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IPS - Religious Intolerance Taints Award for Indonesian President | Inter Press Service

IPS - Religious Intolerance Taints Award for Indonesian President | Inter Press Service

www.ipsnews.net — Standing in front of the two-metre concrete wall, barbed wire and corrugated iron fence that surrounds his mosque, Muhammad Iqbal says he feels like a second-class citizen in his own country. The head of a beleaguered Ahmadiyya Muslim sect in the Bekasi, West Java was forced out of his mosque in April after local authorities shut it down following protests from Islamic hardliners. "The Yudhoyono government's failed to confront militant groups whose thuggish harassments and assaults on houses of worship and members of religious miniorities has become increasingly aggressive."
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Should Outsiders Be Meddling In Indonesia's Religious Affairs? - The Jakarta Globe

Should Outsiders Be Meddling In Indonesia's Religious Affairs? - The Jakarta Globe

www.thejakartaglobe.com — Should outsiders be involved? I wonder who would be considered outsiders? What about Indonesian Diaspora members? Would they be considered outsiders? What about former Indonesian citizens or even the citizens of Indonesia residing abroad who have better understanding of what democracy means. Would they also be considered outsiders? Robert Kennedy once asked his brother, John, prior to the latter running for president. "If not now, WHEN? If not you, WHO? It is obvious SBY has been silent and mute in regard to the religious intolerance (and violence) in Indonesia. Thus, ALL who cares about Indonesia and democracy in Indonesia must speak out.
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Indonesia Graples With Religious Intolerance

Indonesia Graples With Religious Intolerance

www.portalkbr.com — A recent report released by Human Rights Watch claims Indonesia is failing to protect religious minorities from growing intolerance and violence. The province of West Java has been particularly volatile, recording an increasing cases of intolerance and violations against religious freedom. There were 57 cases in 2010, and it jumped to 102 cases last year. A brutal attack on a Sunday service in Bandung, West Java happened recently. Dozens of congregation members fled while a group of 40 men from hard-line religious group, , scaled the church gate and destroyed everything in their path.
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Karen Middleton, Rebecca Lake and Helen Kapalos - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corpora...

Karen Middleton, Rebecca Lake and Helen Kapalos - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corpora...

Australian Broadcasting Corporation News — From Afghanistan to Cambodia
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16 years of Chunky Move; past, now, future

16 years of Chunky Move; past, now, future

rebecca-lake.com — Each night, during this year's Melbourne Festival, audiences of at least 200 people congregate at the grass edge of the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Instructions heard via personal headsets slowly coerce them down the steep lawn and towards the stage. When the audience finally arrives they are invited into the set. There is only one thing to look at. A curious glass box that is filled thickly of smoke. As the guests take their seats the glass house suddenly comes to life with rhythmic shadows dancing from within. For the next hour the audience is treated to an intense and evocative contemporary dance performance bought to them by Melbourne's renowned Chunky Move.
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Nike Workers Win Battle for Wages | The Jakarta Globe

Nike Workers Win Battle for Wages | The Jakarta Globe

www.thejakartaglobe.com — An Indonesian factory that produces apparel for Nike has revoked its application to be exempt from the minimum wage on Tuesday, after accusations arose that factory managers were pressuring workers to sign an agreement forfeiting their right to the pay increase, a workers rights group has reported.
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Indonesian Nike Workers 'Denied Pay Rise' | The Jakarta Globe

Indonesian Nike Workers 'Denied Pay Rise' | The Jakarta Globe

www.thejakartaglobe.com — Indonesia's Nike factories have sought to deny their staff the new minimum wage by pressuring them to sign an agreement forfeiting their right to the pay increase, according to workers union leaders and a labor rights organization.
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Indonesia Church Officials Face Violence, Jail Time for Conducting Services - The Jakarta Globe

Indonesia Church Officials Face Violence, Jail Time for Conducting Services - The Jakarta Globe

www.thejakartaglobe.com — The wife of a church minister who was jailed two weeks ago for allegedly conducting a service without a permit also faces arrest for defying an order from local authorities to stop holding services at a church in Sumedang, West Java. Minister Bernhard Maukar and his wife, Corry, were holding a service at their Pentecostal church (GPdI) in Mekargalih village, Jatinangor subdistrict, on Jan. 27, when it was attacked by members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), who claimed that the church did not have a valid permit to operate.
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Human Rights Watch Urges Indonesia to Tackle Religious Violence - The Jakarta Globe

Human Rights Watch Urges Indonesia to Tackle Religious Violence - The Jakarta Globe

www.thejakartaglobe.com — Rebecca Lake Failures in government leadership and law enforcement are fueling a surge of religious violence in Indonesia and have rendered religious minorities vulnerable to attack, an international rights group said in a report released on Thursday. The Human Rights Watch report, "In Religion's Name," condemned the Indonesian government for its ignorant and at times "complicit" approach to religious conflict that it says has recently escalated. Phelim Kine, HRW's Asia deputy director, told a media gathering on Thursday that addressing religiously motivated violence "isn't rocket science," adding that the issue of religious conflict in Indonesia should not be left to the next government to deal with.
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Book Review: Besieged, Barbara Demick

Book Review: Besieged, Barbara Demick

rebecca-lake.com — "As quickly as Bosnia had made its way into the world's headlines, it disappeared...Bosnia is largely forgotten". The 1990s was a decade that many would consider as dark. The world was reacquainted with genocide. Somalia was in complete turmoil. Rwanda was a bloodbath and ethnic cleansing had returned to Europe. During this time empathy fatigue had well and truly set-in. Unable to relate to the eruption of ferocity, violence and politics, the world began to turn off. In 1993 American correspondent, Barbara Demick, was sent on an assignment by her paper, The Philadelphia Inquirer, to report on Eastern Europe.
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Religious Minorities Band Together for Tolerance - The Jakarta Globe

Religious Minorities Band Together for Tolerance - The Jakarta Globe

www.thejakartaglobe.com — So often the victims of intolerance in Indonesia, Christians, Ahmadiyah and Shia Muslims on Monday marched together in Central Jakarta to urge the government to take a stand against religiously motivated violence and discrimination. The 300 protesters held a shared prayer service before singing the national anthem as the marched along Jalan Gerag Pemuda toward the gates of the House of Representatives. Pastor Torang Simanjuntak, from the HKBP Taman Sari church in Bekasi, which was demolished after an order from the regional government on March 21, was among the demonstrators. The pastor said he was there to send a message to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
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My angels: from holiday to rescue mission for Portland traveller Rebecca Lake

My angels: from holiday to rescue mission for Portland traveller Rebecca Lake

www.standard.net.au — Siem Reap, a South East Asian tourist hub, unexpectedly changed my life forever. On the surface it's an exciting place, one could say a traveller's delight. I arrived in the northern Cambodian city in early January, just as night was falling and was thrilled by what I saw. Strolling through the jam-packed streets I could tell that an adventure was waiting for me just around the corner. It was as though Siem Reap was welcoming me and urging me to stay and to learn. Like many backpackers, on the top of my to-do list was to sample the local beverage.
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