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FPI leader's seven sympathizers named suspects over weapons possession

The Police of Jakarta named seven of 455 sympathizers of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Habib Rizieq Shihab ...

Jakarta Police detain 455 Shihab supporters for refusing COVID test

The Jakarta Police detained 455 followers of Rizieq Shihab for refusing COVID-19 rapid tests during the ...

East Java's Muslims demonstrate against Macron's anti-Islamic remarks

Several hundred Muslims staged a protest over French President Emmanuel Macron's anti-Islam remarks and blasphemy ...

Jakarta police deploy 7,766 personnel to secure rallies

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police on Monday dispatched 7,766 personnel to secure simultaneous rallies staged by workers ...

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Indonesian Muslims defend Prophet Muhammad's honor and dignity

Several hundred Muslims from the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA 212) flocked to Thamrin ...

Lawmaker sees KAMI activist arrests as test for Democracy

Mardani Ali Sera, member of Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR), has seen the arrests of ...

Jakarta police detain 500 for stone-pelting

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police detained about 500 teenagers for allegedly trying to provoke anti-riot police personnel ...

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Political turmoil amid COVID-19, economic recession can add to burden

Indonesia has been struggling hard to survive the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its major impacts, ...

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Omnibus law protests highlight need for dialogue

President Joko Widodo’s goal of getting Indonesia’s first ever omnibus bill passed into law has finally ...

Rallies against new law could create COVID-19 clusters, warns IDI

The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has warned that widespread rallies against the job creation law could give ...

Thousands of demonstrators run for cover as police fire tear gas

Thousands of demonstrators protesting the newly-endorsed job creation law fled from Harmoni Intersection to Gajah Mada ...

Police warn of COVID-19 risk as law sparks mass protests

Mass rallies to protest the passage of the omnibus law on job creation would increase the risk of coronavirus ...

Sultan HB X vows to apprise president of workers' aspirations

Governor of Yogyakarta Special Province Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X pledged to acquaint President Joko Widodo of the ...

Jakarta Police's 9,346 personnel to safeguard against new law protests

The Jakarta Metro Police have deployed over nine thousand personnel as a precautionary measure against protests over ...

Police detain omnibus law protesters in Semarang

Police detained 50 to 100 demonstrators in Semarang after dispersing a rally staged outside the Central Java Provincial ...