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November 13, 2012

Jakarta Post - November 13, 2012

After a period of relative peace, Poso, Central Sulawesi, was again rocked by a series of incidents that have occurred in the past three months.

Jakarta Post - November 13, 2012

After a peace pact in 2001 that ended three years of bloody sectarian conflict in Poso, Central Sulawesi, extremists linked to and directed by al-Qaeda affiliated Jamaah Islamiyah (JI)

November 6, 2012

Jakarta Globe - November 6, 2012

Dessy Sagita & Ezra Sihite – The government has welcomed a peace deal between rival ethnic communities in Lampung, where long-simmering tensions boiled over into violent clashes las

November 1, 2012

Jakarta Post - November 1, 2012

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October 31, 2012

Jakarta Post - October 31, 2012

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October 23, 2012

Jakarta Post - October 23, 2012

Ruslan Sangadji and Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A church was set ablaze while a sophisticated explosive device struck a traffic police post in Poso regency, Central Sulawesi, early on M

October 10, 2012

Jakarta Globe - October 10, 2012

Farouk Arnaz & John Lory – Twin explosions rocked the restive district of Poso, Central Sulawesi, on Tuesday as the region's ongoing sectarian violence continued.

June 5, 2012

Jakarta Post - June 5, 2012

Ruslan Sangadji, Palu – Communal clashes and cyclical violence have long been an unfortunate feature in many areas of Central Sulawesi.

April 12, 2012

April 9, 2012

Jakarta Post - April 9, 2012

Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs called on the House of Representatives and the executive not to endorse the social conflict management bill, fearing that it would give the Indonesian Mili

March 8, 2012

Jakarta Globe - March 8, 2012

Tensions boiled over again in Central Maluku on Wednesday, where the latest in a series of bloody clashes between neighboring villages ended with one dead and four injured.

January 25, 2012

Antara News - January 25, 2012

At least 83 homes were torched or destroyed on Tuesday afternoon during a clash in South Lampung that stemmed from a petty squabble over a parking fee.

January 4, 2012

Jakarta Globe - January 4, 2012

Zaky Pawas – Police have arrested 18 men following a fresh clash between two organizations with a long history of hostility, the Betawi Rempug Forum and the Pancasila Youth, police said

December 14, 2011

Antara News - December 14, 2011

Ambon, Maluku – A flare-up of violence in the restive city of Ambon on Monday night left dozens of people injured and several homes badly damaged.

December 5, 2011

Antara News - December 5, 2011

A member of the Jayapura police who was attacked by an unidentified group in Jayapura, Papua, died on Monday morning.

November 8, 2011

Jakarta Globe - November 8, 2011

Camelia Pasandaran, Ronna Nirmala & Ulma Haryanto – A spate of violent incidents that led to two deaths during the weekend was partly caused by weak law enforcement, a sociologist s

October 27, 2011

ABC Lateline - October 27, 2011

Six people have died in shootings after the West Papuan Independent Movement declared independence, which Indonesia describes as an act of treason.

October 10, 2011

Amnesty International Public Statement - October 10, 2011

The Indonesian authorities must immediately investigate the use of deadly force by police at a mining protest, Amnesty International said today after one protester was killed and at lea

October 5, 2011

Bintang Papua - October 5, 2011

Jayapura – The Third Papuan People's Congress [KRP] which is due to take place from 16-19 October will be provided with a security force of four thousand Papuans, according to the chair

October 2, 2011

Jakarta Globe - October 2, 2011

Nivell Rayda, Ambon – The road that runs outside the Silo Church in Ambon is normally a one-way street, but for the last several weeks cars and motorbikes have been allowed to travel in

Jakarta Globe - October 2, 2011

Nivell Rayda – A bouquet of freshly picked flowers stands on an unmarked grave in Mangga Dua, Ambon. Darmin Saiman, a motorcycle taxi driver whose controversial death on Sept.

September 26, 2011

Jakarta Globe - September 26, 2011

Farouk Arnaz – Another homemade bomb was found in front of a church in Ambon on Monday, one day after a deadly blast in Solo and following two earlier explosions in the Maluku capital.

September 24, 2011

Jakarta Post - September 24, 2011

Hans David Tampubolon – Society at large has been tarnished by an ongoing tolerance of violent culture, as the number of brawls among civilians in Jakarta so far this year has already s

September 21, 2011

Jakarta Globe - September 21, 2011

Camelia Pasandaran & Anita Rachman – With no answers forthcoming on the cause of the deadly violence in Ambon more than a week ago, human rights activists on Wednesday questioned wh

September 19, 2011

Jakarta Post - September 19, 2011

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Certain parties might have intentionally provoked residents in Ambon, Maluku, prior to the recent deadly riot in the provincial capital city which claimed se

September 17, 2011

Jakarta Globe - September 17, 2011

Farouk Arnaz – After a provocative text message began circulating in East Java urging Muslims to go to Ambon to wage jihad following a deadly sectarian clash there, the Indonesian Counc

September 15, 2011

Jakarta Globe - September 15, 2011

Nivell Rayda & Antara – As the people of Ambon try to resume normal life just days after deadly riots rocked their city, the displaced are picking up the pieces and police are looki

September 14, 2011

Jakarta Globe - September 14, 2011

Ambon – Calm appeared to have returned to Ambon, Maluku, on Tuesday following two days of widespread rioting in which seven people were killed, but police and military patrols throughou

September 13, 2011

Jakarta Globe - September 13, 2011

Farouk Arnaz – Police on Tuesday raised the death toll of Sunday's clash in Ambon to seven.

