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    Competitive, credible, and fair local elections in Jakarta and the province of West Kalimantan in 2012 underscored the ongoing transition from decades of authoritarian rule in Indonesia. The government’s willingness to accept numerous recommendations from the United Nations review of Indonesia’s human rights record was another hopeful sign of a growing commitment to respecting rights. However, Indonesia remains beset by serious rights problems. Violence and discrimination against religious minorities, particularly Ahmadiyah, Bahai, Christians, and Shia have deepened. Lack of accountability for abuses by police and military forces continues to affect the lives of residents in Papua and West Papua provinces.

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  • Indonesia: Civilian Courts Should Try Abusive Soldiers
    Apr 23, 2013
    The Indonesian government should urgently amend its laws so that military personnel accused of human rights abuses are tried in civilian courts.
  • Indonesia: Order an End to Church Demolitions
    Mar 25, 2013
    President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia should order local governments not to demolish houses of worship and should revoke discriminatory regulations on religious structures.
  • Leadership deficit fuels intolerance
    Mar 25, 2013
    A new report from Human Rights Watch documents how religious minorities, including several Protestant groups, Shia Muslims and Ahmadiyah, are targets of increasingly routine intimidation, threats and violence.
  • Indonesia: First Execution in 4 Years a Major Setback
    Mar 21, 2013
    Indonesia’s first execution in four years heightens the urgency for the government to take steps toward abolishing the death penalty.
  • 'Clock ticking' for Indonesia to tackle religious intolerance
    Mar 12, 2013
    As long as its leaders fail to acknowledge or act against the increased violence suffered by religious minorities, Indonesia's reputation as a country that balances diversity and tolerance will be in question, says campaign group
  • Jakarta Condones Religious Violence
    Mar 6, 2013
    The worst fears of the Shia Muslim community in Sampang in Indonesia's East Java came to pass on Aug. 20, 2012. That morning, hundreds of Sunni militants attacked the community, torching some 50 homes, killing one man and seriously injuring another.
  • Indonesia: Religious Minorities Targets of Rising Violence
    Feb 28, 2013

    The Indonesian government is failing to protect the country’s religious minorities from growing religious intolerance and violence. 

  • Indonesia: Confront Intolerance in 2013
    Feb 1, 2013
    Indonesian authorities throughout 2012 failed to defend threatened religious minorities and imprisoned peaceful activists for their political views, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2013.
  • Civil Society Denounces Adoption of Flawed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
    Nov 19, 2012
    Disregarding the deep concerns expressed by senior United Nations officials, human rights experts and hundreds of civil society and grassroots organisations at the national, regional and international levels, ASEAN leaders nonetheless adopted yesterday an “ASEAN Human Rights Declaration” that undermines, rather than affirms, international human rights law and standards.
  • Indonesia: UN Rights Visit Can Challenge Discrimination, Impunity
    Nov 9, 2012

    The visit of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay is an opportunity to highlight concerns about discrimination against religious minorities and impunity for state security forces in Indonesia.

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