Tag: Indonesia
2.3 billion people lack access to clean cooking globally
Currently, only seven countries in Asia have clean cooking access rates below 20%, including five small island nations
‘Slow disaster’: Indonesians in sinking village forced to adapt
Residents have elevated the floors of their homes by adding soil and then installing wooden decks to keep themselves dry as the floods become more severe
Jakarta blocks the authorization of interfaith marriages
The imposition was released in a circular in which Chief Justice Muhammad Syarifuddin urged all courts to comply with the 1974 Marriage Act
NGO accuses Chinese renewables firms of abuses in 18 countries
Of the total alleged cases of abuse across 18 countries by Chinese firms, the NGO found 27 in Indonesia, 16 in Peru, 11 in Myanmar
Indonesia to compensate victims of bloody past
A bloody anti-communist purge in the 1960s saw half a million leftists massacred, and in 1998 dozens of student activists disappeared
Focolare inks presence in Indonesia
“Fraternal brotherhood is actual and real in Indonesia, but mostly among different religious communal societies"
Indonesia urged to ‘lead the way’ in upholding human rights online
APHR said the recent attacks on freedom of speech online pose “a risk to the freeness and fairness of the upcoming elections"
Hundreds of schools shut as forest-fire haze blankets SE Asia
Massive jungle areas in Sumatra and Borneo islands are ablaze as thousands of personnel battle to quell the fires
Indonesians fall prey to fake shaman ‘magic money’ scams
Police say some alleged scammers turn to violence when their victims come looking for their money
Indonesian Indigenous woman among 2023 winners of ‘Nobel’ for environmentalists
Delima traveled from village to village and educated communities about laws that support the recognition of Indigenous peoples’ rights
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