Jakarta – A recent study from one of Indonesia's rights watchdogs shows that Christians face the most religious rights violations.

The Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (Elsam) announced on Sunday that from January to April this year, there were eight cases of rights violations toward Indonesian Christians.

Elsam's researcher, Wahyudi Djafar, was quoted by tempo.co as saying that the cases include the saga of the GKI Yasmin congregation in Bogor, West Java, Filadelfia HKBP Church in Bekasi, also in West Java and other cases in Riau and Jambi.

"This kind of situation is a result of the government's weakness in protecting minority groups, especially under pressure of hard-liners," he said.

He added that beside Christians, the watchdog also recorded a total of four violations against the country's followers of nondenominational faiths from January to April. (asa/iwa)