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 »

Activists are urging the government to form an independent commission made up of civilian “wise men” to push for a legal settlement of Indonesia’s historic human rights abuses to bring justice to the victims and their families. The commission’s members must be representatives of the public and not public officials from institutions involved in the violations, the human rights advocacy ... Read More »

The government said on Tuesday that it had yet to decide on what actions to take to resolve historic human rights abuses as several mechanisms were still being considered. Presidential Chief of Staff Teten Masduki said that the government was still discussing what would be the best format for the solutions, whether it will take judicial or non-judicial measures. He ... Read More »

(Jakarta) – Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s first year in office produced a mixed record on human rights that lacked major initiatives to tackle the worst abuses, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2016. In the 659-page World Report 2016, its 26th edition, Human Rights Watch reviews human rights practices in more than 90 countries. In his ... Read More »

The government should adhere to the 1945 Constitution in handling the Fajar Nusantara Movement (Gafatar), an organization allegedly involved in recent missing person cases, and not issue any related regulations based on a fatwa from the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), human rights activists have said. Setara Institute deputy chairman Bonar Tigor Naipospos said since Gafatar had never declared itself as ... Read More »

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has not delivered on his promise to protect religious freedom, according to human rights advocacy group the Setara Institute. The organization estimates that cases of religious intolerance metastasized by more than 50 percent in 2015 in comparison with 2014. In its report on religious intolerance, the Setara Institute recorded 197 cases and 236 incidents of violence, ... Read More »