1221. Indonesia: Alarming signs of religious intolerance   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) sees alarming signs of increasing religious intolerance in Indonesia and has demanded that religious and ethnic minorities must be protected from attacks of  

1222. Indonesia: Another large demonstration against the Christian governor   According to the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), the power struggle in Indonesia – involving reformers and nationalist as well as Islamic hardliners – might be a threat to the rights of the  

1223. Indonesia: Blasphemy proceedings lead to prison sentence for Governor - The ruling against Ahok is a new high point of religious intolerance   According to the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), the fact that the Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (a.k.a. “Ahok”) was sentenced to prison in Jakarta based on accusations of blasphemy  

1224. Indonesia: Controversy over blasphemy escalates   The Society for Threatened Peoples STP warns about increasing religious tensions in Indonesia after Catholic students have accused an influential Islamist leader of blasphemy.  

1225. Indonesia: Dramatic increase of arbitrary detentions in 2016   Following new mass arrests, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) accuses Indonesia of systematical human rights violations against Papuan aborigines.  

1226. Indonesia: film team expelled from Westpapua   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) has accused the government of Indonesia of violating the freedom of the press in the conflict region of Westpapua. “Thus, foreign journalists are usually not  

1227. Indonesia: Gubernatorial elections in Jakarta (April 19)   Prior to this Wednesday’s crucial second round of voting in the gubernatorial elections in Jakarta, which is highly anticipated throughout the world, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP)  

1228. Indonesia: New president calls for reconciliation!   Today – on occasion of his inauguration in Jakarta – the new Indonesian president Joko Widodo called for a national reconciliation in the south-east Asian country. The Society for Threatened  

1229. Indonesia: Significant elections (February 15): Who will become Governor of Jakarta?   According to the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), the upcoming elections for the position of Governor of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, next Wednesday are to be seen as “highly significant” and  

1230. Indonesian natives demand recognition of their traditional religions   The traditional religions of the indigenous people of Indonesia are to be protected by law. On Wednesday, 700 delegates from 300 indigenous peoples of the south-east Asian island nation held a