Tag Archives: Religious Freedom | August 28 2017

Yogyakarta Students Speak Up Against Intolerance

United: Around 300 students from 27 schools across Yogyakarta read out a pledge to uphold a spirit of tolerance during the Declaration of Tolerant Yogyakarta Students event at Yogyakarta State University's (UNY) Pancasila Park on Aug. 28. Foto: JP/Bambang Muryanto

Hundreds of students in Yogyakarta have conveyed their pledge to uphold tolerance and maintain unity amid growing religious tension and sectarianism. In Bantul, a headmaster of a state high school was reported to have refused to support issues related to tolerance and Pancasila. It was also reported that he initially refused to send his school’s students to attend the Declaration ... Read More »