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VP hopes regional elections do not disunite people

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin hopes for the 2020 concurrent regional elections to not lead to disunity and conflict ...

VP urges regional election contestants to evade money politics

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has appealed to all contestants of the simultaneous regional elections to steer clear ...

State needs the press: President Jokowi

The state needs the press in true perspective to function as the fourth pillar of democracy and play a vital role in ...

Indonesia yet undecided on repatriating ex-foreign ISIS fighters

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) hinted at uncertainty over repatriation of some 600 ex-members of the legion of foreign ...

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Government must fulfill its obligations to uphold human rights

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development and members in Indonesia, expressed concern over continual violation ...

VP optimistic of CDI Eurasia Forum supporting global peace

Indonesian Vice President KH Ma'ruf Amin believes the Eurasia Forum that held a meeting of global political party ...

Avoid issues that imperil Indonesia's unity during regional polls: VP

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin urged all partaking in this year's simultaneous regional election to ...

Police vow to probe assault on ANTARA journalist

Chief of the West Aceh District Police Adjunct Senior Commissioner Andrianto Argamuda has vowed to thoroughly ...

IJTI urges Aceh police to apprehend ANTARA journalist's attackers

The Indonesian Television Journalist Association (IJTI) has appealed to the Aceh police to arrest those who assaulted ...

VP tells participants to promote unity in polls

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has urged all participants of this year's simultaneous regional election ...

Acting Aceh governor denounces violent attack on ANTARA journalist

Acting Aceh Governor Nova Iriansyah reprehended the violent assault on ANTARA journalist Teuku Dedi Iskandar in ...

Freedom of religion is everyone's fundamental right: AICHR

Freedom of religion and belief is the fundamental right of every human being, Indonesian representative for the ASEAN ...

Right to freedom of religion becomes human beings' fundamental right

Representative of Indonesia to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Yuyun Wahyuningrum stated ...

ASEAN Human Rights Declaration safeguards freedom of expression: envoy

The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration protects the freedom of opinion and expression of people in Southeast Asia, ...

South Africa lends all-out support for creation of Indonesia-SACU PTA

The South African government has thrown its weight behind the creation of the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) ...