September 12, 2011

Jakarta Post - September 12, 2011

Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says bringing the Indonesian Military (TNI) in to Ambon to restore order after the recent riots will only

Jakarta Globe - September 12, 2011

Dessy Sagita, Ulma Haryanto & Febriamy Hutapea – If the sudden eruption of mass violence in Ambon over the weekend seemed sudden, it surprised few analysts, many of whom said it had

ABC Radio Australia - September 12, 2011

Hundreds of security personnel have been sent to the eastern Indonesian island of Ambon after sectarian clashes claimed at least three lives and left more than 80 people injured.

September 11, 2011

Antara News - September 11, 2011

Police in Southeast Sulawesi have arrested 11 suspects after a clash at Kendari's Haluoleo University that killed two students, an officer said on Sunday.

August 19, 2011

ABC News - August 19, 2011

Sara Everingham – East Timor's Council of Ministers has condemned recent violence in the country's south-west that left more than 100 families homeless.

August 16, 2011

Agence France Presse - August 16, 2011

Dili – Angry mobs of martial arts gang members set fire to dozens of homes Monday as they rampaged through an East Timorese town after one of their number was killed in a stabbing, poli

August 3, 2011

Jakarta Globe - August 3, 2011

Cherie Hart – Long-running violence in a district just outside East Timor's capital ended last week with a dance, a prayer, a speech and the sacrifice of a goat and a pig.

July 20, 2011

ABC News - July 20, 2011

Police in East Timor have started a major security operation in Dili, following several shootings in the capital.

July 18, 2011

Jakarta Globe - July 18, 2011

Zaky Pawas & Chrestella Tan – Parts of Jakarta resembled an urban battlefield over the weekend, with by far the worst outbreak of street brawling yet and damage caused across the ci

June 23, 2011

Bintang Papua - June 23, 2011

Pastor Jonga: 'MRP has now become a mechanism for the government's splitting tactics.'

April 15, 2011

Jakarta Post - April 15, 2011

Nethy Dharma Somba and Yemris Fointuna, Jayapura/Kupang – One person was killed in a clash between residents and police personnel in Moenamani village, Nabire, Papua, on Wednesday, whil

September 30, 2010

Jakarta Globe - September 30, 2010

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The propensity of Indonesian news media, particularly on television, for highlighting dramatic conflicts is not helping promote peace and pluralism, experts sai

Jakarta Globe - September 30, 2010

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – A leading figure in the eastern Indonesian community residing in Jakarta has alleged that powerful puppet masters were behind t

September 29, 2010

Jakarta Globe - September 29, 2010

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Two men reportedly died in a brawl and a policeman was shot in front of the South Jakarta District Court where the trial relating to the over a deadly Blowfis

Jakarta Globe - September 29, 2010

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – Following a deadly riot that resulted in a man's death, National Police Chief Gen.

August 16, 2010

Associated Press - August 16, 2010

Irwan Firdaus, Bekasi, Indonesia – Tired of government inaction, Christians and other religious minorities in Indonesia are pushing back against rising violence by Islamic hard-liners.

August 15, 2010

Jakarta Post - August 15, 2010

Jakarta – As protesters prepare for a prayer vigil and peaceful rally at the Presidential Palace on Sunday, residents and activists on Saturday demanded that President Susilo Bambang Yu

August 11, 2010

Jakarta Post - August 11, 2010

Jakarta – Religious leaders are condemning the government for failing to protect its followers while they perform their rituals, following a series of attacks on the congregation of HKB

August 10, 2010

Jakarta Globe - August 10, 2010

Ulma Haryanto & Nurfika Osman, Garut, West Java – Iin, a resident of Cikedu village in Garut, West Java, said on Monday that she vividly recalled the third and last time she was har

Jakarta Globe - August 10, 2010

Ismira Lutfia, Dessy Sagita, Dofa Fasila & Zaky Pawas – The chairman of the hard-line Islamic Defenders Front denied on Monday that his group would step up attacks on churches and m

August 9, 2010

Jakarta Globe - August 9, 2010

Ulma Haryanto, Indonesia – Another mob attack on Christian worshipers in Bekasi on Sunday has led to renewed calls for police and national leaders to crack down on the apparently swelli