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Ensuring involvement of stakeholders for just energy transition

The G20 Indonesian Presidency will focus its energy transition debate on securing energy accessibility, scaling up the ...

Police securing demonstrations to prevent disruptions: Prabowo

The National Police are guarding the Indonesian Student Executive Board's (BEM SI's) demonstrations to prevent ...

Students protest must not turn violent: political observer

The students protest planned to be held on Monday (Apr 11) must not turn violent as it would harm the image of students ...

Seeking best fighters against human rights issues for five-year period

With no end in sight, cases related to human rights continue to evolve as time passes, with human rights defenders ...

Use social media wisely, police tells public

The police have urged people to use social media wisely to avoid legal wrangles.   Head of the public ...

Cyber police pose risk to Indonesia's democracy: LP3ES

Cyber police pose a risk to Indonesia's democratic system, specifically since it could make people hesitant to ...

Jokowi presses for actions to address declining public satisfaction

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed government officials to correct the decline in the national democracy ...

National Police to hold demonstration, oration competition on Dec 10

The Public Relations Division of the Indonesian National Police will hold a demonstration and oration competition for ...

A time when criticizing police rewarded instead

In a span of a few days, La Ode Umar, 29, from Buton, Southeast Sulawesi, expressed the ideas for his mural to ...

Taiwan Plus, Taiwan’s first video streaming platform, goes live

Taiwan Plus (Taiwan+), the first English-language international streaming platform of Taiwan, was unveiled by Vice ...

Internet law's defamation provision raising concerns: deputy minister

Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights, Edward OS Hiariej, has admitted that the provision on defamation in Article 27 ...

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Book review -Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers

At a time when differences can spark an armed conflict, or even war, one only needs to leaf through the iconic 2006 ...

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Outrage grows over Macron remarks

French President Emmanuel Macron's “anti-Islam" remarks while arguing for "freedom of ...

Muhammadiyah denounces French president's 'anti-Islam' remarks

The central executive board of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia’s second largest Islamic organization after the Nahdlatul ...

MUI urges Marsudi to summon French ambassador over Macron's statements

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has appealed to Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi to summon French Ambassador to ...