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Collection of activist news, found 89 news.

87 houses damaged in Poso quake

The 6.6-magnitude earthquake which hit Poso district, Central Sulawesi province, on May 29 has lightly and seriously ...

NGO calls for firm action against illegal logging in Mt Leuser area

Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) has urged legal enforcers to take firm action against illegal logging ...

Sympathetic rally 55 to not exert pressure on court: GNPF-MUI

The May 5 (55) rally is not being held to apply pressure on the court that tends to indict Jakarta Governor Basuki ...

President Jokowi meets social activists to discuss education

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) met several activists engaged in promoting the reading culture across Indonesia, ...

Greenpeace hails establishment of Peatland Restoration Agency

Greenpeace has hailed the governments decision to establish a Peatland Restoration Agency and the appointment of ...

Three Indonesians detained in South Korea for links to ISIS

The Indonesian Migrant Workers Agency has claimed that at least three migrant workers were detained in South Korea for ...

Boycott needed to force Israel to end occupation in Palestine

Supporters of Palestine around the world are promoting a BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement to force ...

Thailand`s junta detains anti-coup leader

Thailands junta said Friday that it had captured a fugitive anti-coup leader facing possible imprisonment, as the ...

Indonesia Considers Chemical Castration To Deter Pedophiles

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono again chaired a limited cabinet meeting to discuss effective measures to protect ...

Yudhoyono in africa to formulate global development

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is on a two-day visit in Liberia to formulate global development programs based ...

Museum Dr. Guislain and Janssen R&D Issue 2013 Dr. Guislain "Breaking the Chains of Stigma" Award

- Today, Museum Dr. Guislain in Ghent, Belgium, with support from Janssen Research & Development, LLC ("Janssen"), ...

Syria oposition calls for UN military intervention

The opposition Syrian National Council renewed on Saturday its call for the United Nations to intervene militarily in ...

Sri Lankan held for "witchcraft" in Saudi Arabia

A Sri Lankan woman has been arrested on suspicion of casting a spell on a 13-year-old girl during a Saudi family`s ...

Australia to lift some Myanmar sanctions

Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Monday said Australia will lift sanctions against Myanmar`s president and more than 200 ...

16 dead in tribal clashes in Libya's sabha

At least 16 people were killed on Saturday in new clashes between the Toubou people and Arab tribesmen in the southern ...