by admin_HRWF | Feb 15, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Activists say police action is rare in an area where the practice has almost become a tradition By Konradus Epa UCAnews (12.02.2021) – https://bit.ly/3rSrSHI – Police in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province have charged a Christian man...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 9, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
AFP/ Dawn (06.02.2021) – https://bit.ly/3rAuWrY – Indonesia has banned schools from forcing girls to wear Islamic “hijab” headscarves after the case of a Christian pupil pressured to cover up sparked outrage in the world’s most populous...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 29, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights, Uncategorized
During the flogging, the two, in their 20s, shouted and begged for mercy several times. The mother of one of them passed out on hearing the cries of her son. A “show” that has raised criticism from activists and human rights NGOs. For local officials,...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 16, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
Tri Teguh Pujianto, a 31-year-old former police brigadier was fired in 2018 after 10 years on the job, after police apprehended him and his partner. By Stanley Widianto Reuters (09.12.2020) – https://bit.ly/2WjIASL – The first gay Indonesian...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 3, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
The victims are a couple, their daughter and her husband, all members of the Salvation Army. Sulawesi police inspector general denies church burning. Relations between Christian groups and Muslim extremists are tense. In 2005, three Christian teenagers were beheaded....
