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UN experts call on countries to prevent child marriage

A group of United Nations human rights experts on Thursday, the first UN International Day on the Girl Child, urged ...

PDIP rejects national security bill over potential human rights violation

The secretary general of the Indonesian Democratic Party Struggle (PDIP), Tjahjo Kumolo, has said his party has ...

Workers` rally legitimate and constitutional, observer says

An observer has said that the workers` street rallies staged on Wednesday throughout Jakarta and surrounding areas ...

Indonesia to prepare road map for international protocol on blasphemy

Indonesia will develop a road map for an international protocol on religious defamation, as earlier proposed by ...

Stop Abusing Freedom of Speech And Drop Double Standards

Although it was not for the first time that the United Nations General Assembly debated on the issue of religious ...

Electric train for female passengers between Jakarta and Bogor

The state railway company has operated an electric commuter train specially for female and child passengers between ...

Asylum seekers make indonesia transit point

In the past several years, Indonesia has become a transit point for illegal immigrants from various countries seeking ...

At D.C. concert, Madonna puzzles by calling Obama as Muslim

Pop star Madonna urged Americans to support President Barack Obama during her concert in Washington D.C. on Monday ...

Indonesia needs to fight for anti-defamation resolution of religions

Indonesia needs to take the initiative to fight for the approval of UN anti-defamation of religions resolution at the ...

President must deliver message of muslim concern, says observer

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is on a visit to New York, must convey the message of Muslim concern regarding ...

Immigration officers in Kupang have arrested 900 illegal immigrants this year

Immigration officers in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, have arrested some 900 illegal immigrants from Middle Eastern ...

Indonesia to propose protocol to prevent abuse of sensitive issues

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will propose a protocol to the international community to prevent undermining of ...

Insult against religion not part of freedom of expression

The production of anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims" by a small group of US citizens has hurt religious ...

Palestine`s cause is also Indonesia`s cause, minister says

As a staunch supporter of Palestine, Indonesia has often expressed its commitment to helping prepare the establishment ...

There should be no discrimination against minorities: Hillary

Visiting US State Secretary Hillary Clinton in her remark at a press conference here on Monday said there should be no ...