#freedom of expression

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Two Deputy House speakers join Friday prayers in Istiqlal

Two Deputy House Speakers Fadli Zon and Fahri Hamzah performed Friday mass prayers in Istiqlal Grand Mosque, along ...

Malaysian students keen to attend class on press freedom in RI

About 300 students majoring in communications at the Faculty of Leadership and Management, University of Malaysia ...

European Parliament calls for release of HK booksellers detained in China

The European Parliament has called for the immediate release of five Hong Kong booksellers detained in China, in a ...

President approves draft of revised terrorism law partially

President Joko Widodo has received and partially approved a draft of the revised terrorism law, Coordinating Minister ...

Indonesia considering exclusive prison for terrorists, pre-emptive detention powers

The Indonesian government is preparing to effect a revision in Law No. 15 Year 2003 on counter-terrorism, following a ...

President Jokowi calls to end violence and crimes in the world

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on all parties to end violence and crimes ahead of the ...

Jakarta governor amends regulation on rallies following NGO protests

Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) has amended a gubernatorial regulation of 2015 governing freedom of ...

Indonesia, Serbia hold interfaith dialog

The Indonesian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Abdurrahman M. Fachir visited Serbia to hold an interfaith ...

Jakarta governor revises regulation on freedom of expression

The Jakarta authorities are revising Gubernatorial Regulation No. 228 of 2015 on controlling the implementation of ...

Emirati rights activist wins Nobel prize for human rights

An Emirati human rights activist barred from leaving his home country was on Tuesday named the 2015 winner of an award ...

Police shoot dead 2 gunmen at Texas exhibit of Prophet Mohammad cartoons

Texas police shot dead two gunmen who opened fire on Sunday outside an exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad ...

Charlie Hebdo provokes muslims world-widely

French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo has once again provoked 1.5 billion Muslims all over the world by publishing a ...

Press freedom must respect religions: Indonesian Minister

The Indonesian Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said Thursday that press should practice freedom of ...

Charlie Hebdo has not taken a cue: Indonesian NU

An associate chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has expressed disappointment over Charlie Hebdos decision to again ...

French muslim leaders call for calm over Prophet cartoons

Muslim leaders in France on Tuesday urged their community to keep calm and respect freedom of expression after the ...