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View all search resultsPresident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had ordered his aides to follow up on the National Human Rights Commission’s (Komnas HAM) recommendation of its investigation into a recent fatal incident between Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) members and the police.
The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has determined that the killing of four members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) by police was a human rights violation, and called on the authorities to prosecute the perpetrators.
Trust is a key element in both diplomacy and politics, and standing up for truth against the "heat" from social media commenters and influencers as regards a country's foreign policy today is no different than it ever was: All it takes is conviction and the decency to do the right thing.
The intensifying crackdown by the authorities on the Islam Defenders Front (FPI)—a once-fringe Islamist group that now poses a serious challenge to the administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo—has sparked concerns among prodemocracy activists.
The government has decided to ban controversial hardline group the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) and its activities, saying that it has no legal grounds to operate as a civil organization and that its activities often violated the law and caused public disorder.
The Foreign Ministry has said the German embassy staffer who allegedly visited the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) headquarters in Petamburan, Central Jakarta, is unwelcome in Indonesia after he left the country soon after a picture of the purported visit made the rounds on social media last week.
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