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Society 1 month ago
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Outrage as trans women targeted in mob violence
A string of mob attacks targeting transgender women in Bogor, West Java, has sparked outrage among civil society groups, which blame a presidential regulation classifying LGBTQ culture as a national threat for justifying harassment and violence against the queer community.
Academia 2 months ago
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Refugee women’s voices matter in reforming Indonesia’s refugee policy
As Indonesia reviews its decade-old regulation on refugee management, the fiction of "temporary transit" has collapsed into the harsh reality of prolonged displacement. Reforming this framework is no longer just a matter of immigration security but an urgent humanitarian necessity to protect vulnerable refugee women from systemic exploitation and legal invisibility.
Academia 4 months ago
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What if discrimination is not about religion?
Beyond the national slogan lays a primal human reflex that treats difference as a threat; to truly protect religious freedom in Indonesia, we must look past the pulpit and address the biological machinery of fear that governs us all.
Academia 1 year ago
Defending freedom of religion: A collective responsibility
The IPPFoRB-APHR Jakarta Declaration presents an opportunity for Indonesian lawmakers and their Southeast Asian peers to take collective action in securing the guarantee for freedom of religion or belief for all peoples in the region.
Politics 2 years ago
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Threats, assault against critics mar 2024 election: Amnesty Indonesia
Amnesty International Indonesia recorded a gradual increase in incidences targeting vocal critics of potential fraud and the President's perceived meddling that it says have tainted the 2024 general election on Feb. 14.
Academia 2 years ago
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On conformism, coming out and being a ‘unicorn’
The US started marking Oct. 11 as National Coming Out Day in 1988, and this designation gives us pause on how LGBT discrimination in Indonesia is contributing to our brain drain and its ensuing impacts on the country's future.
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