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212-Alumni

Politics 6 years ago

I am 'exiled by the ruling regime', Rizieq claims as he greets anti-Ahok rally reunion crowd

Firebrand cleric and Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab, who currently resides in Saudi Arabia, has claimed that he has been “exiled” by the Indonesian government and he cannot return home because the latter has barred him from doing so.

City 6 years ago

Welcome, governor: Anies greeted by participants of anti-Ahok rally 'reunion'

This year’s event marked the third anniversary of activists holding a large protest on Dec. 2, 2016 ─ hence the 212 rally name ─ demanding the prosecution of then-Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama for blasphemy.

City 6 years ago

Commuter line tightens up security amid anti-Ahok rally reunion

The event had Ahok’s 2017 gubernatorial election rival, who is now Jakarta governor, Anies Baswedan, in attendance.

Politics 6 years ago

Let it go: MUI says anti-Ahok reunion irrelevant

The council said a plan by Muslim activists to hold a reunion marking the 2016 anti-Ahok rally in Jakarta was “unnecessary”. They said the event should not become a yearly tradition.

City 6 years ago

Anti-Ahok rally alumni set to return to streets for 'reunion' in December

“The reunion has been held every year. It took place in 2017 and 2018, thus it will be held again in 2019."

National 6 years ago

Police foil bomb attack plan linked to 212 Islamist rally

Abdul, who has reportedly admitted to planning, recruiting and financing the attack, said that he prepared the devices, using the type of explosives used by fishermen, to be planted in seven locations in business centers around the city.