TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Hendardi, chairman of human rights advocacy group Setara Institute, said that terrorism is final result intolerance. Therefore, Hendardi called for intolerant behavior to be eliminated. “I invite all elements of society to continuously reject intolerance,” said Hendardi on Monday, January 18, 2016. Bonar Tigor Naipospos, researcher of Setara Institute, said that intolerance can be divided into two ... Read More »

THE deadly Islamic State attacks in Indonesia are merely a precursor for what’s to come in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. Our closest northern neighbour is preparing for further terror attacks in the capital as well as the tourist hotspot, Bali. Just as we did after the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people and seriously injured hundreds more, ... Read More »

Civil society groups are looking to challenge Article 158 of Law No. 8/2015 on regional elections, which they believe sets a limit on candidates who want to lodge complaints about vote rigging in the Dec. 9 balloting. The article stipulates that the Constitutional Court may register complaints regarding possible vote rigging only from political parties or pairs of candidates who ... Read More »

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Setara Institute National Council secretary Benny Susetyo or known as Romo Benny said the military approach towards the Papuan must be changed into dialogue approach. “Sincere and honest dialogue must be built to end violence,” said Benny on Wednesday, December 9. Benny said dialogue is the only way to end separatism in Papua. He continued that the ... Read More »

The President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo administration has failed to deliver on its campaign promise of human rights protection in its first year, a study has revealed. The Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace recorded a slight fall of 0.04 points from 2014 to 2015 on the achievement index of human rights promotion, which is rated from 0 to 7, with ... Read More »

So far, although 100-odd Islamic fighters have returned from the Middle East, the threat remains small Concern is rising in Jakarta that Indonesia could be the first Southeast Asian nation hit by an Islamic State-style attack from the 100-odd Islamic fighters who have returned from the Middle East in recent months although the fundamentalists so far are disorganized and small ... Read More »

Despite a dark past of intolerance, several cities like Tual and Ambon are among the most tolerant regions in the country, according to the rights group, Setara Institute. The institute released its first tolerant city index on Monday, with Tual and Ambon, both in Maluku province, snatching the top two highest scores in the list of 10 most tolerant cities ... Read More »

Introduction In celebrating International Tolerance Day, which is commemorate in every November 16, SETARA Institute studied and indexed 94 cities all around Indonesia in order to promote and practice tolerance. The indexing aims to promote the cities which were considered succeed in building and developing  tolerance, so it should be affecting the other cities to follow. Report on Tolerant City ... Read More »

Bogor municipality ranks the worst in religious tolerance in Indonesia, according to a recent study by human rights advocacy group Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace. Setara carried out a study from Aug. 3 to Nov. 13, ranking 94 municipalities from the most religiously tolerant to the least. Setara Institute deputy chairman Bonar Tigor Naipospos said there had been cases ... Read More »

Survey of Perception of State High School Students in Jakarta and Bandung on tolerance consisted of 171 high schools as its population with 114 high schools as sample. There were 76 high schools located in Jakarta and 38 high schools located in Bandung by using simple random sampling method. From each schools, 6 students both male and female were taken as respondent with total respondent ... Read More »

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