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Call to Improve Quality of Death -- Critical for Governments to Make Palliative Care Part of Comprehensive Healthcare

- The Lien Foundation calls on governments and policy makers to hasten and improve their provision of palliative ...

Discourse on Papua dialogue restarts

After about a two-year hiatus, the discourse regarding the Jakarta-Papua dialogue to seek a peaceful solution to the ...

Release of Papua political prisoners strategic for Papua development

The release of a number of Papua political prisoners was a strategic step toward development of the countrys ...

Jokowi administration opens foreign media access to Papua

The administration of Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has announced to lift restrictions on foreign media in Papua, after on the ...

Pardon granted for Papuan to eliminate conflict stigma: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said here on Saturday that he pardoned five political prisoners in Papua to eradicate ...

Indonesian National Museum collaborates with Google to create virtual tour

The National Museum of Indonesia is collaborating with internet giant Google to enable internet users and digital ...

Morocco Symposium Tackles Issue of Stigma and Discrimination Associated with Leprosy

-A recent symposium in Morocco on leprosy and human rights was an opportunity for Naima Azzouzi to speak publicly for ...

Sasakawa Wins IBA Rule of Law Award for Efforts to End Leprosy Discrimination

-The International Bar Association, the world's leading body of legal professionals, bar associations and law ...

Condemning Discrimination, Dalai Lama Tells People Affected by Leprosy Never to Lose Hope

-   It would be hard to overstate the rapturous welcome given to the Dalai Lama when he visited a community ...

Rise in number of lepers in Ternate

There has been a marked increase in the number of people lately diagnosed with leprosy in Ternate, North Maluku, ...

Human Rights Institutions Pledge Support for Efforts to End Leprosy-related Discrimination

-   Global Appeal 2014 to End Stigma and Discrimination against People Affected by Leprosy was launched in ...

Leaders of People Affected by Leprosy Request Pope Francis to Speak Out against Discrimination

-The leaders of organizations of people affected by leprosy from nine countries and Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill ...

The disabled are nothing abnormal in society

People with disabilities are normal part of human diversity that should get equal treatment from the society, a ...

Apindo asks gov`t to promote palm oil in APEC forum

The Indonesian Employers` Association (Apindo) has asked the government to promote palm oil as a green product in ...

Indonesia still unable to eradicate leprosy

Although Indonesia has managed to reach leprosy elimination stage, the country has not been able to completely ...