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Indonesian interfaith leaders stand up for Rohingya muslims

Indonesian interfaith leaders will meet to discuss the serious problems faced by Rohingya Muslims in Arakan, Myanmar, ...

Iindonesia calls for UN peacemaking forces in Syria

Muslim-majority countries that are members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will meet in Mecca, Saudi ...

Violence in Myanmar not linked to persecution: Myanmar govt

Myanmar government has stated that the current riots in Rakhine state are not linked to the persecution of any ...

Saudi police clash with protestors, arrest several

Hundreds of protestors stormed into streets in Saudi Arabia`s eastern region on Friday, staging a demonstration which ...

Kalla urges Myanmar to stop discrimination against Rohingya

Former Indonesian vice president M Jusuf Kalla has called on the Myanmar government to stop discrimination against the ...

RI must take role to end violence towards Rohingya ethnic group

The Indonesian government must take an active role in resolving the conflict targeting the Rohingya ethnic group in ...

Myanmar urged to stop violence against rohingya muslims

The violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar has drawn serious attention from many parties including ASEAN ...

Stop violence against Rohingya muslims in Myanmar: Muhammadiyah

The second-largest Muslim organization in Indonesia has called on Myanmar government to put an end to the violence ...

news focus - govt trying to "bring Papua in harmony with unitary state of Indonesia"

The situation in Jayapura city, in particular, and Papua Province, in general, seems to be peaceful, after being hit ...

Yudhoyono asks minister to investigate Papua problems

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked chief security minister Djoko Suyanto to examine the cause of problems in ...

Women`s empowerment in ASEAN needs to be upgraded: Suu Kyi

Myanmar`s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi remarked during the World Economic Forum on East Asia held here on Friday ...

Corby clemency is an oddity: Observer

The granting of a five-year clemency for an Australian drug convict Chapelle Leigh Corby is something of an oddity, ...

Guatemalan Human Rights Activist Rosalina Tuyuc Receives 29th Niwano Peace Prize

-     The Niwano Peace Foundation awarded the 29th Niwano Peace Prize to Ms. Rosalina Tuyuc ...

Govt hopes for peaceful labour rallies

The government hopes that the rallies which are to be held by about 170,000 workers throughout the country to observe ...

Two Guantanamo Uighurs sent to El Salvador

The Pentagon said Thursday it had sent two members of China`s Uighur minority who were detained without charge for ...