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View all search resultsAbu-Bakar-Baasyir
Opinion 7 years ago
Our double standards on Jerusalem and Ba’asyir
Right or wrong, Indonesia is always right no matter what. How about other nations? It totally depends on our own judgement. Other nations must always readjust themselves to our position. Indonesia strongly protested Australia’s intention to relocate its embassy to Jerusalem last year and even threatened to drop a crucial economic deal between the two countries unless Australia retracted its intention. But is that not a blatant violation of our neighbor’s sovereignty?
Editorial 7 years ago
Free Ba’asyir? Why now?
There is nothing wrong with granting an old and ailing felon conditional release or even a pardon on humanitarian grounds. But President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s decision to approve the early release of 81-year-old terror convict and firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir is wrong on so many levels.
National 7 years ago
Lawyer says Ba'asyir’s release not ‘gift' from Jokowi
Ba'asyir, who is eligible to be released on parole on Dec. 13, insists on defying a general condition of parole that requires him to express loyalty to the national ideology Pancasila, which is stipulated in Government Regulation No. 99/2012 on sentence reduction for inmates, including those convicted of terrorism.
