on

October 10, 2019

The Guardian - October 10, 2019

Kate Lamb in Jakarta and agencies – Indonesia's chief security minister has been stabbed by a man who authorities suspect may have been radicalised by Islamic State ideology.

Jakarta Post - October 10, 2019

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed security authorities to take stern action and hunt down the "terrorist network" behind Thursday's attack on

Sydney Morning Herald - October 10, 2019

James Massola and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – A senior member of the Indonesian cabinet has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed twice with a knife by suspected Islamic State symp

October 8, 2019

Jakarta Post - October 8, 2019

Jakarta – The National Police have foiled an attempt to explode bombs in business districts across Jakarta, which was allegedly planned and organized by a university lecturer and a ret