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December 18, 2014

Radio New Zealand International - December 18, 2014

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua secretary-general says the Governors of West Papua and Papua provinces have no political power when it comes to facing Indonesia's governme

April 23, 2014

Jakarta Post - April 23, 2014

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The police had identified and were currently hunting the instigators of a recent clash between Christians and Muslims in Sorong, West Papua, which left three peop

March 2, 2014

Sydney Morning Herald - March 2, 2014

Michael Bachelard, Indonesia – When the parents of Demianus and Seth Gobay died in their small West Papua village of Nabire perhaps five years ago, not all their six children could affo

June 29, 2012

Jakarta Post - June 29, 2012

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has turned to religious leaders for help after being criticized over an international survey that ranked Indonesia as bein

April 27, 2011

June 17, 2008

Sydney Morning Herald - June 17, 2008

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – Rising tensions between hardline Islamic groups moving into Indonesia's Papuan and Christian communities could erupt into violent conflict, the International Cris

Jakarta Post - June 17, 2008

Jakarta – The International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned Indonesia of potential communal conflict in the country's easternmost province due to strained relations between Muslims and Ch

June 16, 2008

International Crisis Group - June 16, 2008

Jakarta/Brussels – Conflict between Muslim and Christian communities in Papua could erupt unless rising tensions are effectively managed.

March 27, 2006

The Australian - March 27, 2006

Greg Roberts, Kiunga, Papua New Guinea – Muslim extremists from The Philippines and elsewhere are claimed to be setting up bases in Papua with the blessing of elements of the Indonesian

February 17, 2003

Time Magazine - February 17, 2003

Simon Elegant – Patricia Spier was heading home from a mountaintop picnic in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua when the ambush began.

June 4, 2002

Jakarta Post - June 4, 2002

Ahmad Junaidi, Jakarta – Strong criticism from the public, particularly legal experts, has changed the West Jakarta Mayoralty's stance on its own instruction obliging students in public

November 25, 2001

Reuters - November 25, 2001

Dean Yates, Jakarta – Indonesia's tolerant brand of Islam has passed the test of US attacks on Afghanistan largely intact despite images of burning American flags, proving the nation wi

October 4, 2001

Wall Street Journal - October 4, 2001

Timothy Mapes, Jakarta – Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri's pledge to support the US war against terrorism is straining her fragile alliance with Islamic political parties and

September 11, 2001

Jakarta Post - September 11, 2001

Jakarta – The country's two largest parties reiterated their intention to reject inclusion of the Jakarta Charter in Article 29 of the 1945 Constitution, viewing the United Development

April 26, 2001

Far Eastern Economic Review - April 26, 2001

Sadanand Dhume, Yogyakarta, Bandung and Jakarta – At first glance, there's nothing extraordinary about the small religious school outside Yogyakarta in central Java.

April 7, 2000

Associated Press - April 7, 2000

Jakarta – In their biggest show of force so far, Muslim radicals called yesterday for a holy war against the country's Christians and demanded the removal of President Abdurrahman Wahid

December 22, 1999

South China Morning Post - December 22, 1999

Vaudine England, Jakarta – The political elite is using religion to incite conflicts to suit its own ends, according to Indonesia's Religious Affairs Minister Tolchah Hasan.

October 30, 1998

Agence France Presse - October 30, 1998

Jakarta – Hundreds of Moslems staged an angry demonstration here Friday to counter demands on the resort island of Bali that a minister step down for insulting Hindus.

February 12, 1998

Wall Street Journal - February 12, 1998

Margot Cohen, Jakarta – Fadli Zon has a vision.