JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN) – Indonesia President Joko Widodo sacked nine ministers and demoted two more, and in their place were at least five highly rated technocrats or professionals in their field of work. What a difference a year makes. This time last year, President Joko Widodo’s popularity was on the wane amid questions about his ability to deliver on ... Read More »
INDONESIAN president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has been called out over his commitment to protecting human rights following a Cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday. The appointment of retired military general Wiranto as the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, in particular, has drawn the ire of human rights groups. The decision to put Wiranto in such an influential position within ... Read More »
Human rights groups have lambasted President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s decision to appoint Wiranto as the new coordinating political, legal and security affairs minister, claiming it is in contrast to the government’s own commitment to resolve the past human rights abuse in which Wiranto was alleged to have been implicated. Wiranto’s appointment manifested concerns that Jokowi did not take human rights ... Read More »
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Any move to execute convicts on the death row continues to draw strong criticism since many NGOs strongly oppose and criticize such an approach. Last year, the Indonesian government was flooded with criticisms from within the country as well as by other nations for having executed 14 drug convicts on death row. Notwithstanding the lack of popular ... Read More »
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Attorney General HM Prasetyo indicated execution of drug convicts on death row would be carried out soon. “You see the preparations we have made yesterday. I have even seen the activities in Nusakambangan in preparing the execution,” Prasetyo said here on Friday. The prisoners would all be brought to Nusakambangan to face the execution, he said. ... Read More »
Jakarta. With the rise of radical propaganda in Indonesia, various academics have pressed on the importance of education and parental support to protect their children from becoming radicalized. According to Anna Surti Ariani, child and family psychologist at University of Indonesia (UI), parents must be aware of the kind of environment their children are exposed to, while schools must focus on ... Read More »
Rights group Setara Institute has expressed concern over a recent attack on an Ahmadi mosque in Kendal regency, Central Java, and criticized the government for failing to protect the minority group. Setara Institute chairman Hendardi said the destruction of the Ahmadi mosque in Purworejo subdistrict, Ringin Arum district, Kendal, by a group of unidentified people early Monday was the 114th ... Read More »
Vandalism: Books are seen scattered through the ruins in a corner of Ahmadiyah congregation’s Al Kautsar Mosque following mass rioting on Sunday in Purworejo village, Kendal, Central Java.( Courtesy of Ahmadiyah congregation ) For decades, some 100 followers of the Ahmadiyah religious group have lived peacefully with their neighbors in Purworejo village in Kendal, Central Java, but this ended early ... Read More »
Jakarta. Religious freedom advocacy group Setara Institute criticized a mob attack on an Ahmadi mosque in Ringinarum, a subdistrict of Kendal in Central Java, on Monday (23/05), saying it violated the principles of religious freedom. As reported by Kompas.com, dozens of unidentified men vandalized the Ahmadi mosque just before dawn on Monday. Walls were torn down, windows and ceilings smashed ... Read More »
Jakarta. Human rights watchdog Setara Institute has called on President Joko Widodo to come down hard on Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu for ignoring the president’s instructions on dealing with past cases of human rights abuses, including the anti-communist purge of 1965-66. President Joko Widodo, who vowed to resolve long-standing cases of human rights abuse during his presidential campaign two years ago, ... Read More »
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Setara Institute sees that the government’s emotional response to actor Leonardo DiCaprio who criticized forest ecosystem destruction from oil palm business is a wrong, counterproductive move. Business and Human Rights Resarcher of Setara Institute Raziv Barokah expressed that the government’s plan to deport the actor is a bad move. He went on that it contradicts Jokowi’s development ... Read More »
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