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View all search resultsA panel of United Nations human rights experts have expressed support for human rights lawyer Veronica Koman, who was accused by the police for causing unrest in Papua by allegedly provoking people to riot via her social media updates.
Out of the 1,721 polling stations that have been set up for the regency election in Karanganyar, Central Java, 667 of them are considered prone to problems, which include voter data inaccuracies, vote-buying, biased polling station working committees (KPPS), and campaigns related to ethnicity, religion, race and intergroup relations (SARA).
Underscoring its support for President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s re-election bid in the 2019 election, the United Development Party (PPP) has said it is ready to counter any hate speech based on ethnic, religious, racial or social group affiliation (collectively referred to in Indonesia by the acronym SARA) that may be directed at the President by political opponents.
Buni Yani, the uploader of a video containing the statement that saw currently non-active Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama convicted of blasphemy, said he was going to file an objection against his indictment for allegedly spreading hate speech toward the governor.
Former first lady and women’s rights activist Shinta Nuriyah Abdurrahman Wahid has said that protecting Indonesia from a growing feeling of insecurity caused by conflicts relating to ethnic, religious, racial and intergroup (SARA) issues was mandatory for all Indonesian people.
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