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Christmas in Indonesia a Matter of Faith and Security

The Jakarta Globe
23-12-2012

At Jakarta’s biggest shopping centers, lights twinkle on plastic firs and displays are buried under yards of cotton-wool snow. People of all religions can be seen having their photographs taken with a heavily costumed Santa Claus and his helpers.

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Indonesian minority Christians brace for Christmas torment

France 24
22-12-2012

A Christian community in Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation, is preparing to spend Christmas mass on the street as sectarian attacks keep them locked out of their church.

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Religious strife 'on the rise' in Indonesia

Asia News Network
18-12-2012

A human rights watchdog is worried about the rising incidence of religious violence in Indonesia this year, and warned that the figure is likely to go up next year.

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Rights Group Says SBY All Talk, No Action on Tolerance

The Jakarta Globe
18-12-2012

For all his rhetoric on the importance of religious pluralism, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has failed to take meaningful action to maintain tolerance in the country, a rights group claims. 

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Religious intolerance is alive and kicking

The Jakarta Post
18-12-2012

Observing a growing intolerance in the country, a human rights watchdog announced on Monday that it had recorded increasing hostility against religious minorities, from 299 cases last year to 371 incidents this year.

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‘Extreme risk’ of human rights violations in RI

The Jakarta Post
17-12-2012

A London-based political-risk consultancy has cited Indonesia in its newly released Human Rights Atlas 2013 as a country with an “extreme” risk of human rights violations.

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Setara Says Indonesia Failing to Improve Rights

The Jakarta Globe
05-12-2012

Indonesia has failed to make commendable progress in its human right records over the past year, despite repeated claims by the government that the record has improved, a leading think tank says. [read]

Religious minorities, indigenous groups remain targets of violence

The Jakarta Post
05-12-2012

A recent study by human rights watchdog Setara Institute reveals that the government has failed to guarantee equal opportunities for followers of minority faiths, despite evidence of stepped up measures to promote and protect human rights in the country. [read]

Indonesia's terrorist groups have fractured but their grievances remain

The Guardian
20-11-2012

Ten years after the Bali bombings, the government has scored some successes against Islamic militants... Indonesia's 9/11 happened on an October evening in 2002, in the sweltering heat of Kuta, a well-known Bali resort and a favourite spot for foreign tourists. [read]

We say no

The Jakarta Post
02-11-2012

Civil society oppose the National Security bill during a discussion at the Wahid Institute on Friday. The NGOs believe the bill would harm democracy and civil rights. [read]
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