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Widespread condemnation for prison sentence of Ahok

May 10, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Blasphemy, Southeast Asia

The sentencing of Jakarta's Christian Governor to prison on blasphemy charges, focuses the spotlight again on Indonesia's controversial Blasphemy Law.

...figure such as Ahok cannot escape trumped-up charges, how can normal citizens do so?” https://twitter.com/OHCHRAsia/status/861871089500045312 Ahok’s case and conviction again focuses the spot light on Indonesia’s ‘Blasphemy Law’. During the...

Jakarta’s governor, Ahok, jailed for 2 years for blasphemy

May 9, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Blasphemy, Jakarta, Joko Widodo

Jakarta's governor arrives in court for his verdict and sentence in his blasphemy trial. Photo: Getty Images

...do so?” Some Protestors not happy with 2 year sentence for Ahok. Wanted 5 pic.twitter.com/cuYdlD3XGq — Samantha Hawley (@samanthahawley) May 9, 2017 Ahok, a Chinese Christian, was charged with blasphemy...

Indonesia: Ahok’s blasphemy charges reduced after failed re-election bid

April 21, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Blasphemy, Islamic extremism, Jakarta

Jakarta’s governor, “Ahok”, who has been on trial for alleged blasphemy, heard that he can expect a lighter sentence the day after he loses a bid for re-election.

Embed from Getty Images A day after failing in his bid for re-election as Jakarta’s governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as “Ahok”, heard that he should at least avoid...

Indonesia’s Christian governor Ahok fails in re-election bid, as ‘blasphemy’ trial continues

April 19, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Blasphemy, Islamic extremism, Jakarta

Preliminary results suggest that Jakarta’s Christian governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (better known as “Ahok”), has failed in his re-election bid, as his trial for “blasphemy” goes on. Ahok is accused...

Jakarta’s Christian governor reveals repeated sectarian attacks at trial testing Indonesia’s pluralism

April 5, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Blasphemy, Indonesia, Jakarta, Nahdlatul Ulama, Southeast Asia

...Ahok is not guilty, and the case that he is charged with, it has all been a manipulative thing going on for the purpose of the election.” Ahok was charged...

Concerns about tolerant Indonesia: 3 more churches closed

March 22, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Bandung, Bekasi, Bogor, Churches, GKI Yasmin, Indonesia, Islamic extremism, JAD, Java, Joko Widodo, Santa Clara, Saudi Arabia

Church members of the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) of Yasmin Bogor and the Batak Christian Church (HKBP) of Filadelfia Bekasi, along with inter-faith human rights activists and students of the Jakarta Art Institute, held the 100th open-air Sunday Service in front of State Palace in September 2015 after their church buildings were sealed in 2010. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Indonesian authorities in Bogor, West Java, have banned three churches from holding religious activities. According to UCANews the Methodist Church Indonesia, Huria Batak Protestant Church and a house used by...

Indonesian Muslim a ‘role model’ on tolerance

February 23, 2017

...Purnama (better known as “Ahok”), had committed blasphemy, encouraged people to listen to what he had to say. “Although Fikri thought Ahok a blasphemer, he did not insult, assail or...

Ahok wins vote, but not enough for re-election

February 16, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Blasphemy, Indonesia, Jakarta

...Ahok’s head … If convicted, it would hardly be possible for Ahok to continue in public office. “If re-elected, Ahok will have to navigate carefully in a very aggressive environment....

‘I’d prefer if my leader is a Muslim’

February 13, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Blasphemy, Indonesia, Islamic Defenders Front, Islamic extremism, Jakarta, Joko Widodo, Sharia

...stands accused of blasphemy. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (better known as “Ahok”) is accused of “misusing” a Qur’anic verse (which, some say, suggests Muslims should not be ruled by non-Muslims) in...

Extremism inside Indonesia’s largest Islamic group

February 2, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Blasphemy, Indonesia, Islamic Defenders Front, Islamic extremism, Joko Widodo, Nahdlatul Ulama

...a series of mass rallies in Jakarta in the wake of the blasphemy accusations against Jakarta’s Christian governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (better known as “Ahok”). But some members of Indonesia’s...

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