by admin_HRWF | Sep 10, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
Authorities exploiting pornography law to target LGBT people. HRW (07.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/3ih5WBR – The Indonesian government should urgently investigate a police raid on a private gathering of 56 men in Jakarta that highlights the threat to...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 9, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
The Jakarta Post (09.07.2019) – https://bit.ly/30tr5iT- In response to a recent case of a man allegedly assaulting his wife for refusing sex, the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has said that forcing your wife to have sex is a...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 20, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
More and more soldiers disapprove of the pluralist philosophy of Indonesia’s founding fathers. For the country’s Defence Minister, “It won’t be too much of a problem today, but [it might be] in the next 20-30 years.” Meanwhile, 23.4 per cent of university...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
– Supreme Court backs Meiliana’s 18-month jail sentence but her lawyer says she is a ‘victim of a hoax’. – by Aisyah Llewellyn – Al Jazeera (08.04.2019) -https://bit.ly/2IjvqiJ- Indonesia’s Supreme Court has upheld...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 25, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
The former governor of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, has been released early from his jail term for blasphemy. BBC (24.01.2019) – https://bbc.in/2HtxsxV – Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as Ahok, is a Christian and was Jakarta’s first...
